Opening Up Allie Limbaugh's World

Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | September 15, 2014 | Rush Limbaugh

[Kaslin]

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RUSH: A year ago, a little over a year ago now, the beloved Punkin the cat passed away. After 14 years, kidney failure, which resulted in her refusing to eat because she knew -- the vet told us, anyway -- that eating would poison her. Instinct told her so she wasn't eating anything, just withering away, and there was nothing to be done. So we put her to sleep and waited a couple of months and went out and got a new Punkin, an Abyssinian, different color. Punkin was a ruddy. This one is a tawny.

It's a completely different cat. This one we named Allie. It's an Abyssinian, but personality-wise, a lunatic. An absolute insane lunatic cat, totally different personality. So much so that we have not let her live in but two rooms of the house, the bedroom and my library. "Liberry," for those of you in Rio Linda.

The reason is not that we fear she will get lost, because we plugged up all the things that she could sneak into and get lost, you know, down in the foundation of the house. We've got all those tunnels and secret passageways plugged from long ago. But shortly after getting her, I guess three months after we got her I'm sitting in my library, and there's a two-story, two-floor library that's open from floor to ceiling and the second floor has a banister that runs all the way around it. It's a rectangle room, the banister runs around. The banister, it's a hand railing about three, four feet off the ground.

I'm sitting down there on my couch one day and I'm looking up, and she's on that banister. The banister is two to three inches wide. I'm thinking, how the hell did she get up there? I'm saying, "Oh, my gosh! I hope nobody comes in the door and makes a startling sound that scares her," because I didn't want her losing her balance. She'd fall 20 feet. I said, "Gee whiz, how did this happen?"

Prior to that, she had wormed her way through the vertical -- I don't know how to describe this -- the vertical bars in the banister to get to the inside ledge up there, which is about six inches. There's plenty of room there. But she jumped up four feet from the floor. There's no way to climb. There's nothing to climb on. She had to jump up there. And if she had lost her balance, she'd have come plummeting down 20 feet and I would never have known it 'til she hit.

So I said, "Okay, roping off the upstairs." I made a temporary cardboard door preventing her from going upstairs. So she's been living in two rooms.
We decided over the weekend that this poor cat cannot live her life in two rooms. So we're gonna open it all up late this afternoon, early this evening. We're gonna let her out of the bedrooms, open the door and just see what happens. Because if she falls, she falls. Can't watch her 24/7.

And when I say "insane," I mean funny insane, just a crazy personality. She plays fetch. She brings me things for me to throw so she'll go get 'em. And then when I bend down to pick 'em back up after she's brought it to me she darts at me like she's trying to get it from me before I can get it. Just the funniest cat. So we're gonna open up her world this afternoon, and I'm gonna be sitting down there waiting in bated breath, 'cause it's not just the library.

Inside the front door the same circumstance exists, the second floor foyer. I'm comforted by the fact that I have read stories of cats surviving falls of much -- they land on their feet. They've got spines of linguine anyway.

Now, I thought of getting pillows and a bunch of stuff to put down there on the floor in case she slips. And, you know, you can't say anything. You can't tell a cat "get off of that." She won't listen. I mean, it's impossible.

So that's what we're gonna do this afternoon, late this afternoon, unless something comes up. But the poor thing, I mean, can't live her life in two rooms. You gotta let 'em go at some point, right? It's like a kid, turning 'em loose, letting 'em go at age 18. You gotta let 'em go. Same thing with a cat.

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[Buckeye McFrog]

The “stick to the issues” crowd really LOVES it when he talks about cats...

[Biggirl]

Thank-you for making my day with this article. :)=^..^=

[bicyclerepair]

“The Riches” on netflix has a scene in it where a guy shoots a picture of Limbaugh and says “you friggin addict”.
2007

But he also shoots “liberal” dershowitz’s picture and some others. This character is known as the biggest @$$hole East of the miss.

[Biggirl]

KITTY PING over to Slings and Arrows. :)=^..^=

[GraceG]

The cat could have a bit of savanna cat in her, because they play fetch and are kinda energetic...

Could be a cross of one of these:
(probably less than 25% of the wild cat) maybe a F3 or greater...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chausie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_(cat)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_(cat)

[goldstategop]

Abyssinians are the clown of the cat world. 14 years is typical lifespan for an indoor domestic cat.

Punkin’s sad passing brought in Allie. And as every pet owner knows, every pet has a unique personality. My new cat is not like the one I lost but is a joy to have around.

Congratulations on Rush’s newest member of the family!

[skinkinthegrass]

@ least, it's not 🏈.

[goldstategop]

No. They’re 100% domestic cat that resembles the African wildcat, which is the ancestor of all domestic cats.

Abys are supremely intelligent and playful with a dog like personality and devotion to the owner. They’re described as the Border Collies of the cat world.

If you love dogs, an Aby will become your favorite household companion.

[Yaelle]

Adorable. Hope the Kitty has fun tonight! Not too much fun.

[Alex Murphy]

I'm sitting in my library, and there's a two-story, two-floor library that's open from floor to ceiling and the second floor has a banister that runs all the way around it. It's a rectangle room, the banister runs around. The banister, it's a hand railing about three, four feet off the ground.

I want one.

[defconw]

He didn't mention whether or not he has any chandeliers! ;)

[Resolute Conservative]

Or rambling about the freaking iPhone. Almost as bad as beating the NFL horse (pun intended).

[DoughtyOne]

I would say to Rush, the same way the old cat knew it couldn’t eat anymore, this cat will know when it can’t jump up on the rail anymore. Don’t worry about it. If she’s doing it, she’s got it under control.

If an accident happens, well, it does.

Sounds like a great cat.

[SevenofNine]

My aunt has cat like this

I put this way these cats are wacky they are Jim Carrey of animals that wackiness

[martin_fierro]

we plugged up all the things that she could sneak into and get lost, you know, down in the foundation of the house.

[Rusty0604]

I have a tuxedo cat that loves to play fetch.

[vladimir998]

“I want one.”

I NEED one. Most of my books are in boxes in storage because I have no room. Soon I’ll have to purge some due to lack of space. The last time I did that 5 years ago I had to get rid of about 400-600 books.

[FamiliarFace]

***Now, I thought of getting pillows and a bunch of stuff to put down there on the floor in case she slips. And, you know, you can’t say anything. You can’t tell a cat “get off of that.” She won’t listen. I mean, it’s impossible.***

One of our cats fell about 15’ out of a second story window, after he was scared by a construction worker during a recent remodeling project. He landed on his feet on the concrete patio, but ran off into the woods. About an hour later, I was able to retrieve him from the bushes, and all he injured was one paw. He rested it for about a day, and then was back to his usual self the day after that. So...Allie will probably be just fine if she falls.

[Bobalu]