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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / November 2006Food wars with casualties
Yesterday, I gave Miranda poached turkey for her dinner, while Caliban got some tinned gooshy food. I had to buy some more today, because the smell was driving Caliban mad, and I thought it was unfair not to get him some, too. As it turned out, he didn't deserve such a treat. Half an hour before it was time to feed the cats, Caliban jumped up on an old ornamental cabinet (inherited from my granddad) and knocked down an old ornamental clock (inherited from my great-aunt). The clock didn't work before, and it didn't break (at least no pieces broke off), but it had this golden spike with golden ornaments on top, and that was bent in the fall. So Caliban really didn't deserve a treat. But he got it anyway, when enough time had elapsed between the accident and supper time that I hope he didn't connect the two. He did know that he had done something bad, because he went and hid after the clock had fallen. Here's a picture of Miranda as a kitten beside the clock, on the cabinet: http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1318588340058511339rheoLu You can see that it's not a small or light-weight clock. Caliban has been jumping on top of that cabinet lately to get my attention when he is begging for food. Oh, well. It's just a thing. I had been planning to take it to a clockmaker to have it fixed. Maybe I'll finally get that done. And maybe Caliban won't drop it another time... Or maybe i'll just have to hide it away, like all my other ornaments.  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki I was going to say that is no small thing to knock over!! YOu could tape it down :D > Yesterday, I gave Miranda poached turkey for her dinner, while Caliban > got some tinned gooshy food. I had to buy some more today, because the [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > done. And maybe Caliban won't drop it another time... Or maybe i'll just > have to hide it away, like all my other ornaments. > I was going to say that is no small thing to knock over!! YOu could tape it > down :D I never thought he'd be able to knock it down. It's *inside* the cabinet now. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >Yesterday, I gave Miranda poached turkey for her dinner, while Caliban >got some tinned gooshy food. I had to buy some more today, because the >smell was driving Caliban mad, and I thought it was unfair not to get >him some, too. <snip> Wouldn't it be easier in the long run to feed Caliban the same food as Miranda? Or is her fresh meat diet too expensive? Elisabet > Wouldn't it be easier in the long run to feed Caliban the same food as > Miranda? > Or is her fresh meat diet too expensive? Actually, I've mostly fed him the same as Miranda ever since we came back from the island, but sometimes I still give him some tinned food, just for variation, and I didn't have enough turkey for two meals for both of them. It's not really more expensive to feed them fresh meat than high-end cat food. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki What a picture Marina take a stick pad and put it down or I would take and install a hook and line behind it so it take a fall again. Plus an good clock place should be able to repair that gorgeous clock looks like an antique roadshow show piece waiting to happen > Yesterday, I gave Miranda poached turkey for her dinner, while Caliban got > some tinned gooshy food. I had to buy some more today, because the smell [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > maybe Caliban won't drop it another time... Or maybe i'll just have to > hide it away, like all my other ornaments. So it won't take a fall dang spell checker Sorry > What a picture > Marina take a stick pad and put it down or I would take and install a [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> done. And maybe Caliban won't drop it another time... Or maybe i'll just >> have to hide it away, like all my other ornaments. So it won't take a fall dang spell checker Sorry > What a picture > Marina take a stick pad and put it down or I would take and install a [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >> done. And maybe Caliban won't drop it another time... Or maybe i'll just >> have to hide it away, like all my other ornaments. >Yesterday, I gave Miranda poached turkey for her dinner, while Caliban >got some tinned gooshy food. I had to buy some more today, because the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1318588340058511339rheoLu I remember that picture! She made such a cool little shelf onament (as if she would stay still ;)) A shame about your heirloom clock. Can the spikey thing be repaired? >You can see that it's not a small or light-weight clock. Caliban has >been jumping on top of that cabinet lately to get my attention when he >is begging for food. Oh, well. It's just a thing. I had been planning to >take it to a clockmaker to have it fixed. Maybe I'll finally get that >done. And maybe Caliban won't drop it another time... Or maybe i'll just >have to hide it away, like all my other ornaments. