I keep my house at 55 degrees, so I walk around all day in a polyester jacket, it's soft and clingy, kind of feels like a sweatsuit jacket.
Anyway, this thing builds up static cling like it's an electrical substation. At night, I'll take it off and when I go to switch the light off I'll actually see a little bolt of electricity bridge the gap from the switch to my finger when I get within about an inch.
As I walk away from the jacket the arm will actually lift up toward me because of the static.
So anyway, long story short (I know, too late), today I went to brush my teeth again after some breakfast, and I decided to take the jacket off because I didn't want the sleeves to get splatter on them.
Typical static cling scenario, but this time I'm about to put my hand into the water to make sure it's the right temperature and I haven't discharged the electricity yet.
WOW! That was the biggest static electricity shock I have EVER had! I felt that one all the way up to my SHOULDER!
So here's your science experiment for tonight.
Go home, get nekkid. Start the shower. Put on your sweatsuit and shuffle along your carpet for about 10 minutes. Then, remove the sweatsuit and step immediately into the shower.
Please report back here tomorrow with your findings.
