Shirley Bindun?
When planning to decorate our bedroom, we'd decided to get nice new sockets and light-switches to finish the 'look'. Being home-alone, I couldn't shout at the missus to turn the leccy on and off as I swapped and tested all the new bits & pieces.

Not being an electrician, I was up & down the stairs a silly number of times. Leccy off, change switch, leccy on, test light etc etc. it can get a bit confusing....

I applied my trusty screwdriver to the back of the socket in firm belief that I'd just turned off the electricity at the mains. I hadn't.

I awoke (thankfully) on the opposite side of the room some undetermined period of time later, whereupon the tip of my trusty 'driver was melted into a blob and the arm holding it felt all tingly for a good ten minutes.
(Greencloud Wanted to go fishing on, Thu 20 Dec 2007, 15:36, 1 reply)

Good Tip....
Take the fuse out and put in in your back pocket. Then do the "Asda butt tap" before doing any wiring
(Mousy Tongue ...Generally bemused by life..., Fri 21 Dec 2007, 8:58, closed)