# Holy Crap! My Neighbor's Kid Dangling from the Powerline! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682 "2006-09-30T00:51:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/1 "2006-09-30T00:51:31Z")
So, here I am upstairs perusing the SDMB when I glance out the window and see my neighbor’s three-year old kid hanging from a powerline! The little beast apparently escaped out his bedroom window onto the garage roof and decided to play monkey on those pretty black wires. I screamed at him and ran downstairs and next-door to alert his mother. Fortunately, he didn’t get fried :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/2 "2006-09-30T00:57:46Z")
Hey you kid! Get off my power line! _shakes fist angrily_ ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/3 "2006-09-30T00:59:36Z")
Probably cable or phone, since power is waaaaaayyyyy at the top of the pole. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/4 "2006-09-30T01:07:36Z")
[QUOTE=wmulax93] Probably cable or phone, since power is waaaaaayyyyy at the top of the pole. [/QUOTE] Nope, it’s the powerline; the power company was out last week servicing it. The lines here are really old and tend to droop. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/5 "2006-09-30T01:26:51Z")
Hey! you got your kid on my powerline! Hey! you got your powerline on my kid! … ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/6 "2006-09-30T01:32:47Z")
I wonder if he glows in the dark now. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/7 "2006-09-30T02:39:23Z")
I used to do that to my neighbors house when I was like 6. It’s a miracle I lived to this ripe old age. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/8 "2006-09-30T02:48:43Z")
There once was a kid on a line who was having a heck of a time! The poor little runt, made himself a shunt, and learnt 4160V don’t feel fine. Tripler This human-based grounding application contains no PCBs. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/9 "2006-09-30T02:56:51Z")
And people wonder why we don’t have children. I mean, my heart lurched just _reading_ that. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/10 "2006-09-30T13:06:02Z")
You should have yelled : “JUMP! JUMP!” That would have resulted in Chlorox in the Gene Pool. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/11 "2006-09-30T13:18:59Z")
I think you just should have let natural selection take its course. Now the little moron might grow up and breed. ---
**Author:** ![gabriela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@gabriela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gabriela)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/12 "2006-09-30T13:36:37Z")
Maybe he’ll have super powers. And be a super villain. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/13 "2006-09-30T14:16:49Z")
I knew an older kid who climbed a pole and fried his arm off. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/14 "2006-09-30T19:07:56Z")
I want to know how a three-year-old managed to climb a _telephone pole_. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/15 "2006-09-30T19:11:01Z")
[QUOTE=Jennshark] The little beast apparently escaped out his bedroom window onto the garage roof and decided to play monkey on those pretty black wires. [/QUOTE] Never mind. I’ve had two or three Midol today, I’m a little loopy… :o ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/16 "2006-09-30T19:16:56Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] Never mind. I’ve had two or three Midol today, I’m a little loopy… :o [/QUOTE] It’s okay, sweetie. I’ll still keep you and love you forev-ah. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/17 "2006-09-30T19:18:00Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] It’s okay, sweetie. I’ll still keep you and love you forev-ah. [/QUOTE] Um…so long as you keep that Midol close by… ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/18 "2006-09-30T22:20:10Z")
So how did he get down? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/19 "2006-09-30T23:25:28Z")
From a duck or a goose. Where else? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2006, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682/20 "2006-10-01T11:54:19Z")
[QUOTE=Rilchiam] So how did he get down? [/QUOTE] Well, it was First Down, the Ref just blew his whistle & raised his arms…nah. Almost as lame as the duck/goose thing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-my-neighbors-kid-dangling-from-the-powerline/374682.md?page=2)