When I were a lad
We were proper poor. Didn't have a lamp in my bedroom, and it was a hassle getting out of bed to turn off the light. So one day when I was about 12, I was idly scavenging round the cubby-hole when I found a light-fitting, with power-cable still attached. There wasn't a plug, but I found one without a cover - so go! I got the wires from the cable stripped, hooked up the plug, sellotaped the light fitting to the wall at the foot of my bed and hooked it up to the socket also at the foot of the bed, and I had a lamp! Wowee! I could read in bed even later than before!

The wall was right up against the foot of the bed, so I only had to tip my toe out the bed and practically touch the wall. It didn't take long before I hit the exposed plug and got an enormous fucking electric shock which practically made me bite my tongue off.

A few lessons learned, there.
(McChinaman banned, Fri 18 Nov 2011, 10:24, 3 replies)

was they about grammer?

piss aside, i recall my friend david doing similar and ending up with a huge tear in his foot where the 'trickery got out
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 18 Nov 2011, 10:54, closed)

Best. Learning. Technique. Ever.

( P-MONKE We're all fucked, Sat 19 Nov 2011, 20:57, closed)

It certainly worked for me
To this day I can still recite my seven times table, thanks to Miss O'Halloran and her electrodes.
(richardm, Mon 21 Nov 2011, 11:25, closed)