Re: i forgot . . . (was "thought i'd ask *before* i broke it . . .")

dep wrote:

> by the way -- tonight at kroger's i purchased what may be the best thing 
> in the world. it looks like a toy tennis raquet, with the frame of 
> yellow plastic. but it is "strung" with wire, the wires only going 
> side-to-side -- no vertical ones. the handle holds batteries and has 
> two switches, both of which must be pressed for it to work.
> it is a *bug zapper*! instead of the ones you put out and their blue 
> light lures the bugs to vaporization, this requires you to go after 
> 'em, after the fashion of a tennis ball. as soon as it warms up a 
> little, i shall report on how well it works.
> 
> hey. up here in the dialup mountains we get our amusement where we can.

We had a certain person who had a unholy fascination with that device in our 
shop.  Kept sticking his tongue on it with the button depressed.