Believe it or not, I can't think of any bonehead moves I've made with my A/V equipment over the years, but I do have one of an electrical nature. One day, in my pre-teen years my brothers and I, after my "Big Bruiser" toy tow truck broke, decided to take the 1.5 volt DC motor out to see if it still worked. I connected some wires to the red and black leads, put a plug on it, plugged it into the switched AC outlet and told my brother to turn it on. Big spark, scared the snot out of me and to this day I can clearly visualize my blacked fingers. What I don't remember though is if it stung or not. My dad was sitting in his recliner, reading the paper then looked over at me and in a very calm voice said, what are you doing? Then he continued reading the paper.

That was my first experience with electricity, and I've been hooked ever since.