This is an actual account by a workerat a technical support and service center. One particular customer had an oldconsole-type machine with a print head that would ride back and forth on aspiral shaft. They also had a big bushy cat who liked to sit on the edge of theprinter next to the operator.

Well, one day we got a service call that said, "Cat caught in machine,come quick!"

When I arrived I saw everyone sitting around mending their various wounds,scratches and contusions. No sight of the cat. It appears that while they wererunning the machine the cat was twirling his tail in his usual fashion andstuck it down into the printer at the most inopportune time and got sucked in!Apparently, the cat absolutely freaked out and clawed at everyone who cameclose. They finally freed the cat, and to this day, the cat goes nowhere nearthe machine.