This, from Dr. Science, should provide anybody with an interest in things
electronic with a giggle or two.

----- Original Message -----
 > > Dear Doctor Science,
> Why does electricity stay inside of batteries?
>
> -- Steve from  The Internet
>
> Electricity is an unusually fearful creature. It hides inside
> batteries, longing to go outside but lacking the courage to do so.
> Fortunately, flashlights and portable radios give electricity the
> outlet it needs. The timid little electrons glow or "shout" as they
> leave their self-imposed cages. Of course, the batteries are eventually
> emptied and, like parents who are no longer needed by their offspring,
> they feel cold, dead, obsolete. Nowadays they have new re-chargeable
> batteries, but they don't really ever fully re-charge. No, their only
> joy is in watching electrons whoop and glow as they leave the nest.
> It's all downhill from there, anyway. But that's entropy for you.