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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / May 2004Warmer weather
A sure sign of warmer weather... Waffles out in the garden in the morning and within minutes I hear "MMMOOOWWZZ!" quickly followed by a small dead rodent being dropped at my feet. Obviously she thinks I require protein for breakfast. Yesterday's breakfast offering was a mouse. This morning's is a shrew. Not bad for a one-eyed cat the vet said would not be able to catch mice again ;-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- >A sure sign of warmer weather... Waffles out in the garden in the morning and >within minutes I hear "MMMOOOWWZZ!" quickly followed by a small dead rodent [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Cheers, helen s You won't go hungry. Waffles has a real work ethic. ;) Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) >You won't go hungry. Waffles has a real work ethic. ;) Indeed, I'm sure I could be a dab hand at sauteed mouse ;-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- >A sure sign of warmer weather... Waffles out in the garden in the morning and >within minutes I hear "MMMOOOWWZZ!" quickly followed by a small dead rodent [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Cheers, helen s The vet must have forgotten to tell Waffles this! He sounds like such a character. Sherry > A sure sign of warmer weather... Waffles out in the garden in the morning and > within minutes I hear "MMMOOOWWZZ!" quickly followed by a small dead rodent [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Not bad for a one-eyed cat the vet said would not be able to catch mice again > ;-) Frank is swelling with pride over his lady, and Nikki is watering at the mouth at the thought of fresh mowsie, or rather vole, which is what she mainly hunts on the island. She'll have to wait another couple of months, poor girl.  SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki >Frank is swelling with pride over his lady, ooh-err... ;-) Cheers, helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune h*$el*$$e*nd**$o$ts**i*$*$m*m$o*n*s@$*a$o*l.c**$om$ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- >> A sure sign of warmer weather... Waffles out in the garden in the morning >and [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >Frank is swelling with pride over his lady, and Nikki is watering at the >mouth at the thought of fresh mowsie, Mowsie! Hee hee. When I was in grad school, I knew a lovely German lady who loved fancy and flamboyant shoes. She once wore a pair of slip-on flats that were decorated in the front to look like cat's faces, complete with whiskers sticking out on either side. I complimented her on them, and she said she wore them "in caze there vere any mouzes in ze building." ;) Speaking of mouses, Stinky has just now shoved a catnip one behind the computer desk, past where he can fit his round little body, and he is rummaging his paw wildly back there, going "rrrrrrrrrrrr! rrrrrrrrRRRRR!" What a little character. ;) Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) >>> A sure sign of warmer weather... Waffles out in the garden in the morning >>and [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >What a little character. ;) ROFL!! I would have loved to see the lady's shoes and hear her acent and explanation. And Stinky really is a delightful character. -- CATherine >>>> A sure sign of warmer weather... Waffles out in the garden in the morning >>>and [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >ROFL!! I would have loved to see the lady's shoes and hear her acent >and explanation. And Stinky really is a delightful character. I posted another story about him on the B&C thread. He is such a little goofball. ;) Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) Why is it, every time I read this modified subject line, I hear an odd version of Gloria Estefan's "Turn the Beat Around" in my head? "Turn the mouse around... love to tease them mousies... turn 'em upside dowwwwn, love to eat them mousies!" This is going to drive me crazy! Jill >> "dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" <wafflycathcs@aol.comcomcom> >> wrote [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply > disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) >Why is it, every time I read this modified subject line, I hear an odd >version of Gloria Estefan's "Turn the Beat Around" in my head? "Turn the >mouse around... love to tease them mousies... turn 'em upside dowwwwn, love >to eat them mousies!" This is going to drive me crazy! > >Jill Close your eyes and sing to yourself: "Flintstones, Meet the Flintstones, They're the modern stone age family . . ." That should take care of the problem, heh heh. ;) Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) >> Why is it, every time I read this modified subject line, I hear an >> odd version of Gloria Estefan's "Turn the Beat Around" in my head? