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Old September 9th 04, 10:37 PM
CatNipped
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Default Reading the Newsgroup with Mommy

Cast of Characters:



Sammy - 5-month-old female kitten

Mommy - MUCH older female human



Mommy decides to sit down at her desk and read her favorite newsgroup,
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes. Sammy runs into the room to see what Mommy is
doing. Mommy looks down at Sammy and wonders how Sammy is going to make
Mommy's life difficult today, then turns on her computer and starts to enter
her password to log in. Sammy jumps on the keyboard typing
"mmmmmmmmmm,,,,,,,,,", then steps on the "Enter" key. The computer tells
Mommy it can't log her in because her password is incorrect. Mommy murmurs
something under her breath, gives Sammy a dirty look, and begins to retype
her password. Sammy, who has jumped from the keyboard on its holder to the
desktop, reaches down to play with Mommy's moving fingers. Mommy jerks her
bloody fingers away from Sammy's claws and inadvertently hits the "Enter"
key. The computer tells Mommy it can't log her in because her password is
incorrect. Mommy sighs, lifts Sammy off of her desk, and gently places
Sammy of her office floor.



Mommy, eying Sammy's twitching butt, retypes her password really, really
fast before Sammy can jump onto her keyboard again. Mommy typed a bit too
fast, causing a typo to occur, and the computer tells Mommy it can't log her
in because her password is incorrect. Mommy grits her teeth, calls the
computer a nasty name, then begins to type in her password again. Noticing
movement in the corner of her eye, Mommy turns just in time to catch Sammy
in mid-leap, sighs, and gently places Sammy on her office floor. Mommy
forgot where she was in the typing of her password so has to backspace to
restart. Mommy knows that she will have only one more chance to type in her
correct password or the computer will lock her out for 20 minutes before she
can try again. In order to outsmart Sammy, Mommy wiggles her foot around on
the floor enticingly in order to distract Sammy while she types in her
password. Sammy pounces on said foot and sinks her teeth into Mommy's
ankle. Mommy says a very bad word, her entire body jerks, and she
inadvertently hits the "Enter" key before she has completed typing her
password. The computer tells Mommy that it can't log her in because her
password is incorrect and that she has been locked out of her computer for
the next twenty minutes. Mommy sighs, gives Sammy a dirty look, and then
heads for the kitchen to make a pot of coffee.



Twenty-one minutes later Mommy heads back to her office with a cup of
coffee, a ham sandwich, and Sammy hot on her trail. Mommy considers locking
Sammy out of her office but decides that the sound of a kitten howling at
the top of her lungs would be distracting and detract from the pleasure of
reading her favorite newsgroup. Mommy can, however, put up with the howling
long enough to correctly type in her password and wonders to herself why she
didn't think of this twenty-two minutes ago (ah, it must have been the lack
of caffeine!). Mommy opens the door to allow Sammy entrance to the office.
Sammy starts to give Mommy a dirty look, but is distracted by the smell of a
ham sandwich. Following her nose, Sammy jumps up to the desktop.



Mommy has made the rookie mistake of cutting the ham sandwich into two
parts. She can not hold both halves of the sandwich and still have a hand
free to use her mouse to navigate the newsgroup. Choosing her base animal
urges over the aesthetic pleasure of reading the newsgroup, Mommy grabs up
both halves of her sandwich, one half in each hand, and holds them up out of
Sammy's reach. Sammy decides to climb Mommy's arm in order to reach the
delectable smell she has detected. Mommy jumps up with a yell and drops the
half of the sandwich which was being held in the hand attached to the arm
that was being used as a climbing post. Sammy, having felled her prey,
detaches her claws from Mommy's arm and jumps down to feast on her kill.
Mommy decides that the office floor (not to mention Sammy's litter
box-digging paws) is not sanitary enough for her to salvage her sandwich and
she lets Sammy keep her kill.



Mommy figures she now has enough time to read a few posts in peace while
Sammy gobbles up every last crumb of the sandwich half - ham, cheese,
mayonnaise, bread and all the trimmings including the sliced dill pickles
(after all, if this is Mommy's kill that was stolen it must be good,
right?). Now everybody, let's laugh at Mommy's naivety! Sammy devours the
sandwich in the time it takes Mommy to read just half of Rocky's
autobiography. Sammy then jumps up on Mommy's lap looking for the other
half of the kill. Mommy starts shoving her half of the sandwich into her
mouth as fast as she can until Mommy looks like a chipmunk with cheeks full
of nuts. Sammy shoves her nose into the tiny opening left between Mommy's
lips and tries to take the kill from Mommy's mouth. Mommy jerks her head
back and bangs her head on the high back of her desk chair. This causes a
bit of bread to become lodged in Mommy's throat causing Mommy to cough which
in turn causes bits of sandwich to be spewed across Mommy's desk and
keyboard. Sammy triumphantly pounces on and devours the bits of kill she
has managed to wrest from Mommy's fangs. Mommy chews up the tiny bit of
sandwich she has managed to wrest from Sammy's depredations and swallows -
all the while glaring at the feasting kitten.