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War > Yesterday, I gave Miranda poached turkey for her dinner, while Caliban got > some tinned gooshy food. I had to buy some more today, because the smell > was driving Caliban mad, and I thought it was unfair not to get him some, > too. It's such a pity that Miranda won't eat cat food, it must drive poor Caliban crazy to smell her lovely freshly cooked stuff - especially as he is so fond of his food ;-) > As it turned out, he didn't deserve such a treat. Half an hour before it > was time to feed the cats, Caliban jumped up on an old ornamental cabinet > (inherited from my granddad) and knocked down an old ornamental clock > (inherited from my great-aunt). The clock didn't work before, and it > didn't break (at least no pieces broke off), but it had this golden spike > with golden ornaments on top, and that was bent in the fall. I'm sorry to hear that the clock was damaged. Heirlooms that have passed down through the family in remembrance of someone who is now gone are very precious. > So Caliban really didn't deserve a treat. But he got it anyway, when > enough time had elapsed between the accident and supper time that I hope > he didn't connect the two. He *did* deserve some turkey because he could smell Miranda's and wanted it so much. He knocked over and damaged your clock - but he has no idea that that's a bad thing, how could his cat mind understand that? > He did know that he had done something bad, because he went and hid after > the clock had fallen. I would suggest that he hid because it fell and shocked him maybe with the noise it made - it's a large clock. Animals have no concept of what is precious to us as humans. Dogs will act in a way that is perceived as "guilty" for example when they have raided the bin and strewed the contents all over the kitchen the second/third time. When the owner arrives home and discovers it, their body language says it all. The dog remembers being told off or punished then for that first time and will probably creep away, showing submissive gestures. This does not mean that they feel "guilty" - merely that they realise they might be spoken to severely or punished again and become afraid. Maybe put some metal foil on the top of the cabinet, I am told that cats don't like to put their feet on it? Tweed > I would suggest that he hid because it fell and shocked him maybe > with the noise it made - it's a large clock. I think he hid because I sort of wailed when I saw the clock fall - he knows he hurt Meowmie somehow, but of course he doesn't understand what the clock means to me. He probably thought he hurt me physically when he jumped down. And he does mostly get the same food as Miranda. I'm hoping he will lose some weight being on the same diet as Mir. ;o) SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > Yesterday, I gave Miranda poached turkey for her dinner, while Caliban > got some tinned gooshy food. I had to buy some more today, because the [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > done. And maybe Caliban won't drop it another time... Or maybe i'll just > have to hide it away, like all my other ornaments. IMHO Caliban had no thought of the clock at all -- he just wanted to jump up high. It is a very pretty clock and should be in a safer place. What if it had fallen on the cat? > Yesterday, I gave Miranda poached turkey for her dinner, while Caliban > got some tinned gooshy food. I had to buy some more today, because the [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > -- > Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. What beauties, BOTH of them. Miranda and the clock. She is really a stunning cat. It is so cute the way she cocks her head over, like she's posing! I keep saying I'm going to get some that museum tape stuff, after the cats knocked off a Dresden doll once. It only broke the back of her skirt though. Then there was the Glinda the Good witch music box, she broke off at the torso. Sigh. Sherry > Then there was the Glinda the Good witch music box, she > broke off at the torso. Sigh. Wizard of Oz was on cable TV last night, did anyone watch it? I missed most of it, but saw maybe the last 20 minutes. I haven't seen it in about 10 years. But I was just thinking about that movie on Saturday, and thinking it was about time to see it again, and there it was! Joyce > > Then there was the Glinda the Good witch music box, she > > broke off at the torso. Sigh. