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| Firefighters Save Cat Stuck in Toilet |
| 2008-09-17 |
| BELMONT, NC (WBTV) - The 911 dispatchers in Gaston County took a bizarre call about a cat stuck in a toilet this weekend. The cat has never been a problem until Sunday. Klassette was in the kitchen and heard Charlie squealing. The sound was coming from the bathroom. The cat's back legs were stuck in the drain. "He was splashing water everywhere," she said. Klassette tried everything to get the feline loose. "I thought he was just sitting there but when I went to pick him up he wouldn't move," she said. She picked up the phone and called 911. The fire department arrived in five minutes. They used hammers to break the toilet bowl. "They had to either bust the toilet or break his legs," Klassette said. In about 15 minutes, Charlie was free. Klassette isn't sure whether her 3-year-old son William tried to flush Charlie or if the feline was trying to drink water from the bowl. Next time, Klassette says she'll leave the cover down. "He's a miracle cat," she said. "I thought he was a goner." The family rescued the stray a short time ago and never intended to keep him. Charlie the cat is up for adoption and looking for a good home. Belmont is a nifty little city in the hills back of Charlotte. I lived there for a couple of months in 1973. My friend Ken and I had decided to do the Jack Kerouac thing and wander around the country when we got out of the army. We ended up there, flat broke. I mentioned this unpleasant fact to him. He said, "Gee, maybe we should get jobs or something." "Jobs?" I said. "Sure, it's simple. You work some, nowhere near as hard as the army, and they give you money every Friday." There was a thread finishing mill in nearby Mount Holly. It turned out there was a serious labor shortage in the area. We strolled into the personnel office, and came out employed on the nightshift. We planned to stay only long enough for our funds to be replenished, but we met a couple of girls from Marshall University in Kentucky who were there for the summer, and ended up staying till school started. It's true what they say about Kentucky women, especially a certain 5'0" redhead. (Hi Marsha, if you're reading this;)). |
| Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy |
| #4 How to wash a cat 1) Thoroughly clean the toilet. 2) Add the required amount of shampoo to the toilet water, and have both lids lifted. 3) Obtain the cat and soothe him while you carry him towards the bathroom. 4) In one smooth movement, put the cat in the toilet and close both lids (you may need to stand on the lid so that he cannot escape). CAUTION: Do not get any part of your body too close to the edge, as his paws will be reaching out for any thing they can find. 5) Flush the toilet three or four times. This provides a "power wash and rinse" which I have found to be quite effective. 6) Have someone open the door to the outside and ensure that there are no people between the toilet and the outside door. 7) Stand behind the toilet as far as you can, and quickly lift both lids. 9) The now-clean cat will rocket out of the toilet, and run outside where he will dry himself. Sincerely, - The Dog |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-09-17 21:16 |
| #3 Wouldn't have been easier to have closed the lid and flushed the toliet? |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2008-09-17 11:50 |
| #2 I bet the dog's not sayin' nuthin'.... |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie, formerly known as Swamp Blondie 2008-09-17 10:00 |
| #1 Is this the Kentucky Woman you're referring to? ;-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-09-17 04:14 |