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Not exactly a quote, but the strangest electrical scene I've ever seen: some Columbo movie starts with the bad guy's hands taking a mixer, cutting the cord, somehow pushing it back into the connector at the mixer, then plugging it in, running ist for a few seconds and then dropping it into a bucket of water... flash and bang!
Just weird!
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some Columbo movie starts with the bad guy's hands taking a mixer..... I remember seeing that one a few months ago. The actor in question is Martin Landau (Mission Impossible, Space 1999, and many other shows). Later in the story he drops the mixer in an occupied bathtub. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/eek.gif) Oh, and just one more thing........ ![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/biggrin.gif)
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Oh, and just one more thing........ At that point the criminal should just confess. ![[Linked Image from letrasviperinas.com]](http://www.letrasviperinas.com/coplas/latele/fototele/columbo02.jpg)
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Speaking on Mission Impossible (original TV series).... I recall on particularly cheesey episode where on the "agents" manages to open an outlet plate, remove the device and look into the room with a "spy camera" (on a goose neck or something). This doesn't sound all that "impossible" until you know that everything was removed from INSIDE (behind the box) the wall...after crawling through ductwork - that had no mold/dirt build up, is quiet as walking on feathers, is bright enough to see in, etc etc etc...blah blah blah. I stopped watching the show right after that episode...which is coincidentially when my "career" started. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/smile.gif)
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Only barely electrically related, but I liked it Ghostbusters: Dr Ray Stantz: Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by ****less here. Walter Peck: They caused an explosion! Mayor: Is this true? Dr. Peter Venkman: Yes it's true. [pause] Dr. Peter Venkman: This man has no ****.
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I stumbled over the episode while browsing through 50 video 2000 tapes I bought on Ebay. The music underlines the scene quite well...
Oh yeah, and the house has a nice huge fuse panel! Columbo thoroughly inspects it as he was told a fuse blew right at the time of the murder.
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c*******, **** *** ******** **** *** ***** ****** ****. *, *** ***** *** * ***** ** **? ********! ****. (****** ** ****** **********.) [This message has been edited by Alan Belson (edited 07-31-2005).]
Wood work but can't!
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Chipmunk wrote: Ghostbusters:
Dr Ray Stantz: Everything was fine with our system until the power grid was shut off by ****less here.
Walter Peck: They caused an explosion!
Mayor: Is this true?
Dr. Peter Venkman: Yes it's true.
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Dr. Peter Venkman: This man has no ****.
Alan Belson wrote: c*******,
**** *** ******** **** *** ***** ****** ****.
*, *** ***** *** * ***** ** **?
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(****** ** ****** **********.) ROFL!! By the way, "Ghostbusters" is rated PG, so maybe the mods might allow the quote to appear unedited? (For those who really can't figure it out!) Back on topic: Rent the movie "My Science Project", a mid- 1980's film about a high school student who rummages through a military junkpile and finds a device which unleashes time warps and twisted dimensions. Lots of electrical related scenes! Also features a funny performance by Dennis Hopper as a constantly stoned science teacher! [This message has been edited by mxslick (edited 07-31-2005).]
Stupid should be painful.
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I usually enjoy C.S.I. but there was an episode where a construction worker was killed. (GRISSOM looks around and notices the drill hanging off the side of the floor.
He pulls it up.)
GRISSOM: Did this belong to Mr. Valenti
ROBERT HARRIS: Well, like I said he was the only one up here.
(GRISSOM examines the drill and notices that the metal housing is charred.)
GRISSOM: This drill is shorted out. Do you think he "jumped" before or after
he got the shock of his life?
ROBERT HARRIS: GFCI would have prevented shock.
SHERIFF BRIAN MOBLEY: What is GFCI?
ROBERT HARRIS: The Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter.
GRISSOM: Big words meaning you won't get electrocuted.
(GRISSOM grabs his kit and notices the outlet. He moves to examine the plug and
notices that the third prong of the plug is cut in half.)
ROBERT HARRIS: You see, if there's and electrical imbalance the GFCI trips the
circuit and the tools are suppose to shut itself off.
GRISSOM: But if the third prong of the plug is compromised, the interrupter
won't work. Will it, Bob?
ROBERT HARRIS: The third prong grounds the drill. Without it, the
interrupter's useless.
GRISSOM: These prongs don't usually snap off by themselves. Once they said "The third prong grounds the drill. Without it, the interrupter's useless." I had to watch something else. ![[Linked Image]](https://www.electrical-contractor.net/ubb/wink.gif)
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"Hey, no wonder the water don't woik...THE PIPE IS PLUGGED UP WITH WIRES!!"
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