I was not suggesting playing with electricity. Never would.

The others are right. If you touched a hot wire and you had a ground through your feet or some other body part, the electricity would flow through any part of your body that is between those two points. That would be dangerous. But, you said you touched both prongs at the same time with the same hand. The electricity would want to flow from one prong to the other just across your finger or hand.

But, if you did not feel a shock, you did not get shocked.

Here in the US, the voltage is 110-120 volts. The amperage would usually be 15 to 30 amps. Only electric stoves and electric clothes dryers routinely use 220-240 volts but they are on a isolated high amperage (50 amp) circuit.

We also have modern homes wired with Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters. They shut off the power when they sense a leak of power to anything. A touch of even a very dry finger will shut off the power. The shock will be barely perceptible but the power will go out. They started in limited areas near water in the 1970's and are now required in almost the whole house.

They are required on the plug end of hair dryers, curling irons and corded electric shavers since they are routinely used near water/sinks.

In most cases, a house can be rewired with GFCI's for a reasonable amount. They can even work in an old two wire home electrical system without a ground wire system.

If you get shocked by walking across a carpeted floor, you can reduce the chance of shock by lightly spraying the carper with salt water. Just a slight mist from a misting sprayer filled with salt water will reduce or end the shocks. We had a problem with this. The static charge from walking across the carpet would shock the laptop computer at first touch and shut it off.

If you are concerned about electrical shocks, especially if you routinely use extension cords, getting an update to your outlets and circuit panel would be worthwhile.