Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brand.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!uscvax!oberon!brand!barad From: barad@brand.UUCP (Herb Barad) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Sex Life of an Electron Message-ID: <141@brand.UUCP> Date: Sun, 7-Jul-85 13:25:32 EDT Article-I.D.: brand.141 Posted: Sun Jul 7 13:25:32 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Jul-85 08:56:37 EDT References: <370@genie.UUCP> Reply-To: barad@brand.UUCP (Herb Barad) Organization: U. of So. Calif., Los Angeles Lines: 45 In article <370@genie.UUCP> jimk@genie.UUCP (The Clog Brother) writes: >I saw a joke about the adventures of Micro Farad and Milli Amp. Has anyone >seen this? Can someone repost it so that I could save it? Thanks in advance. "THE SEX LIFE OF AN ELECTRON" BY A DISTORTED WAVE ONE NIGHT WHEN HIS CHARGE WAS PLENTY HIGH, MICRO FARAD DECIDED TO GET A CUTE LITTLE COIL TO LET HIM DISCHARGE. HE PICKED UP MILLI AMPS AND TOOK HER FOR A RIDE ON HIS MEGACYCLE. THEY RODE ACROSS A WHEAT- STONE BRIDGE AND STOPPED IN A MAGNETIC FIELD NEAR A SMALL STREAM OF EDDY CURRENTS.. MICRO FARAD. ATTRACTED BY MILLI AMPS CHARACTERISTIC CURVE, SOON HAD HER AT MINIMUM RESISTANCE AND HER FIELD WAS FULLY CHARGED. HER RIPPLES WERE PULSATING HEAVILY AND HER CAPACITORS WERE GETTING HOT AND LEAKY. HE TRIED TO TEST HER SHORT BY PULLING OUT HIS HIGH VOLTAGE PROBE AND INSERTING IT IN PARALLEL. HE BEGAN TO SHORT CIRCUIT HER SHUNT. FULLY EXCITED, MILLI AMPS SAID: MHO! MHO! MHO! AT LAST SYNCHRONOUS MOTION WAS TAKING PLACE AROUND THEIR TWO COMPONETS. HIS TUBE WAS AT MAXIMUM POTENTIAL AND HER COIL WAS VIBRATING DUE TO EXCESSIVE CURRENT FLOW. SHE SOON REACHED HER MAXIMUM PEAK, BUT MICRO FARAD WAS LAGGING BEHIND AND ONLY AFTER SEVERAL TIME CONSTANTS, DID SHE FINALLY REACH SATURATION AND THERMONIC EMISSION TOOK PLACE. THE EXCESSIVE CURRENT IN HER SHUNT HAD HER PRETTY HOT AND MICRO FARAD'S CAPACITOR WAS RAPIDLY DISCHARGING. THEY FLUCTUATED ALL NIGHT AT TWO CYCLES PER SECOND, TRYING VARIOUS CONNECTIONS UNTIL HER MAGNET HAD LOST ALL OF ITS FIELD STRENGTH. FIN- ALLY MILLI AMPS THEN TRIED SELF INDUCTION. WITH HIS BATTERY FULLY CHARGED, MICRO FARAD UNABLE TO EXCITE HIS FIELD, SO THEY ENDED UP REVERSING POLARITY AND BLOWING EACH OTHER'S FUSES. ENERGY HAS BEEN EXPENDED AND WORK HAS BEEN DONE! -- Herb Barad [USC - Signal and Image Processing Institute] ...!{lbl-csam,trwrb}!trwspf!herb or ...!{lbl-csam,trwrb}!trwspf!brand!barad