davieG Posted 13 December 2009 Posted 13 December 2009 I've got this small study where I keep and use my desktop pc and have a new carpet fitted in there. In order to protect the carpet from damage caused by the chair legs I've got a small rug on which I put the chair. Now this rug over a period of a week will gradually move across the floor, sometimes moving completely to the left, sometimes backwards away from the pc - always in the same direction until it's no longer under the chair so I move it back and then off it goes again in a different direction. Yet when I try to drag it back I can't I have to lift it off the floor and physically replace it. How does this happen?
Webbo Posted 13 December 2009 Posted 13 December 2009 Why is it that when you wire all the appliances into the back of the TV you put all the wires in directly into the TV but when you come to unplug something all the wires are tangled up?
Smudge Posted 13 December 2009 Posted 13 December 2009 The pile is directional, that's why it always goes in the same direction. We have a large rug on a wooden floor and the bugger ends up against the skirting board; we even have a mat underneath it.
Webbo Posted 13 December 2009 Posted 13 December 2009 The pile is directional, that's why it always goes in the same direction. We have a large rug on a wooden floor and the bugger ends up up against the skirting board; we even have a mat underneath it. You're too late. AOWW has already explained how it happens.
davieG Posted 13 December 2009 Author Posted 13 December 2009 The pile is directional, that's why it always goes in the same direction. We have a large rug on a wooden floor and the bugger ends up against the skirting board; we even have a mat underneath it. This is my problem it doesn't always go in the same direction, well it does until it can't go any further but when returned to its' rightful place it starts moving in a different direction until again it can't go any further.
Smudge Posted 13 December 2009 Posted 13 December 2009 You're too late. AOWW has already explained how it happens. Aye pixies and mice; you can tell there's a 5 hour difference from here, that would have been my answer by 10:30 or so.
Fox You Forest Posted 13 December 2009 Posted 13 December 2009 Poltergeist. Do not go into the light Carol Ann.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 13 December 2009 Posted 13 December 2009 Yeah I got a hard plastic mat for my cheer at work and I got to physically pick it up and move it back to it's normal position at least twice a day. And it has spikes to keep it from moving yet it still moves and would weigh at least 2kg.
Jimothy Posted 14 December 2009 Posted 14 December 2009 Maybe you all just getting sucked into the black hole that huge Hadron thing in Switzerland is making.
Finnegan Posted 14 December 2009 Posted 14 December 2009 Aye pixies and mice; you can tell there's a 5 hour difference from here, that would have been my answer by 10:30 or so.
ozleicester Posted 14 December 2009 Posted 14 December 2009 I get bored and wander the earth in my flying crisp packet, stopping at every rug and shifting it, Idrop a few crumbs on the carpet and, you will also note that even though you use a coaster... there is still a cup ring on your desk.. yup thats me as well. One of the other fun things is removing all of the toilet paper except that last little bit that is stuck to the roll, just before YOU go into the toilet. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ramboacdc Posted 14 December 2009 Posted 14 December 2009 im gonna go with this explaination. the movement of you on the chair causes the mat to move around by little amounts and because of the pressure on the chair being concentrated into four points (the legs) it will push it say if you lean a little to the left/right when you sit down. a mat may stick but with the weight (and im just guessing since i dont know you) of a 11-14 stone person causes potential power to move into the legs and becomeing kinetic power when leaving causing it to move. the fact you have to pick it up to move it would probably be because it is designed to grip to the floor for upto a certain amount of energy/weight and your upper body cannot give the same amount of energy to push it. the fact it goes different ways might be one day you decide to lean to the right or left. im very tired right now so that might not make sense at all but i enjoyed writing it.
Zingari Posted 14 December 2009 Posted 14 December 2009 the most common cause of the phenomenon ( carpet crawl ) is when assymetrical rythmic vertical pressure is transformed into lateral movement . for example if a person is often making a series of rythmic jerky movements on the right hand side of the chair , this will transfer asymetrically through the chair on the right hand side causing a lateral force on the carpet to move leftwards therefore, you are perhaps making a series of jerky rythmic vertical movements by a part of your body on your right side ( such as your hand ,arm and wrist ). i'm guessing that perhaps you are a one handed typist ?
Bellend Sebastian Posted 14 December 2009 Posted 14 December 2009 Yes. Or something. I bought a sheet of a slightly sticky material from Carpet Right, intended for that very purpose and even though the rug is stuck down pretty well it still moves a bit over time, and thanks to the sticky underlay it's harder to move back again. The bloke that sold it to me said that even a cat walking across a rug will move it a bit, so if you're a big fat sod then it'll probably end up all over the place
davieG Posted 14 December 2009 Author Posted 14 December 2009 the most common cause of the phenomenon ( carpet crawl ) is when assymetrical rythmic vertical pressure is transformed into lateral movement .for example if a person is often making a series of rythmic jerky movements on the right hand side of the chair , this will transfer asymetrically through the chair on the right hand side causing a lateral force on the carpet to move leftwards therefore, you are perhaps making a series of jerky rythmic vertical movements by a part of your body on your right side ( such as your hand ,arm and wrist ). i'm guessing that perhaps you are a one handed typist ? I'm left handed and it either moves to the left or backwards - it can't be that then. Yes. Or something.I bought a sheet of a slightly sticky material from Carpet Right, intended for that very purpose and even though the rug is stuck down pretty well it still moves a bit over time, and thanks to the sticky underlay it's harder to move back again. The bloke that sold it to me said that even a cat walking across a rug will move it a bit, so if you're a big fat sod then it'll probably end up all over the place I'm neither big, well I am relative to a cat nor fat. So you're both saying it's down to pussys.
StanSP Posted 14 December 2009 Posted 14 December 2009 It's like how wires always get twisted even though you try to tie/fold them up in a perfect way to avoid any tangling later on. Unexplainable (?) and extremely annoying.
Finnegan Posted 14 December 2009 Posted 14 December 2009 I don't know about anyone else but it reminds me of when you plug all your wires into your television and/or computer and then mysteriously they all end up tangled.
Babylon Posted 14 December 2009 Posted 14 December 2009 I don't know about anyone else You're about the fourth person to say it, so you aren't alone!!
Finnegan Posted 14 December 2009 Posted 14 December 2009 You're about the fourth person to say it, so you aren't alone!! That was sort of the gag.
Fox You Forest Posted 14 December 2009 Posted 14 December 2009 That was sort of the gag. He's got his wires crossed.
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