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Signspotting: Instant Death Wires (Plus $200 Fine), Newcastle

Sign: Touching Wires Causes Instant Death ($200 Fine), Newcastle
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Talk about adding insult to injury. A blow upon a (fatal) bruise, if you will.

Mike Richard
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Mike Richard has traveled the world extensively since 2008. He's kayaked in Antarctica, tracked African wild dogs in South Africa, and survived a near-miss great white shark attack in Mexico. He loves the great outdoors, good bourbon, and he (usually) calls Tulsa home. He also enjoys speaking in the third person.

3 Comments

  1. I love it :) Do they take the money right off your still smoking corpse? Or perhaps bill your next of kin? Plus, what genius architect puts “instant death” wires within reach of the public?

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  2. I’m going with the former – ripping the money from your still-smoking corpse.

    The state is nothing if not rapacious about getting it’s money ASAP. =)

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  3. A friend I forwarded this to suggested that the $200 fine was to pay for sweeping up the ashes!

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