Quoted from vid1900:I'm not telling you to do this, but at work we loop a wire from the hot slot to the neutral slot in the outlet.
We look away from it, because it will arc for a milisecond and make a pop noise.
Don't do this.
Oh man, I haven't thought about this in years. In addition to all the other nonsense we got up to in the neighborhood when we were in middle school, we used to do this to peoples outside outlets and then run like hell.
I am so glad karma has not chosen to inflict on me as an adult the crap that we used to do to other people when we were kids. I cringe when I think about the random property damage we used to do and laugh about it. Sheesh.