Mommy debates whether or not to go to the kitchen for another sandwich,
looks down at her ample tummy, and decides that she should forgo further
sustenance. Mommy finally gets back to reading about Rocky's early life and
her eyes mist up thinking about this and the kindness Steve has shown to his
master. In the meantime, Sammy has finished off the last of the sandwich
bits from the keyboard and desktop and saunters over to Mommy's coffee cup
to see what other goodies Mommy has captured for herself. Sammy leans over
to sniff the coffee, misjudges her approach, and manages to snort coffee
into her tiny nostrils. Sammy immediately sneezed out the offending brew,
along with kitten boogers, back into Mommy's coffee cup. Mommy looks over
at her coffee cup and wonders if it's worth the effort to get up and get a
new cup of coffee. Mommy shrugs and takes a sip of her coffee, kitten
boogers and all, and sighs.



Mommy moves on to a note from Baha about Stosh which invokes the memory of
Archie Bunker, and Mommy smiles to herself at the mental picture this
creates. Then Mommy reads a note from Helen about how Waffles is learning
English and Mommy laughs out loud. The sound of Mommy laughing about
something other than Sammy's own cute self peaks Sammy's interest and Sammy
jumps on Mommy's lap, puts her paws on Mommy's chest, and licks Mommy on the
nose. Mommy is distracted by this blatant bid for attention and pauses in
her reading to give Sammy cuddles and scritches. Sammy bites Mommy's hand
and Mommy says bad words and gently places Sammy on her office floor.



Mommy goes on to read Oliver T. Fine's note about the invasion of his home
by the red dot greebles. Mommy laughs really hard and tells Sammy about
Oliver's post. Sammy knows exactly what Oliver is referring to because
Sammy has the same problem at her house! Sammy asks Mommy to type a note
back to Oliver telling him her concern about a mass invasion. Mommy is
laughing while she types and Sammy ends to note by giving Mommy a dirty
look.



Mommy goes on to read notes by Victor, Margaret, Helen, Sherry, Tweed, and
all the rest of the wonderful people who write to rpca. Mommy decides to
write a long story about how Demi found her forever home. Mommy has written
3 pages worth of poignant, moving, insightful, brilliant prose when Sammy
jumps up onto the keyboard and steps on the "Sleep" button. Mommy does not
know how to get her computer off of "Sleep" mode and tries button after
button on the keyboard to no avail. Mommy's voice is becoming louder and
louder and she is saying more and more bad words, but none of this makes her
computer come out of "Sleep" mode. Mommy gives Sammy a *really* dirty look
and leans over to press the "reset" key on her CPU to cold boot her computer
back on again. Mommy has lost all the beautiful words she has just written
about Demi and knows that she can never recapture the pathos of the lost
post. Sammy grins evilly at Mommy knowing that Mommy will now post
something about *Sammy* instead of that dumb old Demi-cat! Sammy, as usual,
is correct!



Hugs,



CatNipped


  #2  
Old September 9th 04, 10:48 PM
Christina Websell
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ROFL!! This is the best one yet, for me!

Tweed



"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
Cast of Characters:



Sammy - 5-month-old female kitten

Mommy - MUCH older female human



Mommy decides to sit down at her desk and read her favorite newsgroup,
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes. Sammy runs into the room to see what Mommy is
doing. Mommy looks down at Sammy and wonders how Sammy is going to make
Mommy's life difficult today, then turns on her computer and starts to
enter her password to log in. Sammy jumps on the keyboard typing
"mmmmmmmmmm,,,,,,,,,", then steps on the "Enter" key. The computer tells
Mommy it can't log her in because her password is incorrect. Mommy
murmurs something under her breath, gives Sammy a dirty look, and begins
to retype her password. Sammy, who has jumped from the keyboard on its
holder to the desktop, reaches down to play with Mommy's moving fingers.
Mommy jerks her bloody fingers away from Sammy's claws and inadvertently
hits the "Enter" key. The computer tells Mommy it can't log her in
because her password is incorrect. Mommy sighs, lifts Sammy off of her
desk, and gently places Sammy of her office floor.



Mommy, eying Sammy's twitching butt, retypes her password really, really
fast before Sammy can jump onto her keyboard again. Mommy typed a bit too
fast, causing a typo to occur, and the computer tells Mommy it can't log
her in because her password is incorrect. Mommy grits her teeth, calls
the computer a nasty name, then begins to type in
herpasswordagain.Noticing
movement in the corner of her eye, Mommy turns just in time to catch Sammy
in mid-leap, sighs, and gently places Sammy on her office floor. Mommy
forgot where she was in the typing of her password so has to backspace to
restart. Mommy knows that she will have only one more chance to type in
her correct password or the computer will lock her out for 20 minutes
before she can try again. In order to outsmart Sammy, Mommy wiggles her
foot around on the floor enticingly in order to distract Sammy while she
types in her password. Sammy pounces on said foot and sinks her teeth
into Mommy's ankle. Mommy says a very bad word, her entire body jerks,
and she inadvertently hits the "Enter" key before she has completed typing
her password. The computer tells Mommy that it can't log her in because
her password is incorrect and that she has been locked out of her computer
for the next twenty minutes. Mommy sighs, gives Sammy a dirty look, and
then heads for the kitchen to make a pot of coffee.



