[dredmorbius]

A RODENT is a redundant occurance of dentifrication of electrical networking technology.

There's always another rat (or squirrel, or rabbit, or mole, or ...)

[dylan604]

That's because they always remove the carcass. You're supposed to leave the carcass of the first one as a warning to all of the others.

Growing up, this was something that occurred multiple times a year. Squirrels would climb the poles and short themselves across the 2 leads on the transformer. Zap, one less squirrel, and several hours without power while the power company came out to diagnose the problem and then send out for a replacement.

[dredmorbius]

You had the power company replace the squirrels?

Independent vendors are faster, cheaper, and offer a more locally-adapted product.

[dylan604]

Wasn't expecting someone to be on dangling modifier patrol!

The squirrels seemed to replace themselves without servicing. If only the transformers were capable of the same thing.

[dredmorbius]

Be thankful it's only the modifiers I'm patrolling ;-)