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Old 10-21-2016, 12:21 PM   #1
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Taser

This was related to me as being true, but I personally have no way of attesting to it's veracity. Just try reading this without laughing till you cry!!!

Pocket Taser Stun Gun, a great gift for the wife. A guy who purchased
his lovely wife a pocket Taser for their anniversary submitted this:

Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop that
sparked my interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I
was looking for a little something extra for my wife Julie. What I
came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized taser. The
effects of the taser were supposed to be short lived, with no
long-term adverse affect on your assailant, allowing her adequate
time to retreat to safety....??

WAY TOO
COOL! Long story short, I bought the device and brought it
home. I loaded two AAA batteries in the darn thing and pushed the button.
Nothing!

I was disappointed. I learned, however, that if I pushed the button
AND pressed it against a metal surface at the same time; I'd get
the blue arc of electricity darting back and forth between the
prongs. AWESOME!!!
Unfortunately, I have yet to explain to Julie what that burn spot
is on the face of her microwave.

Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself
that it couldn't be all that bad with only two triple-A batteries, right?

There I sat in my recliner, my cat Gracie looking on intently
(trusting little soul) while I was reading the directions and
thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh &
blood moving target. I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie
(for a fraction of a second) and thought better of it. She is such
a sweet cat. But, if I was going to give this thing to my wife to
protect herself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it
would work as advertised. Am I wrong?

So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading
glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in
one hand, and taser in another. The directions said that a
one-second burst would shock and disorient your assailant; a
two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a major
loss of bodily control; a three-second burst would purportedly make
your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. Any
burst longer than three seconds would be wasting the batteries.

All the while I'm looking at this little device measuring about 5"
long, less than 3/4 inch in circumference; pretty cute really and (loaded
with two itsy, bitsy triple-A batteries) thinking to myself, 'no possible
way!'

What happened next is almost beyond description, but I'll do my best...?

I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked to
one side as to say, 'don't do it dummy,' reasoning that a one
second burst from such a tiny little ole thing couldn't hurt all
that bad. I decided to give myself a one second burst just for heck
of it. I touched the prongs to my naked thigh, pushed the button, and . .
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD . . .
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION . .
WHAT THE *%$&!!!

I'm pretty sure Jessie Ventura ran in through the side door, picked
me up in the recliner, then body slammed us both on the carpet,
over and over and over again. I vaguely recall waking up on my side
in the fetal position, with tears in my eyes, body soaking wet,
both nipples on fire, the family jewels nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under my body in the oddest position, and tingling in my legs?

The cat was making meowing sounds I had never heard before, clinging to a picture frame hanging above the fireplace, obviously in an attempt to avoid getting slammed by my body flopping all over the living room.

Note: If you ever feel compelled to 'mug' yourself with a taser,
one note of caution: there is no such thing as a one second burst
when you zap yourself! You will not let go of that thing until it
is dislodged from your hand by a violent thrashing about on the
floor. A three second burst would be considered conservative?

IT HURT LIKE HADES!!!

A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a relative thing at that point), I collected my wits (what little I had left), sat up and surveyed the landscape.
My bent reading glasses were on the mantel of the fireplace.


The recliner was upside down and about 8 feet or so from where it originally was. My triceps, right thigh and both nipples were still twitching. My face felt like it had been shot up with Novocain, and my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs. I had no control over the drooling.


Apparently I dirtied myself, but was too numb to know for sure and my sense of smell was gone. I saw a faint smoke cloud above my head which I believe came from my hair. I'm still looking for the family jewels and I'm offering a significant reward for their safe return!!

P.S. My wife loved the gift, and now regularly threatens me with it!
'If you think education is difficult, try being stupid.'
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Old 10-21-2016, 01:06 PM   #2
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Gotta get me one of those thingys!
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Old 10-21-2016, 02:02 PM   #3
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NOT a Taser at all. Just a stun gun or similar.
They are painful but would not cause all that damage if you tried it on yourself.
Your hand would jump away from the trigger really fast.

If another person held it to you however, the electronic "ride" could last as long as the other person kept it activated against your body.

Funny story, just highly unlikely.
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Old 10-21-2016, 03:16 PM   #4
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Darn you, I laughed so hard now I need to change my undies!
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Old 10-21-2016, 03:21 PM   #5
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^^^^^ I agree I'm still chuckling
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Old 10-21-2016, 03:27 PM   #6
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Definitely a laugh out loud story!
Thanks.
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Old 10-21-2016, 03:51 PM   #7
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my wife although has ccl has a pepper spray as her thinking was i dont want to wait till he grabs me to react...with spray i can shoot at 5 or 6 feet or more but at least i dont have to be in grasp of perpetrator.. i see her point and she bought what she wanted....not that tasers are bad just her thinking..
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Can't believe you did that to your self.

I totally believe it. I've been nailed by high voltage static generators and it will hold you for a few seconds before it tosses you.
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Although not the way they really work, that was one funny story. It took me about 15 minutes to read it to my wife as we were both laughing so hard.
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Can you just see a stand up comedian trying to tell this without cracking up? It would probably take 30 minutes to tell with pauses for audience laughter. I rarely forward jokes to friends, but this one was to funny not to share. Thanks!
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Those things you buy, they are cattle prods. They don't do all that much. But how can you not play with such a toy?
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