@Al et al (see what I did there?)
Yes. Yes, I could, as I have pants, liquid nitrogen and a hammer all readily to hand.

Unfortunately, the results would be disappointingly unspectacular, as cotton does not embrittle satisfactorily when it's frozen. (You can tell I've tried this! Not with actual pants though)

I have done this with rubber gloves in the past. They work well. You put a little liquid nitrogen into the glove and quickly tie the open end up. The nitrogen evaporates, and simultaneously chills the rubber, so when it expands and bursts with a bang, the rubber shatters into little pieces.

Unfortunately (damn you, health and safety) we don't have rubber gloves now, because some people are allergic to latex. So we have to use plastic ones, and they're not so good.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 6 Oct 2008, 14:46, Reply)