Dulcinea's shocking experience

It was cold here the other day. (OK--not cold by objective standards--but it got below freezing, which is cold by Florida standards.) And Dulcinea was rolling around on the new carpet for reasons known only to her. And she meowed, and I knew she wanted me to pet her. And I did--and zap! A nice, pretty strong, static shock. The poor cat was so scared she took off and ran under the bed.