A classic story, the kid wants to watch TV but the parents don’t let the kid watch TV because “it makes you near-sighted”… so it begins…

When I was little (about 8ish), I was attracted to TV like all other kids. The fact that I had to spend the whole 2 months of summer break at home with no books other than study books didn’t help. I tried to fill my time with making little things from my craft book and listening to radios. But radio programs are not very interesting in the afternoons. So I couldn’t help but staring at that TV all the time.

At the beginning, my dad simply pulled the TV plug from the wall. The socket was mounted about 7 feet off the floor. I was quite short at that time. Even if I stand on my parents’ bed (which is next to the socket), I still couldn’t reach the socket. So, being a little “genius”, I hunted for some tools I could use and I founded a pair of metal scissors. I stood on my toes on the bed and used the scissors to push the TV plug into the socket. There were two holes in the back of the plug so the tips of the scissors fit right in. By the way, the voltage in China was and still is 220v. As soon as I plugged the plug in, I heard a loud “POW” and all lights were off. I took the scissors out and noticed that tips of the scissors were melt off. I wasn’t concerned about the past danger but the coming danger – my dad would definitely find out. Lucky me, when my dad got home and heard my story, he didn’t beat me up. He didn’t even yell at me. Looking back now, he must have been scared quite a bit since I almost died. I was lucky that the scissors were much more conductive than my body so it shortened out the circuit and blew the fuse. 😳

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