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caffienekitty) wrote2009-05-27 10:49 pm
caffienekitty) wrote2009-05-27 10:49 pm
The Case of Chaos Vs the Answering Machine.
The Case of Chaos Vs the Answering Machine
You decide.
Kitty-cat Court is now in session
The Plaintiff: Answering Machine. Loyal, lonely, and much maligned.
Exhibit A. Position of Answering Machine when I got home. (For reference, normal position of Answering Machine may be seen in the picture of the Plaintiff. Note the current lack of power lights.)
Exhibit B. The power cord of the answering machine. Exactly the position it was discovered in, about 8 feet away from the aforementioned answering machine.
Exhibit C. Space beside couch through which answering machine power supply may be accessed. (Couch moves somewhat easily; it's one of those boneless couches)
Exhibit D. Normal plug-in point for answering machine, bottom plug. Note the vacancy of the bottom plug.
Exhibit E. Bouncy ball that I totally forgot he even had as a toy which apparently rolled behind the couch a while back. Possibly even last year.
The Accused: Chaos. Previously convicted on charges of illegally re-distributing dehydrated dairy products in the Great Indoor Powdered Milk Snowstorm of '93. Also known heavy catnip user.
Theoretical Re-enactment:
Chaos (The Accused) was home alone and bored. He remembered the bouncy ball (Exhibit E) which rolled behind the couch and decided today was the day to go after it.
Once Chaos wedged himself into the tiny space beside the couch (Exhibit C), he discovered that he could not back up, and therefore must proceed forward. Along his path, he encountered the power cord of the answering machine in its normal location (Exhibit D). Unable to step high enough to avoid it, he bulled straight through, taking the cord with him (Exhibit B). This in turn pulled the Plaintiff out of normal position, disconnected the cord from both the wall and the Plaintiff, thereby depriving the Plaintiff of power and rendering it incapable of performing its assigned function of confusing the hell out of telemarketers.
The final fully-stretched-straight-out position the cord was discovered in in the Exhibit B photo is unexplainable by human science. Attempts to contact a cat scientist have resulted in no practical information and more than a few hairballs.
Now that you have heard the evidence, you decide:
[Poll #1406966]
(Please Note: Regardless of verdict, Chaos will not actually be punished in any way. It may affect his treat allowance though.)
You decide.
Kitty-cat Court is now in session
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The Plaintiff: Answering Machine. Loyal, lonely, and much maligned.
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Exhibit A. Position of Answering Machine when I got home. (For reference, normal position of Answering Machine may be seen in the picture of the Plaintiff. Note the current lack of power lights.)
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Exhibit B. The power cord of the answering machine. Exactly the position it was discovered in, about 8 feet away from the aforementioned answering machine.
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Exhibit C. Space beside couch through which answering machine power supply may be accessed. (Couch moves somewhat easily; it's one of those boneless couches)
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Exhibit D. Normal plug-in point for answering machine, bottom plug. Note the vacancy of the bottom plug.
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Exhibit E. Bouncy ball that I totally forgot he even had as a toy which apparently rolled behind the couch a while back. Possibly even last year.
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The Accused: Chaos. Previously convicted on charges of illegally re-distributing dehydrated dairy products in the Great Indoor Powdered Milk Snowstorm of '93. Also known heavy catnip user.
Theoretical Re-enactment:
Chaos (The Accused) was home alone and bored. He remembered the bouncy ball (Exhibit E) which rolled behind the couch and decided today was the day to go after it.
Once Chaos wedged himself into the tiny space beside the couch (Exhibit C), he discovered that he could not back up, and therefore must proceed forward. Along his path, he encountered the power cord of the answering machine in its normal location (Exhibit D). Unable to step high enough to avoid it, he bulled straight through, taking the cord with him (Exhibit B). This in turn pulled the Plaintiff out of normal position, disconnected the cord from both the wall and the Plaintiff, thereby depriving the Plaintiff of power and rendering it incapable of performing its assigned function of confusing the hell out of telemarketers.
The final fully-stretched-straight-out position the cord was discovered in in the Exhibit B photo is unexplainable by human science. Attempts to contact a cat scientist have resulted in no practical information and more than a few hairballs.
Now that you have heard the evidence, you decide:
[Poll #1406966]
(Please Note: Regardless of verdict, Chaos will not actually be punished in any way. It may affect his treat allowance though.)
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Also, Chaos is *verra* handsome. :)
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Hee! This is why my computer is powered down while I'm away from home.
Also, Chaos is *verra* handsome. :)
I told him you thought so. He's not letting it go to his head. :-)
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Oh that's good. :) No one likes a kitty with a swollen ego. Um, wait... don't *most* kitties have big egos? Al of mine do... :D
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And maybe your cat was trying to access a cat discussion board, where they discuss their plans to rule the human world.
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Hm. Maybe. And if it were my Widget (see icon) I would *totally* believe that! This was my foster kitten, though-- so maybe he was trying to access discussion boards to find himself a permanent home!
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But, still... very guilty kitty ;-)
~Nicole
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So I looked behind the computer at the powerstrip on the floor. The darned kittens had managed to turn off the powerstrip!
Maybe I should mention that I don't really like computer mice, I prefer trackballs. However the one time I had a track ball, the cats discovered it, knocked it out and took off with it.
Didn't find that darned ball for more than a year.
(^_^)/
BEM
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ROFL! That would explain a lot.
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*carefully. We don't actually want to hurt him*
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Well, that's cats. I love the look on Chaos's face! And you forgot a button; it was all the ball's fault! How dare that ball go hide where Chaos has trouble reaching it!
And you do know that everything you own also belong to your cat, right? So what if he decided to disconnect the answering machine? It's half his answering machine too!
I'm laughing so hard I've got tears coming out of my eyes.
Yup, that's cats. Everytime the cat knocks something off the top of the China cabinet, I say they're re-decorating. "I don't like this rag doll up here." *punt* That's why only unbreakable stuff is allowed on top of the cabinet, and all the breakable stuff is inside the cabinet. With the doors closed.
When you have cats, you sort of have to just plan around them.
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BEM
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Yep, been doing that my entire life.
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