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‘Meow’trage at Algonquin
nypost ^ | 10:49 AM, November 23, 2011 | STEVE CUOZZO

Posted on 11/25/2011 4:30:39 PM PST by BenLurkin

The city Department of Health & Mental Hygiene has sunk its claws into another beloved New York institution — The Algonquin hotel’s lobby cat.

Matilda III — the latest in an illustrious line of free-roaming Algonquin felines — has been banished from the lobby lounge, leaving guests fruitlessly searching for her under chairs and sofas.

Prodded by Nanny Bloomberg, the DOH has been socking restaurants with steep fines for minor violations — and slapping dreaded “C” ratings on places where no one was known to get sick.

Some places are taking no chances, eliminating popular features before the DOH can strike them down. The party-pooping agency recently nudged Sardi’s to eliminate cheese snacks at its bar.

The city’s favorite feline, a blue-eyed ragdoll, took up residence last winter. She’s the 10th Algonquin cat since Rusty, a k a Hamlet I, moved into the hotel, legendary home of the “Round Table” literary salon, in 1932.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/meow_trage_at_algonquin_73LjLIUVYEdf5HITLCeroJ#ixzz1elZrv6IX

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Travel
KEYWORDS: algonquin; kittyping
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Good grief!
1 posted on 11/25/2011 4:30:40 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Ugh!

I stayed at the Algonquin years ago in the 80’s. Remember ‘Morris the Cat’? He was shooting a commercial in the lobby when we were trying to check in. Had to wait half an hour for the taping if I remember right. Didn’t mind, tho. It was pretty funny to watch.


2 posted on 11/25/2011 4:34:30 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (A MUST WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KeOLurcQaqI)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

BTW.....best cheesecake.....EVAR!!!!

*still wish I’d gotten the recipe*


3 posted on 11/25/2011 4:35:55 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (A MUST WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KeOLurcQaqI)
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To: BenLurkin

The people in blomberg’s administration seem to be people with a lot of time on their hands. I wonder what they are costing the taxpayers............


4 posted on 11/25/2011 4:38:12 PM PST by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: BenLurkin

Freak Bloomberg strikes again!

I remember carrying a cocktail to a friend and tripping over the open kitten litter box in that great, beat-up old lobby.


5 posted on 11/25/2011 4:38:33 PM PST by miss marmelstein (Let's have a Cain Mutiny!)
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To: Slings and Arrows

I thought you’d be interested.


6 posted on 11/25/2011 4:50:45 PM PST by Altariel (`)
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To: BenLurkin

Hey New Yawk-ers......you voted the stupid bastard(s) in. Reap it. So sorry, Charlie....but I won’t be shedding any crocodile tears for ya.

Ain’t it a bitch when you get exactly what you ask for?


7 posted on 11/25/2011 5:03:13 PM PST by RightOnline
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To: miss marmelstein

Freak Guiliani wouldn’t allow ferrets even in private homes.


8 posted on 11/25/2011 5:10:07 PM PST by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: BenLurkin

So Bloomie goes after harmless kittehs, but lets the vile OWS run wild? Sheesh.


9 posted on 11/25/2011 5:40:37 PM PST by MizSterious (Apparently, there's no honor when it comes to someone else's retirement funds.)
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To: freedomfiter2
Do you think I support all of Guiliani’s ideas? I was the first one to condemn his stupid idea that we have no cruising cabs - only cab stations.

That said, Bloomberg has outdone any of Guiliani’s bad ideas. Guiliani allowed smoking in private clubs - crazy Bloomberg outlawed them.

And for his goons to go after the Algonquin cat is childish and despicable.

10 posted on 11/25/2011 5:42:39 PM PST by miss marmelstein (Let's have a Cain Mutiny!)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Irate kitty ping!


11 posted on 11/25/2011 6:27:23 PM PST by Huntress ("Politicians exploit economic illiteracy." --Walter Williams)
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To: Slings and Arrows

ping....


12 posted on 11/25/2011 6:48:31 PM PST by The SISU kid (I feel really homesick all the time & so do all the other aliens.....)
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To: Altariel; Huntress; The SISU kid; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; ..

13 posted on 11/25/2011 7:20:21 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Stupid, nanny-state, cat-hating, people-despising, sucking-life’s-pleasures-away, control-freak, butt heads need to be shown the door.


14 posted on 11/25/2011 7:45:02 PM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: miss marmelstein

I wasn’t connecting you to Guiliani in any way. I apologize for not making myself more clear. The point I tried to make is that normal people don’t get to be mayor of NYC.


15 posted on 11/25/2011 8:28:11 PM PST by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Bloomberg in reality is a nasty little coward.


16 posted on 11/25/2011 8:54:38 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: TheOldLady

May Bloomberg wake up with a hairball on his pillow.


17 posted on 11/25/2011 8:55:29 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: freekitty

See post #17.


18 posted on 11/25/2011 8:56:20 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

LOL


19 posted on 11/26/2011 12:16:13 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: freedomfiter2

Are you from NY? I see you now live in Oklahoma.


20 posted on 11/26/2011 12:25:11 AM PST by miss marmelstein (Let's have a Cain Mutiny!)
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