Pictures of naked men

Last week a man who tried to steal copper wire from a live electricity pole died when a surge of electricity caught him mid- the proceedings. As if sudden death, with no time to make peace with The Maker and Judge of All, was not tragic enough, there was embarassment and shame to come. To compound the tragedy with a touch of comedy, the electricity burnt his pants clean off and he ended up butt-ass nekkid on the front cover of both the New Vision and Bukedde.

The office banter, naturally, revolved around the physics of the occasion. How come his shirt wasn’t burnt off, but his trousers were reduced to ash?

Part of the story was a quote from the electricity company’s PRO.

Asked for a reaction, Umeme acknowledged that vandalising power cables is the
company’s biggest problem. “Not only is it our biggest problem, it is also very
costly,” the public relations officer, Edward Twine, said. “It affects power
distribution and service delivery and impacts negatively on the image of the
company.”

“These people they steal our wires, they steal fuel from our transformers...” mimicked Colleage Name Withheld, before adding, “For once the Umeme PRO is in a good mood,” said Encyclo. “He isn’t on the defensive.”

We also shared the obligatory muchomo comments.

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