Twenty-one minutes later Mommy heads back to her office with a cup of
coffee, a ham sandwich, and Sammy hot on her trail. Mommy considers
locking Sammy out of her office but decides that the sound of a kitten
howling at the top of her lungs would be distracting and detract from the
pleasure of reading her favorite newsgroup. Mommy can, however, put up
with the howling long enough to correctly type in her password and wonders
to herself why she didn't think of this twenty-two minutes ago (ah, it
must have been the lack of caffeine!). Mommy opens the door to allow
Sammy entrance to the office. Sammy starts to give Mommy a dirty look, but
is distracted by the smell of a ham sandwich. Following her nose, Sammy
jumps up to the desktop.



Mommy has made the rookie mistake of cutting the ham sandwich into two
parts. She can not hold both halves of the sandwich and still have a hand
free to use her mouse to navigate the newsgroup. Choosing her base animal
urges over the aesthetic pleasure of reading the newsgroup, Mommy grabs up
both halves of her sandwich, one half in each hand, and holds them up out
of Sammy's reach. Sammy decides to climb Mommy's arm in order to reach
the delectable smell she has detected. Mommy jumps up with a yell and
drops the half of the sandwich which was being held in the hand attached
to the arm that was being used as a climbing post. Sammy, having felled
her prey, detaches her claws from Mommy's arm and jumps down to feast on
her kill. Mommy decides that the office floor (not to mention Sammy's
litter box-digging paws) is not sanitary enough for her to salvage her
sandwich and she lets Sammy keep her kill.



Mommy figures she now has enough time to read a few posts in peace while
Sammy gobbles up every last crumb of the sandwich half - ham, cheese,
mayonnaise, bread and all the trimmings including the sliced dill pickles
(after all, if this is Mommy's kill that was stolen it must be good,
right?). Now everybody, let's laugh at Mommy's naivety! Sammy devours
the sandwich in the time it takes Mommy to read just half of Rocky's
autobiography. Sammy then jumps up on Mommy's lap looking for the other
half of the kill. Mommy starts shoving her half of the sandwich into her
mouth as fast as she can until Mommy looks like a chipmunk with cheeks
full of nuts. Sammy shoves her nose into the tiny opening left between
Mommy's lips and tries to take the kill from Mommy's mouth. Mommy jerks
her head back and bangs her head on the high back of her desk chair. This
causes a bit of bread to become lodged in Mommy's throat causing Mommy to
cough which in turn causes bits of sandwich to be spewed across Mommy's
desk and keyboard. Sammy triumphantly pounces on and devours the bits of
kill she has managed to wrest from Mommy's fangs. Mommy chews up the tiny
bit of sandwich she has managed to wrest from Sammy's depredations and
swallows - all the while glaring at the feasting kitten.



Mommy debates whether or not to go to the kitchen for another sandwich,
looks down at her ample tummy, and decides that she should forgo further
sustenance. Mommy finally gets back to reading about Rocky's early life
and her eyes mist up thinking about this and the kindness Steve has shown
to his master. In the meantime, Sammy has finished off the last of the
sandwich bits from the keyboard and desktop and saunters over to Mommy's
coffee cup to see what other goodies Mommy has captured for herself.
Sammy leans over to sniff the coffee, misjudges her approach, and manages
to snort coffee into her tiny nostrils. Sammy immediately sneezed out the
offending brew, along with kitten boogers, back into Mommy's coffee cup.
Mommy looks over at her coffee cup and wonders if it's worth the effort to
get up and get a new cup of coffee. Mommy shrugs and takes a sip of her
coffee, kitten boogers and all, and sighs.



Mommy moves on to a note from Baha about Stosh which invokes the memory of
Archie Bunker, and Mommy smiles to herself at the mental picture this
creates. Then Mommy reads a note from Helen about how Waffles is learning
English and Mommy laughs out loud. The sound of Mommy laughing about
something other than Sammy's own cute self peaks Sammy's interest and
Sammy jumps on Mommy's lap, puts her paws on Mommy's chest, and licks
Mommy on the nose. Mommy is distracted by this blatant bid for attention
and pauses in her reading to give Sammy cuddles and scritches. Sammy
bites Mommy's hand and Mommy says bad words and gently places Sammy on her
office floor.



