So while I’m still thinking about funny stories that occurred when I lived in the shack, let me tell you about the time my son electrocuted my ex. (This is so much better told in person as I become very animated and my hands fly around as I retell this one.)

Many, many, many years ago… I’m sitting in the living room, minding my own business while my ex is in the shower. (Just for clarification, we were still together at the time. Not sure why I felt the need to point that out, but probably because I know I’m a little nuts, but not nuts enough to let my ex shower in my house… And you all dont really know where my line of crazy stops, so I thought clarification my be helpful. )

I hear this very loud thud and lots of other noises.

I jump up and run (the three steps it takes) to the bathroom to see what happened.

What do I find?

There is my ex, sprawled out bare butt naked, soaking wet laying on the floor, hair standing straight up, doing the dying cockroach.

I manage to ask if he’s ok and wait for an affirmative response before I bust out laughing (it was really tough to keep a straight face at the sight).

Oh, he did not think this was funny, but it so was!

Now, what had occurred:

Earlier in the day my son, who was about 10, had used the bathroom. One can only guess what thought process occurred but he had taken a small pair of scissors to the electrical cord on my ex’s beard trimmer while it was still plugged into the hot outlet. Good thing for the boy, the scissors had a rubber handle. Not so good for my ex.

My poor unsuspecting ex, gets out of the shower dripping wet, leaving water everywhere.

He stands in front of the sink where the exposed live wire is waiting.

He’s standing in a puddle of shower water since men dont have enough sense to dry before getting out of the shower.

He reaches for his hair brush, still dripping water and

ZAAAAPPPPPP….

220 lbs goes in the air and he slams into the wall behind him (thud) and slides to the floor shaking from the amplified electricity.

And, when he comes to, his ever so supportive then wife is standing there laughing so hard at the sight she nearly pees herself.

The moral of the story: Always dry off before getting out of the shower (us gals do) and always check for exposed wires before reaching.