[PetroniDE]

Kitty Humor is a weekly thread (usually on Monday) on FR in the “General Interest” section.
Among all the serious news, a little humor, brought to us by our feline friends is a nice break.
Helps us get the week to a nice start.
If you want on/off the kitty humor list (170 members) or you have a picture/animation you want featured, please send me freep-mail.

[PetroniDE]

PING.

Thread from Friday.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1384462/posts

P.S. No Kitty Thread Next Week – Kitty Thread Returns Monday 2 May 2005.

[NautiNurse]

[eccentric]

I've got some cute kitty pics if someone could help me get them posted.

A 3x5 book called "bad cat" had 244 pictures and captions that kept us laughing.

[martin_fierro]

Kitty Litter Cake

Ingredients

1 (18.25 ounce) package German chocolate cake mix
1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
2 (3.5 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
1 (12 ounce) package vanilla sandwich cookies
3 drops green food coloring
1 (12 ounce) package tootsie rolls

Directions

1 Prepare cake mixes and bake according to package directions (any size pan).

2 Prepare pudding according to package directions and chill until ready to assemble.

3 Crumble sandwich cookies in small batches in a food processor, scraping often. Set aside all but 1/4 cup. To the 1/4 cup add a few drops of green food coloring and mix.

4 When cakes are cooled to room temperature, crumble them into a large bowl. Toss with 1/2 of the remaining cookie crumbs, and the chilled pudding. You probably won't need all of the pudding, you want the cake to be just moist, not soggy.

5 Line kitty litter box with the kitty litter liner. Put cake mixture into box.

6 Put half of the unwrapped tootsie rolls in a microwave safe dish and heat until softened. Shape the ends so that they are no longer blunt, and curve the tootsie rolls slightly. Bury tootsie rolls randomly in the cake and sprinkle with half of the remaining cookie crumbs. Sprinkle a small amount of the green colored cookie crumbs lightly over the top.

7 Heat 3 or 4 of the tootsie rolls in the microwave until almost melted. Scrape them on top of the cake and sprinkle lightly with some of the green cookie crumbs. Heat the remaining tootsie rolls until pliable and shape as before. Spread all but one randomly over top of cake mixture. Sprinkle with any remaining cookie crumbs. Hang the remaining tootsie roll over side of litter box and sprinkle with a few green cookie crumbs. Serve with the pooper scooper for a gross dessert.

[Not A Snowbird]

That was an excellent cat thread on Friday, and alot of fun. Great cat pictures! Reading that thread made Tomas want to eat his toy.

[tiamat]

Thank you!

[4mycountry]

~Cats are lucky!~

The Legend of the Good-Luck Cat

In many oriental places, small statues of cats with one paw raised are frequently seen. You may have wondered what these things mean. They are there for good luck, such as with money or happiness.

There is a story behind their 'good luck', and a reason why the one of the cats' paws is raised. It goes like this:

A man was walking in a small villiage in Asia. As he went down a street, he noticed on the front porch of a house nearby, a cat facing him with one paw raised, as if waving to him. He was curious as to why the cat was waving at him, and he walked towards the cat to investigate. Not two seconds later did lightning hit the spot where he would have been standing had he not seen the cat.

Since that day, cats with one paw raised have been recognized as signs of good luck!

I got this off Animal Planet, so if it's wrong, don't blame me! ^-^

[missyme]

I LOVE Kitties!!

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[RushCrush]

Just taking a nap in a sunny spot today! :)

[garjog]

I wish I could have a cat, but my wife is allergic to them. Winter of 2003 I took in a large orange stray male that was crying at our sliding glass door. We live near a big field and forest and some idiots apparently think that they can drop off unwanted cats to "fend for themselves." But, this guy was skinny and really hungry.

I made a bed in a box wrapped with a space blanket and fed him on the deck. Then when it got really cold I brought him in the house. He was about nine pounds, mostly orange with white-tipped back feet. So I named him Achilles. He was very affectionate and it was clear that he needed a human to take care of him. I'd pat my lap and say "come on Achilles," and he would jump on my lap and I'd pet his stomach and he loved that.

My wife was out of town. When she returned she liked the cat and we thought maybe if we kept out side it would be OK. But, it was so cold, we really needed him inside.

Then Saturday that week my wife's allergy really bothered her so we decided that we'd have to find a home for Achilles. A couple hours later my wife's violin teacher came to our home to give her a lesson. Afterward, we had lunch and I pointed to the cat on the deck and said, "Do you want a cat?"

The music teacher says, "Yes, I do want a cat." That was a surprise. The first person we asked right after we decided that we needed to find a new home. It seems that the teacher was looking for a large cat for his three year old boy and had been to shelters in search of one.

We gave Achilles to him and he took him home to live happily with a new family with a large yard and is now doing well. They named him Sam, after the Cat in the Hat story.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

I love your thread! Here is a picture of my Kitty!