Playing with the static electricity like that was foolish.
yes, it was foolish. Interesting but foolish!!!!
Would I do that again? Probably not.
Like the people in Indonesia that wandered out on to the beach to see why the tide went out further than they had ever seen before.
Then the tsumami came.
More like ignorance in this case (splitting hairs)
You were very, very lucky.
yes, but, what were we going to do? Go back to camp 15' away?