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Cats use fax as toilet, spark house fire
My Way News ^
| 6/10/05
| Reuters
Posted on 06/10/2005 3:01:10 PM PDT by wagglebee
TOKYO (Reuters) - Two kittens picked the wrong place to relieve themselves when they urinated on a fax machine, sparking a fire that extensively damaged their Japanese owner's house.
Investigators in the western city of Kobe have concluded that the fire in January was caused by a spark generated when the urine soaked the machine's electrical printing mechanism.
The fire damaged the kitchen and living room before it was put out by the house's owner, who was treated for mild smoke inhalation, said Masahito Oyabu, a fireman at the Nagata fire station in central Kobe.
The kittens quickly ran to safety, he added.
"If you have a cat, or a dog for that matter, be careful where they urinate," Oyabu said. "Especially keep them away from electrical appliances and wires."
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Japan; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cats; hatewhenthathappens; lolol
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To: tiredoflaundry
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posted on
06/10/2005 3:14:19 PM PDT
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(If Islam is a religion of peace, they should fire their P.R. guy!)
To: Joe 6-pack
To: K4Harty
23
posted on
06/10/2005 3:15:15 PM PDT
by
tiredoflaundry
(I hate Hurricane Season!)
To: Dog
Cats mistakenly think that they own you.
24
posted on
06/10/2005 3:15:15 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Dog
You are right, my Shih-Tzu pee's on my hardwood floors only, the lil BIT#H!!!!
25
posted on
06/10/2005 3:15:28 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
(Catch A+BERT in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants")
To: Joe 6-pack
I'd be lion if I didn't say I litter-ally wondered the same thing. Well, I hope they whisker out of there before anyone else gets hurt.
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posted on
06/10/2005 3:15:53 PM PDT
by
speedy
To: tiredoflaundry
"Viking Kitties..... all of them are trained to use toilets!" If by "toilets" you mean "the dead skulls of trolls", you are correct.
27
posted on
06/10/2005 3:16:06 PM PDT
by
Michael Goldsberry
(an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
To: John Jorsett
My male cat Theo used to lounge on my CRT as well, but my CRT died of natural causes (probably hastened by cat fur). So, I went out and got a flat screen monitor. No sooner had I set it up, then Theo walked up to it and jumped up on it expecting find his usual resting place and promptly fell down behind the computer. I couldn't stop laughing. He came out from behind the computer with a very perplexed look on his face. He went away for a few minutes, came back and tried again to the same result. Too funny!
To: PetroniDE
29
posted on
06/10/2005 3:16:57 PM PDT
by
cyborg
(I am ageless through the power of the Lord God.)
To: speedy
30
posted on
06/10/2005 3:17:56 PM PDT
by
cyborg
(I am ageless through the power of the Lord God.)
To: wagglebee
Hmmm. Kittens...in Kobe. Hmmmm. I think I'll have a steak.
To: speedy
I guess they were feeling a little frisky. I'll have to tabby this thread so I can come back later and see what other folks think; ocelot of trouble for two little kittens to cause.
To: Joe 6-pack; hispanarepublicana; Squantos; Rennes Templar; Knitting A Conundrum; ...
For fast cat scan of scat fax faux pas facts, pause here.
Click mouse with paws to send.
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Kitty litty dirty didy hissy pissy = filthy faxie.
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posted on
06/10/2005 3:27:10 PM PDT
by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
To: Blurblogger
Some times a fax will dial my office line five times in a row before getting the hint that it's not a fax machine.
Now I know what to blame for that.
34
posted on
06/10/2005 3:28:30 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(Veni Vidi Venti: I came, I saw, I drank a lottta coffee.)
To: Petronski
"Some times a fax will dial my office line five times in a row before getting the hint that it's not a fax machine."
Next time, hook up a fax. Or a cat. Or...a litter box. Whatever.
;^)
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posted on
06/10/2005 3:31:16 PM PDT
by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
To: wagglebee; Charles Henrickson; mikrofon; PetroniDE; Slings and Arrows; Lady Jag
Two kittens picked the wrong place to relieve themselves when they urinated on a fax machine Kitty Letter.
To: wagglebee
Difference between cats and dogs:
A dog will die for you.
A cat will watch you die.
To: wagglebee
A few years ago I had a cat who squirted every tiny hole he could find in my computer. Eventually, after God only knows how many repair bills, I found that a plastic cover worked wonders, also kept out dust. My daughter's present cat likes to piddle on her keyboard, the top of her tv, and the computer monitor. Plastic covering would help her, too, but will she use it? No. She bought a new keyboard last week.
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posted on
06/10/2005 3:33:48 PM PDT
by
hershey
To: lormand
To: wagglebee
Blame the Kitties....???
Pfuey!
40
posted on
06/10/2005 3:35:53 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(Ailerons make the world go 'round!)
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