Thursday, July 05, 2007

From Darwin to Franklin: a Coincidental Segue

I was supping at my sister's house for the 4th. She told me about a Darwin Award candidate. The story is some electrician wanted to try Ben Franklin's kite experiment for himself. He didn't think it through.
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