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Originally Posted by Jeffhs

I agree. The problem with an experiment like that is, quite honestly, it is very much like playing Russian roulette. If you're very lucky you get away with just being shaken up or thrown across the kitchen (!), but most of the time this stunt will kill you right where you stand. Many people have been electrocuted by trying to turn the knobs on an AC-DC radio located in a bathroom or near a kitchen sink, either by twiddling the knobs with wet hands or when the radio fell into the water (although the house fuses/circuit breakers should kill the circuit the second the latter happens). I once read of an incident, years ago, in which a mother was giving her baby a bath in the kitchen sink with a plugged-in electric toaster on the counter nearby. The child caught its arm in the cord while flailing around, pulled the toaster into the water, and was killed instantly.

Oh cripes!