Bad Color Choice.

[repsac]

Staties use the white with black or blue stripe down the leg. Probies (probationers) use the tan onsies. Counties tend to go one of two ways (depending on how cheap the sheriff is.) Blue scrubs or orange jumpsuits.

[Gurndigarn]

Apparently, pilots' parachutes were made of this INCREDIBLY BRIGHT HORRIBLE orange, so that if they were lost at sea or somewhere they could be seen easily.

Unfortunately, this shade of orange was found to attract sharks.

I'm not sure if it attracts sharks, but it is an incredibly bright color. I once made the mistake when I was living in Vegas of biking down Freemont Avenue (the mini-strip-- the one where you can legally drive without headlights 24/7/365.24) with a flight jacket on, forgetting that this was new years eve... at 11 PM or thereabouts.

[crazylegs]

Also, is a taser charge enough to melt one's shirt to the chest?

Assuming its the version that you fire the probes, rather than the hand held...

If the probes were nearly touching, or there was a lot of use, then in theory it could happen, but

[Geek King]

Assuming its the version that you fire the probes, rather than the hand held...

If the probes were nearly touching, or there was a lot of use, then in theory it could happen, but

Probably would have to have a very synthetic material too. Maybe with a cheap polyester blend, like almost lawn chair quality--or cheap sports jersey.


...why did this start feeling like a Mythbusters episode? You know, that part where they've failed, and are looking for the worst case senario?

[justZu]

...why did this start feeling like a Mythbusters episode? You know, that part where they've failed, and are looking for the worst case senario?

And now we're going to put this outfit on Buster and lay him out in the desert at noon - underneath this giant magnifying glass. We forgot to bring Buster? Never mind, we'll just use Grant.

[MystyGlyttyr]

Well, maybe if the dude had just shut his yap and cooperated with the cop, he wouldn't have gotten his butt tazed. Maybe it's just me, but if a cop tells me to stop, I'm not gonna cuss at him. Dummy asked for it. If it was late at night on a street with "many bars" the lighting might have been horrible and made it hard for the cop to see what was what. Then when the dumb butt started cussing instead of responding like a RATIONAL HUMAN BEING, all the cop knew was that what appeared to be a hostile orangie was right in front of him. I mean, for all we know, the guy who walked off the work crew was some kind of psycho killer who ripped people's throats out with his bare hands. (On a work crew outside, unlikely, I know, but you get my drift.)