Simon, you got a bare wire hitting the case of your microwave or oven (if its electric). What you are doing is essentially acting as the ground between the two appliances. Look for a bare wire contacting the outer case that's probably chaffing against it. That is actually a pretty big fire hazard, since it probably arc's when it grounds itself out.
When I worked for a railway company, we had a case where a couple of genius crooks tried to steal overhead power cables using an aluminium ladder. We had to suspend services for several hours on that stretch of line so the police could remove the bodies. Theft of signalling wire was a major problem, and it seems these men thought "There's a lot more copper in the overhead power cables than in the signalling cables." Yes, and also a great deal more electricity.
We had a local man try to steal copper from a cell providers equipment off a water tower years back. Sadly he survived the shock just to die when he hit the ground from the fall. Your situation sounds so much worse, and dumber.
Remember seeing a piece of cctv footage, these timessaving geniuses decided to move a large piece of scaffolding by sliding it from one spot to another. They hit an overhead power cable, I think all 5 of them died instantly but none of them could let go
My favorite recent thing is everyone blaming 'anti-ev' people for charging cables getting stolen at ev-chargers. No, that's tweakers after copper. They are going after easy, high copper value, targets. That ev chargers cable has literal pounds of copper in it... thats a lot of sudafed.
When my father was an EMT they responded to a call from a rail yard. The guy had shimmied up a pole to cut down what they guessed he thought were dead cables. Turns out they weren’t and he managed to blow his leg off at the knee when he cut into them. He said the best part was that the guy was obviously dead for some time at that point and an half hour debate ensued between EMS, the cops, Con-Ed and the MTA regarding who’s job it was to get him down
Hey Kevin, it's possible you've won the Tangent award for Simon almost having his teleprompter turn off. Well done. Cheers from Tennessee Yes Kevin. Do a CC episode on the crushed nimrod. I need a laugh.
...my husband and I are planning to relocate to sourthern Florida around the start of the year from Indiana. Florida Man Friday is turning out to be a bit of hilarity that is giving me an appreciation of the impact "sunshine laws" can have on general perceptions of a region. Everywhere is as kooky as Florida though with precious little of the craziness making it to the press! Keep up the delightful work, Brain Blaze!
To be fair, Kevin never promised no one would die, just that at least one would shoot his sausage off and implied that these would be entertaining, which they were
Fun fact: the inventor of autopilot was also one of the two first people to join the mile-high club. The plane crashed (without injuries) and the two occupants were found naked.
I just want you to know this series makes me so happy. It’s helped pull me out of my deep deep depression today. I’m dragging my feet at work right now trying not to cry trying not to think about blowing my brains out…… And then you’re wonderful pops up and I have a fucking reason to live again!!
Can confirm... wood can conduct electricity (at least under some conditions). My neighbor had an electric fence for his dog, as we poked it with a stick for fun... and then one time it shocked us. We were fine, but it was pretty funny. In hindsight, I think the wood may have been wet.
Simon, the Tom Hanks movie you’re talking about is called “Cast Away” and maybe trying to call the people you know in your tangents, John Doe or Jane Doe.
See the Science Asylum video on voltage drops. Theoretically, pigeons on a power line could be conducting a very miniscule current. Also -- there are still places that aluminum wiring is used. It's only a problem -- usually -- where aluminum and copper wiring is mixed. Copper in direct contact with aluminum can cause corrosion, which leads to overheated and/or failed splices and circuits. Anyway, hearing Simon pronounce "Aluminium" is the best part of this video.
respectfully disagree. although possibly common, I'm sure the cocaine overdose is far from horrible. ...same as an opiate overdose-I honestly can't think of a better way to go. extreme pleasure followed by sudden blackness. 👌🏻
Lighting up the neon light with the electrocution 🤣 I know Simon doesn't like dealing with customs but there *has* to be a neon sign repair shop or builder *somewhere* in the EU 😂 Also, no one tell Simon that people still dynamite fish where they think they can get away with it 🤣
The reason your coffee machine and your oven is shocking you is likely one of them is plugged in the wrong way. I'm guessing the coffee machine has a 2-prong plug that is plugged in the wrong way, so live and neutral are backwards. This won't stop the coffee machine from working, but it means that the outer case of the coffee machine is likely connected to live instead of neutral and then you're completing the circuit to ground when you touch the outside of the grounded oven.
