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One-way teleportation
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Hash: SHA1 I had to retrieve Cinders from the hall closet _again_. This time, I would have sworn that I saw her in another room after I had closed the closet door. Either she has become very good at sneaking past me without my seeing her, or else she can teleport into the closet but not back out again. I don't want to have to install a kitty door in the hall closet. Do y'all think that, if I left the closet open for a couple of days, it would lose its mysterious appeal? She doesn't want to sneak into my kitchen cabinets, or any of the other closets in the house, only the hall closet. Of course, I could just form a new organization, Parents and Friends of Closeted Cats. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBQHnn3zMYPge5L34aEQL8IQCfQbaB2oC/FwlF399T/tiSTNCG3jMAoK50 rFBt1bzKzCqGB1dtYVfRR0h4 =Ltoq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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"John F. Eldredge" wrote in message
... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I had to retrieve Cinders from the hall closet _again_. This time, I would have sworn that I saw her in another room after I had closed the closet door. Either she has become very good at sneaking past me without my seeing her, or else she can teleport into the closet but not back out again. I don't want to have to install a kitty door in the hall closet. Do y'all think that, if I left the closet open for a couple of days, it would lose its mysterious appeal? She doesn't want to sneak into my kitchen cabinets, or any of the other closets in the house, only the hall closet. Of course, I could just form a new organization, Parents and Friends of Closeted Cats. My guess is that she will lose all interest in the opened closet door and will continue to ignore it until 5 minutes after you've closed it again. Then it will again become her "favorite target" Good luck. Sam |
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"John F. Eldredge" wrote in message
... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I had to retrieve Cinders from the hall closet _again_. This time, I would have sworn that I saw her in another room after I had closed the closet door. Either she has become very good at sneaking past me without my seeing her, or else she can teleport into the closet but not back out again. I don't want to have to install a kitty door in the hall closet. Do y'all think that, if I left the closet open for a couple of days, it would lose its mysterious appeal? She doesn't want to sneak into my kitchen cabinets, or any of the other closets in the house, only the hall closet. Of course, I could just form a new organization, Parents and Friends of Closeted Cats. My guess is that she will lose all interest in the opened closet door and will continue to ignore it until 5 minutes after you've closed it again. Then it will again become her "favorite target" Good luck. Sam |
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Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 19:17:59 -0700, "Sam Nash" wrote: "John F. Eldredge" wrote in message .. . I had to retrieve Cinders from the hall closet _again_. This time, I would have sworn that I saw her in another room after I had closed the closet door. Either she has become very good at sneaking past me without my seeing her, or else she can teleport into the closet but not back out again. I don't want to have to install a kitty door in the hall closet. Do y'all think that, if I left the closet open for a couple of days, it would lose its mysterious appeal? She doesn't want to sneak into my kitchen cabinets, or any of the other closets in the house, only the hall closet. Of course, I could just form a new organization, Parents and Friends of Closeted Cats. My guess is that she will lose all interest in the opened closet door and will continue to ignore it until 5 minutes after you've closed it again. Then it will again become her "favorite target" Good luck. Sam That sounds all too plausible. I have known quite a few cats who never met a closed door that they didn't want to be on the other side of, even if they had just come from that side. For indoor/outdoor cats, stopping in the doorway to sniff the breeze is also popular. I can understand the reason (the cat no doubt wants to make sure there isn't a cat-eating predator lurking nearby), but it can get exasperating for the human letting them out. When I was in 9th or 10th grade, our cat once ended up trapped between the main door and the screen door. He had followed me out the door, then stopped in the doorway long enough for the screen door to automatically close and latch. I was the last one to leave the house that day, and the first one to get home that afternoon, so he was trapped there for seven hours or so. Fortunately, the porch roof shaded the doorway, so he wasn't overheated, just bored (and had to make a beeline for the bushes as soon as I opened the screen door). