Absolutely, totally dead-on... and brilliant!!!



And yes, I would love to work someplace like that. If for nothing else than the Christmas parties.

ATB,
Sam

I just read how cats are said to be the only animals that willingly domesticated themselves (in order to gain access to rodents in the grain stores).

They really are constantly scheming, totally self-interested, (and always entertaining) alien life-forms!

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Originally posted by lad I just read how cats are said to be the only animals that willingly domesticated themselves (in order to gain access to rodents in the grain stores).

I can see that... A cat that lives 3 or 4 blocks away has pretty much adopted us. Pretty sure that we see him more than his owners...he spent 2 or 3 months constantly in the yard, on the porch, sunning himself in the driveway. We thought he was a stray until he showed up one day with tags. I called up the number on the tag and asked if they had recently adopted a cat that had wandered off. They said that the have had the cat for about 3 years, but he's "such an outdoor cat" and sits by the door crying until they let him out. If he get's hungry in the middle of the day, he jumps up on the trailer and licks his chops until someone gets the hint.

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Originally posted by lad They really are constantly scheming, totally self-interested, (and always entertaining) alien life-forms!

Entertaining? You have know idea...

Alien? Definitely seems new to the planet some days....

Scheming? We prefer to think of it as "pensive reflection."

Totally Self-Interested? You are going to have explain to me how Duncan (our siamese) grooming Bridie (our springer spaniel) serves his interest.

Now I can see how Bridie grooming Duncan serves her (the dog's) self-interest. Duncan is a messy, spastic eater and often ends up with bits of cat food on his face. Pretty sure Bridie justs thinks that sometimes Duncan is a mobile snack tray.

When Bridie passes away there will definitely be some howling and wailing in the house as Duncan definitely considers her "his dog."

Sometimes in his sleep Duncan pulls Bridie closer to him. If this requires the somnambulant use of claws, Bridie always looks very nervous.

ATB,
Sam

All I can say is MEOW....

This couple living in the sticks that I know has this huge, fairly obese ginger tabby (AKA "Fat Cat").
It was known to disappear for months at a time and then show back up.

One day, the wife is doing business at a local office. She looks on the receptionist's desk...and sees a framed picture of Fat Cat! She just met one of Fat Cat's adoptive families, who lived in a neighboring community!

That's one promiscuous, self-interested cat!

Piffle.... everyone's self-interested.... easier to forgive as a survival skill than a personality trait (and there's most definitely a difference).

Hard for me to fault a furry for a trait so common among two-legs.

Fear I am of the Robinson Jeffer's school regarding most animals.

Definitely in need of an update, but the playbill for furries that comprise my life (some ours, some others', and some filing the adoption papers on their own) can be found here (scroll down...hard to miss).

ATB,
Sam

"British Prime Minister David Cameron is resisting some calls for the resignation of 10 Downing Street's official mouse catcher Larry, in the wake of the scandalous recent appearance of an uninvited mouse at a recent official government dinner."

Very few natural predators and they don't show up on the menu until you get to Southeast Asia.

Little more than a plague of capricious free loaders... but, then again, so am I. Call me jealous.

My grey siamese would like to shred our pug and my brown siamese ( they are sisters from the same litter) treats him like a brother from another mother.