# Man builds up a 40,000-volt charge of static electricity in his clothes

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 16, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-builds-up-a-40-000-volt-charge-of-static-electricity-in-his-clothes/321966 "2005-09-16T14:40:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-builds-up-a-40-000-volt-charge-of-static-electricity-in-his-clothes/321966/41 "2005-09-18T18:00:48Z")

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Non-professional professionals often make remarks like this.

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**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-builds-up-a-40-000-volt-charge-of-static-electricity-in-his-clothes/321966/42 "2005-09-19T03:43:11Z")

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I’d just love to be able to say:

“Yeah, I’ve got 40,000 volts…”

“In my PANTS!”

Ahhh, I guess it would old pretty quickly…

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**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2005, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-builds-up-a-40-000-volt-charge-of-static-electricity-in-his-clothes/321966/43 "2005-09-19T13:13:33Z")

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“Hey babe, you want to see my cathode ray tube?”

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