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Ted Davis - 20 Jul 2008 17:45 GMT

I would like to call your attention to "Raising Duncan" posted on-line for
20 July: tinyurl.com/686vvo or
www.comics.com/comics/raisingduncan/archive/raisingduncan-20080720.html

Those with indoor/outdoor cats are all too familiar with that scene.

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used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla).

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John F. Eldredge - 20 Jul 2008 18:13 GMT

> I would like to call your attention to "Raising Duncan" posted on-line
> for 20 July: tinyurl.com/686vvo or
> www.comics.com/comics/raisingduncan/archive/raisingduncan-20080720.html
>
> Those with indoor/outdoor cats are all too familiar with that scene.

Cats would like to figure out how to be on both sides of the door
simultaneously.

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AZ Nomad - 20 Jul 2008 18:44 GMT

>> I would like to call your attention to "Raising Duncan" posted on-line
>> for 20 July: tinyurl.com/686vvo or
>> www.comics.com/comics/raisingduncan/archive/raisingduncan-20080720.html
>>
>> Those with indoor/outdoor cats are all too familiar with that scene.

>Cats would like to figure out how to be on both sides of the door
>simultaneously.

I like it when kitty goes to one door sees it raining, and tries another
door as if it is going to be nice and sunny there.

The other one I like is when kitty looks up at me as if to say "make it
stop raining!"

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John F. Eldredge - 21 Jul 2008 03:14 GMT

>>> I would like to call your attention to "Raising Duncan" posted on-line
>>> for 20 July: tinyurl.com/686vvo or
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> The other one I like is when kitty looks up at me as if to say "make it
> stop raining!"

Annabel Lee (died 2002) was bad about wanting to dash out the door when I
got home. I kept her indoors-only because I live on a busy street, and
only 100 yards or so from a major highway. On a few occasions, she
dashed outside, found that it was raining, made an immediate U-turn, and
dashed back inside again.

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AZ Nomad - 21 Jul 2008 04:13 GMT

>>>> I would like to call your attention to "Raising Duncan" posted on-line
>>>> for 20 July: tinyurl.com/686vvo or
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>> The other one I like is when kitty looks up at me as if to say "make it
>> stop raining!"

>Annabel Lee (died 2002) was bad about wanting to dash out the door when I
>got home. I kept her indoors-only because I live on a busy street, and
>only 100 yards or so from a major highway. On a few occasions, she
>dashed outside, found that it was raining, made an immediate U-turn, and
>dashed back inside again.

You Bastard! Pouring all that rain on that poor cat!

The other one I like is the first frest snowfall with kitty hopping around
like a kangaroo to minimize ground contact.

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bastXXXette@sonic.net - 21 Jul 2008 05:20 GMT

> The other one I like is the first frest snowfall with kitty hopping around
> like a kangaroo to minimize ground contact.

And then doing the famous back-leg-shake: first one (shake shake shake)
and then the other (shake shake shake), all the while looking extremely
offended that such terrible stuff should have gotten *on* them.

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John F. Eldredge - 21 Jul 2008 05:37 GMT

On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:20:28 +0000, bastXXXette wrote:

> > The other one I like is the first frest snowfall with kitty hopping
> > around like a kangaroo to minimize ground contact.
>
> And then doing the famous back-leg-shake: first one (shake shake shake)
> and then the other (shake shake shake), all the while looking extremely
> offended that such terrible stuff should have gotten *on* them.

I remember once seeing my father's cat have to cross through a puddle
about 3 inches deep. As each foot came out of the water, she would shake
it, then take a stride forward, placing that foot back in the water and
lifting and shaking a new foot. It was comical to watch.

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Yowie - 21 Jul 2008 06:49 GMT

> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:20:28 +0000, bastXXXette wrote:
>
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> shake it, then take a stride forward, placing that foot back in the
> water and lifting and shaking a new foot. It was comical to watch.

Suki must have been auditioning for the new Cat messiah. She very nearly
managed to walk on water as she tried to cross a full bath.

She wasn't as wet I had thought she'd have been for a cat that had taken a
bath, but still approached Pickle for help with the post-bath licking.
Pickle did help out for bit, beforehe boxed her ears. I think it was that
"I'll help, but don't be so damn stupid next time, you idiot" sort of
ear-boxing. Those two very much remind me of Ebenezer and Snooch from two
lumps.

