Re: @#*%)^@ Cats!

[murphy]

......oh!....so thats what the "s" is..LOL!!

murphy

[Janet Baraclough]

The message from "David Hill" contains these words:

Nah, why would they attack something larger than themselves?

I once found a live frog in my sleeping bag, which was pretty horrible and evinced mighty screams until I realised that's all it was; and more recently a dead rabbit under my kip in the morning. It certainly wasn't there at bedtime so possibly it snuggled up in the night, mistaking me for St. Francis, and I rolled on the poor little bugger in my sleep and suffocated it.

Janet.

[paghat]

I used to camp out a lot when I was doing herpetological studies and it was very rough camping since we couldn't pack much into the off-the-trail places we investigated. But in my old age I don't care for it, and my last couple camp-outs were wussy ones with even electrical hookups. As it turns out, if we'd slept out in the garden last night as Granny Artemis wanted, we'd've gotten caught in a rain storm, which I quite loved listening to from our bedroom, happy the garden was being blessed by a hard rain & that I was not sleeping out in it. It might have been fun to actually catch and frighten the racoon, though, who visited again last night, knocked over the statue in the fountain, and dug up some fragile epimediums.

But I remember one camp-out long ago when in the middle of the night I was awakened by a very loud THUMP right at the side of my head. I opened my eyes and was staring into the enormous eyes of a flying squirrel. It panted and gazed at me motionlessly, until I rather expected it might let me touch it, though of course when my shoulder moved it took off up a tree. It was a marvelous little encounter. If it had landed eight inches closer it would've been smack dab on my face.

Before our visitor left us yesterday, we went for a woodland walk, and came around a corner to find ourselves within five or six feet of a deer, some of which are semi-tame around here. Even though our visitor's farm in southern Idaho is on the route of a large band of elk, such random encounters with wildlife are still nothing she's jaded by, and she was quite as thrilled as was I. We stood as still as we could, and the deer nonchallantly left the path, heading toward the sound of a second deer we couldn't see but which was certainly not making any effort to be quiet. So while I may have missed out on a chance to have the racoon climb over my sleeping bag on its way to our tiny pond last night, I'm not feeling all that deprived of wildlife encounters.

-paghat the ratgirl

[murphy]

...whooopse!....must not be a cat person.......

murphy

[Mrs. Fricker]

Dear Cats:

When I say to move, it means go someplace else, not switch positions with one another so there are still three cats in the way.

The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.

The hallway was not designed by Nascar and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the end of the hall is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help, because I fall faster than you can run.

I cannot buy anything bigger than a king size bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue to sleep on the couch to ensure your comfort. Look at videos of cats sleeping; they can actually curl up in a ball. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to one another stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space used is nothing but kitty sarcasm.

My phone cord is not black licorice.

For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, try to turn the knob, or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. In addition, I have been using bathrooms for years; feline attendance is not mandatory.

The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough. It would be such a simple change for you.

The bathroom sink is for washing hands and was not meant to be your personal water fountain. I'm tired of being summoned to the bathroom when you are ready for a drink. The bowl of water in the kitchen is not contaminated and has no floaters! So from now on you will drink from there... I put fresh water in daily! Rules for non pet owners who visit and like to complain about our pets.

1. The cats live here. You don't.

1. If you don't want cat hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture.

2. I like my cats a lot better than I like most people.

1. To you, he's a cat. To me, he's an adopted son who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn't speak clearly.

2. **cats are better than kids. They eat less, don't ask for money all the time, are easier to train, sometimes come when called, never drive your car, don't hang out with drug-using friends, don't smoke or drink, don't worry about buying the latest fashions, don't wear your clothes, don't need a gazillion dollars for college, and if they get pregnant, the kittens make wonderful gifts.

[fred]

You poor, pathetic misanthropes! Get a life!! Fred

[murphy]

.thanks for this....delightful!!

murphy

[Minteeleaf]

We'd have to sleep out under the stars, drenched in bug spray. The mosquitos here this year are huge, vicious, & very numerous. I think I'll sleep inside, thanks. Don't want to chance West Nile virus anymore than necessary.

Minteeleaf

[Jari Vuoksenranta]

10 elo 2003 Mrs. Fricker kirjoitti:

*Bzzzzt* Anything living is NOT a good gift.

[paghat]

You're advocating killing them first?

-paghat the ratgirl

[Roy Hauer]

They do as long as your the one giving the gift. Not a god present to be on the receiving end though.

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[Salty Thumb]

Jari Vuoksenranta wrote in news:Xns93D8E26BEFE07jarivnicfi@

195.197.54.116:

Dying plants make excellent gifts. "May our love lasts only as long as the bloom on this rose"

oops meant to post that to soc.culture.can't.get.a.date

[Jan]

[fred]

That is what one normally does with vermin :-}

[Shell91]

Hi Had to put in my 2 cents worth. Living in an area where there are several feral cats the thing that concerns me most is rabies. Animals do not always show the symptoms of rabies (as my family learned in Big Lake Texas. Nearly everyone in town played with and fed a stray cat which only began to look sick several days afterward. Nearly everyone in town had to get rabies shots at some $600 each)

If you truly care about your pets you make sure they have all thier shots and proper meds (a dog with heartworm is truly a sad thing to see) You will also make sure they are no threat to anyone. I have come close to killing a dog only once and then it was a pit bull threatening a small child. The dog was behind a very flimsy fence and the child walking home from school. The dog was able to get part way out of the fence, if it had rushed the child I would have hit it with my car. Needless to say if you have an animal of that type you had better have it under control at all times. I have also stood watch for kids when another neighbor's rottweiller gets out (fortunately it's a very docile animal that doesn't get out of the driveway when it gets out)

My dog is always under control when I take him outside. Most of my neighbors don't do this.

We also have possums, squirrels (2 kinds), lots of birds, snakes, geckos, anoles, and some feral dogs that live in the large city cared for easement for the power company. I can truly say the only animal I ever wanted to get rid of were the rats in the attic and a mouse in the house.

Shell