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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2004Correction: Abelard Found STANDING in pool.....
<EOM> Sorry - again ---- How TERRIBLE of me. ><EOM> > >Sorry - again ---- How TERRIBLE of me. I mostly take showers, but, one night recently, I decided to take a tub bath. Cinders came into the room, hopped up on the edge of the tub, and got a good head-scratching. I was amused that she didn't seem to notice, or at least care, that the last two inches or so of her tail were dangling into the water.  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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > seem to notice, or at least care, that the last two inches or so of > her tail were dangling into the water. Clifford (RB) was a large cat, coal black except that the last inch of his extra-long and thick-furred tail was snow white. As far as we could tell, the tail had some autonomy. He never completely worked out who was in charge, after, for example, his experiences as a kitten when a white blob would chase him, no matter how hard he ran, no matter how many times he looked over his shoulder. One of my luxuries is a bubble bath. Clifford would climb on to my chest and curl up, purring, and forget the status of his tail. As it got increasingly waterlogged, and he cheerully switched it, it would start to feel as if I was being clubbed! So, I'd have to reach down periodically and wring out his tail. Clifford definitely understood the game of hide and seek, but considered it very much a rules violation if he was found merely because his tail stuck up. He made it clear that he believed his tail to be invisible when playing such games. >Clifford definitely understood the game of hide and seek, but considered it very much a rules violation if he was found merely because his tail stuck up. He made it clear that he believed his tail to be invisible >when playing such games. Clifford sounds like he was alot of fun. Suz Macmoosette Thank Heavens There's Only One =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= Waiting for inspiration. Please hold while I contemplate my navel. |\__/| (=':'=) (")_(") > In article <hcb-89685A.22484418072004@text.giganews.com>, Howard > Berkowitz [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > Clifford sounds like he was alot of fun. He was the only cat I knew that was proven to have made obscene phone calls. One day, my ex-wife and I received a Very Serious phone call from a distant telephone company, saying harassing and obscene calls had been traced to this number. On asking for the times, we were mystified. Coincidentally, my mother-in-law mentioned she had been getting heavy breathing phone calls. The answer came several day's later. Clifford had jumped on my ex's desk, and ran across the office-style telephone. He managed to step on "speakerphone" and a speed dial button. A very intelligent cat, he recognized voices over the phone, definitely of people he knew, but occasionally a stranger saying a word such as "cat". When my M-I-L answered, Clifford, logically enough, went to greet her, by sniffing into the microphone. Of course, what this sounded like... When the mystery was explained to all concerned in a hysterically funny conference call, my M-I-L's last words were "well, he COULD have at least said meow." In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", Howard Berkowitz <hcb@gettcomm.com> artfully composed this message within <news:hcb-9F2895.20380421072004@text.giganews.com> on 21 Jul 2004: > The answer came several day's later. Clifford had jumped on my > ex's desk, and ran across the office-style telephone. He > managed to step on "speakerphone" and a speed dial button. My sister's cat called me one time. SignatureCheryl >> In article <hcb-89685A.22484418072004@text.giganews.com>, Howard >> Berkowitz [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > conference call, my M-I-L's last words were "well, he COULD have at > least said meow." ROFL!!!! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > seem to notice, or at least care, that the last two inches or so of > her tail were dangling into the water. SNIP One weekend morning when Isadora (RB) was a kitten, I decided to take a bath. I had the doors opened down by my feet and the water taps so she could look in on me and supervise the proceedings. Unfortunately, her curiousity took her to the very edge of the tub. I was reading when I heard the splash, and looked up just in time to see her very soggy hindquarters quickly disappear over the edge of the tub. Oddly, this didn't turn her off bathtubs. I saw Izzy hop into the tub where I live now, pull down my dry, stiff wash cloth from where it hung over the taps, and lie on the bottom of the dry tub, then hug it, gnaw it, and practically make love to it. Pan and Cesca have both given the bath tub a good look around. But their attitude is plain--they both think I wouldn't need to make all this fuss if I would just learn to use my tongue. =o) Melissa I must share the story of the most water-loving cat I