why wasn't trisha zapped? well, she zapped a little bit, but why is she still here today? enormous amount of energy per charge, okay? but not very many charges. if trisha went home tonight and took a bobby pin and stuck into 110 volts at home, honey, trisha wouldn't be here next time maybe, yeah, okay? she'd be hurt. you know why? that's not so much energy per charge. but how many charges are gonna flow when you stick into the power company socket, a lot or a little? it begins with a l. - a lot. - a lot. so there might be a little energy per charge, but so many that total energy going through you is very uncomfortable. but the energy that came from the van de graaff generator, a lot of energy per charge, but if not many, many charges, then not much total energy. it's very similar to high temperature and low temperature. remember we talked about the fourth of july sparkler that's got temperature more than a thousand degrees? but you don't get burned by the spark, because why? although the energy per molecule is very high, you don't have very many molecules in the spark. so t