Al Carrell: You may think that nobody loves you. And yet, every month you get greetings from the electric power company in the form of a bill. Ever wonder how they figure out how much electricity you use? Well it's simple. They put a meter on your house. I'm going to tell you how easy it is to read the meter.
To actually read the meter, you start on the far right hand side. It's between 0 and 9, it hasn't quite reached the 0 yet, so you'd record 9. This one is right on the 0, and so it would be 0 9. For this one to move to the 1, this needle goes all the way around completely before this will move 1. The next one is on 4 exactly, so we'll right 4 down. This one is between 3 and 4, so we write 3 down. And this one has just passed the 1, so the reading is 13409. Now the figure you get is not going to be exactly what you're billed by the electric company, but if it's close you know you're in the same ball park and you'll know that you don't have a faulty meter or a faulty reader.
Episode 38 1996 - 97 Season
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