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Potjie's foreverhome
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Yowie - 05 Feb 2006 04:07 GMT Tish has reported in. The trip interstate with Potjie (previosuly known as 'Jet') was uneventful, and it was obvious as soon as they saw each other that Potjie and her father were meant for each other. Potjie has already settled into his foreverhome, gave the d*g a talking to about who's boss (the dog quickly worked out his place in life) and set out making himself at home. He is already chasing mowsies around the place, vacuuming up food, and living the royal life. His coat, which was groomed, is all nice and shiney and he's filling out nicely.
What a difference to the scruffy burr & matt filled cat that lived under my parent's house that was so intent on surviving he had forgotten how to play!
Tish is of course sad to leave Potjie as I was having to let go of Jet. But its quite clear to both of us that we've done the right thing both by Potjie/Jet and her father. Potjie has found his forever home, and George (Tish's father) has found another feline master to run his life. It would have only been selfishness to have kept Potjie for ourselves rather than letting him find his true place in life,and it would have been unfair to deny a catslave a proper feline master just because we also wanted the pleasure of his company.
We're sure we did the right thing by both of them, and although we're sad for ourselves, we're also happy that George & Potjie finally have each other.
Hopefully we'll get some pictures soon, and Goerge will join RPCA to regale us with Potjie tales.
Yowie
meee - 05 Feb 2006 04:26 GMT > Tish has reported in. The trip interstate with Potjie (previosuly known as > 'Jet') was uneventful, and it was obvious as soon as they saw each other [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Yowie that's a lovely happy ending for jet!1 now if i can just find a home like that for my two.....:)
Victor Martinez - 05 Feb 2006 04:32 GMT > Hopefully we'll get some pictures soon, and Goerge will join RPCA to regale > us with Potjie tales. Yay!!! I *love* happy endings... :)
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Marina - 05 Feb 2006 07:06 GMT > We're sure we did the right thing by both of them, and although we're sad > for ourselves, we're also happy that George & Potjie finally have each > other. > > Hopefully we'll get some pictures soon, and Goerge will join RPCA to regale > us with Potjie tales. Such a bittersweet ending to Potjie's adventures. You and Tish did a good thing, and I'm sure your current masters were happy to see him go.
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Yoj - 05 Feb 2006 07:39 GMT > Tish has reported in. The trip interstate with Potjie (previosuly known as > 'Jet') was uneventful, and it was obvious as soon as they saw each other [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Yowie Sometimes doing the right thing can be painful, but it helps to be able to see immediately that it obviously *was* the right thing.
Good for both of you!
Joy
Jeanette - 05 Feb 2006 18:35 GMT > Hopefully we'll get some pictures soon, and Goerge will join RPCA to regale > us with Potjie tales. > > Yowie Excellent news!
Jeanette
mlbriggs - 05 Feb 2006 19:10 GMT > Tish has reported in. The trip interstate with Potjie (previosuly known as > 'Jet') was uneventful, and it was obvious as soon as they saw each other [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Yowie How is that name pronounced? Purrs for him to love his home. MLB
polonca12000 - 06 Feb 2006 22:36 GMT > Tish has reported in. The trip interstate with Potjie (previosuly known as > 'Jet') was uneventful, and it was obvious as soon as they saw each other [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Yowie What a great happy ending! Very much looking forward to the pics and the tales, Polonca and Soncek
Tish Silberbauer - 10 Feb 2006 08:10 GMT Hi All,
I spoke to my father a couple of days ago and Potjie (pronounced Poy-key) is doing really well and setting about training my father and his elderly d*g (she's 11). My father, sensibly, has decided to keep Potjie as an indoors-only cat, which will not only help the local wildlife, but will also make caring for Potjie's coat much easier.
Potjie has apparently got it into his head that he *has* to be fed at 4am and Dad, the silly bugger, has caved. I don't know if this is going to be a regular thing, but cats being cats, I suspect that it will become part of the routine.
It's really good to see him happy and relaxed. Our pair are also much more relaxed without him about the place.
