> > There must be something in the air bringing out the macho in our boys.
> > Stinky resumed his determined "swagger around the house yowling"
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> overprotective
> and won't let her out.
>>> There must be something in the air bringing out the macho in our
>>> boys. Stinky resumed his determined "swagger around the house
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>> great responsibility and profound importance. At night he makes
>> quite a show of checking every room and every window, and if he
sees
>> so much as a leaf in the wind he'll swish his tail and grumble at
>> it. Then he'll march into the
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> and a friend's alpha cat, Schiz, take seriously their duties both as
> NCO In Charge [1] and Head Nurse. When one of the two-legged
kittens
> in Schiz' family was seriously ill at home, the three cats
determined
> he was never to be left alone.
>
> Schiz, however, remained the primary attendant. He developed a new
> sound, which summoned one of the other two when he needed to visit the
> litter box or ingest the raw materials for litter box input. He would
> not move from the bedside until his relief would arrive.
Although Schiz is undeniably a most faithful and wonderful nurse cat,
I had to laugh at this post. This is where having German as your
first language doesn't come in handy because I instinctively read his
name as sh.ts. ;-)
--
Britta
"There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album
Singh - 20 May 2005 03:18 GMT
I was wondering if someone else was going to catch that! LOL
Blessed be,
Baha
> >>> There must be something in the air bringing out the macho in our
> >>> boys. Stinky resumed his determined "swagger around the house
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> Check out pictures of Vino at:
> http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album
Kreisleriana - 20 May 2005 04:15 GMT
(snip)
>Although Schiz is undeniably a most faithful and wonderful nurse cat,
>I had to laugh at this post. This is where having German as your
>first language doesn't come in handy because I instinctively read his
>name as sh.ts. ;-)
If he gets another cat, he should name it "Grins"-- then he'll have--
oh well, you know. ;)
Theresa
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Howard Berkowitz - 20 May 2005 04:40 GMT
> >>> There must be something in the air bringing out the macho in our
> >>> boys. Stinky resumed his determined "swagger around the house
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> first language doesn't come in handy because I instinctively read his
> name as sh.ts. ;-)
His hoomin is a psychologist. It was for his initial, apparently
schizophrenic personality.
Don't worry about it being a first language. For some time when GEN H.
Norman Schwarzkopf was becoming well-known to the public, I kept reading
Scheisskopf.
Mary - 20 May 2005 19:26 GMT
> > Schiz, however, remained the primary attendant. He developed a new
> > sound, which summoned one of the other two when he needed to visit
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> name as sh.ts. ;-)
> --
On the other hand, this is not a bad cat name, depending on the
cat! Here shitsy, come on, sh.ts! Off the table you little ... ;)
badwilson - 21 May 2005 03:40 GMT
>>> Schiz, however, remained the primary attendant. He developed a new
>>> sound, which summoned one of the other two when he needed to visit
>>> the litter box or ingest the raw materials for litter box input.
He
>>> would not move from the bedside until his relief would arrive.
>>
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> On the other hand, this is not a bad cat name, depending on the
> cat! Here shitsy, come on, sh.ts! Off the table you little ... ;)
Yes, besides "Little Bastard", "Little sh.t" is the next most common
name we call Vino. ;-)
--
Britta
"There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album