Generations of Fearing Electricity

My mother made fun of her grandfather who thought their was a little man inside the tape recorder.

He was from Russia and he would say cue-NEE instead of knee.

My mother thought that if I unplug the coffee percolator from the pot instead of from the wall, all of that loose electricity would come and get me.

I even thought that an unplugged toaster could kill you if you reached in to grab your stuck toast.

My grandmother warned me to stay away from faucets and windows during a thunderstorm.