Copper Kite Benjamin Franklin reputedly flew his kite in a lightning storm, going on to discover that lightning equals electricity. However, certain precautions must be taken to avoid, as Ben Franklin did, sudden electrocution.

Kennon, 26, replicated the conditions of Ben Franklin's experiment, sans safety precautions. He was flying a kite,with a short string that he had extended with a length of thincopper wire. The copper made contact with a high tension line, sending a boltof artificial lightning down the wire. As Kennon was an electrician,Kennon's father told listeners, his son "should have known better."Kennon is survived by his parents, six sisters, and five brothers.

From the Darwin Awards, I think he's got to be a Lib Dem of some description.  ¶ 12:04 pm