I trust you will forgive me making a reference to my own blog, but frankly I can’t be bothered to re-write these two posts which will, at least, provide your readers with a chance to grade me as even worse than a "depraved pro-torture maniac". (No surprise there, then!)
http://duffandnonsense.typepad.com/duff_nonsense/2005/02/the_pliers_jenk.html#comments
http://duffandnonsense.typepad.com/duff_nonsense/2005/06/the_electrodes_.html
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