have known, Dorian. Unfortunately, his humans divorced and the cats went to new homes, so I've lost track of him. His meowmie, when he was a young cat (grey and white shorthair, looking like he had some Siamese), felt as if she was falling into the shower scene of Psycho, until she realized Dorian, unbothered by splashes, was calmly observing from a corner of the shower stall. Drinking from the tap was understandable, but attempting to kill the water stream another thing entirely. Dorian's high (or low) point was when he played submarine. His humans had a jacuzzi, and Dorian would leap into it with the air jets blowing at full pressure. He would spin in the whirlpool in the center, holding his tail high. We never determined if the tail was supposed to be a periscope or a snorkel, but, since his male human was a sonar engineer, it must have been sonar-related. He'd either jump out on his own, or wait for the humans to start getting out, and would request politely to be towelled dry. > Dorian's high (or low) point was when he played submarine. His humans > had a jacuzzi, and Dorian would leap into it with the air jets blowing [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > He'd either jump out on his own, or wait for the humans to start getting > out, and would request politely to be towelled dry. My god! I thought Roxy was weird because she likes to be spun around on my office chair. :) Joyce > > Dorian's high (or low) point was when he played submarine. His humans > > had a jacuzzi, and Dorian would leap into it with the air jets blowing [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Joyce It's taken me a long time, but I've learned that there's not much on earth that "all cats don't like ...". There's always one kooky feline individual somewhere who'll prove you wrong. That's one of the things I love about 'em. >My god! I thought Roxy was weird because she likes to be spun around on >my office chair. :) Speaking of which, Sammy no longer waits for the hoomin to spin the chair. She now leaps from the couch to the chair back and lets momemtum spin her. 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 In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.anecdotes", > > Dorian's high (or low) point was when he played submarine. His > > humans had a jacuzzi, and Dorian would leap into it with the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Joyce She is, she is. lol Shadow used to like to do that years and years ago. He'd go running to jump on the chair and it took a spin, and he just held on with his claws until it stopped. But he'd do it again, so it couldn't have been too horrible. :) SignatureCheryl I also have a spin-able office chair that is almost always taken over by a cat the second I get up from it. They know that whoever I find in that chair when I return will get to play the "spin me" game, and I think it's odd that none of them has figured out how to spin the chair without my help. > I also have a spin-able office chair that is almost always taken over by a > cat the second I get up from it. They know that whoever I find in that chair > when I return will get to play the "spin me" game, and I think it's odd that > none of them has figured out how to spin the chair without my help. I've been thinking of this wrt Roxy, who also hasn't figured this out. Maybe our cats aren't as smart as the ones who have figured it out. Or MAYBE they're smarter - all they have to do is sit there and look cute, and they get a ride without having to make any effort! Joyce > lol Shadow used to like to do that years and years > ago. He'd go running to jump on the chair and it took a spin, and > he just held on with his claws until it stopped. But he'd do it > again, so it couldn't have been too horrible. :) I wish Roxy would figure out that she could make the chair spin on her own, but so far, all she does is jump into the chair and look up at me expectantly. Joyce > I mostly take showers, but, one night recently, I decided to take a > tub bath. Cinders came into the room, hopped up on the edge of the > tub, and got a good head-scratching. I was amused that she didn't > seem to notice, or at least care, that the last two inches or so of > her tail were dangling into the water. Friend of mine had a cat who seemed to be mesmerized by water. She'd often find it, after a rain, standing staring into puddles. If she didn't close the bathroom door securely when she took a bath, the cat would come in, get up on the edge of the tub, and stare down into the water, leaning further and further over..... Jackie learned to have TWO towels handy when she bathed - one for her and one for the inevitable casualty! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > =E6eB > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- My heart lept into my mouth when I read the original title .... Susan M relieved. > <EOM> > > Sorry - again ---- How TERRIBLE of me. ><EOM> > >Sorry - again ---- How TERRIBLE of me. hee hee 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/ |
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