Topic: Top 12 Things You Need To Be A Mad Scientist

[Clive]

http://listverse.com/humor/top-12-things-you-need-to-be-a-mad-scientist

[Simon]

I might be about to make myself look stupid    but is that really what a Jacob's Ladder is?  I've always wondered, but never bothered to find out. 

[Sandra]

I have never heard it called that Simon.
The only Jacob's ladder that I have come across was the name of some very long and very steep steps in a cliff face in the Cheddar gorge.

Jacob's ladders would be a great trading name for a ladder manufacturing company wouldnt it 

[Simon]

Well, wouldn't you know, it's bloody religious!   

Jacob's Ladder refers to a ladder to heaven described in the Book of Genesis (28:11-19) which the biblical patriarch Jacob envisioned during his flight from his brother Esau:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob's_Ladder

[Rik]

I used to play with JL's as school, great fun.