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Cat-5 Ethernet Dog Lead

Posted by Jake in Branding & Marketing, Misc on 16 Jun 2008 | 8 Comments

We are pleased to announce what we believe to be the first ever Cat-5 dog lead – the item is for sale on E-Bay, and all proceeds will go to charity (the Lymphoma association in the UK).

UPDATE: After a few requests I am going to post a bit more about the chosen charity and why I chose them.

The proceeds of this charity auction will be going to the Lymphoma association in the UK. I have personally had first hand experience of the work they do, after my Father passed away from non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma over 4 years ago and I was diagnosed with, and now successfully in remission from, Hodgkin’s Lymphoma – the fact my father and I both had types of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is not related and just chance.

The Lymphoma Association provide emotional support and information on a range of issues to anyone with lymphatic cancer and their families, carers and friends. They do a fantastic job and were one of the first organisations I came into contact with after my diagnosis. The support they offer is invaluable.

Today I forgot my dog’s lead when bringing him to work (Archie is on Twitter and has been banned from Facebook for not being human. As a result and after a quick bit of engineering in the office we came up with the hand crafted Cat-5 dog lead you see below:

Cat 5 Dog Lead

We are fairly certain we have invented the first ever Cat-5 dog lead (please let us know if there is any prior art) and thought as other people have sold a load of old crap old rope on E-Bay, we’d give it a go too and sell our high quality Cat-5 dog lead on E-Bay and donate the profits to charity.

8 Comments

  1. Do you plug Archie into a rack when you get back to the office to stop him wondering off? Do his eyes light up, or even blink? David.

    David Goodwin / 16 Jun 2008 / 3:59 pm

  2. No, but I believe the Cat-5 used in this lead was originally part of an Ether-Killer Dave made.

    Jake Stride / 16 Jun 2008 / 4:03 pm

  3. What charity are the proceeds going to?

    Ellie Lovell / 16 Jun 2008 / 4:03 pm

  4. OK, updated, the Cat-% cable wasn't part of an Ether-Killer Dave has just informed me, rather one that Archie chewed the end off of in the past.

    Jake Stride / 16 Jun 2008 / 4:18 pm

  5. It made the register under 'useless but cool'.

    Jake Stride / 16 Jun 2008 / 5:07 pm

  6. Would this CAT5 lead be suitable for BDSM activities? Is it strong enough to subvert the thrashing of the submissive as they struggle against the whip?

    Darren / 16 Jun 2008 / 8:29 pm

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