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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / September 2004A morsel of cheer
There's been so much real tragedy lately that I've quite lost my natural optimism & enthusiasm for life. Wonderful heartwarming events such as our lurker's donation to Hannah Eve's funeral do much to redress the balance (I'd like to add my humble thanks & admiration to those already expressed for that kindness), but without in any way wishing to impinge on the need for a period of mourning I'd like to suggest that each of us should post something cheerful or clever (or just plain "nice") like several people do in their signatures, as a bit of a counterbalance. Here's one of my favourite short pieces, written by Dilys Laing & quoted in the 1991 book "The Cat's Mind" by Bruce Fogle DVM MRCVS: "I put down my book "'The Meaning of Zen' "And see my cat smiling into her fur "as she delicately combs it with her rough pink tongue. "'Cat, I would lend you this book to study, "'but it appears that you have read it already.' "She looks up and gives me her full gaze. "'Don't be ridiculous' she purrs: 'I wrote it.'" Further contributions gratefully received. Pericles (red tabby maine coon) is between me & the keyboard and rubs his head against my caressing (free) hand in what I hope is approbation. Purrs to all in proportion to your need Gordon Bandit, Pericles & Snowball  SignatureFeline family viewable at: http://community.webshots.com/user/exocat > Further contributions gratefully received. Here's something that's not at all uplifting but funny as all heck. OK, there's a naughty language warning that goes with this, and it involves d*gs, but it's still *SO* funny to me: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/Never/ Hugs, CatNipped > There's been so much real tragedy lately that I've quite lost my > natural optimism & enthusiasm for life. [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > Gordon > Bandit, Pericles & Snowball Just a small bit of happiness -- right now I have dainty Miss Oreo-girl taking a very thorough washing in my lap, preparatory for a premium snooze. She's the kitty we rescued from underneath my kids' school library in 2001 and was sooo skittish it's taken her till this year to decide that my lap is a warm and comfy place to sleep. Christine We had our annual moggie cat show yesterday .... and the winner was a big ginger ex-stray who had been homeless for a while before his owner took him in. He won 'Best Ginger / Best Ginger and white' and ' Friendliest natured male' before going on to win 'Best Shorthair' and 'Best In Show' He's called Tommi, and he's a darling. Jeanette > We had our annual moggie cat show yesterday .... and the winner was a > big ginger ex-stray who had been homeless for a while before his [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Jeanette That's a beautiful story, thanks. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. > We had our annual moggie cat show yesterday .... and the winner was a big > ginger ex-stray who had been homeless for a while before his owner took him [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Jeanette Awwww. Are there pictures anywhere? > > We had our annual moggie cat show yesterday .... and the winner was a big > > ginger ex-stray who had been homeless for a while before his owner took him [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > > Awwww. Are there pictures anywhere? There will be soon. I didn't take the digicam, because I thought I'd be too busy with the administration of the show to take pictures, but I did take a disposable camera. I will be getting it developed onto a CD and updating our webpage sometime next week :) I'll post here when I do. Jeanette On Sat, 18 Sep, Gordon wrote: >Wonderful heartwarming events such as our lurker's donation to Hannah >Eve's funeral do much to redress the balance (I'd like to add my [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >something cheerful or clever (or just plain "nice") like several >people do in their signatures, as a bit of a counterbalance. Being alternately a sensitive guy and a gross vulgarian, I say there's nothing like a sick joke to pick up one's spirits. This link is to a Dutch TV commercial ad that had won a prize at an advertising convention before the attendees found out that the producers had made up an imaginary client to justify this demo piece. WARNING, you will be shocked. It is, however, funny. I guarantee that you will say to yourself, "Did I hear that right?" Don't say I didn't warn you. Turn the sound up. http://www.allura.net/media/dutch.mov Aarrrgggh! O J (Old John) Gritmon PS: I know that as soon as I hit send, if I do, I'm going to regret it. Omg! ROFLMAO! Thanks for the laugh! Christine & DH > On Sat, 18 Sep, Gordon wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > PS: I know that as soon as I hit > send, if I do, I'm going to regret it. > Omg! ROFLMAO! > Thanks for the laugh! [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >> PS: I know that as soon as I hit >> send, if I do, I'm going to regret it. Oh my! :) Thanks for the thought OJ, but currently I have no sound output from my 'puter. Given a few hours I suppose I could rig something up with an external amp. & my sound system at the other end of the house but it's quite a job so I'd rather not. I have no trouble with vulgarity, mind, so any post (perhaps suitably flagged to forewarn the sensitive) or e-mail (replace the Roman 10 with their 1,000 to unmunge my addy) you care to send will be appreciated. Purrs Gordon & the TT SignatureFeline family viewable at: http://community.webshots.com/user/exocat > Being alternately a sensitive guy and a gross vulgarian, I say there's > nothing like a sick joke to pick up one's spirits. > replace the Roman 10 with their 1,000 to unmunge my addy What IS the Roman 1000? Joyce > > replace the Roman 10 with their 1,000 to unmunge my addy > What IS the Roman 1000? Duh - never mind. Brain fart. Joyce > What IS the Roman 1000? > > Joyce M It goes I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X (1 through 10, then just keep adding Is, Vs and Xs until you get to 50) - then 50 is L, 100 is C, 500 is D, and 1,000 is M. Hugs, CatNipped > Being alternately a sensitive guy and a gross vulgarian, I say there's > nothing like a sick joke to pick up one's spirits. This link is to a [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > PS: I know that as soon as I hit > send, if I do, I'm going to regret it. Dangitall, am I the only one who can't see this? I've tried several times, but my puter just sits there and makes hourglasses at me, and nothing ever happens. *sob* ------ Krista >> Being alternately a sensitive guy and a gross vulgarian, I say there's >> nothing like a sick joke to pick up one's spirits. This link is to a [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > ------ > Krista Go for the kitty film instead. It's lovely and has several different file formats to download. |
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