Are there any other people here who licked the

[LuckyCharms]

terminals on those little 9 volts batteries when they were a kid?

[CanonRay]

1. Guilty as charged, your honor.

[targetpractice]

2. Once. Maybe twice...

... Okay, multiple times.

[Hoyt]

3. Still do. Best way to check for charge left. Once checked one of those walwart things, haven't been

Haven't been right since.

[Coventina]

4. Yup.

Sometimes I'm amazed I made it to adulthood.

Kids are dumb.

[SWBTATTReg]

5. Shocking, but yes. nt

[Apollo Zeus]

6. still do

for smoke alarms and such

[Dave in VA]

7. Been there,

done that!

What an electrifying experience!!

[sl8]

8. Licking batteries leads to a terminal condition.

At least, it has that potential.

[Sunriser13]

12. Are you positive?

That's a mighty negative attitude, there...

[lastlib]

14. Perhaps that explains your current situation.......

Don't ask me watt that means. IDK.

[nykym]

9. I am Shcoked to admit

that I did it and found it stimulating

[tazkcmo]

10. Lol

I had a basset hound that loved those batteries.

[abqtommy]

11. Sure. That's the quickest way to tell how much current the battery can still deliver.

[Dagstead Bumwood]

13. Not as enticing as smelling the

mimeograph paper at school, but still a nice, guilty pleasure.