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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: Ronin
Japanese kitty story.
41 posted on 06/10/2005 3:46:36 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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To: Joe 6-pack
ocelot of trouble for two little kittens to cause.

I agree with your mane point, but what lynx all the puns in this thread is that we all give an honest effort. Nobody here is a cheetah. I won't go off on some jag with all the usual cat-chphrases; you done good.

42 posted on 06/10/2005 3:47:16 PM PDT by speedy
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To: andyandval

Kudos for a GREAT kitty graphic. Your cat and/or work?


43 posted on 06/10/2005 3:48:15 PM PDT by The Spirit Of Allegiance (SAVE THE BRAINFOREST! Boycott the RED Dead Tree Media & NUKE the DNC Class Action Temper Tantrum!)
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To: Blurblogger
Not my kitty, not my work. Purloined as usual. Forget where that one came from.

This is my kitty...

Image Hosted by ImageShack.us

Glad you like.

44 posted on 06/10/2005 3:54:25 PM PDT by andyandval (Try flushing a book down the toilet....get back to me on how you did)
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To: hershey
Plastic covering would help her, too, but will she use it? No. She bought a new keyboard last week.

They used to make keyboard trojans you could type through. It never seemed the same to me though.

45 posted on 06/10/2005 4:00:34 PM PDT by Dinsdale
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To: stylecouncilor

kitty pics ping


46 posted on 06/10/2005 4:09:44 PM PDT by windcliff
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To: John Jorsett; martin_fierro; Blurblogger; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; quantim; republicangel; ...

(Thanks to all who pinged me!)
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Kitty Ping List alert!

[Freepmail me to get on or off the Kitty Ping List.]

47 posted on 06/10/2005 4:18:38 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Robert Byrd:He may have 'gone under the water,' but the preacher didn't hold him down long enough.")
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To: Leapfrog
If by "toilets" you mean "the dead skulls of trolls", you are correct.

That'll work! ;-)

48 posted on 06/10/2005 4:30:39 PM PDT by tiredoflaundry (I hate Hurricane Season!)
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To: wagglebee

I read about this in the morning on another site. I knew it would end up here!


49 posted on 06/10/2005 4:33:52 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: lormand
When our cat expires, thats it, no more cats.
If it wasn't for the wife, I may have capped him already.

 

50 posted on 06/10/2005 4:39:34 PM PDT by PilloryHillary
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To: Blurblogger

Cute kitty .gif!


51 posted on 06/10/2005 4:40:47 PM PDT by PilloryHillary
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To: Blurblogger
Kitty litty dirty didy hissy pissy = filthy faxie


52 posted on 06/10/2005 4:42:59 PM PDT by trussell (Prayers for the children!)
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To: Trillian

You read about it this morning and didn't post it here!?
For shame.


53 posted on 06/10/2005 4:43:18 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (I was Lucy Ramirez when being Lucy Ramirez wasn't cool.)
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To: Trillian

PS: There are other sites on the internet?


54 posted on 06/10/2005 4:43:58 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (I was Lucy Ramirez when being Lucy Ramirez wasn't cool.)
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To: hispanarepublicana

I just assumed it was already here lol.. I saw it on a couponing site.


55 posted on 06/10/2005 4:44:59 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: Trillian

Coupons for new fax machines?


56 posted on 06/10/2005 4:46:22 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (I was Lucy Ramirez when being Lucy Ramirez wasn't cool.)
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To: hispanarepublicana

Lol, surprisingly not. Grocery coupons mostly :)


57 posted on 06/10/2005 4:48:21 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: martin_fierro; Charles Henrickson; wagglebee
The kitties thought they spotted this fella
and just tried to flush him out...


58 posted on 06/10/2005 4:57:44 PM PDT by mikrofon ("Don't Whiz on the Electric Fax")
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To: Blurblogger

These felons obviously had their fax confused. It just takes a wee bit, and urine a lot of trouble; a shocking experience results, but I wouldn't be tabby surprised if they were trying to send a message: clean the litter box!


59 posted on 06/10/2005 5:15:45 PM PDT by Rennes Templar ("The future ain't what it used to be".........Yogi Berra)
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To: dighton

"Sweetie? Time to change the litter box ... the puddumstats are using the fax machine again ..."


60 posted on 06/10/2005 5:22:19 PM PDT by MozarkDawg
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