Because other people have looked at me strangely when this has come up in conversation
Have you ever given yourself a mains electric shock for fun?
No
18(85.7%)
Yes
3(14.3%)
I should perhaps say that what I used to do was stick one finger between the 2 bayonets of the old style bayonet fittings on the dodgy leads that converted 3 pin plugs to 2 pin bayonet ones e.g. how people used to do Christmas tree lights back in the dream-time