Ken wrote:
A 'must have' from Iran. Ken

As a teenie in the 60's, one of my friends (read: nerds) and I were the
'go to' guys at my hs for simple electronic repairs. A girl who had
just dumped my brother--and spread some pretty damaging rumors--about me
took her record player to my friend for needle replacement. He told me,
so while we had it, we rigged up all four sides of a flashcube to the
power switch and placed it under the turntable. The suspension left a
gap that probably made it a pretty spectacular display the first time
she flipped it on.

I hope she wet her pants.

Another time, the same friend literally 'did' make a girl wet hers. The
two of us built a prop for the school play, involving a device (a
'crevulator' AIRC) which was supposed to 'blow up' on command. The
incendiary charge was a quantity of black rifle powder deposited in a
shallow glass ash tray, and triggered by a small-gauge wire which
vaporized when momentarily connected to 120v. This blew the front of
the 'important looking' black box open (restrained by safety chains from
flying completely off).

I was acting in the play. Before the dress rehearsal, I loaded it.
While I was on stage, he loaded it, again...then someone else apparently
loaded it with even more powder (I know, pyro regs and all that...this
was 1971 and we were teenagers). Needless to say, the effect was much
more, eh...'pronounced' than what we had experienced in tech rehearsals.
Apparently the photog was in on the joke, as there is a picture of the
exact moment in my yearbook. I'll scan it when I can find it.

Anyway--no damage, no injuries--but lots of smoke, a fairly loud boom;
and one of the actresses left the stage suddenly for a wardrobe
adjustment....

jak