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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2005We know where you live!
Now I am home I have resumed care of my two cats, but I cannot do the poultry yet as I am not allowed to carry the drinkers and food bucket, so neighbour Stan is still coming round to attend to what hens are left here for a few more weeks. When he was here yesterday, he told me that on the first occasion that he was a bit late feeding KFC & BF, they went round to his house and sat on his drive outside the front door! But.. he doesn't live next door, he lives three houses away! How did they know where he lived? Stan said it made him laugh to think that they were bullying him <g> He has chickens and dogs, he's never had a cat in his life. He was pretty impressed that they came to call for him mob-handed, as it were, and they continued to do so every time they thought food time had gone by. I am impressed myself too. My cats are geniuses. Is that a word, or should it be geniuii? Anyway, they are much cleverer than I ever imagined they could be, to work out who was feeding them and find his house to hurry him up is, to me, amazing. Tweed proud meowmie > Now I am home I have resumed care of my two cats, but I cannot do the > poultry yet as I am not allowed to carry the drinkers and food [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Tweed > proud meowmie Most animals are a lot cleverer than people give them credit for.  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. And most hoomins are fick. -- Snoopy >Now I am home I have resumed care of my two cats, but I cannot do the >poultry yet as I am not allowed to carry the drinkers and food bucket, so [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >But.. he doesn't live next door, he lives three houses away! How did they >know where he lived? They had him followed!! Either that, or the Mothership. >Stan said it made him laugh to think that they were bullying him <g> He has >chickens and dogs, he's never had a cat in his life. He was pretty >impressed that they came to call for him mob-handed, as it were, and they >continued to do so every time they thought food time had gone by. They weren't bullying. It was a gentle kitty-hints. ;) >I am impressed myself too. My cats are geniuses. Is that a word, or should >it be geniuii? Anyway, they are much cleverer than I ever imagined they >could be, to work out who was feeding them and find his house to hurry him >up is, to me, amazing. They are brilliant. What I wonder is if they discussed it between them, or went separately. I wonder how that conversation would have gone? Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >>Now I am home I have resumed care of my two cats, but I cannot do the >>poultry yet as I am not allowed to carry the drinkers and food bucket, so [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > They had him followed!! Thinking carefully here. They are both kitties that are allowed outside. Maybe they wandered into his garden and saw him before, and connected. > Either that, or the Mothership. Would like to think so! >>Stan said it made him laugh to think that they were bullying him <g> He >>has [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > them, or went separately. I wonder how that conversation would have > gone? They went together. It might have gone like this: Kitty: I feel hungry BF: So do I. Kitty: Well, seeing as meowmie isn't here, we need to get Stan. BF: Get Stan? Why? Kitty: Because meowmie filled up the porch with kitty wet food and bikkies before she went away and told Stan how to get them and give them to us. BF: So why hasn't Stan come yet to give us it? Kitty: Maybe he has only just come from work, let's give him a little more time. BF: But I'm hungry NOW! Kitty: BF, you are *such* a weenie, a wimp in English. You should have had *my* life. BF: Let's go round to Stan's and remind him to feed us. Kitty: Hmmm. Maybe that's a good idea, BF. Let's go round and you miaow outside (I can't make a noise myself) It worked. Tweed > Thinking carefully here. They are both kitties that are allowed > outside. Maybe they wandered into his garden and saw him before, > and connected. I wouldn't be surprised if they could tell his route by smell, either. They have sense we can't even imagine. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > Now I am home I have resumed care of my two cats, but I cannot do the > poultry yet as I am not allowed to carry the drinkers and food bucket, so [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Tweed > proud meowmie You must remember, they managed to find you in the first place. Not dummies, either of them. Jo At risk of again repeating myself....cats are not stupid, no matter what you may think...they just don't give a ****. The two behaviors may also be confused in hoomins. >> Now I am home I have resumed care of my two cats, but I cannot do the >> poultry yet as I am not allowed to carry the drinkers and food bucket, so [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Jo Wow. They are pretty darned smart!! Heh. I bet he wants a cat soon. > Now I am home I have resumed care of my two cats, but I cannot do the > poultry yet as I am not allowed to carry the drinkers and food bucket, so [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Tweed > proud meowmie "Geniuses" is a word; "cleverer" is not. > "Geniuses" is a word; "cleverer" is not. I thought not when I wrote it, but thanks so much for correcting me. Sometimes, although English is my own language, I run away with it and need an American to tell me the correct version. Tweed >> "Geniuses" is a word; "cleverer" is not. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Tweed Late P.S. Cleverer *is* an English word. I looked it up to be sure. > Late P.S. > Cleverer *is* an English word. I looked it up to be sure. Yes it is. The rule says that if there's more than three syllables in an adjective you do not add the -er inflection, but use more in front to form the comparative, and most for the superlative. Thus: cleverer but more intelligent. Cleverest but most intelligent. :o) Sorry, couldn't resist. Some wise person has said that English grammar is 20% rules and 80% exceptions to the rules. SignatureMarina, Frank and Miranda. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Thanks Marina - my family are grammar buffs but I hadn't known that one. Can't wait until the next family dinner ... Now that my daughter is a beginning reader, I sure see the 80% exception part. Her confidence gets shaken daily as I explain that it was an excellent try by her but this is a 'special' case! Susan M Otis and Chester >> Late P.S. >> Cleverer *is* an English word. I looked it up to be sure. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Some wise person has said that English grammar is 20% rules and 80% > exceptions to the rules. > Some wise person has said that English grammar is 20% rules and 80% > exceptions to the rules. Yup! It makes it really hard to teach English to say, Spanish speakers, since Spanish has very little exceptions to grammar/spelling rules. Victor, who once taught English to college freshmen in Mexico SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > Now I am home I have resumed care of my two cats, but I cannot do the > poultry yet as I am not allowed to carry the drinkers and food bucket, so [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Tweed > proud meowmie They observe -- they listen -- they learn --they think! Sometimes better than hoomins. I agree, you have very smart furkids. MLB > Now I am home I have resumed care of my two cats, but I cannot do the > poultry yet as I am not allowed to carry the drinkers and food bucket, so [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > could be, to work out who was feeding them and find his house to hurry him > up is, to me, amazing. LOL! Cats can be very smart, especially when food is involved. When I leave the cats in my mother's care on the island, Frank will make sure she remebers to feed them on time twice a day. My mother stays in her own house, while the cats and I stay in a shack some distance away. We'll see how they act this summer, without Nikki but with Miranda. SignatureMarina, Frank and Miranda. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Now *that* is hillarious. You do indeed have genius cats :D Susan M Otis and Chester > Now I am home I have resumed care of my two cats, but I cannot do the > poultry yet as I am not allowed to carry the drinkers and food bucket, so [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Tweed > proud meowmie |
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