"Reg Edwards" wrote

Wasn't Franklin that lunatic who used to walk around flying kites in the
middle of thunderstorms? And he now gets praised for it!

That was an experiment thousands of schoolteachers must dread, or rather
that it actually made the schoolbooks and includes artist renderings, in
case enterprising young minds wish to recreate this "experiment".
Frightening thought how many may have actually tried it, eh? ;-)

73,
Jack
Va Bch