A Norwegian, an Irishman and a German were sentenced to be electrocuted.
First, the Irishman was strapped in the chair and the switch was pushed.
Nothing happened, so the Irishman was freed. Same thing happened to the
German. As the Norwegian was lead into the room, the prison guard remarked,
"Sure has been a lucky day for those two guys." Said the Norwegian, "Vell
I should say so, becoss I can see the plug has come out of the socket under
the chair."