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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Folks:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please understand, before I even ask the question, that I am not going to let the following occur. There is no chance of it actually happening. And yet – the kids I’m working for on this uber-hip haunted house next week have asked me to suss out the technical gimmickry behind the tough mudder electro shock obstacle. Again, I am not going to rig a live mesh of 10,000 volt wires as a gauntlet for the unsuspecting public. However, I am interested in thoughts as to how best to fake this gag (i.e., a big scary single-pole switch box that crackles and looks like it is sending live current through suspended wires) and am ACADEMICALLY interested in how we think the actual tough mudder obstacle is fabricated.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I completely understand if no one wants to touch this question with a ten-foot insulated pole, but I couldn’t think of a better group to ask.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>J. Minh<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>