Mommy goes on to read Oliver T. Fine's note about the invasion of his home
by the red dot greebles. Mommy laughs really hard and tells Sammy about
Oliver's post. Sammy knows exactly what Oliver is referring to because
Sammy has the same problem at her house! Sammy asks Mommy to type a note
back to Oliver telling him her concern about a mass invasion. Mommy is
laughing while she types and Sammy ends to note by giving Mommy a dirty
look.



Mommy goes on to read notes by Victor, Margaret, Helen, Sherry, Tweed, and
all the rest of the wonderful people who write to rpca. Mommy decides to
write a long story about how Demi found her forever home. Mommy has
written 3 pages worth of poignant, moving, insightful, brilliant prose
when Sammy jumps up onto the keyboard and steps on the "Sleep" button.
Mommy does not know how to get her computer off of "Sleep" mode and tries
button after button on the keyboard to no avail. Mommy's voice is
becoming louder and louder and she is saying more and more bad words, but
none of this makes her computer come out of "Sleep" mode. Mommy gives
Sammy a *really* dirty look and leans over to press the "reset" key on her
CPU to cold boot her computer back on again. Mommy has lost all the
beautiful words she has just written about Demi and knows that she can
never recapture the pathos of the lost post. Sammy grins evilly at Mommy
knowing that Mommy will now post something about *Sammy* instead of that
dumb old Demi-cat! Sammy, as usual, is correct!



Hugs,



CatNipped




  #3  
Old September 9th 04, 10:48 PM
Christina Websell
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Posts: n/a
Default


ROFL!! This is the best one yet, for me!

Tweed



"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
Cast of Characters:



Sammy - 5-month-old female kitten

Mommy - MUCH older female human



Mommy decides to sit down at her desk and read her favorite newsgroup,
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes. Sammy runs into the room to see what Mommy is
doing. Mommy looks down at Sammy and wonders how Sammy is going to make
Mommy's life difficult today, then turns on her computer and starts to
enter her password to log in. Sammy jumps on the keyboard typing
"mmmmmmmmmm,,,,,,,,,", then steps on the "Enter" key. The computer tells
Mommy it can't log her in because her password is incorrect. Mommy
murmurs something under her breath, gives Sammy a dirty look, and begins
to retype her password. Sammy, who has jumped from the keyboard on its
holder to the desktop, reaches down to play with Mommy's moving fingers.
Mommy jerks her bloody fingers away from Sammy's claws and inadvertently
hits the "Enter" key. The computer tells Mommy it can't log her in
because her password is incorrect. Mommy sighs, lifts Sammy off of her
desk, and gently places Sammy of her office floor.



Mommy, eying Sammy's twitching butt, retypes her password really, really
fast before Sammy can jump onto her keyboard again. Mommy typed a bit too
fast, causing a typo to occur, and the computer tells Mommy it can't log
her in because her password is incorrect. Mommy grits her teeth, calls
the computer a nasty name, then begins to type in
herpasswordagain.Noticing
movement in the corner of her eye, Mommy turns just in time to catch Sammy
in mid-leap, sighs, and gently places Sammy on her office floor. Mommy
forgot where she was in the typing of her password so has to backspace to
restart. Mommy knows that she will have only one more chance to type in
her correct password or the computer will lock her out for 20 minutes
before she can try again. In order to outsmart Sammy, Mommy wiggles her
foot around on the floor enticingly in order to distract Sammy while she
types in her password. Sammy pounces on said foot and sinks her teeth
into Mommy's ankle. Mommy says a very bad word, her entire body jerks,
and she inadvertently hits the "Enter" key before she has completed typing
her password. The computer tells Mommy that it can't log her in because
her password is incorrect and that she has been locked out of her computer
for the next twenty minutes. Mommy sighs, gives Sammy a dirty look, and
then heads for the kitchen to make a pot of coffee.



Twenty-one minutes later Mommy heads back to her office with a cup of
coffee, a ham sandwich, and Sammy hot on her trail. Mommy considers
locking Sammy out of her office but decides that the sound of a kitten
howling at the top of her lungs would be distracting and detract from the
pleasure of reading her favorite newsgroup. Mommy can, however, put up
with the howling long enough to correctly type in her password and wonders
to herself why she didn't think of this twenty-two minutes ago (ah, it
must have been the lack of caffeine!). Mommy opens the door to allow
Sammy entrance to the office. Sammy starts to give Mommy a dirty look, but
is distracted by the smell of a ham sandwich. Following her nose, Sammy
jumps up to the desktop.



Mommy has made the rookie mistake of cutting the ham sandwich into two
parts. She can not hold both halves of the sandwich and still have a hand
free to use her mouse to navigate the newsgroup. Choosing her base animal
urges over the aesthetic pleasure of reading the newsgroup, Mommy grabs up
both halves of her sandwich, one half in each hand, and holds them up out
of Sammy's reach. Sammy decides to climb Mommy's arm in order to reach
the delectable smell she has detected. Mommy jumps up with a yell and
drops the half of the sandwich which was being held in the hand attached
to the arm that was being used as a climbing post. Sammy, having felled
her prey, detaches her claws from Mommy's arm and jumps down to feast on
her kill. Mommy decides that the office floor (not to mention Sammy's
litter box-digging paws) is not sanitary enough for her to salvage her
sandwich and she lets Sammy keep her kill.



