From: st871622@pip.cc.brandeis.edu (you're reading what?)
Subject: Re: Cat Torture (was Re: Insect torture..)
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 00:15:16 GMT

If you want to 'interface' your cat with common household appliances,
try two of my favorites: the washer and dryer.

I once put my cat in the washer (after shutting off the water feed), and
set the machine on 'spin.' After several minutes, I opened the washer to
find my cat slightly damp (some water left in system) but the amazing
thing was that both his eyes went back 'n forth _rapidly_ (I forget the
medical term). 

I placed the cat in my dryer, and set the thing to 'air fluff.' For 
several minutes I could hear it running in place - like a giant hamster
in - what else - a hamster wheel. But eventually it tired out and fell,
causing loud 'banging' noises to emnate from the dryer. When I took it
out, it was hyperventilating and it's heart rate was _fast_.

Since this post has a decided 'laundry' flavor to it, I close with this
simple , but amusing trick: put a clothes-pin on the cat's tail, watch
it run round 'n round chasing it's own tail. But don't try to remove it
once applied, 'cause you risk hamburger hand. Better to let it tire and
collapse - and remove it then.

- Tae