I was never much for truly destructive stunts.
That doesn't mean that I didn't terrorize some areas, though.

In the 70s circuit breakers had finally replaced fuses, so overloading a circuit in a house was a minor inconvenience rather than a hassle involving finding a fuse and replacing it. My favorite little trick involved a plug that I had cut off of an old appliance with the two wires stripped and twisted together, covered with a wire nut and electrical tape.

I would sneak up to the house and locate the outside receptacle, quietly open it, put one prong of the plug in, then a quick poke with the other and ZAP! part of the house would go dark. If I was feeling especially annoying I would hit the same place a couple of times in an evening.

This lasted until I told a friend about it and gave him the plug. He and a friend went out one night to try it and immediately got caught.

Numpty.
( Wanderer, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 14:51, 1 reply)

your chosen victim
had a problem with electrical discrimination.
( bane, Thu 7 Oct 2010, 16:03, closed)