Posted on 03/01/2023 4:00:47 PM PST by DallasBiff
He suffered cat-astrophic injuries.
A UK man miraculously survived after sustaining a broken neck, fractured spine, smashed ribs, blood in his lungs and other “car crash”-evoking injuries from — wait for it — tripping over his cat.
“I can’t remember much, just falling fast — it was quick and it was over within seconds, then I was at the bottom,” victim Chris Rowley, 59, told the Mirror.
The freak “Apocalypse Meow” accident reportedly occurred on the evening of Oct. 23 while the Leicestershire-based professional musician was home alone with his hairless Egyptian sphinx kitten, Eric Morecambe.
Disaster struck after the wrinkly kitty, apparently feeling playful, dove out and latched onto one of its owner’s legs while he was coming down the stairs.
“It took a bit of a chunk out my leg then I lost my footing,” described Rowley, who reportedly tumbled down 14 steps before arriving at the bottom, where he lay unable to move when his feline put the “hell” in Hello Kitty
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One reason cats bite is that they are taken away from their litter at too young an age. They need to learn not to bite while playing by play-fighting with their litter mates and mother.
No he didn’t.
Hahahaha...reminds me of that scene from “American Carol” where the terrorist kingpin calls out for one of his henchmen “Mohammed!” and a head pops up from behind every rock to answer!
That’s kind of our joke on cats. They don’t come when you call their name, so they get goofy names.
He did, he did, he did, he did and did. There you are. ‘Kemal Ataturk, the Man’ by E. W. Swanton with a foreword by Paul Anka, page 91, please.
Dead cat bounce......or Cat made dead then sent bouncing. LOL!
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I have no cats. But if my cat did that to me. I would kill it. How, I would have to think that over.
By the looks of it this poor fellow will be laid up for months. He will not be able to get revenge for months.
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