The book Simon's talking about in the beginning might be The Incomplete Book of Failures, my family had a copy of it and it included a chapter on Darwin Awards. It was a bestseller in the UK in the 70s/80s and could well have been in a school library.
the Darwin Awards actually put out a book themselves, and there was an entire section on people who lost their ability to reproduce and won a Darwin award without dying, i not only read it i actually used to own it. i got it at an airport bookstore ,it was my first introduction to the Darwin Awards ..... I looked at the site after I read the book
@@maledictionwolf that book came out in 2000, the first one I mean..... And Simon is in his late 30s if I'm not mistaken so it could have been in his high school at that time
I could see someone sneaking the Darwin awards book into a school library. Especially if it was listed under Life science. The one I remember is the guy that tried to break into concert by jumping a fence and got caught on the fence and castrated
Aluminum happens to be the metal of choice for power lines as well, because it is such a good conductor, but it's also very light and naturally resistant to corrosion, and a heck of a lot more abundant than copper. Also, it's actually possible for people to fly up to power lines! In fact, this is in part how high voltage transmission lines are inspected. A two-person team goes up in a helicopter, which is obviously not touching the ground so is completely safe from getting fried by the high voltage. One member of the team is wearing a special metal-weave conductive suit that protects them by being a _much_ more conductive outermost layer around their body, and before they actually touch the power lines themself they use a special rod first to make contact. Then they clamber onto the power lines and secure a fall arrest and just start scooting along the line to inspect it between pylons while the helicopter hovers nearby. Reverse the process to climb back into the helicopter, and repeat for as many segments as able during the shift.
"The Darwin Awards" was in fact a book in my high school library, that I as an adult went on to purchase. Your story about a man being neutered by rebar sounds familiar, pretty sure it was in the one I have sitting on my shelf--might have actually been your school library *Edit, readability*
Absolutely every substance have a lethal dose (which varies a bit from perosn to person, and meeting or surpassing which is regarded as "overdosing"). The only reason we cannot say that cocaine's lethal dose is relatively low is because people keep creating new recreational drugs with lower and lower lethal doses (as well as oiverpricing and adulteration reducing the effective dose), but, still, like with other relatively "safe" drugs in regards to dosing, sometimes the danger is not the toxicity...
Dude - John Belushi famously died of a cocaine overdose. Chris Farley famously died of a cocaine overdose. Yes people die of cocaine overdoses. Also, love the video. You’re awesome
Both these people died of taking speedball overdoses. Cocaine coupled with heroin. On that note, one can absolutely die of a cocaine overdose by way of a heart attack.
Rural people trick if you want to see if an electric fence is on take a long peice of grass and touch the wire for several seconds(they pulse), you can feel the electricity
My favorite Darwin Awards story is a fiction one in their "Urban Legends" section >> "The Hydrogen Beer Disaster." If you ever want to have a Great Laugh at someone's stupidity, check it out. No, it never hpnd, but you can picture it as you read the tale.
coke ODs are surprisingly frequent, happens too often in nightclubs, restaurants and other entertainment establishments. and not talking about cut shit either
Friend had his brother borrow his car without permission. His friend decided to borrow the car without permission. Decided to tuck a 10mm pistol under his belt. My friend then needed a new seat and carpet. BTW. Nevada.
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Simon, you got a bare wire hitting the case of your microwave or oven (if its electric). What you are doing is essentially acting as the ground between the two appliances. Look for a bare wire contacting the outer case that's probably chaffing against it. That is actually a pretty big fire hazard, since it probably arc's when it grounds itself out.
SPAWN LOUDERMILK! not be confused with APPARATE QUIETERJUICE
Bro, I loved the viva la dirt league npc man clip. I'm subscribed to them as well.
