12 Responses

1. Guessing
   My guess is 3.5673

   Am I right? I’ll bet I’m close aren’t I?

2. None
   Volts don’t kill people amps do, and while it takes a very low ampage applied directly to a human heart to stop it, licking a battery leaves a long way for it to go.

   For the record, in medical literature the lowest “voltage” attributed to a fatal accident was 46 Volts – but I don’t have a record of the source of the voltage.

   Why ask this question here anyway?

   And yes Garry you were indeed close.

3. is this a riddle?
   I reckon this is a riddle and that the “answer” is

   ~”Who cares? Anyone who dies from “licking” a battery is either too stupid or too perverted to expect to live”~

4. me
   me…..

   well perhaps not!

   What has this got to do with training?

   confused in Spain , Andi

5. an answer to andi
   by discussing the dangers of licking 9v batteries we “teach” people not to do it?

   P’haps

   (yes, I did wonder when I first saw the question and frankly, still do, but this is an unregulated (almost) site so let’s not censor it too much)

6. One – as far as I know
   there may be others but this one was attached to a motorbike at the time

7. Battery lickers – R.I.P
   According to research carried out by the well respected group Weconyou in Voltsville Wyoming, the answer is 159 people died March 2003 – April 2006 from licking said batteries.

   Check out the research on http://www.weconyou.com

   Apparently a group of rough-looking batteries had a face off with a bunch of jump leads last week. The situation was resolved by a burly Policeman who shouted “oi you lot, don’t start anything!”

   Unbelievable but true.

   Ray

8. childhood memories
   i remember doing this as a kid – christ knows why but i remember the taste being horrible!

   thankfully no one i knew died…imagine explaining that one as a 7 year old!

9. I’ll let you know.
   I will hand some out in my training session tomorrow and let you know what happens. Will I be liable if several die?

10. Electrifying
    No one, but it makes a great energiser.

11. Modems too
    I don’t know about anyone licking batteries.. well I do really but they didn’t die. I spoke with a guy once who told me his Speedtouch USB modem must be faulty because he got an electric shock every time he licked it. I had to tell him the modem should not be exposed to moisture. I refrained from pointing out it didn’t actually resemble an ice cream. Takes all sorts I suppose. And yes. 9 volt batteries do taste very bitter when you lick them !

12. ?
    Well certainly fewer than the number of people who have read this thread!