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Theresa Gee, thanks T, now I have TWO silly songs running around in my head. I'd give it a 5, good beat but you can't dance to it. ;) Jill (not that I can dance) >>> Why is it, every time I read this modified subject line, I hear an >>> odd version of Gloria Estefan's "Turn the Beat Around" in my head? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Gee, thanks T, now I have TWO silly songs running around in my head. Reeeelly? "The Flintstones" usually chases anything else out-- except, as you observe, you're then stuck with "The Flintstones." ;) This is obviously a very serious case. So what you have to do now, is close your eyes, concentrate very hard, and sing: "We've got a gorilla for sale, Magilla Gorilla for sale, Handsome, elegant, intelligent, sweet, He's really ideal!" Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) >Reeeelly? "The Flintstones" usually chases anything else out-- > except, as you observe, you're then stuck with "The Flintstones." ;) [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Handsome, elegant, intelligent, sweet, >He's really ideal!" If all else fails: "Juuuust sit right back and you'll hear a tale A tale of a fateful trip That started on this tropic shore aboard this tiny ship" Sherry >>Reeeelly? "The Flintstones" usually chases anything else out-- >> except, as you observe, you're then stuck with "The Flintstones." ;) [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Sherry Aaaaack! Now just add the Mister Softee song, and you'll have a passport to a rubber room. :P Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) >> Reeeelly? "The Flintstones" usually chases anything else out-- >> except, as you observe, you're then stuck with "The Flintstones." ;) [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Sherry "...a millionaire and his wife... a movie star... the professor and Maryanne..." Dammit, stop this immediately! I will sue you all for driving me insane with silly magilla songs! :) BTW, the "movie star" line reminds me - anyone who wants to see my oldest (I'd forgotten I have it) vintage 1929 slinky gown, a la Claudette Colbert, shoot me an email. I plan to take this on my trip and greet him at the door wearing it, wine glass in hand. Very black & white movie theme going here. And would someone please shoot the Miami Sound Machine? And the Flintstones... and Magilla... and STOP singing about that stupid island! ROFL Jill >>> Reeeelly? "The Flintstones" usually chases anything else out-- >>> except, as you observe, you're then stuck with "The [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >Dammit, stop this immediately! I will sue you all for driving me >insane with silly magilla songs! :) Welcome to earworm hell... SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria You all have a lot of nerve. First, you get my head full of ice-cream truck songs and now sit-com! That "love to eat them mousies" deal was the brainchild of a dear man who adored cats and understood them named B. Kliban, who lived out-of-the-limelight in San Francisco. He died some years ago, but my family loved all his work and I still have some things w/B. Kliban cartoons on them. You would recognize his cartoons in a heartbeat. : -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- : Hash: SHA1 [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] : =hMJa : -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >You all have a lot of nerve. First, you get my head full of ice-cream truck >songs and now sit-com! That "love to eat them mousies" deal was the >brainchild of a dear man who adored cats and understood them named B. >Kliban, who lived out-of-the-limelight in San Francisco. He died some years >ago, but my family loved all his work and I still have some things w/B. >Kliban cartoons on them. You would recognize his cartoons in a heartbeat. Oh, I *love* the Kliban cats! I have ordered a tote bag & T-shirt from e-bay before. I didn't know the story of the creator, though. I also have a Kliban cat clock, which is broken, but I loved it so much I can't bear to throw it away. Sherry > That "love to eat them mousies" deal was the > brainchild of a dear man who adored cats and understood them named B. > Kliban, who lived out-of-the-limelight in San Francisco. He is the originator of the term "meatloaf" to describe a certain cat position we're all familiar with. (Credit for derivatives, such as the verb "meatloafing" will have to go to other people, such as folks on this ng.) Joyce Love to eat them mousies Mousies what I love to eat Bite they little heads off Nibble on they tiny feet. TJ :) (who, for many, many years, had a poster on her bedroom wall of the Kliban cat sitting on a stool, playing a guitar singing this song) > You all have a lot of nerve. First, you get my head full of ice-cream truck > songs and now sit-com! That "love to eat them mousies" deal was the [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > : "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better > : than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >Love