Mommy figures she now has enough time to read a few posts in peace while
Sammy gobbles up every last crumb of the sandwich half - ham, cheese,
mayonnaise, bread and all the trimmings including the sliced dill pickles
(after all, if this is Mommy's kill that was stolen it must be good,
right?). Now everybody, let's laugh at Mommy's naivety! Sammy devours
the sandwich in the time it takes Mommy to read just half of Rocky's
autobiography. Sammy then jumps up on Mommy's lap looking for the other
half of the kill. Mommy starts shoving her half of the sandwich into her
mouth as fast as she can until Mommy looks like a chipmunk with cheeks
full of nuts. Sammy shoves her nose into the tiny opening left between
Mommy's lips and tries to take the kill from Mommy's mouth. Mommy jerks
her head back and bangs her head on the high back of her desk chair. This
causes a bit of bread to become lodged in Mommy's throat causing Mommy to
cough which in turn causes bits of sandwich to be spewed across Mommy's
desk and keyboard. Sammy triumphantly pounces on and devours the bits of
kill she has managed to wrest from Mommy's fangs. Mommy chews up the tiny
bit of sandwich she has managed to wrest from Sammy's depredations and
swallows - all the while glaring at the feasting kitten.



Mommy debates whether or not to go to the kitchen for another sandwich,
looks down at her ample tummy, and decides that she should forgo further
sustenance. Mommy finally gets back to reading about Rocky's early life
and her eyes mist up thinking about this and the kindness Steve has shown
to his master. In the meantime, Sammy has finished off the last of the
sandwich bits from the keyboard and desktop and saunters over to Mommy's
coffee cup to see what other goodies Mommy has captured for herself.
Sammy leans over to sniff the coffee, misjudges her approach, and manages
to snort coffee into her tiny nostrils. Sammy immediately sneezed out the
offending brew, along with kitten boogers, back into Mommy's coffee cup.
Mommy looks over at her coffee cup and wonders if it's worth the effort to
get up and get a new cup of coffee. Mommy shrugs and takes a sip of her
coffee, kitten boogers and all, and sighs.



Mommy moves on to a note from Baha about Stosh which invokes the memory of
Archie Bunker, and Mommy smiles to herself at the mental picture this
creates. Then Mommy reads a note from Helen about how Waffles is learning
English and Mommy laughs out loud. The sound of Mommy laughing about
something other than Sammy's own cute self peaks Sammy's interest and
Sammy jumps on Mommy's lap, puts her paws on Mommy's chest, and licks
Mommy on the nose. Mommy is distracted by this blatant bid for attention
and pauses in her reading to give Sammy cuddles and scritches. Sammy
bites Mommy's hand and Mommy says bad words and gently places Sammy on her
office floor.



Mommy goes on to read Oliver T. Fine's note about the invasion of his home
by the red dot greebles. Mommy laughs really hard and tells Sammy about
Oliver's post. Sammy knows exactly what Oliver is referring to because
Sammy has the same problem at her house! Sammy asks Mommy to type a note
back to Oliver telling him her concern about a mass invasion. Mommy is
laughing while she types and Sammy ends to note by giving Mommy a dirty
look.



Mommy goes on to read notes by Victor, Margaret, Helen, Sherry, Tweed, and
all the rest of the wonderful people who write to rpca. Mommy decides to
write a long story about how Demi found her forever home. Mommy has
written 3 pages worth of poignant, moving, insightful, brilliant prose
when Sammy jumps up onto the keyboard and steps on the "Sleep" button.
Mommy does not know how to get her computer off of "Sleep" mode and tries
button after button on the keyboard to no avail. Mommy's voice is
becoming louder and louder and she is saying more and more bad words, but
none of this makes her computer come out of "Sleep" mode. Mommy gives
Sammy a *really* dirty look and leans over to press the "reset" key on her
CPU to cold boot her computer back on again. Mommy has lost all the
beautiful words she has just written about Demi and knows that she can
never recapture the pathos of the lost post. Sammy grins evilly at Mommy
knowing that Mommy will now post something about *Sammy* instead of that
dumb old Demi-cat! Sammy, as usual, is correct!



Hugs,



CatNipped




  #4  
Old September 9th 04, 10:48 PM
Christina Websell
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default


ROFL!! This is the best one yet, for me!