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Joyce I think I have every line in this movie memorized. It's my dad's all-time favorite movie. He was born in 1936 and saw it first at age 4, and it was an overwhelming experience for him. He was terrified by the witch, and overwhelmed by the scene where things go from B&W to color. I love to see the movie through his eyes, so to speak. Today's kids are so visually flooded from so very early on, and I wonder if they can ever feel the wonder that my dad felt watching OZ as a child. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War >>> Then there was the Glinda the Good witch music box, she >>> broke off at the torso. Sigh. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Make Levees, Not War I have the wicked witches' cackle down pat! Cracks John up when I do it (and I think it scares him a little, too!). Margaret Hamilton was later Cora the Coffee Lady (Maxwell House). What a wonderful film! Trivia Question: Who was supposed to play the Tin Woodsman but didn't? And why didn't he? Glinda, the Good Witch of the North (Billie Burke) was also in the Topper films starring Cary Grant (dreamy!) and Constance Bennett. I love old movies! I tend to look at them through eyes much as you imagine your father does... with wonder :) Jill >>>> Then there was the Glinda the Good witch music box, she >>>> broke off at the torso. Sigh. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > And > why didn't he? I know! I know! It was Buddy Ebsen, and he had an allergic reaction to the silver paint/makeup they used for the part. Joy > Glinda, the Good Witch of the North (Billie Burke) was also in the Topper > films starring Cary Grant (dreamy!) and Constance Bennett. I love old [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Jill >>>>> Then there was the Glinda the Good witch music box, she >>>>> broke off at the torso. Sigh. [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Joy Yep! The aluminium powder makeup caused his lungs to fail and he wound up in the hospital. Another bit of trivia: Ebsen was originally slated to play the role of the Scarecrow and his voice is what you hear on the soundtrack when they all sing "We're Off to See the Wizard" even though he was never in the movie :) Oddly, this film is usually shown (on regular television) around when tornado season starts. Ironic ;) Jill "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I have the wicked witches' cackle down pat! Cracks John up when I do it > (and I think it scares him a little, too!). Margaret Hamilton was later > Cora the Coffee Lady (Maxwell House). What a wonderful film! This reminds me of a funny story. Back in the late 1970s, a friend of mine was graduating college (Wheelock College in Boston), and my roommate and I went to the ceremony. It was a small group of people, and they had a procession in the beginning that involved everyone, including the graduates, faculty, guests of honor, and audience members. As we were walking along, my roommate pointed to a woman standing only a few feet away and said, in a rather loud voice, "Wow, look at her! She looks like the Wicked Witch of the West!" I was horrified that the woman might hear her, and shushed my roommate up. And the woman turned out to be Margaret Hamilton, receiving an honorary degree!! Joyce >"jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Joyce Honorary degrees! When I attended my brother's college graduation, Harry Belafonte received an honorary degree. I whispered to my father, "I wonder if any of these kids even remember Harry Belafonte." To my surprise, when he stepped up to the lectern, all the kids chorused "DAAAAYYYYYYY-O!" ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War > >"jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Theresa LOL! If they had not heard it before, they surely remembered it from Beetlejuise! Sherry > "jmcquown" <jmcquown@bellsouth.net> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Joyce That's hiliarious! What are the odds? Jill > I think I have every line in this movie memorized. It's my dad's > all-time favorite movie. He was born in 1936 and saw it first at age > 4, and it was an overwhelming experience for him. He was terrified by > the witch, and overwhelmed by the scene where things go from B&W to > color. There were so many things about that movie that terrified me when I was a kid: the witch, of course, but also the MONKEYS. And the first witch, who got crushed under the house, when her feet curled up after Glinda took the slippers - EWWWW! The nasty trees that threw apples - such ugly faces. The Wizard himself was pretty scary to me, too. And the field of poppies creeped me out. Still I could never stop watching it - there was so much beauty (we were lucky enough to have a color TV), and so much compelling drama for a kid. It was big excitement in our house when they showed it on TV. I don't think I saw it in