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Power-dressing Aussie leaves trail of destruction

October 17, 2005· Posted by Court
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Australians can now boast to *almost* being able to lay claim to the Darwin award for this year. According to a fire official, a man with series electricity issues was one step away from serious harm. "We tested his clothes with a static electricity field meter and measured a current of 40,000 volts, which is one step shy of spontaneous combustion, where his clothes would have self-ignited," Barton said. Power-dressing Aussie leaves trail of destruction