static electricity

The other day I stopped in a Wal-Mart on my way to work. They aren't very busy at that time and the greeter was a nice older lady. On my way out she said she would take my cart and put it away. I thanked her and removed the two bags I had in it. She then reached for it and kind of slapped it...

A few minutes ago, I had an unexpected event. My forearm made contact with the table some of my comuter equipment, including an LCD monitor sits on, and there was an audible static discharge. The monitor blinked (very briefly went dark then lit back up again).This is a rather old table, with...

http://www.opentheword.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=213:dont-mix-wool-with-linen&catid=38:bible-verified&Itemid=135 Ok this website says that you can destroy yourself with static electricity by wearing clothing that mixes linen and wool together. This sounds bogus to me...

OK, this is going to sound trivial and probably a little dumb, but every time I get out of my car, and close my door, I get shocked. I try different things to avoid getting shocked, but besides closing the door with my foot, I haven't found a good and easy solution. It freaking hurts and now...

I'm pretty sure this is not a paranormal phenomenon, but it sure hurts. I collect charge like a mother and I get zapped all the time. Every time after a ride in the car I get out and get zapped by the door. I get zapped by every door knob, water fountain, light switch... I no longer can...

This article leaves me scratching my head (not too energetically though, for obvious reasons). This seems implausible, but I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to science (and most stuff). I thought spontaneous combustion was a myth. No?