That story was old even before my parents were born. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/03/06/tap/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/03/06/tap/ and https://www

That story was old even before my parents were born. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/03/06/tap/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/03/06/tap/ and https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/know-where-man/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/know-where-man/ . Instead of making up a new variant, you might use one with a bit more historical lineage. My favorite version involves Charles Proteus Steinmetz, the deservedly named "Wizard of Schenectady", from this 1965 letter to the editor at Life: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QFMEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA16&pg=PA27&redir_esc=y&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=true https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QFMEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA16&pg... taking place supposedly around 1920 (see https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/43438/in-what-year-did-charles-proteus-steinmetz-fix-fords-generator-for-the-famed-1 https://history.stackexchange.com/questions/43438/in-what-ye... ). That still doesn't mean it actually happened, but you might get an up-vote by Steinmetz fans. ;)