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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / February 2008cleaners cont.
the cleaners came again today, and since i didn't have anywhere to be, i waited for them at home. we talked about the cats and they described how caliban has gradually warmed up to them. i then joked a little about what an excellent actor he is, and he even sometimes manages to convince me he's starving, though i know he's recently had a full meal *and* has snatched some tidbits off mir's plate. the cleaner's assistant, who was the one who'd put the kibble in the bowl, said he'd been absolutely convinced caliban had not been fed, though he has three cats of his own and knows how wily they can be. i'm glad we cleared the air about the kibble incident. i definitely showed them i'm not angry about it. also, the cleaner's assistant was easy to forgive, because he happens to be a gorgeous young man. *grin*  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > the cleaners came again today, and since i didn't have anywhere to > be, i waited for them at home. we talked about the cats and they [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > showed them i'm not angry about it. also, the cleaner's assistant was > easy to forgive, because he happens to be a gorgeous young man. *grin* Down girl! ;-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk Adrian kirjoitti: >> the cleaners came again today, and since i didn't have anywhere to >> be, i waited for them at home. we talked about the cats and they [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Down girl! ;-) Cmon Adrian, Marina's single (AFAIK) and an adult... of course she can admire gorgeous young men!! I know I would... :) SignatureChristine in Laitila, Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com Hey girl, lookin' don't hurt anyone. There are some things that being nearly blind is a plus, this is NOT one of them! > Adrian kirjoitti: >>> the cleaners came again today, and since i didn't have anywhere to [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Cmon Adrian, Marina's single (AFAIK) and an adult... of course she can > admire gorgeous young men!! I know I would... :) > Adrian kirjoitti: >>> the cleaners came again today, and since i didn't have anywhere to [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Cmon Adrian, Marina's single (AFAIK) and an adult... of course she can > admire gorgeous young men!! I know I would... :) Bah, you don't have to be single to admire gorgeous young men! As my father says "just because I'm on a diet doesn't mean I can't read the menu" :-) Yowie (perhaps I am channeling a Dave) > > Adrian kirjoitti: > >>> the cleaners came again today, and since i didn't have anywhere to [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Yowie > (perhaps I am channeling a Dave)- Yehuddah, definitely Yehuddah. Pam S (North Carolina USA) > Bah, you don't have to be single to admire gorgeous young men! As my father > says "just because I'm on a diet doesn't mean I can't read the menu" :-) Like a few years ago Dave and me were in the West End and I'd always wanted to get one of those rickshaw things pulled by very fit young male cylicists so we did. As the pair of us make a fairly heavy load he had to stand up in the saddle... Suffice to say the only reason Dave didn't get thrown out was that if I had lightened the load- he would have been able to sit down again! THAT's what I call a good view Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs > > i'm glad we cleared the air about the kibble incident. i definitely > > showed them i'm not angry about it. also, the cleaner's assistant was > > easy to forgive, because he happens to be a gorgeous young man. *grin* > > Down girl! ;-) > -- In the theme of Marina, I went to see Holiday on Ice with a friend last night. I paid scant attention to what a lot of the female skaters were doing, but I know *EXactly* what the male skaters were doing... and their costumes enabled me to really appreciate the finer asthetics of their bodies... it was a *VERY* pleasent 2 1/2 hours .....*ahem*.... :: Helen M goes off to take a cold shower:: Helen M U go Girl! >> > i'm glad we cleared the air about the kibble incident. i definitely >> > showed them i'm not angry about it. also, the cleaner's assistant was [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Helen M > In the theme of Marina, I went to see Holiday on Ice with a friend > last night. I paid scant attention to what a lot of the female skaters > were doing, but I know *EXactly* what the male skaters were doing... > and their costumes enabled me to really appreciate the finer asthetics > of their bodies... it was a *VERY* pleasent 2 1/2 > hours .....*ahem*.... > :: Helen M goes off to take a cold shower:: Last week I went to see a Russian folkdance performance - it's a very famous dance company but the name escapes me at the moment. I'll bet someone here will know it. Anyway, I found myself watching the men a lot more than the women, too, but for a less happy reason than yours, Helen. It was because the men did all the interesting dancing. The women's dancing was mostly decorative - a lot of cute little steps, and waving of handkerchiefs and so forth. Which is not to say that the women didn't work hard - it was clear that they did. And they had to be very skilled, as their steps were quite complex. And yet, their moves were not meant to show off strength or agility, which is what I find exciting to look at. The men leapt, spun, and did amazing, athletic stunts, bending their bodies in ways that normal people usually don't (ie, can't). I can't say I was left needing a cold shower, but it was wonderful to look at. I just wish that I could see women doing some of the same things. It's not like women can't do that stuff. Joyce SignatureTo send email to this address, remove the triple-X from my user name. On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:24:35 +0000, bastXXXette wrote: > > In the theme of Marina, I went to see Holiday on Ice with a friend last > > night. I paid scant attention to what a lot of the female skaters were [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Joyce Do you ever watch the gymnasts? Some of those training for the Olympics are fantastic! MLB > Do you ever watch the gymnasts? Some of those training for the Olympics > are fantastic! MLB- No, but I spend a *LOT* of time watching ice hockey!! ;o) Helen M > Last week I went to see a Russian folkdance performance - it's a very > famous dance company but the name escapes me at the moment. I'll bet [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > mostly decorative - a lot of cute little steps, and waving of > handkerchiefs and so forth. Much of that stuff isn't originally Russian, but came from the Caucasus (whose people the Russians have been trying to obliterate since the time of Catherine the Great, with a brief hiatus under the Communists, but the Russian consensus was always that they had a great natural sense of rhythm). You motivated me to go look for some of that on YouTube again. There's a lot there. Search under "chechen", "cecen", "adige", "cerkez", "abhaz", "apsua" - the comments are mostly in Turkish, and the Turkish names for these peoples are used more often on YouTube. It's usually obvious what the related links are. There are an *amazing* number of Caucasian guys who seem to spend their lives compensating for the lack of iridescent green feathers on their bums. Like this (Chechen dancers): http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eCoPImYq2X8 , http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=rb0Mcsj7zAI An Ingush dance where the macho stuff is at the end (the guys start out apparently moving on wheels): http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gFYn4slCCTs Chechen exiles in Jordan (you can see how this could meld seamlessly into breakdance, and there is in fact a genre of Chechen rap for exactly that): http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=FyGZ6Mh7vRo Lezgian dance from Dagestan done by a group from Azerbaijan (there is another copy with a less inflammatory title, but the nutty opinions go with the territory): http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ySKueJNkWQ0 A rather wonderful spoof of Circassian dance (follow the related links and you get penguinized interpretations of Kurdish, Black Sea, Abkhaz and Turkish dance as well): http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TVp7uz3-aqs You get the same sort of macho dance south of the Caucasus too. Here's one (with much older dancers) from the Black Sea region of Turkey, maybe a Greek dance originally: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_mhrWLgYRM8 And this line dance, probably from the Laz minority of north-east Turkey: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PWtUs9EhiVo And a bunch of guys from the Black Sea region of Turkey in a really terrific demonstration of how folk dance can continue in the modern world (I've seen Black Sea tourists doing exactly this in a different part of Turkey): http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uPirZRST3PQ ==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === <http://www.campin.me.uk> ==== Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739 557 CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic fonts |
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