Tish
Yoj - 10 Feb 2006 09:05 GMT > Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Tish Obviously it didn't take long at all to get him trained. Your father, that is. ;-) I'm glad it's working out so well.
Joy
Adrian - 10 Feb 2006 09:44 GMT > Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Tish Clearly, Potjie has found a very trainable slave. ;-)
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Helen Miles - 10 Feb 2006 10:19 GMT > Potjie has apparently got it into his head that he *has* to be fed at > 4am and Dad, the silly bugger, has caved. I don't know if this is > going to be a regular thing, but cats being cats, I suspect that it > will become part of the routine.//// ROTFLMAO!!! That's a cat who worked out very quickly that the slave he had moved in with actually needed very little training!
I'm so glad there was such a happy outcome.
Helen M
CatNipped - 10 Feb 2006 14:34 GMT > Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Tish I'm *SO* glad to hear that Jet (Potjie) got such a good foreverhome! I just wish all kitties were as lucky as he.
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Karen - 10 Feb 2006 16:29 GMT Excellente!!! Sounds like a really fine match!
> Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Tish polonca12000 - 11 Feb 2006 21:27 GMT > Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Tish I'm so glad to hear Potjie has found such a great slave! Thanks for the update, Tish. Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek
Marina - 12 Feb 2006 04:17 GMT > Hi All, > > I spoke to my father a couple of days ago and Potjie (pronounced > Poy-key) is doing really well and setting about training my father and > his elderly d*g (she's 11). It's pronounced almost like the Swedish word 'pojke,' which means boy. How apt. :o)
My father, sensibly, has decided to keep
> Potjie as an indoors-only cat, which will not only help the local > wildlife, but will also make caring for Potjie's coat much easier. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > going to be a regular thing, but cats being cats, I suspect that it > will become part of the routine. LOL!
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jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 12 Feb 2006 04:29 GMT >> Potjie (pronounced Poy-key) > > It's pronounced almost like the Swedish word 'pojke,' which means boy. What language does the name Potjie come from?
Joyce
Tish Silberbauer - 12 Feb 2006 04:55 GMT > >> Potjie (pronounced Poy-key) > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Joyce It's Afrikaans and is the name of a commonly used round, cast iron cooking pot (casserole type). I'm not entirely sure of its literal meaning, but for me it means "little pot" and, for reasons I don't entirely understand, suits Dad's cat very well. It is also similar in sound to the word "boytjie", which I understand to mean "small boy", although I'm not sure if it is Afrikaans or a South African English bastardisation of an Afrikaans term.
Tish
jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 12 Feb 2006 05:18 GMT >> What language does the name Potjie come from?
> It's Afrikaans and is the name of a commonly used round, cast iron > cooking pot (casserole type).
> It is also similar in > sound to the word "boytjie", which I understand to mean "small boy", > although I'm not sure if it is Afrikaans or a South African English > bastardisation of an Afrikaans term. Either way, that makes sense. Afrikaans is a derivative of Dutch, isn't it? Which itself has partially German roots. Since Scandinavian languages (excepting Finnish) are also Germanic, I'm not surprised that "boytjie", meaning "small boy" in Afrikaans (or an English/Afrikaans hybrid), is so close to "pojke", the Swedish word that Marina was telling us about.
I'm still tyring to figure out where the "k" sound is coming from in the word potjie, though...
Joyce
Tish Silberbauer - 12 Feb 2006 08:09 GMT >I'm still tyring to figure out where the "k" sound is coming from in >the word potjie, though... > >Joyce As far as I understand it, in Afrikaans at least, a suffix of "tjie" is pronounced as "key" or "ki". If you try to pronounce tjie it sort-of comes out as key anyway.
YMMV in Dutch, which seems to have a different slant on pronounciation. My father regularly converses with Dutch neighbours and I asked him if he spoke Afrikaans or "proper" Dutch to them. He firmly replied that he speaks Dutch to them because if he tried Afrikaans on them they'd die laughing.
Tish
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