21 May 05
Gremlins
You know you got ‘em when the electrical igniter for the gas stove top starts clicking away every couple of seconds of its own accord with nobody around to have influenced things. Helpless renters that we are (there’s a reason why we should never own a house), we summoned the landlord, who waved his arms over the exposed stove top, whereupon the stove was back to normal. I’ve seen sysadmins do that trick before many a computer, too.
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