One wonders what the blazers people were doing when there was no
electricity. As in, how they were doing what they were doing. That they
WERE doing something is evident from the fact that they did find out
about electricity. Which was kinda nice of them and all, coz as we all
know it is very difficult to play Unreal Tourn. and AOE 2 without the
electricity chiznit. Which brings us back to the topic. Of what the
people were doing before electricity was invented. A few theories
abound, created by historians, who are basically people who due to a
sundry trip to the moon/ long coma/being cryogenically de-freezed from
the past - havent heard of AOE 2 or UT et al, and thus pass their free
time writing theories of what people did at times when they werent even
born. But that doesnt gainsay the fact that their theories are true. We
know they are true since the historians say so, and besides others are
too busy playing UT, Quake et al to strenuously disagree anyway. 

Anyway, to come to the historians' commonly agreed upon theory, people
passed their time flying kites before electricity was invented. Now this
doesnt seem like an engaging enough pasttime, but apparently it was the
rage at that time. Some allege it was actually a punishment that later
became fashionable.  I mean, I can almost imagine a parent scolding a
child for a wrongdoing - 'You bad child you - here keep holding this
incredibly long rope with a piece of paper at one end, for the entire
morning'.  And the poor child would do so as repentance for its sins.
But then punishments/discomforts - piercing body parts, tatoos/branding
with a hot iron come to the mind - have an uncanny way of becoming
fashionable.

Anyway, so while the people were flying kites to the dozen, the most
groundshaking thing happenned, and kite-flying ceased to be the rage it
was before. No, it wasnt the release of Unreal Tournament. That for
chronological reasons couldnt be released until much later. Historians
are divided about the exact details of this groundshaking event - some
say it was an asteroid impact, yet others say it was an ice age.
Whatever it was - people stopped flying kites altogether and started on
more interesting activities like burning people on stakes etc. Well -
when I say people moved on, I mean all except one. The chosen one. A
perseverant soul - albeit a bit fat and balding - he was flying a kite
in a rainstorm, while his contemporaries were enjoying themselves in
stake-burning activities. And was promptly struck by lightning. Amidst
the pain and agony - he thought deeply and analytically upon an
important question. Namely, What the heck am I doing flying kites in
rainstorms? Just kidding. The man - whose name was Ben Frankling btw -
thought deeply and analytically about why he got zapped, and voila -
discovered electricity. And it was thus that the marvellous thing called
electricity got discovered.  ya ya - I know, the question of what people
were doing before electricity was invented hasnt been fully answered.
But excuse me while I fly this....zapppp!