This is too funny!!
A guy who purchased his
lovely wife a pocket taser for their anniversary submitted this:
Last weekend at Larry's
Pistol & Pawn Shop I was looking for a little something extra for my
wife Toni. What I came across was a 100,000 volt pocket/purse-sized
taser. The effects of the taser were supposed to be short lived,
with no long-term adverse affect on an assailant. The idea is to
allow my wife -- who would never consider a gun -- adequate time to
retreat to safety. WAY TOO COOL!!
Long story short, I bought the device and brought it home. I loaded
in two triple-a batteries and pushed the button. Nothing! I was
disappointed. But then I read (yes, 'read') that if I pushed the
button AND pressed it against a metal surface at the same time; I'd
get the blue arch of electricity darting back and forth between the
prongs and I' d know it was working. Awesome!!! (Actually, I have
yet to explain to Toni what that burn spot is on the face of her
microwave).
Okay, so I was home alone with this new toy, thinking to myself that
it couldn't be all that bad with only two triple-A batteries, right?
There I sat in my recliner, my cat, Gracie looking on intently
(trusting little soul) while I was reading the directions and
thinking that I really needed to try this thing out on a flesh and
blood moving target. I must admit I thought about zapping Gracie
(for a fraction of a second) and thought better of it. She is such a
sweet cat. But, if I was going to give this thing to my wife to
protect herself against a mugger, I did want some assurance that it
would work as advertised. Am I wrong?
So, there I sat in a pair of shorts and a tank top with my reading
glasses perched delicately on the bridge of my nose, directions in
one hand, and taser in another. The directions said that a
one-second burst would shock and disorient your assailant; a
two-second burst was supposed to cause muscle spasms and a major
loss of bodily control; a three second burst would purportedly make
your assailant flop on the ground like a fish out of water. Any
burst longer than three seconds would be wasting the batteries. So ,
I'm sitting there alone, Gracie looking on with her head cocked to
one side as if to say, "don't do it," reasoning that a one-second
burst from such a tiny little ole thing couldn't hurt all that bad.
I decided to give myself a one-second burst just for the heck of it.
I touched the prongs to my
naked thigh, pushed the button, and HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, WEAPONS OF
MASS DESTRUCTION @!@$$!%!@*!!! I'm pretty sure Jessie Ventura ran
in through the side door, picked me up in the recliner, and body
slammed us both on the carpet, over and over and over again. I
vaguely recall waking up on my side in the fetal position, with
tears in my eyes, body soaking wet, both nipples on fire, testicles
nowhere to be found, with my left arm tucked under my body in the
oddest position, and tingling in my legs. You should know, if you
ever feel compelled to "mug" yourself with a taser, that there is no
such thing as a one-second burst when you zap yourself. You will not
let go of that thing until it is dislodged from your hand by a
violent thrashing about on the floor.
SON-OF-A-... that hurt like
heck!!! A minute or so later (I can't be sure, as time was a
relative thing at that point), I collected what little wits I had
left, sat up and surveyed the landscape. My bent reading glasses
were on the mantel of the fireplace. How did they up get there???
My triceps, right thigh and
both nipples were still twitching. My face felt like it had been
shot up with Novocain, and my bottom lip weighed 88 lbs. I'm still
looking for my testicles!! I'm offering a significant reward for
their safe return.