Touching/Sitting on your coil

[Megavolt121-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Hi all,
  I once was there being the guy that wanted to touch a tesla coil and
drawn an arc, or have arcs come off my hands while i sat on my coil. Of
course this all changed when i realized that there are more factors than i
imagined involved in touching/sitting on a tesla coil. The most common one
is, what if i slip and ground myself ? Of course, after working with some
professionals and witnessing this stunt beingdone and the safety
precautions required, i have decieded that touching the coil isn't a good
idea. But this decision was made only after i saw them setting up the coil
for this stunt and realized that there were many factors i wasn't taking
into consideration.(Don't ask what they are, cause i won't tell). Moral of
the story is, Don't do it. There are many things you aren't thinking about
that will kill you. If you really think life sucks, don't kill yourself w/
the coil since that will only leave the rest of the coilers in the world
with a bad rep.
-Safe coiling in Los Angeles
Alan