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBQHoLLzMYPge5L34aEQLneACfaTW/nUsf/XUutKMEzwPKrdXiZdAAoJRm 9yoT9WfZSO64/FCVFzmOHho0 =s/fN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 19:17:59 -0700, "Sam Nash" wrote: "John F. Eldredge" wrote in message .. . I had to retrieve Cinders from the hall closet _again_. This time, I would have sworn that I saw her in another room after I had closed the closet door. Either she has become very good at sneaking past me without my seeing her, or else she can teleport into the closet but not back out again. I don't want to have to install a kitty door in the hall closet. Do y'all think that, if I left the closet open for a couple of days, it would lose its mysterious appeal? She doesn't want to sneak into my kitchen cabinets, or any of the other closets in the house, only the hall closet. Of course, I could just form a new organization, Parents and Friends of Closeted Cats. My guess is that she will lose all interest in the opened closet door and will continue to ignore it until 5 minutes after you've closed it again. Then it will again become her "favorite target" Good luck. Sam That sounds all too plausible. I have known quite a few cats who never met a closed door that they didn't want to be on the other side of, even if they had just come from that side. For indoor/outdoor cats, stopping in the doorway to sniff the breeze is also popular. I can understand the reason (the cat no doubt wants to make sure there isn't a cat-eating predator lurking nearby), but it can get exasperating for the human letting them out. When I was in 9th or 10th grade, our cat once ended up trapped between the main door and the screen door. He had followed me out the door, then stopped in the doorway long enough for the screen door to automatically close and latch. I was the last one to leave the house that day, and the first one to get home that afternoon, so he was trapped there for seven hours or so. Fortunately, the porch roof shaded the doorway, so he wasn't overheated, just bored (and had to make a beeline for the bushes as soon as I opened the screen door). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBQHoLLzMYPge5L34aEQLneACfaTW/nUsf/XUutKMEzwPKrdXiZdAAoJRm 9yoT9WfZSO64/FCVFzmOHho0 =s/fN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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Of course, I could just form a new organization, Parents and Friends
of Closeted Cats. You know, Yoda hits the hall coat closet when he doesn't feel well. Every time. It's a sure barometer that he's sick. I've always thouught that was curious. Sherry |
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Of course, I could just form a new organization, Parents and Friends
of Closeted Cats. You know, Yoda hits the hall coat closet when he doesn't feel well. Every time. It's a sure barometer that he's sick. I've always thouught that was curious. Sherry |
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Soncek loves to hide in the kitchen cabinet among the pots and pans.
Best wishes, -- Polonca & Soncek "John F. Eldredge" wrote in message ... snip She doesn't want to sneak into my kitchen cabinets, or any of the other closets in the house, only the hall closet. Of course, I could just form a new organization, Parents and Friends of Closeted Cats. |
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Soncek loves to hide in the kitchen cabinet among the pots and pans.
Best wishes, -- Polonca & Soncek "John F. Eldredge" wrote in message ... snip She doesn't want to sneak into my kitchen cabinets, or any of the other closets in the house, only the hall closet. Of course, I could just form a new organization, Parents and Friends of Closeted Cats. |
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On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 22:21:35 -0500, John F. Eldredge
yodeled: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 11 Apr 2004 19:17:59 -0700, "Sam Nash" wrote: "John F. Eldredge" wrote in message . .. I had to retrieve Cinders from the hall closet _again_. This time, I would have sworn that I saw her in another room after I had closed the closet door. Either she has become very good at sneaking past me without my seeing her, or else she can teleport into the closet but not back out again. I don't want to have to install a kitty door in the hall closet. Do y'all think that, if I left the closet open for a couple of days, it would lose its mysterious appeal? She doesn't want to sneak into my kitchen cabinets, or any of the other closets in the house, only the hall closet. Of course, I could just form a new organization, Parents and Friends of Closeted Cats. My guess is that she will lose all interest in the opened closet door and will continue to ignore it until 5 minutes after you've closed it again. Then it will again become her "favorite target" Good luck. Sam That sounds all too plausible. I have known quite a few cats who never met a closed door that they didn't want to be on the other side of, even if they had just come from that side. (snip) Stinky is the bathroom escort. He has to come with everybody into the bathroom, and he also has to try his best to keep you from closing the door. Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) |
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