This is quite biased and not well-found on engineering/scientific fact, but I still found it fairly amusing. Even more amusing are the mix of vehemently opinionated comments.
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029552,49303764-8,00.htm
That article is a liar. Italy has by far the most messed up system ever. They can't make up their minds to use the Italian 3 prong, the older 3 prong, the europlug, or Schuko. Plus their plugs are usually engineered to not work half the time.
KermMartian wrote:
I posted this on my facebook wall yesterday and was presented with this picture of a South African plug
in return
Thanks that was a good read and funny @ that
Oh wow, that's a giant plug. And yes, credit where credit's due, I got this off of elfprince's Facebook feed.
Edit: I just spent half an hour reviewing the following pages for some more (factual and less humorous) information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europlug
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