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Old July 24th 08, 07:36 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Man electrocuted after urinating on track

On 22 Jul, 17:17, wrote:
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article...=229490&in_pag...

ISTR an episode of "Mythbusters" that suggested this wasn't possible
(the stream would probably stops being a continuous one by the time it
hit the live rail and thus wouldn't be able to conduct), although
given the reports say he "walked onto the track" perhaps he
accidentally made contact with the electrified line another way.

Electrocution for peeing on a railway track is a very harsh penalty
indeed.