“Doves are basically like Aryan pigeons” was not something I thought I’d hear today 😂
And this is what it sounds like when doves cry
🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗
came here to say the exact same thing 😂 did not have pigeon supremacy on the cards today
True, pigeons are ghetto doves.😂😂
When I worked for a railway company, we had a case where a couple of genius crooks tried to steal overhead power cables using an aluminium ladder. We had to suspend services for several hours on that stretch of line so the police could remove the bodies. Theft of signalling wire was a major problem, and it seems these men thought "There's a lot more copper in the overhead power cables than in the signalling cables." Yes, and also a great deal more electricity.
We had a local man try to steal copper from a cell providers equipment off a water tower years back.
Sadly he survived the shock just to die when he hit the ground from the fall.
Your situation sounds so much worse, and dumber.
Remember seeing a piece of cctv footage, these timessaving geniuses decided to move a large piece of scaffolding by sliding it from one spot to another.
They hit an overhead power cable, I think all 5 of them died instantly but none of them could let go
My favorite recent thing is everyone blaming 'anti-ev' people for charging cables getting stolen at ev-chargers.
No, that's tweakers after copper. They are going after easy, high copper value, targets. That ev chargers cable has literal pounds of copper in it... thats a lot of sudafed.
When my father was an EMT they responded to a call from a rail yard. The guy had shimmied up a pole to cut down what they guessed he thought were dead cables. Turns out they weren’t and he managed to blow his leg off at the knee when he cut into them.
He said the best part was that the guy was obviously dead for some time at that point and an half hour debate ensued between EMS, the cops, Con-Ed and the MTA regarding who’s job it was to get him down
@UmmmmmmmWhat most of them have moved on from Sudafed lol but still comical.
Simon is “fact boy” on the other channels, but on Brain Blaze I’m fairly certain he’s “tangent boy”.
"blaze boy"
@@rowymfarenas9994the boy with the blaze
Hey Kevin, it's possible you've won the Tangent award for Simon almost having his teleprompter turn off. Well done. Cheers from Tennessee
Yes Kevin. Do a CC episode on the crushed nimrod. I need a laugh.
Why thank you!
@ThatWriterKevin You've got to do more Florida Man episodes. Sometimes they're a bit grim, but always entertaining. Cheers
Right on, east tn here. Born and raised in FL though. Still waiting to see someone I know in these😁
@blackc1479 West Tennessee here. Lived in Florida for 20+years and I know people that aught to be in one of these. LOL!!
@Hillbilly001 same same lol.i might even have occasionally participated in some sketchy stuff back I'm my youth.
Dude, you're going on the Darwin award list if you don't fix those kitchen appliances.
Too late, he has children. Darwin awards are only for removing oneself from the gene pool.
Literally lol
He can't, he has two kids. It has to happen before you pass on your genes.
He can't earn a Darwin Award as he's already had kids.
...my husband and I are planning to relocate to sourthern Florida around the start of the year from Indiana. Florida Man Friday is turning out to be a bit of hilarity that is giving me an appreciation of the impact "sunshine laws" can have on general perceptions of a region. Everywhere is as kooky as Florida though with precious little of the craziness making it to the press! Keep up the delightful work, Brain Blaze!
Now I want a full video of Simon's school stories.
Oh yeah id watch hours of that honestly. Dude has some funny stories for sure.
You know he doesn’t write. That’s too much for him.
@@paulname5483 who said anything about writing? Turn the camera on and let him ramble with school stories. give Kevin a day off
@ good point. I thought that as soon as I posted.
Lol. Tangent time with Simon, a new podcast.
To be fair, Kevin never promised no one would die, just that at least one would shoot his sausage off and implied that these would be entertaining, which they were
Simon forgot to take his ritalin today 😂
Some say he is planning on moving to florida......
lol, yes indeed.
He didn't miss his workout clearly
Tangent
Actually, he remembered to take his cocaine.
Fun fact: the inventor of autopilot was also one of the two first people to join the mile-high club. The plane crashed (without injuries) and the two occupants were found naked.
Oh gohd😂😂
"use your brain!" Uh, Simon, he just shot it off remember. 😂
My high school library had a Darwin Award book. It got me to the public library and read 6 more.
I love how Simon gets excited over Floridaman going all Darwin Awards on his own rooster! 👏👏👏
I just want you to know this series makes me so happy. It’s helped pull me out of my deep deep depression today. I’m dragging my feet at work right now trying not to cry trying not to think about blowing my brains out…… And then you’re wonderful pops up and I have a fucking reason to live again!!
