Ages ago when dinosaurs roamed the Earth and TV was coming from the sky as opposed from the wall, I was studying for the closing exam for Electrodynamics. That was hardest one at the end of the sixth semester. Basically if you made it you had to beat the crap out of the dean for you not to graduate. And yep, hard it was…

We were living in a crappy neighborhood and our neighbor and his father were dedicated alcoholics and the son was also a burglar (not related to the story). The walls were paper thin. They had their TV set against the wall, where my table was where I tried to read the books. But J could not for the father was watching the TV in full sound volume 24*7. Tried to ask nicely but to no avail. So I had my revenge. I was studying electrical engineering so creating a small oscillator tuned to the proper frequency was easy. I also modulated it so when switched on the TV displayed a white noise and the sound was a kind of roaring…

So I waited and when I heard the freaking TV, I switched my little device on, and heard the sound go arrrghghgghhghg…. Guy was shouting for his son, to help him to adjust the TV. When he was fiddling with it, I slowly tuned down the output of the circuit, so he proudly told his father how smart he is. He left the room (they were loud so I could hear the whole conversation). Ten seconds later, and I switched it on again. And off. It was like training a dog; if I remember correctly, it took around a day to train them that if they watch the TV too loud, it will go amok.