The lawsuits that would come from that these days...

Can someone explain the purpose of the chain?

I'd like to rig something like that up for the neighborhood cats who try to sleep on my cars when they are outside.

@racerx: Weight, is my guess, to keep the ground cable on the... uh... ground.

I remember one variation on this recently involved a high-voltage current running through the "contact points" on a car when the alarm is set. Basically it was the box from an electric fence that would shock the shit out of anyone who touched your door handle or hood to try and steal the car.

I believe this was another South African invention, same country that brought us the side-firing flamethrowers to prevent carjacking. Awesome.

"Don't taze me bro...!"

And you young wipper snappers thought you invented hoonage.

excellent, the kid in the pic looks like he is about to break dance onto the bumper.

Get off my bumper you little wankers!

Give him the stick.

DON'T GIVE HIM THE STICK!

@racerx: Well, if you were having a bad day you could turn your car off, get out and chain the little bastard up and say, "so ya wanna go fer a ride do ya? I'll take ya fer a ride alright..."

Zap, zap, "AHH!", drag, scrape, "AHH!", zap, zap, "AHH!", drag, drag.
Repeat if desired.

It doesn't work on dragons. Only mithril bumpers with taze spell level 40 works

I had a high school science teacher who hooked capacitors to his hub caps (remember those) in a skirmish with local dogs.

Cool, an invisible fence for boot-hopping juvenile deliquents

@Iron-Balls McGinty:

my dad has a crazy story about wrapping his passenger-side front tire in a burlap sack...likewise, in a skirmish with local dogs.

I don't get it. I thought you guys had lacks gun laws.

@LTDScott:

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhh!!

@arowsell: Yes, but it's still illegal to shoot someone.

Shocking behaviour.

But would it prevent goolie-ing in the wintertime?

@JSmith53: That's a bit of a cock tease isn't it?

@dearthair: I think that sounds like a great DIY project...

@Unevolved: You're welcome to it. All my cars are German. There is no way I'm trying something like that with wiring that will explode if you look at it the wrong way.

@racerx: I'm glad someone got that.

I heard of a guy in Chicago who wrapped the telephone pole next to his garage, in an alley, with copper sheet and then put a copper plate on the ground next to the pole, barley covered in dirt and cinders. Each plate was wired to a couple of truck batteries in series. Kept the neighborhood kids from pissing next his garage.

"Dragons Be Gone," now available at Pep Boys.

@JSmith53: It's only illegal sometimes.
What the hell kind of shoes does the kid in the drawing have on?? Ballet slippers? If he had on tennies would he still get the shock?
And I'm sure there's no chance the little brat will come back and trash your car later. When you're asleep.