Home Owner Science
04/01/05 Filed in: Folderol
It is a Scientific Fact that carefully wrapped
cables, extension cords, and strands of Christmas
lights tangle themselves over a period of time. How
much time is relative to when such cables, cords, and
strands will be needed again, so if you happen by the
storage area on Tuesday and notice that all the items
are neatly arranged, said items will be hopelessly
tangled when you go to use them on Wednesday. Why
this happens has been the subject of many many
studies over the years, and really, the best the
Scientific Community can do is say “We Don't Know”. I
believe that the converse must be true as well, thus
I'm conducting an experiment of my own.
Having finally taken down the Christmas lights, I tossed them haphazardly into a plastic storage tub. Again, I did not wrap them at all, I did not ensure that the strands were carefully separated, not touching in any way. I just tossed 'em.
I will see this tub many times over the next several months, and each time I do, the strands will be snarled together like the residents of a snake pit. BUT: In early December, on the day we decide to put them up again, I expect to find them neatly arranged, not twisted or tangled or jumbled, carefully laid out just so.
If not, Science has a lot of 'splainin to do.
Having finally taken down the Christmas lights, I tossed them haphazardly into a plastic storage tub. Again, I did not wrap them at all, I did not ensure that the strands were carefully separated, not touching in any way. I just tossed 'em.
I will see this tub many times over the next several months, and each time I do, the strands will be snarled together like the residents of a snake pit. BUT: In early December, on the day we decide to put them up again, I expect to find them neatly arranged, not twisted or tangled or jumbled, carefully laid out just so.
If not, Science has a lot of 'splainin to do.
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