Look! This is SO Brazilian. The government has just decided to standardize the electricity plugs. Now, 2009. Yeah, it was about time, right? In Brazil we use both the American/Japanese plug and sort of the European plug, as seen here:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWcuodFvAV2ENgOiC8sasW-knS_oShBc4Zgcqrse61AwNarigC43jt6lXwk9AJ1I_zc3HuNuKsyoBCTfCXmooKQDcnPlO0yq6g3mcBXR_Oz__ha6CrXcS6FJwzjDnEGmxPSzKqt5lOARI/s400/Base_p_Tomada_Embutir.jpg)
When we buy something with this plug here
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5bjw6zbX1B4oVuqfNHbj3f77TbmzMQTzUlCT0tM7u0x_LgJcCG0r4ecCUfrvMhiX1OVVmICUDIlGit4gDDybwOoU-454uARJ_8NFVts0xLguX0vz3VG6bSxR2sD40pvQ_ejOvVco-MlE/s400/250px-B_plug.jpg)
we either break the third knob or we buy an adapter.
Instead of deciding between any of these popular plugs, they created this:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8MToUtw32uBA7DvWkb2KJzYrzyFUPioE4xHUG9SKEW_hRJqNBp5CfGuToEqzJZv9_CbVqyiJVzAbblZPo9pBtCdpE-co7OwYrAqQlFJTiXJ38VWrYi6pwwyxHEwFIfuJ5Ngqb73F8UhM/s400/tomadas_padrao3pinos.jpg)
Now we have a plug to call our own and the electricity plug adapters will have to change. For us. Yay! I'm so proud of our new electricity plug!