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Scary example. What is the connection to the âFreehandâ tool?
Nearly the entire thing was drawn using the Freehand tool.
And you should always keep your free hand in your pocket when sticking a knife into a mains power receptacle. 
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Talk about dry humorâŚ
Dry is best. Wet tends to be too conductive.
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Iâll bet youâre pretty good with etch-a-sketch 
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Not as much as I used to be. My hands get shaky.
Simply fantastic example ! 
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And we all know what happened to Vincent van Gogh when his free hand got hold of the freehand tool.
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Reminds me of my childhoodâŚ
I did that once with a 5 inch nail when I was about 5 years old. There were even plastic âchild protectiveâ inserts in the outlets that didnât stop me 
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You need to insert two nails simultaneously to bypass the child protectionâŚ
Or first push one into the ground (earth) connection.
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Iâm assuming for the sake of accuracy the kid has his left hand in a toaster and is kneeling in a puddle.
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I couldnât draw the toaster, though.
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And the next logical scene.
Hidden due to annoying nature of the gif
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As a 6 year old, I stuck a fork in an outlet - next thing I knew - it was stuck in the ceiling above me! âŚdidnât help my drawing abilities though.
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My little brother did that about 50 years ago. I took a big divot out of the table knife. But we kept using that table knife through the remainder of our childhoods, as kind of an object lesson at every dinner.
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As a relative newcomer to the accidental electrocution club, Iâd like to offer some fresh perspective and some tips.
- Outlets can interfere with proper accidental electrocution. Opt instead for live wires.
- When finding which wires go to which breaker, best practice is to always label the breaker. But if you do this âalmost alwaysâ or âmost of the timeâ youâll be creating more optimal circumstances for future accidental electrocution.
- At some point select a phrase like, âah, itâll be fineâ, to reassure yourself of your chosen course of action.
- Glibly work around exposed wires. In my case, I tiled a floor. Latter work or other tasks might be right for you.
- Find the right distraction. In my case I was using a phone to take pictures for a friend who taught me how to do trim âback in the dayâ. That allowed me to back into the wires without having to think about it. Donât try too hard to find the right distraction: let the right one find you!
Iâve updated my SketchUp model for future reference.
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