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That reminds me of when I was 13: Me: I don't have my homework because I electrocuted myself last night and went to the hospital [true story]. Teacher: You sh
by DavidSJ 15y ago
That reminds me of when I was 13:
Me: I don't have my homework because I electrocuted myself last night and went to the hospital [true story].
Teacher: You should have planned that into your schedule [apparently serious].
- recursive 15y agoYou went to the hospital because you died?
- AndyKelley 15y agoYou're misinformed - electrocution does not imply death
- recursive 15y agojes5199's wiktionary link says that "Strictly correct usage is to reserve electrocute and electrocution for fatal electric shocks". Do you have a source?
- alextgordon 15y ago> (informal) To inflict a severe electric shock, not necessarily fatally.
- cma 15y agoit is derived from 'execute'
- AndyKelley 15y agoLooks like I was misinformed. However, the Wikipedia entry for electrocution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrocution) does mention that the choice of definition varies from dictionary to dictionary.
- calloc 15y agoIt does, only in informal speech does it not imply death. If you get electrically shocked and don't die then you were not electrocuted.
- jes5199 15y agohttp://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/electrocute http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/electrocute
- rokhayakebe 15y agoI upvoted you. You sound just like the teacher :).
- mkramlich 15y agoThat's funny, but he may have meant you should not put off homework til the last possible day or minute, or just this kind of thing can come up and scuttle it. If the teacher literally assigned it at 3pm, due next day, then a few hours later you're electrocuted, that's understandable. But if it was assigned a week before, and it would have only done a few hours to do, it's much less so. Because stuff comes up. If it wasn't random electrocution it would be random something else. And keep in mind the same teacher probably hears lots of excuses, some real, some made-up, all the time. I imagine it gets frustrating for them, and their empathy wanes away. Cops have a similar effect.