Tweed



"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
Cast of Characters:



Sammy - 5-month-old female kitten

Mommy - MUCH older female human



Mommy decides to sit down at her desk and read her favorite newsgroup,
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes. Sammy runs into the room to see what Mommy is
doing. Mommy looks down at Sammy and wonders how Sammy is going to make
Mommy's life difficult today, then turns on her computer and starts to
enter her password to log in. Sammy jumps on the keyboard typing
"mmmmmmmmmm,,,,,,,,,", then steps on the "Enter" key. The computer tells
Mommy it can't log her in because her password is incorrect. Mommy
murmurs something under her breath, gives Sammy a dirty look, and begins
to retype her password. Sammy, who has jumped from the keyboard on its
holder to the desktop, reaches down to play with Mommy's moving fingers.
Mommy jerks her bloody fingers away from Sammy's claws and inadvertently
hits the "Enter" key. The computer tells Mommy it can't log her in
because her password is incorrect. Mommy sighs, lifts Sammy off of her
desk, and gently places Sammy of her office floor.



Mommy, eying Sammy's twitching butt, retypes her password really, really
fast before Sammy can jump onto her keyboard again. Mommy typed a bit too
fast, causing a typo to occur, and the computer tells Mommy it can't log
her in because her password is incorrect. Mommy grits her teeth, calls
the computer a nasty name, then begins to type in
herpasswordagain.Noticing
movement in the corner of her eye, Mommy turns just in time to catch Sammy
in mid-leap, sighs, and gently places Sammy on her office floor. Mommy
forgot where she was in the typing of her password so has to backspace to
restart. Mommy knows that she will have only one more chance to type in
her correct password or the computer will lock her out for 20 minutes
before she can try again. In order to outsmart Sammy, Mommy wiggles her
foot around on the floor enticingly in order to distract Sammy while she
types in her password. Sammy pounces on said foot and sinks her teeth
into Mommy's ankle. Mommy says a very bad word, her entire body jerks,
and she inadvertently hits the "Enter" key before she has completed typing
her password. The computer tells Mommy that it can't log her in because
her password is incorrect and that she has been locked out of her computer
for the next twenty minutes. Mommy sighs, gives Sammy a dirty look, and
then heads for the kitchen to make a pot of coffee.



Twenty-one minutes later Mommy heads back to her office with a cup of
coffee, a ham sandwich, and Sammy hot on her trail. Mommy considers
locking Sammy out of her office but decides that the sound of a kitten
howling at the top of her lungs would be distracting and detract from the
pleasure of reading her favorite newsgroup. Mommy can, however, put up
with the howling long enough to correctly type in her password and wonders
to herself why she didn't think of this twenty-two minutes ago (ah, it
must have been the lack of caffeine!). Mommy opens the door to allow
Sammy entrance to the office. Sammy starts to give Mommy a dirty look, but
is distracted by the smell of a ham sandwich. Following her nose, Sammy
jumps up to the desktop.



Mommy has made the rookie mistake of cutting the ham sandwich into two
parts. She can not hold both halves of the sandwich and still have a hand
free to use her mouse to navigate the newsgroup. Choosing her base animal
urges over the aesthetic pleasure of reading the newsgroup, Mommy grabs up
both halves of her sandwich, one half in each hand, and holds them up out
of Sammy's reach. Sammy decides to climb Mommy's arm in order to reach
the delectable smell she has detected. Mommy jumps up with a yell and
drops the half of the sandwich which was being held in the hand attached
to the arm that was being used as a climbing post. Sammy, having felled
her prey, detaches her claws from Mommy's arm and jumps down to feast on
her kill. Mommy decides that the office floor (not to mention Sammy's
litter box-digging paws) is not sanitary enough for her to salvage her
sandwich and she lets Sammy keep her kill.



Mommy figures she now has enough time to read a few posts in peace while
Sammy gobbles up every last crumb of the sandwich half - ham, cheese,
mayonnaise, bread and all the trimmings including the sliced dill pickles
(after all, if this is Mommy's kill that was stolen it must be good,
right?). Now everybody, let's laugh at Mommy's naivety! Sammy devours
the sandwich in the time it takes Mommy to read just half of Rocky's
autobiography. Sammy then jumps up on Mommy's lap looking for the other
half of the kill. Mommy starts shoving her half of the sandwich into her
mouth as fast as she can until Mommy looks like a chipmunk with cheeks
full of nuts. Sammy shoves her nose into the tiny opening left between
Mommy's lips and tries to take the kill from Mommy's mouth. Mommy jerks
her head back and bangs her head on the high back of her desk chair. This
causes a bit of bread to become lodged in Mommy's throat causing Mommy to
cough which in turn causes bits of sandwich to be spewed across Mommy's
desk and keyboard. Sammy triumphantly pounces on and devours the bits of
kill she has managed to wrest from Mommy's fangs. Mommy chews up the tiny
bit of sandwich she has managed to wrest from Sammy's depredations and
swallows - all the while glaring at the feasting kitten.



