Jeffrey Carlyle
2004-11-16T02:14:32-06:00

Christmas Bow Experiment

Posted: 16-Nov-2004 2:14AM CST
Topics: [JeffCenter] [The Unusual and Absurd]

Back in October of 2001, just two months after I moved into my apartment, my vacuum cleaner died while I was attempting to clean my apartment before my friend David came up from Bowling Green for the ACM�s Reflections|Projections conference. The vacuum didn�t catch fire, but it did smoke. In order to avoid having to live with the smell of the burnt out vacuum, I decided to sit it outside, against the building, in front of my car. When I woke up the next morning the vacuum cleaner was gone.

Now as far as I was concerned the vacuum cleaner was worthless; however, I have always wondered if perhaps the thief would plug in the vacuum and have it catch on fire. Wouldn�t that be justice? Since that time I�ve been convinced that anything set outside my apartment is destined to be quickly stolen. I have decided to test this hypothesis by attaching a large red bow to my door. I installed the bow just before 6:45pm today November 15, 2004. I will report back here when it is stolen.

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