On a humbler scale, when changing a lamp bulb, do not assume that the fact of having switched off at the wall, or at the lamp, means that both pins in the socket are safe - it ain't necessarily so !
A mains-testing screwdriver should be in every toolkit.
As for the chap who took his charger into the bath, suggest a candidate for "The Most Highly Derogatory Order of the Irremovable Digit" (remember, anyone ?)
Last edited by Danny42C; 20th Mar 2017 at 13:53.
Reason: Forgot a word ! (happens at my age)