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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2004Rippin' and Rarin'
Persia is obviously better! She's been rippin' and rarin' around the house since about 6:00 this morning. She killed another box :) I'm tired just watching her. Question: How can a single cat sound like a thundering herd of elephants? :o) She was bounding all over the place, then demanded to go out in her Kitty Walk. Sat outside for about 20 minutes, then demanded to be let back inside. Ah yes, Persia is better :) Now that I know my mom is okay after her surgery, I'll call to schedule the post-op visit for Persia. I have a feeling they are going to tell me she's just fine! Jill > Persia is obviously better! She's been rippin' and rarin' around the > house since about 6:00 this morning. She killed another box :) I'm > tired just watching her. Question: How can a single cat sound like a > thundering herd of elephants? :o) It's one of the great mysteries of physics, it baffled the greats including Newton, Einstein & of Shrodinger. One of the problems is that the amount of noise made as a cat "galumphs" around the house is not related to the size or wieght of the cat which defies all known laws of physics, the smallest cat can sound like the lragest herd of elephants, while a another cat that is 2-3 heavier can be utterly silent. There is beleif that this mystery will only be solved as part Unified Field Theory which deals with the relationships between electromagnetic force & gravity as well as the amount of noise a cat can make.  SignatureNik Simpson > > Persia is obviously better! She's been rippin' and rarin' around the > > house since about 6:00 this morning. She killed another box :) I'm [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > of noise a cat can make. > Nik Simpson And let's not forget that when a cat does not want to be picked up, it can easily increase it's weight exponentially, making it virtually impossible to life. TBird <---- then 2 minutes later it can walk across your pillow without you noticing.... "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> had some very interesting things to say about Rippin' and Rarin': >Persia is obviously better! She's been rippin' and rarin' around the house >since about 6:00 this morning. She killed another box :) I'm tired just >watching her. Question: How can a single cat sound like a thundering herd >of elephants? :o) It's especially remarkable when said cat is a young kitten, not even a pound in weight. :-) Signature"Don't mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing (or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL > "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> had some very interesting things > to say about Rippin' and Rarin': [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > It's especially remarkable when said cat is a young kitten, not even a > pound in weight. :-) When hearing a "thundering herd" of one small cat, I'm frequently reminded of the Carl Sandburg poem - you know: "The fog comes on little cat-feet....". I think Sandburg was a fellow cat-lover, so one must wonder whether he was hearing impaired? >> "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> had some very interesting things >> to say about Rippin' and Rarin': [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > one must > wonder whether he was hearing impaired? I think our friend Carl was being facetious :) Jill >When hearing a "thundering herd" of one small cat, I'm frequently >reminded of the Carl Sandburg poem - you know: "The fog comes on little >cat-feet....". I think Sandburg was a fellow cat-lover, so one must >wonder whether he was hearing impaired? Don't forget that they can, when they want, walk and run about without making a sound. And, of course simply appear next to you when you could have sworn they were in another room. Though that may be with the help of the Mothership (the Mothership has much better transporters than any seen on Star Trek, as they are absolutely silent and instantaneous. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >>When hearing a "thundering herd" of one small cat, I'm frequently >>reminded of the Carl Sandburg poem - you know: "The fog comes on little [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > transporters than any seen on Star Trek, as they are absolutely silent > and instantaneous. Indeed! (As any of us knows well, if we've ever turned around from the kitchen sink and trodden on a tail we thought was safely ensconced with it's owner, sound aleep on the bed two rooms away!) how right you are, Wilson was asleep in the bedroom today {he has this funny habit of going to bed at lunchtime, and sleeping till dinnertime} I'd just checked him cause I wanted to close the door against the cold, I came through, turned on the pc and went to close the doors and there he was, already settled in my chair,he must have been right behind me, and yet in the evening he always has a mad gallop up and down the hall skidaddling over the furniture like your proverbial herd of elephants.Jean.P. > >When hearing a "thundering herd" of one small cat, I'm frequently > >reminded of the Carl Sandburg poem - you know: "The fog comes on little [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html > Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html "jmcquown" ---------------> > Persia is obviously better! She's been rippin' and rarin' around the house > since about 6:00 this morning. She killed another box :) I'm tired just [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Jill That's really great to hear, Jill both about your mom and Persia. Wish my two would want to come in after 20 minutes, but sometimes it's measured in hours before they're ready. I take them out with very long leashes, and stay out with them in case they wind the leashes around something and get stuck, so if they're out, I'm out. Last night it was 11pm before they let me in. If Persia sounds like a thundering heard, you should hear M&S when they're chasing around the house. About 35+ lbs of CAT pounding the floors! Off to work, long day again, back late tonight. bill n >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^<>^..^< >^..^< >^..^< Bill & Veronica and Smoochie & Mooch--The Two Black KittyCats >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^< >^..^<>^..^< >^..^< >^..