Electrical Engineering - Re: could a fart that causes butthair to scuff together generate

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Re: could a fart that causes butthair to scuff together generate

revChuckKey

2008-02-05, 9:25 am

On Feb 5, 9:35 am, "Doc Martian" <docmart...@verizon.net> wrote:
> Subj: Could a fart that causes butthair to scuff together generate enough of
> an electrostatic charge to create an electrical shock?
>
> a) a fair amount of butthair would be involved.
> b) the electrical shock would just have to be enough to register in nerve
> endings as a shock... not necessarily enough to blast someone across the
> room.

That could be a "MythBusters" episode

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