It is "shocking" to think you would want to play a practical joke on someone *lol*. If I were you, I would stay away from electrical currents for a while. Just go ahead a plan that holiday of yours and leave anything which is electrical - alone.

What is it with you and electricity?

I ~was~ going to send you one of my spare toasters, but I've rethought the whole idea. My luck, you'd be playing with it in the bathtub. Bad idea.

crap. i thought you were gonna write something dirty. walt whitman, indeed!