^< > Persia is obviously better! She's been rippin' and rarin' around the house > since about 6:00 this morning. She killed another box :) I'm tired just > watching her. Question: How can a single cat sound like a thundering herd > of elephants? :o) Something that has always puzzled me, too. =o) ANd now I'm in a three-elephant household, so to speak. I tremble for when Nina discovers she can actually leave her box under her own power. =o) Last night after I'd turned the lights out, Cesca was having quite a festival. If her first favorite toy is her fishing pole, then second place goes to her mousie toy. (This is essentially a fuzzy mouse at the end of a long piece of elastic attached to a metal thingie that hooks over the door frame.) Fortunately for me, who can't keep play sessions going nearly long enough to satisfy Her Highness, Cesca amuses herself with this for hours at a time, having more fun with it than can possibly be legal. It was "whang-whang-whang" for about an hour last night, until thank goodness, the Mousie got twisted around a table leg, and peace finally fell. > She was bounding all over the place, then demanded to go out in her Kitty > Walk. Sat outside for about 20 minutes, then demanded to be let back [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Jill I have a feeling they're going to say that, too. She certainly acts as if she was feeling good, again. =o) Melissa > (This is essentially a fuzzy mouse at the end of a long piece of elastic > attached to a metal thingie that hooks over the door frame.) Fortunately for [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > an hour last night, until thank goodness, the Mousie got twisted around a > table leg, and peace finally fell. I don't want to be alarmist, but I'd be cautious about leaving her alone to play with that! I had one, and Melisande loved it. Since it was tethered, I assumed it was perfectly safe. I had it hanging in a doorway quite some distance from her cat tree (which is next to my favorite TV-watching chair). One evening a thoroughly spooked cat dashed up to the cat tree, the mouse in her mouth, the elastic (still hooked to the door-frame) tightly tangled around her hind leg. Finding a scissors to clip the elastic (and getting a panicked cat to hold still while I cut the part firmly attached to the doorway, so I could loosen it enough to unwind it from her leg) had me pretty-well panicked, too - fortunately, it wasn't there long enough to do any permanent damage, but what if I'd not been home? If you're going to have something like that, better ordinary string, rather than elastic. It may not be as much fun for the cat, since she can't catch it and carry it until the tension on the elastic pops it back to its doorway, but without the stretching properties of elastic, it can't create a tourniquet around feline limbs, either. > > (This is essentially a fuzzy mouse at the end of a long piece of elastic > > attached to a metal thingie that hooks over the door frame.) Fortunately for [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > back to its doorway, but without the stretching properties of elastic, > it can't create a tourniquet around feline limbs, either. Ack, You're right, I hadn't thought about that. I have taken down the mousie toy, and hereafter, Cesca will only be allowed to play with it when I'm not home. Thank you for a most timely warning. I would have been broken-hearted if I had come home to find that Cesca had been strangled or seriously injured by it. Fortunately, Nina is still too young to do much exploring. Melissa >> I don't want to be alarmist, but I'd be cautious about leaving her alone >> to play with that! I had one, and Melisande loved it. <snip> >> If you're going to have something like that, better ordinary string, >> rather than elastic. It may not be as much fun for the cat, since she [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >if I had come home to find that Cesca had been strangled or seriously >injured by it. Fortunately, Nina is still too young to do much exploring. Like you, I had never thought of the dangers until someone mentioned the dangers on the ng. Oh, and from the context of your reply I'm sure "Cesca will only be allowed to play with it when I'm not home." must be a typo, but it caught my eye, especially as "not" was at the end of the line. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > >Ack, You're right, I hadn't thought about that. I have taken down the mousie > >toy, and hereafter, Cesca will only be allowed to play with it when I'm not > >home. Thank you for a most timely warning. I would have been broken-hearted > >if I had come home to find that Cesca had been strangled or seriously > >injured by it. Fortunately, Nina is still too young to do much exploring. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Steve Touchstone, > faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky OOps! that came out wrong! Yes, that WAS a typo. I meant she'll only be allowed to play with it when I AM home to supervise her. Sheesh. <G> Melissa > stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] > Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html > Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >Persia is obviously better! She's been rippin' and rarin' around the house >since about 6:00 this morning. She killed another box :) I'm tired just >watching her. Question: How can a single cat sound like a thundering herd >of elephants? :o) They just do. They don't have to be big, either. ;) 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/ >>Persia is obviously better! She's been rippin' and rarin' around >>the house since about 6:00 this morning. She killed another box :) >> I'm tired just watching her. Question: How can a single cat sound >>like a thundering herd of elephants? :o) > >They just do. They don't have to be big, either. ;) When they decide to start dashing about the house at 3 AM, and dash across a human's stomach, they _feel_ like a herd of elephants. 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 >>>I'm tired just watching her. Question: How can a single cat sound >>>like a thundering herd of elephants? :o) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > When they decide to start dashing about the house at 3 AM, and dash > across a human's stomach, they _feel_ like a herd of elephants. And you just hope they don't land on you when you have a full bladder! In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", "jmcquown" 2004: > Ah yes, Persia is better :) Now that I know my mom is okay > after her surgery, I'll call to schedule the post-op visit for > Persia. I have a feeling they are going to tell me she's just > fine! Good to read that both your mom and Persia are doing better. :) SignatureCheryl Mischief and Imp have to tear around the apartment several times, and I hear them running up the cat tree in the living room. Then they have to run into my room, up onto the bed, run OVER me, and Mischief has to perch in the window. With the Vertical hanging blinds her tail is wagging very fast, so I hear this clack clack clack clack of the blinds. *sigh* She also does this whenever the neighborhood stray comes by in the middle of the night. kristi > Persia is obviously better! She's been rippin' and rarin' around the house > since about 6:00 this morning. She killed another box :) I'm tired just [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Jill Great news, Jill. Glad Persia's on the mend. And very glad for good news about your Mom. Sam > Persia is obviously better! She's been rippin' and rarin' around the > house since about 6:00 this morning. She killed another box :) I'm [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Jill I'm happy to hear Persia is doing so well. Maybe it's killing the boxes that makes her feel so good. Why not give your mother a box just in case? ;-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. Great news Jill! Poor box ;) Susan M Otis and Chester > Persia is obviously better! She's been rippin' and rarin' around the house > since about 6:00 this morning. She killed another box :) I'm tired just [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Jill |
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