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Bowling for Brandy
Now I will admit that I am not the best of housekeepers. Martha Stewart
definitely does not live under my roof, and glad I am of it; it would have been a pain in the tuchus keeping her around while she had to shlep that band around her ankle. So one must be indulgent and forgive the piles of catalogs yet unread, the bags full of yarn waiting to be knit, the pop bottles waiting to be taken back to the supermarket. The cats, while they contribute to the love and fun that make a house a home (and truly they have the most important of jobs) do not contribute to the housework, and this is OK. With all the playing (also an important job for a cat) and motherly administration of discipline from Roxie’s paws, the masseur treatments from Stosh and the extremely rigorous duties of personal grooming, a cat is busy enough without being asked to participate in the actual maintenance of the home wherein they reside. This is what they have a dedicated staff of servants for. So it should not have come as a surprise to me that, engaged in a vigorous game of Chase Stosh, Brandy found herself in a sort of on the job training in the finer points of bowling. She and Stosh came ripping from the living room the bedroom, did a couple of maneuvers on the bed which elicited some amusing new cusswords from my half-asleep husband, and proceeded to the kitchen where Stosh made an unexpected jump to the bar. Brandy, trying to get her bulk in gear to follow suit, instead went sliding across the kitchen tiles and landed squarely into a bunch of bottles that were standing like little plastic soldiers awaiting bagging and transport to the friendly neighborhood grocer. We could hear them all crash into each other and fall down like a bunch of well-struck bowling pins; and it was a strike indeed, for Brandy knocked them all down. I could hear her say “What the HELL?!” as her tail puffed up and she backed away from the frame she had just completed. Mama picked her up and told her it was okay, she just has a better bowling average than I do (and she does, damn it!) and she jumped over my shoulder to resume her game of Chase Stosh; and I resolved to stay the heck away from the lanes. I don’t want admit that my cat truly is a better bowler than I. Blessed be, Baha -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com |
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Bowling for Brandy
ROFL!! Someone should collect these tales and put them into a book, called 'Tails of the RPCA'. I think by now we'd be up to Volume 10? Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita In article 621c4b194e568@uwe, Baha via CatKB.com u18616@uwe wrote: Now I will admit that I am not the best of housekeepers. Martha Stewart definitely does not live under my roof, and glad I am of it; it would have been a pain in the tuchus keeping her around while she had to shlep that band around her ankle. So one must be indulgent and forgive the piles of catalogs yet unread, the bags full of yarn waiting to be knit, the pop bottles waiting to be taken back to the supermarket. The cats, while they contribute to the love and fun that make a house a home (and truly they have the most important of jobs) do not contribute to the housework, and this is OK. With all the playing (also an important job for a cat) and motherly administration of discipline from Roxie’s paws, the masseur treatments from Stosh and the extremely rigorous duties of personal grooming, a cat is busy enough without being asked to participate in the actual maintenance of the home wherein they reside. This is what they have a dedicated staff of servants for. So it should not have come as a surprise to me that, engaged in a vigorous game of Chase Stosh, Brandy found herself in a sort of on the job training in the finer points of bowling. She and Stosh came ripping from the living room the bedroom, did a couple of maneuvers on the bed which elicited some amusing new cusswords from my half-asleep husband, and proceeded to the kitchen where Stosh made an unexpected jump to the bar. Brandy, trying to get her bulk in gear to follow suit, instead went sliding across the kitchen tiles and landed squarely into a bunch of bottles that were standing like little plastic soldiers awaiting bagging and transport to the friendly neighborhood grocer. We could hear them all crash into each other and fall down like a bunch of well-struck bowling pins; and it was a strike indeed, for Brandy knocked them all down. I could hear her say “What the HELL?!” as her tail puffed up and she backed away from the frame she had just completed. Mama picked her up and told her it was okay, she just has a better bowling average than I do (and she does, damn it!) and she jumped over my shoulder to resume her game of Chase Stosh; and I resolved to stay the heck away from the lanes. I don’t want admit that my cat truly is a better bowler than I. Blessed be, Baha -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com |
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Bowling for Brandy
Jane wrote
ROFL!! Someone should collect these tales and put them into a book, called 'Tails of the RPCA'. I think by now we'd be up to Volume 10? No doubt books are one answer, but the number of tales on Flippy's and my websites will keep you reading for many many hours - and a *lot* of them came from RPCA. -- David Stevenson Storypage: http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm Liverpool, England, UK Emails welcome Nanki Poo: SI O+W B 12 Y L+ W++ C+ I T+ A- E H++ V- F Q P+ B+ PA+ PL SC Minke: SI W+Cp B 3 Y L W+ C++ I T A- E H++ V++ F- Q- P B PA+ PL+ SC- |
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Bowling for Brandy
Baha via CatKB.com wrote:
Blessed be, Baha Great story, Baha! Loved it! -- Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe |
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