Mr2001

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'''Static cling''' is caused by [[static electricity]] often in a [[clothes dryer]]. It can be removed by deionizing materials with water, and prevented with [[fabric softener]] dryer sheets. [[Antistatic agent]]s are used to make the surfaces slightly conductive, which reduces or prevents the static charge buildup.

'''Mr2001''' lives in [[Spokane, Washington]], and is the author of [[Visual IRC]].

A neat trick which children (and many older people) find very funny is to rub a [[balloon]] against one's shirt to give it a static charge and then throw it towards the ceiling, where it can stick for hours.

==Static Cling in Advertising==

Advertisers in urban areas, eager to use [[guerilla marketing]] techniques, have turned to static cling as a distribution medium. In an advertising campaign for [[MSN]] 8, [[Microsoft]]'s [[online]] service, thousands of butterfiles resembling the MSN logo were affixed to surfaces in [[New York City]] and held there with static cling.

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