are we sure this was only a 12-volt system?

Scott Atkinson wrote:
> 
> Hope you havent seen this one... it made my eyes water!
> 
> (sorry for the non VW content....but it is Friday)
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>            By John McCaslin
>            THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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>                               Only in Arkansas
> 
>              Here's more on why Arkansas is everyone's favorite
>            state. This is from the Arkansas Democrat Gazette:
>              "Two local men were seriously injured when their
>            pickup truck left the road and hit a tree near Cotton
>            Plant on State Highway 38 early Monday morning ...
>              "Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray
>            Wallis, 38, of Little Rock are listed in serious
>            condition at Baptist Medical Center. The accident
>            occurred as the two men were returning to Des Arc
>            after a frog-gigging trip. [Note to city slickers:
>            frog-gigging, or frog-sticking, is how, armed with a
>            small pitchfork, you catch frogs from the bayou bank.
>            Frog legs make a tasty supper.]
>              "On an overcast Sunday night, Poole's pickup truck
>            headlights malfunctioned. The two men concluded that
>            the headlight fuse on the older-model truck had
>            burned out. As a replacement fuse was not available,
>            Wallis noticed that the .22 caliber bullet from his
>            pistol fit perfectly into the fuse box next to the
>            steering wheel column. Upon inserting the bullet, the
>            headlights again began to operate and the two men
>            proceeded on eastbound toward the White River Bridge.
>              "After traveling approximately 20 miles and just
>            before crossing the river, the bullet apparently
>            overheated, discharged and struck Poole in the right
>            testicle. The vehicle swerved sharply to the right,
>            exiting the pavement and striking the tree. Poole
>            suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from the
>            accident, but will require surgery to repair the
>            other wound. Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and
>            was treated and released.
>              "'Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston
>            shot his nuts off or we might have been dead,' said
>            Wallis.
>              "'I've been a trooper for 10 years in this part of
>            the world,' said Deputy Snyder, 'but this is a first
>            for me. I can't believe that those two would admit
>            how the accident happened.'
>              "Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia, Poole's
>            wife, asked how many frogs the boys had caught, and
>            did anyone think to get them from the truck."
> 
> Scott Atkinson
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