[Gllug] OT: Mains electricity colour coding.

[Alain Williams]

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 11:39:44PM +0100, Steve Parker wrote:

> I was taught that "the lively brown cow jumps over a green-and-yellow 
> earth under a neutral blue sky". How I ever came to remember such a 
> convoluted mnemonic I have no idea - and how many lively, jumping cows 
> have you ever seen?!

Just the ones jumping as a result of an electric shock from an incorrectly
wired plug :-)

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