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Normally I wouldn't start such a thread, but I figured this should end up being funny.
This is going to be a forum game. Directions: Post something that would finish the sentence "You know you're really into Tesla Coils if....."Try to make it as funny as possible, and preferably based on some kind of personal experience. You can make something up if you really want to. For example, you could say "you have built more than ten" as a response (but make it funny) Just finish the sentence. You could also post a picture to make it even more funny.
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Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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You go into a Dunkin' Donuts and ask for a chocolate chip toroid.
Before eating it, you wrap it in aluminium foil and draw sparks from it.
You would name your son Tesla, except you don't have a kid because no woman would allow herself to be impregnated by an ozone-reeking lunatic with a burnt crispy afro.
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Joined: Mon Mar 16 2009, 08:13PM
Location: Norway
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You know you're really into Tesla Coils if...
You wake up on a sunday, cook your breakfast with an electric arc (since your microwave oven has been gutted) and go like "I love the smell of ozone in the morning"
... not Russel! Registered Member #1
Joined: Thu Jan 26 2006, 12:18AM
Location: Tempe, Arizona
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... your neighbors have given up on AM radio because of "some kind of interference." ... you're on a first name basis with the employees of every neon sign shop in a 100 mile radius. ... your family no longer even bothers to ask "what's that smell" or "are you sure it's safe?" ... your personal finances are closely tied to the current price of copper. ... you drive past Randy's Donuts and salivate at the idea of building a coil to use that topload. ... you've planted a ground rod. ... and watered it. ... and fertilized it.
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You know you're really into Tesla Coils if...
