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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2005Memphis and the plumber!
Had a visit from the plumber today, he rang the doorbell, and as soon as I opened it, Memphis shot out of the hall, into the lounge and under the sofa. That took some doing as he is a big cat. He stayed there for ages. The plumber went away to get something. Came back a while later. Rang the bell.Memphis shot under the sofa again! Normally he is cautious of visitors but curious too. Phoenix however knows no fear and went to investigate his tool box. Turns out the guy has 4 daschounds. Perhaps Memphis could smell them but he wouldn't go near the plumber at all. Not even to see what he was doing in the bathroom!  SignatureSandra > Had a visit from the plumber today, he rang the doorbell, and as soon as I >opened it, Memphis shot out of the hall, into the lounge and under the sofa. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >them but he wouldn't go near the plumber at all. Not even to see what he was >doing in the bathroom! Aww, poor Memphis. Stinky loves workmen and service people. He follows them whereever they go, and sticks his nose right into whatever they're doing. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >> Had a visit from the plumber today, he rang the doorbell, and as >> soon as I opened it, Memphis shot out of the hall, into the lounge [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > follows them whereever they go, and sticks his nose right into > whatever they're doing. ;) Sorry, but my imagination finished our last sentance for me: I read it as "sticks his mose into every butt-crack exposed to him", and thought that is a *very* brave kitty ;) --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep On 2005-01-28, Magic Mood Jeep© penned: >> Aww, poor Memphis. Stinky loves workmen and service people. He follows >> them whereever they go, and sticks his nose right into whatever they're [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > "sticks his mose into every butt-crack exposed to him", and thought that is > a *very* brave kitty ;) Silly! He's a cat, not a dog! Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* [[>> Aww, poor Memphis. Stinky loves workmen and service people. He follows >> them whereever they go, and sticks his nose right into whatever they're >> doing. ;) > > Sorry, but my imagination finished our last sentance for me: I read it as > "sticks his mose into every butt-crack exposed to him", and thought that is > a *very* brave kitty ;) Silly! He's a cat, not a dog! ]] LOL!!! Well, there IS something to be said for a properly applied cold, wet nose, if it reminds said plumber to keep his pants properly arranged. ;o) Donna > [[>> Aww, poor Memphis. Stinky loves workmen and service people. He > follows [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Donna So you get "builder's bum" in the USA, too? Wow, thought it was a British thing. Horrible sight ;-) Tweed >> [[>> Aww, poor Memphis. Stinky loves workmen and service people. He >> follows [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Tweed There's an old skit form Saturday Night Live (from the '70s), with Gilda Radner, Bill Murray & Dan Ackroyd. Gilda & Bill are playing two "children" (probably around 6-10 years old), and Dan is a repairman come to fix the refrigerator. Of course Dan has to crouch down, with his back to the camera/audience, and purposely has his pants arranged so there's a good 6-8 inches of crack showing. Bill & Gilda, as the kids, are having a grnd time with this, and Dan, as the repairman, is totally oblivious to the view he's giving them. One of my favorite skits from that show. Another bit is from commedian Tim Allen (from the TV sit-com Home Improvement), it's one he did during his stand-up routine before he got his TV show. His wife hires a repairman to fix something, and they are all talking about fixing a crack in a wall. The repairman bends over for some reason, and Tim's comment is "Now *there's* a crack that *needs* spackling". --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep > So you get "builder's bum" in the USA, too? Wow, thought it was a British > thing. Horrible sight ;-) For some reason, here, it's called a plumber's crack. I guess some things are universal. Of course, that leads to a lot of very amusing "Just say no to crack!" posters. Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* > So you get "builder's bum" in the USA, too? Wow, thought it was a British > thing. > Horrible sight ;-) > > Tweed Yes, indeed we do. We had a marvelous, wonderful plumber (retired now, dangitall) who would come immediately when you called, and did a marvelous job. More than once when we were in dire straits he came on Sunday and dug up our yard after church, still in his suit and tie. He was a paragon. But the very best of all his many virtues was his suspenders. :-P ------ Krista PS: Brits, I think, may want to read "braces" instead of "suspenders" - they were holding up his pants, not his stockings. ;-) >[[>> Aww, poor Memphis. Stinky loves workmen and service people. He >follows [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >Donna Exactly. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:42:00 GMT, "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> yodeled: >>> Had a visit from the plumber today, he rang the doorbell, and as >>> soon as I opened it, Memphis shot out of the hall, into the lounge [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >"sticks his mose into every butt-crack exposed to him", and thought that is >a *very* brave kitty ;) Well, it *has* happened. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >>>> Had a visit from the plumber today, he rang the doorbell, and as >>>> soon as I opened it, Memphis shot out of the hall, into the lounge [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Well, it *has* happened. ;) I know :) A couple of times ours have pressed a cold nose to "exposed postieror flesh", but they were, um, 'rewarded' by getting some flatulence in the face. The shock of a cold kitty-nose against the sensitive skin in that area is to blame LOL --? The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep Once I had to have the plumber come in and work in the basement, which was the Cats' Domain. Their food, water, litter boxes, and cat beds were all down there. Harmony(RB) responded the way she always did to strangers. She hid. Melody(RB) was another story. She loved people. As I sat in the living room, reading, I was surprised to hear the plumber call to me. "Um, can you come down for a moment?" I went downstairs. There sat Melody, all upright and interested and ready to watch him work. The trouble was, she was sitting IN his toolbox. :o) I couldn't help but laugh. "Sorry... she's very friendly, as you can see". Then I took her and parked her on the cellar windowsill. The sill was too high for her to jump to it on her own, so she was all happy to be up there and looking out the window. She entertained herself that way for the rest of the time the plumber was working. That's partly because she also didn't like to jump DOWN from that height, about 4.5 feet above the floor, so I figured that no matter *what* happened, she'd stay there and not get in the plumber's way any more. ;o) Fortunately, she was quite entertained by looking out the window the whole time. Then after the plumber left, I took my little would-be plumber's assistant down. Cats. :o) Donna, and Captain and Stanley who haven't met plumbers yet
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