Mommy debates whether or not to go to the kitchen for another sandwich,
looks down at her ample tummy, and decides that she should forgo further
sustenance. Mommy finally gets back to reading about Rocky's early life
and her eyes mist up thinking about this and the kindness Steve has shown
to his master. In the meantime, Sammy has finished off the last of the
sandwich bits from the keyboard and desktop and saunters over to Mommy's
coffee cup to see what other goodies Mommy has captured for herself.
Sammy leans over to sniff the coffee, misjudges her approach, and manages
to snort coffee into her tiny nostrils. Sammy immediately sneezed out the
offending brew, along with kitten boogers, back into Mommy's coffee cup.
Mommy looks over at her coffee cup and wonders if it's worth the effort to
get up and get a new cup of coffee. Mommy shrugs and takes a sip of her
coffee, kitten boogers and all, and sighs.



Mommy moves on to a note from Baha about Stosh which invokes the memory of
Archie Bunker, and Mommy smiles to herself at the mental picture this
creates. Then Mommy reads a note from Helen about how Waffles is learning
English and Mommy laughs out loud. The sound of Mommy laughing about
something other than Sammy's own cute self peaks Sammy's interest and
Sammy jumps on Mommy's lap, puts her paws on Mommy's chest, and licks
Mommy on the nose. Mommy is distracted by this blatant bid for attention
and pauses in her reading to give Sammy cuddles and scritches. Sammy
bites Mommy's hand and Mommy says bad words and gently places Sammy on her
office floor.



Mommy goes on to read Oliver T. Fine's note about the invasion of his home
by the red dot greebles. Mommy laughs really hard and tells Sammy about
Oliver's post. Sammy knows exactly what Oliver is referring to because
Sammy has the same problem at her house! Sammy asks Mommy to type a note
back to Oliver telling him her concern about a mass invasion. Mommy is
laughing while she types and Sammy ends to note by giving Mommy a dirty
look.



Mommy goes on to read notes by Victor, Margaret, Helen, Sherry, Tweed, and
all the rest of the wonderful people who write to rpca. Mommy decides to
write a long story about how Demi found her forever home. Mommy has
written 3 pages worth of poignant, moving, insightful, brilliant prose
when Sammy jumps up onto the keyboard and steps on the "Sleep" button.
Mommy does not know how to get her computer off of "Sleep" mode and tries
button after button on the keyboard to no avail. Mommy's voice is
becoming louder and louder and she is saying more and more bad words, but
none of this makes her computer come out of "Sleep" mode. Mommy gives
Sammy a *really* dirty look and leans over to press the "reset" key on her
CPU to cold boot her computer back on again. Mommy has lost all the
beautiful words she has just written about Demi and knows that she can
never recapture the pathos of the lost post. Sammy grins evilly at Mommy
knowing that Mommy will now post something about *Sammy* instead of that
dumb old Demi-cat! Sammy, as usual, is correct!



Hugs,



CatNipped




  #5  
Old September 9th 04, 11:54 PM
Lois Reay
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Sorry for laughing at your *misfortune* with Sammy - I had tears running
down my cheeks and almost fell off my chair - almost needs a danger to
health warning!!!

Lois
--
Burmese are like potato chips, you can't just have one.

"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
Cast of Characters:



Sammy - 5-month-old female kitten

Mommy - MUCH older female human



Mommy decides to sit down at her desk and read her favorite newsgroup,
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes. Sammy runs into the room to see what Mommy is
doing. Mommy looks down at Sammy and wonders how Sammy is going to make
Mommy's life difficult today, then turns on her computer and starts to

enter
her password to log in. Sammy jumps on the keyboard typing
"mmmmmmmmmm,,,,,,,,,", then steps on the "Enter" key. The computer tells
Mommy it can't log her in because her password is incorrect. Mommy

murmurs
something under her breath, gives Sammy a dirty look, and begins to retype
her password. Sammy, who has jumped from the keyboard on its holder to

the
desktop, reaches down to play with Mommy's moving fingers. Mommy jerks

her
bloody fingers away from Sammy's claws and inadvertently hits the "Enter"
key. The computer tells Mommy it can't log her in because her password is
incorrect. Mommy sighs, lifts Sammy off of her desk, and gently places
Sammy of her office floor.



Mommy, eying Sammy's twitching butt, retypes her password really, really
fast before Sammy can jump onto her keyboard again. Mommy typed a bit too
fast, causing a typo to occur, and the computer tells Mommy it can't log

her
in because her password is incorrect. Mommy grits her teeth, calls the
computer a nasty name, then begins to type in her password again.

Noticing
movement in the corner of her eye, Mommy turns just in time to catch Sammy
in mid-leap, sighs, and gently places Sammy on her office floor. Mommy
forgot where she was in the typing of her password so has to backspace to
restart. Mommy knows that she will have only one more chance to type in

her
correct password or the computer will lock her out for 20 minutes before

she
can try again. In order to outsmart Sammy, Mommy wiggles her foot around

on
the floor enticingly in order to distract Sammy while she types in her
password. Sammy pounces on said foot and sinks her teeth into Mommy's
ankle. Mommy says a very bad word, her entire body jerks, and she
inadvertently hits the "Enter" key before she has completed typing her
password. The computer tells Mommy that it can't log her in because her
password is incorrect and that she has been locked out of her computer for
the next twenty minutes. Mommy sighs, gives Sammy a dirty look, and then
heads for the kitchen to make a pot of coffee.



