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BS 1363 - Humour | | BS 1363 - Humour: Encyclopedia II - BS 1363 - Humour | | It has been stated in various comedy acts and lists of "universal truths" circulating on the Internet that the most painful household incident is stepping on a 13 amp plug whilst wearing socks. Whilst this is obviously not literally true, it is certainly the case that due to their design, with the cord exiting at the bottom rather than the back of the plug, most 13 amp plugs will tend to lie with the pins facing upwards like a modern-day caltrop. Stepping on a plug in this position would undoubtedly be painful, particularly since the ends of the p ...
See also:BS 1363, BS 1363 - Safety measures, BS 1363 - Fusing, BS 1363 - Shuttering, BS 1363 - Pin insulation, BS 1363 - Others, BS 1363 - Euro converter plugs, BS 1363 - Countries of use, BS 1363 - Variants, BS 1363 - Humour, BS 1363 - Other devices covered by BS 1363 | | | BS 1363, BS 1363 - Countries of use, BS 1363 - Euro converter plugs, BS 1363 - Fusing, BS 1363 - Humour, BS 1363 - Other devices covered by BS 1363, BS 1363 - Others, BS 1363 - Pin insulation, BS 1363 - Safety measures, BS 1363 - Shuttering, BS 1363 - Variants, Electrical wiring (UK), Common electrical adaptors in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, Common electrical plug and socket problems in Hong Kong, Mains power plug | | |
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BS 1363 - Humour
It has been stated in various comedy acts and lists of "universal truths" circulating on the Internet that the most painful household incident is stepping on a 13 amp plug whilst wearing socks. Whilst this is obviously not literally true, it is certainly the case that due to their design, with the cord exiting at the bottom rather than the back of the plug, most 13 amp plugs will tend to lie with the pins facing upwards like a modern-day caltrop. Stepping on a plug in this position would undoubtedly be painful, particularly since the ends of the pins are not rounded (see picture).
A football joke about 13 amp plugs is: "Why are Manchester United like a three-pin plug? They're useless in Europe."
Other related archivesAdaptors, BS 546, Botswana, British Standard, British colonies, Brunei, Class 2, Common electrical adaptors in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, Common electrical plug and socket problems in Hong Kong, Cyprus, Electrical wiring (UK), Europe, European Union, Ghana, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, IEC 309, Internet, Iraq, Ireland, Kenya, MK, Macau, Mains power connectors, Mains power plug, Malaysia, Malta, Manchester United, Northern Ireland, Oman, Qatar, Republic of Ireland, Singapore, Standards, United Kingdom, amperes, caltrop, ceramic, circuit breakers, comedy, consumer units, distribution boards, double-insulated, electrical heaters, europlugs, extension leads, football, fuse, fused, fuses, hertz, industrial socket, irons, mains power plug, painful, photovoltaic, plastic, power strips, power supply units, ring circuit, ring circuits, schuko, socks, wiring regulations
 Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Humour", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki |
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