Shadow is just, well, Shadowcat.

Yowie

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Wayne Mitchell - 21 Jul 2008 15:48 GMT

>And then doing the famous back-leg-shake: first one (shake shake shake)
>and then the other (shake shake shake), all the while looking extremely
>offended that such terrible stuff should have gotten *on* them.

And once they have been reminded how cold that stuff is, all you have to
do is open the door and let them see it and they start shaking their
paws.

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Judith Latham - 21 Jul 2008 21:37 GMT

> >And then doing the famous back-leg-shake: first one (shake shake shake)
> >and then the other (shake shake shake), all the while looking extremely
> >offended that such terrible stuff should have gotten *on* them.

> And once they have been reminded how cold that stuff is, all you have to
> do is open the door and let them see it and they start shaking their
> paws.

My cat Sophie used to love snow. She run around then jump into any drift
she could find. When she came back indoors, her fur on her tum was one
block of ice and as she had long fur it took some thawing.

Judith

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AZ Nomad - 21 Jul 2008 22:51 GMT

>> >And then doing the famous back-leg-shake: first one (shake shake shake)
>> >and then the other (shake shake shake), all the while looking extremely
>> >offended that such terrible stuff should have gotten *on* them.

>> And once they have been reminded how cold that stuff is, all you have to
>> do is open the door and let them see it and they start shaking their
>> paws.

>My cat Sophie used to love snow. She run around then jump into any drift
>she could find. When she came back indoors, her fur on her tum was one
>block of ice and as she had long fur it took some thawing.

I have a loudmouthed siamese cat (mongo) who is rather strange when it comes to
water. If my hands are wet from doing the dishes, and I flick my fingers in his
general direction, the 3 or 4 molecules of water that reach him twenty feet away
will send him running like a maniac. Try to give him a bath and he'll make a
death-howl like he's being strangled. Yet, he'll stay outside during a
downpour. I know he can find shelter, but it still seems strange that he
doesn't seem to mind a few molecules of water when he's outside.

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AZ Nomad - 21 Jul 2008 23:09 GMT

>>> >And then doing the famous back-leg-shake: first one (shake shake shake)
>>> >and then the other (shake shake shake), all the while looking extremely
>>> >offended that such terrible stuff should have gotten *on* them.

>>> And once they have been reminded how cold that stuff is, all you have to
>>> do is open the door and let them see it and they start shaking their
>>> paws.

>>My cat Sophie used to love snow. She run around then jump into any drift
>>she could find. When she came back indoors, her fur on her tum was one
>>block of ice and as she had long fur it took some thawing.

>I have a loudmouthed siamese cat (mongo) who is rather strange when it comes to
>water. If my hands are wet from doing the dishes, and I flick my fingers in his
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>downpour. I know he can find shelter, but it still seems strange that he
>doesn't seem to mind a few molecules of water when he's outside.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nuFWKpw8Ro

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Joy - 20 Jul 2008 22:12 GMT

>> I would like to call your attention to "Raising Duncan" posted on-line
>> for 20 July: tinyurl.com/686vvo or
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> Cats would like to figure out how to be on both sides of the door
> simultaneously.

Actually, I think most cats would prefer that there were no doors, or at
least that all doors were always open. When my daughter was a teenager, we
had a rather large cat that would jump onto her bed and walk on her in the
night. She was a very light sleeper, so she started sleeping with her
bedroom door closed so he couldn't come in. One morning I was up before she
was. That particular cat walked up to her door and jumped on it.
Apparently it wasn't latched properly, because the door swung open. The cat
then walked away. You could see him thinking, "My job here is done."

Joy

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Jofirey - 20 Jul 2008 22:23 GMT

>I would like to call your attention to "Raising Duncan" posted
>on-line for
> 20 July: tinyurl.com/686vvo or
> www.comics.com/comics/raisingduncan/archive/raisingduncan-20080720.html
>
> Those with indoor/outdoor cats are all too familiar with that scene.

Ours want to be let in one door and out another so they can get from
the back to the front yards. They are perfectly capable of getting
from one to the other without coming inside.

Makes me remember my mother yelling at us to stop running in and out
of the house.

Kids are just as bad. Sometimes I lock the front door just because I
can't stand to hear it open and slam one more time.

Jo

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