Things will get better. The world is a better place with you in it ❤
Hang in there and ask for help. Things can get better, take it one day at a time.
I hope you're doing better today. We small lil human things are stronger than we give ourselves credit for. I believe in you.
Wasn’t expecting Baelin the Fisherman. Good memories. Thank you.
There was a Darwin Award book! My parents had it in their downstairs loo, the cover had a cartoon of a guy sawing off a tree branch he was sitting on
I own it, yes.
Love that Natural Habitat Shorts made an appearance today. Props to whoever edited today's video.
Can confirm... wood can conduct electricity (at least under some conditions). My neighbor had an electric fence for his dog, as we poked it with a stick for fun... and then one time it shocked us. We were fine, but it was pretty funny. In hindsight, I think the wood may have been wet.
Different types of wood will conduct electricity. In Australia we have Ironbark, which is a type of hardwood Gumtree that conducts electricity.
Simon, the Tom Hanks movie you’re talking about is called “Cast Away” and maybe trying to call the people you know in your tangents, John Doe or Jane Doe.
Simon's list was things he wants to point his gun at lol...I know he misspoke but it was funny
No need for a tangent timer, that's this episode, 😂🎉😂.
I once got a job that was open after the previous person was eaten by a goliath grouper.
Thank you for saying "Aluminium" instead of "Aluminum". That's its name.
I don't leave my house without my pocket pry bar, flashlight, and most importantly, pocket knife. Honorable mention to pen and sharpie.
I love how your editor knows all of the best anime parodies!!
Simon, you can never stop making these. ITS FRIDAY FLORIDA!!
Honestly, I had a shitty day, so a Darwin award edition of this show was a nice surprise. Its usually a chuckle to see Darwin awards
I used to say, “whatever makes people happy.” That was before I heard about “crushing videos,” and other things that make people happy.
I say "whatever doesn't hurt anyone is fine"
Damn you. I'm not going to be able to resist looking that up....
@@terrafirma5327a bit unfair to masochists but OK.
@@Iris_and_or_George Consent matters too, you aren't hurting someone if its consensual :)
The rules is, whatever makes you happy as long as you’re not hurting others or becoming a danger/burden to others.
See the Science Asylum video on voltage drops. Theoretically, pigeons on a power line could be conducting a very miniscule current.
Also -- there are still places that aluminum wiring is used.
It's only a problem -- usually -- where aluminum and copper wiring is mixed. Copper in direct contact with aluminum can cause corrosion, which leads to overheated and/or failed splices and circuits.
Anyway, hearing Simon pronounce "Aluminium" is the best part of this video.
um, I'm pretty sure that coke overdose is both horribly common and horrible
Yes, not to mention the long term effects on the heart, brain, etc will definitely put you in an early grave.
Ya, quick google search showed nearly 28000 people died of cocaine overdose in the US in 2022. Simon never ceases to amaze with his ignorance
The actual Cocaine bear died from an overdose, the film was pretty funny at times though.
respectfully disagree. although possibly common, I'm sure the cocaine overdose is far from horrible. ...same as an opiate overdose-I honestly can't think of a better way to go. extreme pleasure followed by sudden blackness. 👌🏻
@@darthphilfy My favourite bit was the ambulance scene!
“MAYBE my wife”
Oh, Simon. You never fail to make me laugh in amazement. 😂
Felt like it was a live stream on how long it was taking to get onto the script😂
The editor tried running a tangent clock on this episode but it was longer than the actual video.
Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me!😂
'BANG' .... It's a Gun.... can you call a ambulance?..I seem to be in a spot of Bother.
9:15 to the editor, thank you for keeping the tangents. Just going to say it, tangent timer bring it back please.
Tell the electrician to not only check your microwave and oven but also your RCDs :))
There is absolutely a bigger problem here.
