The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #88409   Message #1657952
Posted By: gnu
30-Jan-06 - 02:11 PM
Thread Name: BS: Where does the Mudcat go to?
Subject: RE: BS: Where does the Mudcat go to?
The Café exists on a server in Max's basement between the clothes dryer and the litter box. When the cat does what cats do, the cat then does what cats then do. In pawing the litter, the little furball gererates static electricity. When it steps out of the litter box and onto one of the statically charged socks attempting to make a break for it from the dryer, it picks up even more electrical potential. Of course, the cat understands Max's affinity for the server and does what cats do... marks the server with it's scent.

Now, if the cat has had a real good one and done a lot of pawing, and, if it has stepped on a sock(s) which went through the dryer with no ati-static sheet or fabric softener, the potential charge is so great that it jumps the secondary protection, ie, the cowling ground, and trips the primary protection which shuts down the system as a safety precaution so that data is not lost.

I suppose you might ask why Max doesn't just shove an anti-static Bounce sheet up the Cat's ass. Because Max is a kind and gentle soul who would never allow harm to come to his beloved Cat(s).

Me? Well, maybe. But... I don't know why you ask.