a theater until I was an adult. > I love to see the movie through his eyes, so to speak. > Today's kids are so visually flooded from so very early on, and I > wonder if they can ever feel the wonder that my dad felt watching OZ > as a child. I felt it when watching it last night, although I'm sure I would've felt more if I'd seen it from the beginning. One movie that didn't age well for me was Peter Pan. That was such a poignant, magical movie to me as a kid. Even at that age, I used to worry about getting old, knowing that it was inevitable and only a matter of time. So the movie's theme of time passing and people growing up and losing their childhood didn't escape me at all. But when I saw it again at about age 18, I couldn't help but notice how fake everything looked. I realized it was essentially a filmed stage play, with just a few cinematic touches. The magic had totally gone out of it for me. And then I realized with horror that the very thing the movie is about, the very thing that had happened to Wendy, had happened to me: I'd grown up! NOOOOOOO!!! Joyce > > Then there was the Glinda the Good witch music box, she > > broke off at the torso. Sigh. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Joyce Yes, I never miss it. Even though I could buy the DVD, there's just something more special about catching it on TV, usually near the holidays. It is my alltime favorite movie, and the magic just never goes away. Another holiday tradition is that someone in the family always buys me a new WOZ calendar each year. Sherry > Here's a picture of Miranda as a kitten beside the clock, on the cabinet: > > http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1318588340058511339rheoLu A beautiful kitty and a gorgeous clock. So glad it didn't break. SignatureSam, closely supervised by Mistletoe Yikes. What a beautiful clock (and cat) for Caliban to knock down. I hope that you can get it fixed .... but I know all about property damage and cats. Our leather sofas and new mattress are trashed. And you still have to love the furry brats :-) Susan M Otis and Chester > Yesterday, I gave Miranda poached turkey for her dinner, while Caliban got > some tinned gooshy food. I had to buy some more today, because the smell [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > maybe Caliban won't drop it another time... Or maybe i'll just have to > hide it away, like all my other ornaments. > Yikes. What a beautiful clock (and cat) for Caliban to knock down. I > hope that you can get it fixed .... but I know all about property damage > and cats. Our leather sofas and new mattress are trashed. And you still > have to love the furry brats :-) Blimey. How lucky I am. My two have done no damage apart from KFC's inappropriate peeing on the carpets - despite her 2 litter boxes it still happens. I don't blame her for it, she has renal failure and can't help it. I will get new carpets afterwards.. :-( I had a dog that suffered from separation anxiety, Daisy whippet, she ripped up my furniture big time when I went to work and left her despite she had her mum, sister and brother there with her. I have only just been able to replace the furniture recently. It looks posh in here now! Sorta, anyway.. Tweed > Yikes. What a beautiful clock (and cat) for Caliban to knock down. I hope > that you can get it fixed .... but I know all about property damage and > cats. Our leather sofas and new mattress are trashed. And you still have > to love the furry brats :-) Oh, yes, of course I love him. The clock is hidden away in the cabinet and I don't even think about it any more - it's just a thing after all. Caliban was especially cuddly and sweet yesterday. He got on my lap as usual - or rather, on my chest with my arms propping him up, as usual. Then he got so into the scritching, he did upside-downy head that turned into upside-downy body, and then he gradually turned a somersault there, on my chest, so that he ended up head down, bum in my face, sprawled all over me, tummy in the air, enjoying full tummy rubs, and purring his little fuzzy head off. I wish there'd been someone with a camera to capture it. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > Yesterday, I gave Miranda poached turkey for her dinner, while Caliban > got some tinned gooshy food. I had to buy some more today, because the [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > done. And maybe Caliban won't drop it another time... Or maybe i'll just > have to hide it away, like all my other ornaments. That would have been irresistible to Soncek also. I keep some boxes on top of a cupboard and when he is being a bad boy (usually at 3am), he throws them to the floor and since I am sleeping at the time, it makes me jump. Purrs and best wishes for the clock to be repaired, Polonca and Soncek |
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