My apologies to your cat. ;-)
FWIW I short circuited it in that post. Yes, my father did catch me drinking beer when I wasn’t supposed to but I didn’t give him a short circuit. He hated short circuits more than anything. I could have robbed a liquor store and shot the clerk and he would have been angrier if I had short circuited him about it.
Your dad and I have the same feelings about short circuits. I detest them.
My Dad was the same way. I “manipulated” him to get him to do something I wanted him to do. He found out, sat me down, looked me in the eyes and said, “Once trust is gone you can never get it back.” I cried so hard. I was twelve years old. : (