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The New Hobbit Hole
Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: DonnerT; g'nad
With most of us so out of practice, I get the feeling that the entmoot male choir might sound a lot like the Budweiser Bullfrog commercials.
Bud
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To: 2Jedismom
Congrats to your dad! Not a golfer, but I do watch on TV sometimes. I know that this has to be a great day for him!
To: htur_75
Halvah is a mix, but she's a mix with a Himalayan, which has the same coloring. I have one other cat, an older one who's another Siamese mix (Cleo). She's actually darker, so I'm not sure what she's mixed with! She's beautiful.
Tam and Cleo are major talkers - I can identify with you. They both come yowling when I get home!
To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
My father-in-law hit a hole in one and after he was cremated, that's where they sprinkled his ashes...around that hole! We like to joke around about it, saying "Steve's dad is out on the golf course".
To: RosieCotton
He is a big ole orange tom... about 15 pounds. Blind now from Glaucoma. All he see are blurry forms, which he attacks unless you talk to him at let him know you are not one of the dogs. The dogs live in terror. He will bump into them when they are asleep on the floor, and then blame them for it. His name is "Kitty #8".
We have a bad habit of not naming cats in our family (they only come to "Kitty! Kitty!" anyway), so by the time we brought the fourth "Kitty" into the vet's office years ago, they started numbering them to keep the files straight. ("Is this the "Kitty" that was put to sleep? - Or the "Kitty" with the flea allergy?")
Kitty #6 is still alive and living with my Dad. He is a 20 pound Orange tom that is really old. Seven disappeared on me. I worried about him for weeks. He was a cute little guy.
To: RosieCotton
Cairo also yowls when I am in the kitchen, (thinks I am going to fix him something to eat), yowls when we are eating dinner (or sits there and looks at us as if to say, "Well, where is mine?"), and yowls in the morning when we wake up (always when we are in the process of getting up to take a shower). He's getting up there in years, but still in good health so far.
He's about 12 years old, and we got him about a year and a half ago. He and his brother, Piglet, needed a good home. His brother ended up having to be put to sleep due to health problems (Cairo fell on him, we think, while fighting, and broke a couple of ribs and had a collapsed lung, poor thing).
Piglet's real name was BarfoStinkySchitzoPiglet. And yes he lived up to his name. He came with the name PussBoots, but never responded to his name (he was dumb). He did however repsond to "Piggy Piggy". Don't know if it was because it sounded like "Kitty, Kitty" or not though.
To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
bud...bud...bud...
To: htur_75
Mine all seem to have their favorite times to talk. Halvah actually DOES talk, she just isn't as loud as the other two. She yowls the whole time I'm getting ready in the morning, while the others ignore me until breakfast time. Cleo is the most nerve-wracking - she sounds like a newborn!
The other day I went to take Fiona out and had both front livingroom windows open. Cleo and Tam each took a window and sat and screamed at me - loud! How DARE I go outside when they were there wanting attention??
Cleo is the only one of my cats that's even near old - she's about eight. I got a call this spring from a guy I know through work. A friend of his wife's was looking for a new home for her, and he knew I had Siamese cats (or one and a mix) and thought I might be willing to take her. It wasn't exactly planned, but she's a wonderful kitty.
I can only imagine what the neighbors think of me sometimes. Maybe strutting around with Narsil would actually be an IMPROVEMENT on my current image...
To: HairOfTheDog
We have a bad habit of not naming cats in our family (they only come to "Kitty! Kitty!" anyway), so by the time we brought the fourth "Kitty" into the vet's office years ago, they started numbering them to keep the files straight.LOL! Oh, Hair, this is so sad...I don't even know where to start!
To: RosieCotton
Cairo just says "Mrow" (over and over of course), and can get really loud when he wants attention NOW! There are also times when he will stand in the middle of the bed or room and just start "Mrow-ow"ing like he's going to die. I hate it when he does that. I always have to call his name, or go find him to make sure he's ok. It just breaks my heart. I can't tell if he is in pain at all, mourning hte fact that he can't go outside, pining for his brother, or just wants to hear his own voice. He seems to be fine after he does that, I just hate listening to him.
To: HairOfTheDog; g'nad
("Is this the "Kitty" that was put to sleep?Uh, Hair, if your vet has to ask you this question, maybe you should change vets.
G'nad, I think I am the frog in the middle, heavier and older.
To: HairOfTheDog
I just checked on Joshua while he was taking a nap. Get a load of this! LOL
To: HairOfTheDog; g'nad
It is highly possible that when g'nad said: "Yeah, I can see the Elf in him", he was describing the material that was stuck between said Orc's teeth.
And those ears! What appears cute about them is more likely something akin to being in boxing ring with Mike Tyson, when Mike is hungry.
But your protestations in defense of the attractions in the physical characteristics of certain Orcs is a worry. We wouldn't want you to pull a Saruman on us. With your high standing in the Shire and your extensive knowledge of our strengths and weaknesses, your turn toward the shadow would be devastating to our fortunes.
So do not be fooled by those gallant....er, red...eyes. Only terror and loss lives within.
To: g'nad; HairOfTheDog
Now those guys...they're cuter than the Orcs that Hair likes.
To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla; RosieCotton
LOL! - What is wrong with the numbering system? It keeps the vet from making further notes on the dead cat's file. (They don't always know to look back through the old work to see if this is the kitty that is still living) With the numbers, we have no problems!
To: Scott from the Left Coast
Oh c'mon! You have to admit that guy is cute - for an orc! (Of course, that's about the same as being "attractive for a large fat hairy biker dude", but...)
To: RosieCotton
Thanks Rosie! My comrade in arms!
To: 2Jedismom
Your son is being attacked by balloon animals! - Help him!
To: Scott from the Left Coast
I still like the ears....
To: HairOfTheDog; RosieCotton
There's just no accounting for women in these dark and terrible days.
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