She was smirking!

I got up this morning and noticed the traffic noise in the living room
seemed louder than usual so I went to the window...in the hot weather
we've had all the windows open an inch or so to let air circulate but
somehow the living room window had been opened further.....like there
was enough space for a cat to get out.

So I did the ritual of cat summoning- i.e. I opened a pouch and called
out "Brekkies" but only Dunzi surfaced (Which she did in her usual
nanosecond her appetite is disproportionately large in relation to her
actual size). No sign of Sarsi, which is very odd as she likes her
breakfast. So with sinking heart and rising blood pressure I started
to look round the flat...Not a trace of her....By now I am convinced
she's gone on to window sill and as she's not still on it, she's
fallen off and it's a long drop..

My increasingly panicked calls of "Sarsi!" wake Dave up, I tell him
the bad news....

He gives me a look that suggests he thinks I'm a few sandwiches short
of a picnic and points out that Sarsi is on top of the wardrobe "just
like she's been all night"

I look up and there she is and I swear she wass smirking at me

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

Lesley wrote:
I got up this morning and noticed the traffic noise in the living room
seemed louder than usual so I went to the window...in the hot weather
we've had all the windows open an inch or so to let air circulate but
somehow the living room window had been opened further.....like there
was enough space for a cat to get out.

So I did the ritual of cat summoning- i.e. I opened a pouch and called
out "Brekkies" but only Dunzi surfaced (Which she did in her usual
nanosecond her appetite is disproportionately large in relation to her
actual size). No sign of Sarsi, which is very odd as she likes her
breakfast. So with sinking heart and rising blood pressure I started
to look round the flat...Not a trace of her....By now I am convinced
she's gone on to window sill and as she's not still on it, she's
fallen off and it's a long drop..

My increasingly panicked calls of "Sarsi!" wake Dave up, I tell him
the bad news....

He gives me a look that suggests he thinks I'm a few sandwiches short
of a picnic and points out that Sarsi is on top of the wardrobe "just
like she's been all night"

I look up and there she is and I swear she wass smirking at me

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

You don't need kids to drive you mad. ;-)

--
Adrian (Owned by Bagheera & Shadow)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:02:47 -0700 (PDT), Lesley
wrote:

I got up this morning and noticed the traffic noise in the living room
seemed louder than usual so I went to the window...in the hot weather
we've had all the windows open an inch or so to let air circulate but
somehow the living room window had been opened further.....like there
was enough space for a cat to get out.

So I did the ritual of cat summoning- i.e. I opened a pouch and called
out "Brekkies" but only Dunzi surfaced (Which she did in her usual
nanosecond her appetite is disproportionately large in relation to her
actual size). No sign of Sarsi, which is very odd as she likes her
breakfast. So with sinking heart and rising blood pressure I started
to look round the flat...Not a trace of her....By now I am convinced
she's gone on to window sill and as she's not still on it, she's
fallen off and it's a long drop..

My increasingly panicked calls of "Sarsi!" wake Dave up, I tell him
the bad news....

He gives me a look that suggests he thinks I'm a few sandwiches short
of a picnic and points out that Sarsi is on top of the wardrobe "just
like she's been all night"

I look up and there she is and I swear she wass smirking at me

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs


That's funny. So she opened the window enough so you'd think she got
out, and then waited to see your reaction. Clever girl.

Lesley wrote:

I got up this morning and noticed the traffic noise in the living room
seemed louder than usual so I went to the window...in the hot weather
we've had all the windows open an inch or so to let air circulate but
somehow the living room window had been opened further.....like there
was enough space for a cat to get out.

So I did the ritual of cat summoning- i.e. I opened a pouch and called
out "Brekkies" but only Dunzi surfaced (Which she did in her usual
nanosecond her appetite is disproportionately large in relation to her
actual size). No sign of Sarsi, which is very odd as she likes her
breakfast. So with sinking heart and rising blood pressure I started
to look round the flat...Not a trace of her....By now I am convinced
she's gone on to window sill and as she's not still on it, she's
fallen off and it's a long drop..

