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2006-01-06 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by tu3031 2006-01-06 15:52|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This also explains the 70-mile trail of dead baby ducks.

Posted by Dar">Dar 2006-01-06 16:05|| 2006-01-06 16:05|| Front Page Top

#2 W00t! tu - excellent inline comments, LOL.

I used to have a tail-less cat named Mannix. He did have a tail for awhile, but he liked to sleep on warm engine blocks, it seems. Since it's January, it's prolly the same thing that got Miracle into this jam. Mannix, who had a different name I can't recall now, prior to "the event", came in, yowling, dragging his tail on the ground one morning and this "free" kitty who came to live with us became a $150 cat within minutes at the Vet. And rechristened (is it okay to use that word these days?) Mannix. He crashed into things when he became frisky for a long time after that, lacking the counter-balance the Vet had removed.

Since it was 30+ years ago, it was your typical semi-evil sedan, I'd wager. And I'm pretty sure no baby ducks were harmed in the making of this story, though we did live across the street from a park with a pond full of 'em. I am sorely tempted to post a butt-load of cat pix lynx, heh.

Posted by .com 2006-01-06 16:38|| 2006-01-06 16:38|| Front Page Top

#3 I used to live in central Michigan, and I remember always checking the car for foreign furry critters. You knew they were around cause you could see their pawprints all over the cars....

Posted by Mark E. 2006-01-06 16:48|| 2006-01-06 16:48|| Front Page Top

#4 one cat on a wild ride on the New Jersey Turnpike

Don't quite understand the excitement. Could not have reached a very high speed, they had to stop every 20 meters for a bloody toll booth!

Posted by Besoeker 2006-01-06 17:06|| 2006-01-06 17:06|| Front Page Top

#5 Gross us out & post a picture of the cat-less tail!

Posted by Crairong Omomotch6492 2006-01-06 17:28|| 2006-01-06 17:28|| Front Page Top

#6 It's safer now decent thermostats keep the fan still, but they don't call it a serpentine belt for nothing.

Posted by Sylveterus Catus Domestica 2006-01-06 17:59|| 2006-01-06 17:59|| Front Page Top

#7 When I was working as a shunter in Sydney a white kitten came into the railyard on the bogie axle of one of the trains. Who knows how long she was riding around under that train. I took her home, she was fine, although deaf (being a white cat) Then one day she went to sleep in the next door neighbour's driveway...

Posted by Grunter 2006-01-06 18:03|| 2006-01-06 18:03|| Front Page Top

#8 It's a common urban legend that white cats are deaf, but it isn't uniformly true; I've had one that could hear.

Posted by Phil 2006-01-06 18:29|| 2006-01-06 18:29|| Front Page Top

#9 "...had to stop every 20 meters for a bloody toll booth!"
No, the Jersey Turnpike only has tolls when you get on and off. You're thinking of the Garden State Parkway. PARKWAY????

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-01-06 19:04|| 2006-01-06 19:04|| Front Page Top

#10 Indeed I am Glenmore, thanks for the correction m8.

Posted by Besoeker 2006-01-06 19:05|| 2006-01-06 19:05|| Front Page Top

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