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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2004While we were away
Jim and I went to Dallas over the weekend. We left on Thursday and returned late last night. While we were gone, Rosie and Cinder entertained a Danish family who stayed in our home. Our neighbor from Denmark has several family members visiting, and we offered the overflow our guest beds if they would look after the cats. I was concerned about how Rosie and Cinder would react to having strangers in the house. Rosie is a little shy at first and Cinder can be testy and they don't exactly get along. However, the report is that the cats were charming hostesses, even joining the parents on the bed at night and purring, which thrilled the guests, who miss their own cat back in Denmark. Annie OH how great is that!!!! Very nice of the kitties and the guests. Karen > Jim and I went to Dallas over the weekend. We left on Thursday and returned > late last night. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > miss their own cat back in Denmark. > Annie > OH how great is that!!!! Very nice of the kitties and the guests. > > Karen Talk about a couple of little diplomats. Who would've thought? Annie Annie, Not only did you raise your children to be wonderful, you must be an awfully good meowmy for the Rosie and Cinder to have been so kind to your guests! :) Welcome back! JoJo > Jim and I went to Dallas over the weekend. We left on Thursday and returned > late last night. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > miss their own cat back in Denmark. > Annie > Annie, > Not only did you raise your children to be wonderful, you must be an awfully > good meowmy for the Rosie and Cinder to have been so kind to your guests! > :) > Welcome back! > JoJo Aww shucks. Thanks, but I think I got dealt a good hand and just had to do my best not to mess it up. Annie, blushing >However, the report is that the cats were charming hostesses, even joining >the parents on the bed at night and purring, which thrilled the guests, who >miss their own cat back in Denmark. What a wonderful arrangement that turned out to be. :) I wish my Betty would also be a hostess, but she's tends to remain quite shy when there are visitors. > What a wonderful arrangement that turned out to be. :) I wish my > Betty would also be a hostess, but she's tends to remain quite shy > when there are visitors. Well, you might be surprised. Both cats will hide when someone other than us comes into the house. Cinder will come down to check things out if the guests stay longer than an hour, especially if they stay through her meal time. The formerly feral, wild and untouchable Rosie stays upstairs in our bedroom, either in Jim's closet or on top of her cat tree or the TV armoire until the strangers have gone and things are back to normal. She's tame now, but shy of people she doesn't know. I was surprised how fast they warmed up to strangers when we were not even there. I wonder what their cat will think about the luggage after our cats rubbed their faces all over it. I'm sure Betty would be equally charming and have your houseguests acting as proper slaves if given the opportunity. Annie One never knows. Rhonda will come out and pose first, unless there are babies or children involved. Mr. Clark, who will come out soon anyway, will usually rush out if there are small ones. He believes they all need baths from him. If they should want to share a milk bottle, he's not averse to that, but he is one of those ex-tomcats who believes he must be parental to the world. Ding will tend to hide, and then wander out considering what appears to be existentialist philosophy: "Am I here? Why is air? Where did I leave my tail?" He's not a stupid cat, but just worries a lot about the condition of the world. > One never knows. Rhonda will come out and pose first, unless there are > babies or children involved. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > my tail?" He's not a stupid cat, but just worries a lot about the > condition of the world. ROFL!!! I love the existentialist questions best. > > One never knows. Rhonda will come out and pose first, unless there are > > babies or children involved. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > ROFL!!! I love the existentialist questions best. If he could dangle a catnip Gauloise from the edge of his lower lip, and wear a beret, he'd fit fine into some Parisian coffeehouse. Since he's solid grey, I could call him a White Russian exile. > > > One never knows. Rhonda will come out and pose first, unless there are > > > babies or children involved. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > wear a beret, he'd fit fine into some Parisian coffeehouse. Since he's > solid grey, I could call him a White Russian exile. LOL!!! This is such a great picture. I want a cartoon strip called "Ding" all about this existentialist cat who listens to Brell and observes life.....That would be SO great. >One never knows. Rhonda will come out and pose first, unless there are >babies or children involved. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >my tail?" He's not a stupid cat, but just worries a lot about the >condition of the world. Ding is DEEP, dude. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ I'd like to have a philosophical cat also! Best wishes,  SignaturePolonca & Soncek <snip> > Ding will tend to hide, and then wander out considering what appears to > be existentialist philosophy: "Am I here? Why is air? Where did I leave > my tail?" He's not a stupid cat, but just worries a lot about the > condition of the world. > I'd like to have a philosophical cat also! > Best wishes, I'm not sure if he isn't developing an interest in pharmacology as well. He has taken to napping stretched, at his very long full length, on the dining table. I keep my medications there, although I may soon find another place. As soon as I start to ration out the assorted tablets, he is in the midst of them, headbumping, occasionally flopping into bottles, etc. He doesn't just say no to catnip. Why do I have to say no to my prescriptions? |
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