I have posted it somewhere else I think, but can post it here, for the.... humor value... I have learned humility over the years of marriage,and can now look back, and laugh at things I really did not think were funny at the time...
At one time, I raised English Springer Spaniels, and trained them... It is how my wife and I got to meet and become friends with George and Barbara Bush... but that is another story...
Once in a great while, I had a dog to train that no matter what I tried, they... ignored me. I needed a way to get their attention, so i ordered a Tri Tronics shocking collar... It arrived Via UPS, and I found it on the step when I got home that night.. wife was making dinner, kids were out running around somewhere.. i opened the box, looked it all over, and saw that the collar itself came with several “pins” of different colors. Each pin had a different resistance, and would deliver more or less chock, depending on what the dog needed..
I loved those dogs, they were some of the best dogs I had ever worked with, so i was not about to just slap this thing on them and start pushing the button..
the instructions said, the battery was charged, but to plug it in overnight... OK, but, i wanted to test it.. I put the lowest rated pin in the collar, put it on my arm, and pushe dthe button on the remote.. I could barely feel it.. i put it on my neck... not much different.. I moved up a couple pins and tried it again... My thought at that time, was, that this is ridiculous! I was wondering if a dog would even notice the shock if it was excited, chasing a deer or a rabbit etc...
I moved up a couple more pins.. still not much worth mention.. Being a Mechanic, i have been zapped by spark plug wires, and THAT is sort of what i expected, maybe with a little less bite... A little disappointed, I put the RED pin in, put the collar on my neck and pushed the button..
My wife was watching, as she did dishes, mildly amused... the mild part changed, when i pushed the button with the red pin...
I threw the collar across the room... Kicke dthe dining room table over, WHILE I somehow also managed to flip over backwards in my chair, slide across the kitchen on my back and end up piled against the wall wondering WHAT THE &%#%$ just happened?”
As I was once again able to think, and see... the first thing I see, is my wife, sitting on her butt, her feet kicking as she made a funny EEEE EEEEE EEEEE sound while holding her stomach...
I REALLY REALLY did not see the humor... No way... That danged thing BIT HARD, it felt like you got kicked in the neck by a mule.. a BIG ANGRY mule!
I graowled something at her, and her laughter started to subside, as I un tangled myself and stood up. I put my hands on my hips to glare at her, still sitting on the floor trying to catch her breath... she looked at me, and her eyes widened, and she let out a little, sort of WAIL sound, that quickly returned to the EEEE EEEE EEEE EEEE sounds, while her feet kicked and she flopped around on the floor, with REAL tears falling from her eyes....
I looked down, to see.... the front of my pants soaking wet......
Needless to say, I threw away the RED pin, and I had to HIDE, the stupid shock collar.. Whenever she saw it, she started giggling uncontrollably... TO THIS VERY DAY, if she sees one of those stupid things she giggles, and asks me if I want to test it.....
Women NEVER forget anything!