I hope that no one is confusing the statement "Fully  static design"
on the PIC data sheets, to mean anything to do with static electricity.

It means that all elements of the micro are implemented with static
storage elements, rather than dynamic storage elements. If you look
at data sheets for many competing micros, you will see a minimum
clock speed far above the DC of the PIC. Some are even in the 1 - 2
MHz range. Thats because they have some storage elements that are dynamic,
(saves lots of transistors on the chip) so the must be refreshed just like
dynamic memory.

Later All,
Brian