On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 11:50 PM, Michael Zeltner <m@niij.org> wrote:
Those "mickey mouse" cables are annoying

It's enough that power plugs are different in countries that represent one political entity (Italy, Switzerland, UK and the rest of continental EU).
Personally, I don't understand the difference between and need for two different sockets at the other end of the cable: IEC C5 (reversed mickey mouse) and IEC C13 (house like shaped).

BTW, I found the cable I was looking for. Thanks everyone who replied!