My increasingly panicked calls of "Sarsi!" wake Dave up, I tell him
the bad news....

He gives me a look that suggests he thinks I'm a few sandwiches short
of a picnic and points out that Sarsi is on top of the wardrobe "just
like she's been all night"

I look up and there she is and I swear she wass smirking at me

Oh yes, she definitely was. Roxy does this to me periodically. Sometimes
I just can't find her and I search all over the house, calling for her -
nothing. She doesn't go outside, but there's always a first time. I start
to worry. More searching and callng. And then I happen to glance up at
the top of the refrigerator, and there she is, watching me impassively -
although I know she's secretly chortling to herself.

Joyce

--
What I look forward to, is continued immaturity, followed by death.
-- Dave Barry

On Jul 15, 5:50*am, dgk wrote:


That's funny. So she opened the window enough so you'd think she got
out, and then waited to see your reaction. Clever girl.- Hide quoted text -

I think it may have been Dunzi who opened the window as she usually
sits on the window sill there and she's the one with the curiousity
about the "out" when I closed the window she took a swipe at me for
undoing all her good work at opening it!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

Lesley wrote:
I got up this morning and noticed the traffic noise in the living room
seemed louder than usual so I went to the window...in the hot weather
we've had all the windows open an inch or so to let air circulate but
somehow the living room window had been opened further.....like there
was enough space for a cat to get out.

So I did the ritual of cat summoning- i.e. I opened a pouch and called
out "Brekkies" but only Dunzi surfaced (Which she did in her usual
nanosecond her appetite is disproportionately large in relation to her
actual size). No sign of Sarsi, which is very odd as she likes her
breakfast. So with sinking heart and rising blood pressure I started
to look round the flat...Not a trace of her....By now I am convinced
she's gone on to window sill and as she's not still on it, she's
fallen off and it's a long drop..

My increasingly panicked calls of "Sarsi!" wake Dave up, I tell him
the bad news....

He gives me a look that suggests he thinks I'm a few sandwiches short
of a picnic and points out that Sarsi is on top of the wardrobe "just
like she's been all night"

I look up and there she is and I swear she was smirking at me

I'd have been panicking too. Good BCT, Sarsi, sez Boyfie.

I know we don't have much hot weather here but given the height if she did
fall - is it possible to get something like a fabric mesh type roller-blind
to pull down when the windows are open?
I've no idea if such a thing exists, it's just an idea to stop you having a
heart attack ;-)

Tweed

the thing that is courios to me is that the uk doesn't seem to have window
screens to any regular degree, why is this, just a convention or do you not
have the flies and mosequitos we do her in the us? Lee
"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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Lesley wrote:
I got up this morning and noticed the traffic noise in the living room
seemed louder than usual so I went to the window...in the hot weather
we've had all the windows open an inch or so to let air circulate but
somehow the living room window had been opened further.....like there
was enough space for a cat to get out.

So I did the ritual of cat summoning- i.e. I opened a pouch and called
out "Brekkies" but only Dunzi surfaced (Which she did in her usual
nanosecond her appetite is disproportionately large in relation to her
actual size). No sign of Sarsi, which is very odd as she likes her
breakfast. So with sinking heart and rising blood pressure I started
to look round the flat...Not a trace of her....By now I am convinced
she's gone on to window sill and as she's not still on it, she's
fallen off and it's a long drop..

My increasingly panicked calls of "Sarsi!" wake Dave up, I tell him
the bad news....

He gives me a look that suggests he thinks I'm a few sandwiches short
of a picnic and points out that Sarsi is on top of the wardrobe "just
like she's been all night"

I look up and there she is and I swear she was smirking at me

I'd have been panicking too. Good BCT, Sarsi, sez Boyfie.

I know we don't have much hot weather here but given the height if she did
fall - is it possible to get something like a fabric mesh type
roller-blind to pull down when the windows are open?
I've no idea if such a thing exists, it's just an idea to stop you having
a heart attack ;-)

Tweed