As an American, the Segway “I’ve shot a lot of guns. I’ve got 2 school stories” is crazy 💀💀💀
Simon's unhinged energy and Florida Man stories are just what I needed on a Friday night after a week like this. 😂
Lighting up the neon light with the electrocution 🤣 I know Simon doesn't like dealing with customs but there *has* to be a neon sign repair shop or builder *somewhere* in the EU 😂
Also, no one tell Simon that people still dynamite fish where they think they can get away with it 🤣
Or hand grenade 🤣
Neon is really uncommon now, there are very few neon professionals anymore, but yeah there should be one or a few in all of Europe
Pigeons are technically rock doves.
Notice he said "maybe my wife". Honestly. I get it lmao
I picked up on that one 😂😂
The reason your coffee machine and your oven is shocking you is likely one of them is plugged in the wrong way. I'm guessing the coffee machine has a 2-prong plug that is plugged in the wrong way, so live and neutral are backwards. This won't stop the coffee machine from working, but it means that the outer case of the coffee machine is likely connected to live instead of neutral and then you're completing the circuit to ground when you touch the outside of the grounded oven.
And that’s why most things have three prongs here. There is no way to plug them in upside down anymore
And that's why two pronged plugs down here (New Zealand and Australia) are angled so they can't possibly be put in upside down kinda like this: / \
I love that it sounds like the pidgeon was attempting to flee from the pidgeon uprising, and inadvertently was the key to its success lol
lulz
Pigeon doesn't have a "d" in it, lol. I used to think it did too, from playing Pokémon too much and being confused because of Pidgey 😂
The book Simon's talking about in the beginning might be The Incomplete Book of Failures, my family had a copy of it and it included a chapter on Darwin Awards. It was a bestseller in the UK in the 70s/80s and could well have been in a school library.
the Darwin Awards actually put out a book themselves, and there was an entire section on people who lost their ability to reproduce and won a Darwin award without dying, i not only read it i actually used to own it. i got it at an airport bookstore ,it was my first introduction to the Darwin Awards .....
I looked at the site after I read the book
@@padrake444 that book came out much later, some time in the late 2000s, so too late to be Simon's book
@@maledictionwolf that book came out in 2000, the first one I mean..... And Simon is in his late 30s if I'm not mistaken so it could have been in his high school at that time
OMG I just now realized why Pigeon is a character in Mike Tyson Mysteries...
I could see someone sneaking the Darwin awards book into a school library. Especially if it was listed under Life science. The one I remember is the guy that tried to break into concert by jumping a fence and got caught on the fence and castrated
Next Florida Man: Religios Edition.
1 Florida man sell tickets to heaven.
Florida man arrested for using Bible as weapon.
Florida man here. Got to keep ahead of the curve.
Factboi Floridaman Friday Fun🎉
Aluminum happens to be the metal of choice for power lines as well, because it is such a good conductor, but it's also very light and naturally resistant to corrosion, and a heck of a lot more abundant than copper.
Also, it's actually possible for people to fly up to power lines! In fact, this is in part how high voltage transmission lines are inspected. A two-person team goes up in a helicopter, which is obviously not touching the ground so is completely safe from getting fried by the high voltage. One member of the team is wearing a special metal-weave conductive suit that protects them by being a _much_ more conductive outermost layer around their body, and before they actually touch the power lines themself they use a special rod first to make contact. Then they clamber onto the power lines and secure a fall arrest and just start scooting along the line to inspect it between pylons while the helicopter hovers nearby. Reverse the process to climb back into the helicopter, and repeat for as many segments as able during the shift.
"The Darwin Awards" was in fact a book in my high school library, that I as an adult went on to purchase.
Your story about a man being neutered by rebar sounds familiar, pretty sure it was in the one I have sitting on my shelf--might have actually been your school library
*Edit, readability*
Yep i was just pointing that out myself in my own post, i bought one at an airport bookstore and that was my first introduction to the Darwin Awards
Ooooh! Double the fun! Florida man and Darwin Awards. You can't top that.
You can't get a Darwin if you already have a kid that can continue your gene line.
Morn'n Great day for fishin'.
Thanks Julian for the unexpected Balin cameo.
Huhah!!
I enjoy this segment so much! It makes me glad we have Florida.
Treat every weapon (gun) as if it is loaded until you verify that it cleared yourself.