to eat them mousies >Mousies what I love to eat [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >TJ :) (who, for many, many years, had a poster on her bedroom wall of the >Kliban cat sitting on a stool, playing a guitar singing this song) And I have an apron, with same. ;) Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) > Love to eat them mousies > Mousies what I love to eat [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > TJ :) (who, for many, many years, had a poster on her bedroom wall of the > Kliban cat sitting on a stool, playing a guitar singing this song) Heh. I had a beach towel with that same cartoon; it's probably still here someplace. ------ Krista Who wishes she could find it On Fri, 30 Apr, Jill wrote: >Dammit, stop this immediately! I will sue you all for driving me insane >with silly magilla songs! :) We've got a gorilla for sale Magilla Gorilla, gorilla for sale... Regards and Purrs, O J > "...a millionaire and his wife... a movie star... the professor and > Maryanne..." [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Jill Hee hee. I find what works for me is singing in my head the Beatles' "Her Majesty" which drives other songs out without getting stuck itself. ------ Krista Who'd love to see your dress! > And would someone please shoot the Miami Sound Machine? And the > Flintstones... and Magilla... and STOP singing about that stupid island! > ROFL "One, two, three, Four, five, six, Seven, eight, nine, Ten, eleven, twelve, Lady bugs went To the lady bug picnic..." Pam S. who still vaguely remembers Sesame Street >> And would someone please shoot the Miami Sound Machine? And the >> Flintstones... and Magilla... and STOP singing about that stupid [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Pam S. who still vaguely remembers Sesame Street Oh *thank you*! I am too old to remember Sesame Street so that little ditty knocked it all right out of my head :) Jill > > And would someone please shoot the Miami Sound Machine? And the > > Flintstones... and Magilla... and STOP singing about that stupid island! [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Pam S. who still vaguely remembers Sesame Street Uh oh.... Yowie is gonna kill you! TJ >> "One, two, three, >> Four, five, six, >> Seven, eight, nine, >> Ten, eleven, twelve, >> Lady bugs went >> To the lady bug picnic..." Oh, man. Why don't I remember that one? I was a faithful Sesame Street watcher for at least 10 years. Sometimes I'd be watching it when the kids weren't. I *do* still remember every word of "Me and My Llama" though. "Me and my Llama, just out of our pajamas We're going to the dentist today" Sherry >"One, two, three, >Four, five, six, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Pam S. who still vaguely remembers Sesame Street The only songs I can think of from Sesame Street that could get stuck in my head would be "Sing" and "C is for Cookie". And maybe "Letter B" (Let It Be). > Why is it, every time I read this modified subject line, I hear an odd > version of Gloria Estefan's "Turn the Beat Around" in my head? "Turn the > mouse around... love to tease them mousies... turn 'em upside dowwwwn, love > to eat them mousies!" This is going to drive me crazy! Whereas I hear "The Cat" from Red Dwarf ;-) SignatureJette Goldie jette@blueyonder.co.uk Apache and Dakota http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/kitties.html > Why is it, every time I read this modified subject line, I hear an odd > version of Gloria Estefan's "Turn the Beat Around" in my head? "Turn > the mouse around... love to tease them mousies... turn 'em upside > dowwwwn, love to eat them mousies!" This is going to drive me crazy! Shame on you. Now that is stuck in my head along with "if I only had a meow". SignatureCheryl > A sure sign of warmer weather... Waffles out in the garden in the > morning and within minutes I hear "MMMOOOWWZZ!" quickly followed by a [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Cheers, helen s The vet didn't bother to tell Waffles :) Funny, it might be Steve Touchtone's fault but all those storms in OK seem to be keeping the weather cool here in West TN. It's probably only in the 60's here, which for this time of year is unheard of. Not that I'm going to complain; it might make for a less hot/humid summer and fewer mosquitos in my neck of the woods. Jill >> A sure sign of warmer weather... Waffles out in the garden in the >> morning and within minutes I hear "MMMOOOWWZZ!" quickly followed [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >complain; it might make for a less hot/humid summer and fewer >mosquitos in my neck of the woods. I live in Nashville, in Central Tennessee (for non-US members of the newsgroup). It has been fairly cool here too. A common pattern here is to be warm and humid in mid-spring, then turn cool in late spring, and then suddenly turn hot and humid, usually in early June. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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