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35. Perpetual energy, if that worked. n/t

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So I have this strip surge protector that is plugged into the wall right next to my couch [View all] Maraya1969 May 19 OP

Yeh, that's not going to work dweller May 19 #1

You need what's called True Dough May 19 #2

I could do that. Last week my husband cut MOMFUDSKI May 19 #3

The main reason DENVERPOPS May 19 #30

IRP lonely bird May 20 #41

Oh my, LB DENVERPOPS May 20 #43

Don't feel bad! You don't wanna know how long it took me to spot the issue, LOL! 50 Shades Of Blue May 19 #4

aaahhh...a perpetual motion machine believer... ret5hd May 19 #5

I inherited this: GreenWave May 19 #13

My grandfather had that exact same clock... SeattleVet May 19 #20

What a beautiful clock! Lonestarblue May 20 #45

You beat me to it. grumpyduck May 20 #51

Oops captain queeg May 19 #6

The only way that could work sdfernando May 19 #7

You are not the only member of that club. I did the exact same thing a couple months ago. LoisB May 19 #8

I think I too... crud May 19 #9

You did it! I thought it not possible, but you did it! You topped George on Seinfeld when his date invited him up for brewens May 19 #10

It just needs a little blinker fluid. Arne May 19 #11

Well, it is always good to have an extra--so there is that. hlthe2b May 19 #12

My son is an electrician.... getagrip_already May 19 #14

I have a garage door clicker in my pool bag. MOMFUDSKI May 19 #15

Same thing with people DENVERPOPS May 19 #31

It's a big Club and MOMFUDSKI May 19 #16

The perpetual motion machine. SarahD May 19 #17

Bless you and me and all of us. yonder May 19 #18

Wow... rubbersole May 19 #19

Okay, I laughed out loud at that one! PatSeg May 19 #21

Plug your television set into this Pinback May 19 #22

Describes Republican logic very well though peppertree May 19 #23

Have a small electric saw richdj25 May 19 #24

Had to reread it. LiberalFighter May 20 #40

You put the blade on backwards grumpyduck May 20 #52

Energy crisis solved! Hermit-The-Prog May 19 #25

Are you positive . . . AverageOldGuy May 19 #26

I laughed my head off seeing this. Dem2theMax May 19 #27

Not to be a spoilsport, but did you check to see if it has a breaker you can reset, or hidden fuse? usonian May 19 #28

Now that one I laughed out loud! Maraya1969 May 20 #39

This reminds me of a story a banker told me SCantiGOP May 19 #29

Actually DENVERPOPS May 19 #32

Ha ha heh! SWBTATTReg May 19 #33

There's a certain type of person BaronChocula May 19 #34

Perpetual energy, if that worked. n/t aggiesal May 19 #35

When you plug a strip into itself . . . Aussie105 May 19 #36

You need at least two power strips for that nuxvomica May 19 #37

My surge protector ThoughtCriminal May 20 #38

Ah, problem lonely bird May 20 #42

The turbo-encabulator on my interocitor ThoughtCriminal May 20 #56

Just being silly lonely bird May 20 #57

"220, 221 whatever it takes." Niagara May 21 #58

A complete circuit. It should work. lpbk2713 May 20 #44

Any residual electricity will keep going around and around. Could become a fire hazard, maybe. Oopsie Daisy May 20 #46

I've done the same dumb thing... slightlv May 20 #47

I think you just discovered . . . Richard D May 20 #48

Best CO2 reduction scheme evaah. KY_EnviroGuy May 20 #49

No harm, no foul? dchill May 20 #50

Your prior posts will be re-evaluated. Sneederbunk May 20 #53

If It Had Worked... ProfessorGAC May 20 #54

Thanks for giving me a good, hearty laugh this afternoon. Xavier Breath May 20 #55