SPAWN LOUDERMILK! not be confused with APPARATE QUIETERJUICE
Absolutely every substance have a lethal dose (which varies a bit from perosn to person, and meeting or surpassing which is regarded as "overdosing"). The only reason we cannot say that cocaine's lethal dose is relatively low is because people keep creating new recreational drugs with lower and lower lethal doses (as well as oiverpricing and adulteration reducing the effective dose), but, still, like with other relatively "safe" drugs in regards to dosing, sometimes the danger is not the toxicity...
I'm sorry.. "MAYBE my wife??" 🤣 JFC, Simon! Lmfao
15:00 if something doesn't conduct electricity that just means that you're not using enough electricity.
Now I think it'd be fun to have simon write a script and to have one of the writers read it. 😅
0:42 AYO EDITOR WHAT
"That's Willie's time!"
The fact that a british guy know more about gun safety then must American ot so funny love friday simon
18:08 Viva La Dirt League jump scare
Dude - John Belushi famously died of a cocaine overdose. Chris Farley famously died of a cocaine overdose.
Yes people die of cocaine overdoses.
Also, love the video. You’re awesome
Both these people died of taking speedball overdoses. Cocaine coupled with heroin.
On that note, one can absolutely die of a cocaine overdose by way of a heart attack.
I loved the clip of Bailen’s Path ♥️
Rural people trick if you want to see if an electric fence is on take a long peice of grass and touch the wire for several seconds(they pulse), you can feel the electricity
Love the Viva La Dirt League clip!
The books do exist, I have four of them, but I can’t imagine they would be in a school library.
oh my god the sex plane crash story is such a classic in the circles of those of us who read NTSB reports for fun
White Tumbler Pigeon. The often invert loop when released by hand from coop.
the promise of a 90-minute version at the end sounded nice
Who's ever heard of a cereal overdose. Gotta love that Colombia cereal 😂
The arian pigeons caught me way off guard. Pure gold.
Tangent man Friday
Ooh, a new Evangelion scene for the tangent bit. I like it.
My favorite Darwin Awards story is a fiction one in their "Urban Legends" section >> "The Hydrogen Beer Disaster." If you ever want to have a Great Laugh at someone's stupidity, check it out. No, it never hpnd, but you can picture it as you read the tale.
coke ODs are surprisingly frequent, happens too often in nightclubs, restaurants and other entertainment establishments. and not talking about cut shit either
You know its going to be good from that intro
3:15 If the voltage is high enough, anything is a conductor....
This is now the best part of Friday on TH-cam.
Best thing to Watch after this is Mike Tyson’s Mysteries because his Pigeons are a key part of the show.
Please keep doing these, they are fascinating. Doesn't have to be about Florida, but this vein is ridiculous stories is fantastic
You should do one on non-lethal Darwin Awards
“I’m gonna be fuckin all your white pigeons” was insane. 😂😂😂
Simon not understanding cocaine is just uncooked crack and that you could die from it 😂
Florida Darwin awards is the greatest combination possible. Thank you, Kevin!!
Please have Kevin do a full casual criminalist episode on the crushing fetish dude!!!!!
"Aryan pigeons" 😂😂😂.
Nice day for fishing!
Brilliant video
Why would you name your kis Spawn:?
*points at a kid*
" That's my spawn."
My generation's humor is really something else
My kids call me “parental unit”. They call each other “demon spawn”- that’s the half they get from their father, Darth Vader.
Friend had his brother borrow his car without permission. His friend decided to borrow the car without permission. Decided to tuck a 10mm pistol under his belt. My friend then needed a new seat and carpet. BTW. Nevada.
10mm? I wasn't aware that was a calibre.
Yeah, it was a Sig Saur 1911 unit. Also "borrowed. " We want to LASER engrave a nut sack with an X through it.
I would love a casual criminalist episode on that foot fetish one! Omg, that’s so messed up!
Never been blazed this early
I vote to have this be a reoccurring special for the last Friday of every month! I guarantee you won’t run out of material 😂
I think, Simon may have had a little too much caffeine before this one or something.
Well. That thumbnail image certainly is a choice.
🌭 vs 🔫 who will win
Burgers
@@emchillada22 🍔
Cuck
Marmite
🌭: Nah I'd win
The winking Simon face was so British :) Thank you :)