# Walking lightning, or a whole new meaning to "He's Hot"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-lightning-or-a-whole-new-meaning-to-hes-hot/322051>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 16, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-lightning-or-a-whole-new-meaning-to-hes-hot/322051 "2005-09-16T23:05:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-lightning-or-a-whole-new-meaning-to-hes-hot/322051/1 "2005-09-16T23:05:29Z")

</div>

Now this [guy is Hot!](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050916/od_nm/australia_electricity_dc;_ylt=AuQ2f8bQpuwk0is55FACVrASH9EA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl)

> [@](#):
>
> An Australian man built up a 40,000-volt charge of static electricity in his clothes as he walked, leaving a trail of scorched carpet and molten plastic and forcing firefighters to evacuate a building.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-lightning-or-a-whole-new-meaning-to-hes-hot/322051/2 "2005-09-16T23:13:39Z")

</div>

Sorry, I didn’t see the first one, I’ve asked for this to be closed.