22 October 1996

Carpet Migration

I am completely baffled. The square of carpet that lives in the kitchen doorway always climbs the wall for no apparent reason. I've tried pointing it in different directions to see if that makes a difference, but the result is always the same. (I think a carpet has a warp and a woof, but I'm unable to determine whether that has anything to do with anything.) I've even tried to tiptoe across the carpet, but even the slightest impact seems to send the carpet up the wall.

I was about to solve the problem with brute force by nailing the carpet to the floor, but decided that I'd let the carpet follow its natural course.