The following is actually extracted from a newspaper clipping about the various plugs available in the world. Don't they look quite like faces?
Mean and confused ![]() |
Inquisitive ![]() |
Shocked ![]() |
Middle: Type F, used in central Europe
Right: Type D (Old British) used in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Namibia
Young child ![]() |
Confused ![]() |
Worried ![]() |
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Middle: Type E (French 2-pin, female earth), used in France, Belgium, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Tunisia and Morocco
Pained ![]() |
Teary ![]() |
Aged ![]() |
Right: Type O
Alien ![]() |
Hitler ![]() |
Alien 2 ![]() |
Left: Type C, France/Germany CEE CEE 7/17
Middle: Type B, North America, grounded
Right: Type A (2 pin), North America, Japan
Angry ![]() |
Snobbish ![]() |
Weeping ![]() |
Left: Type H, used exclusively in in Israel
Middle: Type G, BS 1363 (British 13 A/250 V 50 Hz earthed and fused), used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Cyprus, Malta, Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong
Right: Type I, used in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Argentina
Inquisitive ![]() |
Disatisfied ![]() |
? ![]() |
Left: Multi standard socket
Right: Type C, Europe, aka Europlug CEE 7/16
Sources: Electricity around the world: everything about plugs, sockets, voltages, converters, etc.
Domestic AC power plugs and sockets