Twenty-one minutes later Mommy heads back to her office with a cup of
coffee, a ham sandwich, and Sammy hot on her trail. Mommy considers

locking
Sammy out of her office but decides that the sound of a kitten howling at
the top of her lungs would be distracting and detract from the pleasure of
reading her favorite newsgroup. Mommy can, however, put up with the

howling
long enough to correctly type in her password and wonders to herself why

she
didn't think of this twenty-two minutes ago (ah, it must have been the

lack
of caffeine!). Mommy opens the door to allow Sammy entrance to the

office.
Sammy starts to give Mommy a dirty look, but is distracted by the smell of

a
ham sandwich. Following her nose, Sammy jumps up to the desktop.



Mommy has made the rookie mistake of cutting the ham sandwich into two
parts. She can not hold both halves of the sandwich and still have a hand
free to use her mouse to navigate the newsgroup. Choosing her base animal
urges over the aesthetic pleasure of reading the newsgroup, Mommy grabs up
both halves of her sandwich, one half in each hand, and holds them up out

of
Sammy's reach. Sammy decides to climb Mommy's arm in order to reach the
delectable smell she has detected. Mommy jumps up with a yell and drops

the
half of the sandwich which was being held in the hand attached to the arm
that was being used as a climbing post. Sammy, having felled her prey,
detaches her claws from Mommy's arm and jumps down to feast on her kill.
Mommy decides that the office floor (not to mention Sammy's litter
box-digging paws) is not sanitary enough for her to salvage her sandwich

and
she lets Sammy keep her kill.



Mommy figures she now has enough time to read a few posts in peace while
Sammy gobbles up every last crumb of the sandwich half - ham, cheese,
mayonnaise, bread and all the trimmings including the sliced dill pickles
(after all, if this is Mommy's kill that was stolen it must be good,
right?). Now everybody, let's laugh at Mommy's naivety! Sammy devours

the
sandwich in the time it takes Mommy to read just half of Rocky's
autobiography. Sammy then jumps up on Mommy's lap looking for the other
half of the kill. Mommy starts shoving her half of the sandwich into her
mouth as fast as she can until Mommy looks like a chipmunk with cheeks

full
of nuts. Sammy shoves her nose into the tiny opening left between Mommy's
lips and tries to take the kill from Mommy's mouth. Mommy jerks her head
back and bangs her head on the high back of her desk chair. This causes a
bit of bread to become lodged in Mommy's throat causing Mommy to cough

which
in turn causes bits of sandwich to be spewed across Mommy's desk and
keyboard. Sammy triumphantly pounces on and devours the bits of kill she
has managed to wrest from Mommy's fangs. Mommy chews up the tiny bit of
sandwich she has managed to wrest from Sammy's depredations and swallows -
all the while glaring at the feasting kitten.



Mommy debates whether or not to go to the kitchen for another sandwich,
looks down at her ample tummy, and decides that she should forgo further
sustenance. Mommy finally gets back to reading about Rocky's early life

and
her eyes mist up thinking about this and the kindness Steve has shown to

his
master. In the meantime, Sammy has finished off the last of the sandwich
bits from the keyboard and desktop and saunters over to Mommy's coffee cup
to see what other goodies Mommy has captured for herself. Sammy leans

over
to sniff the coffee, misjudges her approach, and manages to snort coffee
into her tiny nostrils. Sammy immediately sneezed out the offending brew,
along with kitten boogers, back into Mommy's coffee cup. Mommy looks over
at her coffee cup and wonders if it's worth the effort to get up and get a
new cup of coffee. Mommy shrugs and takes a sip of her coffee, kitten
boogers and all, and sighs.



Mommy moves on to a note from Baha about Stosh which invokes the memory of
Archie Bunker, and Mommy smiles to herself at the mental picture this
creates. Then Mommy reads a note from Helen about how Waffles is learning
English and Mommy laughs out loud. The sound of Mommy laughing about
something other than Sammy's own cute self peaks Sammy's interest and

Sammy
jumps on Mommy's lap, puts her paws on Mommy's chest, and licks Mommy on

the
nose. Mommy is distracted by this blatant bid for attention and pauses in
her reading to give Sammy cuddles and scritches. Sammy bites Mommy's hand
and Mommy says bad words and gently places Sammy on her office floor.



Mommy goes on to read Oliver T. Fine's note about the invasion of his home
by the red dot greebles. Mommy laughs really hard and tells Sammy about
Oliver's post. Sammy knows exactly what Oliver is referring to because
Sammy has the same problem at her house! Sammy asks Mommy to type a note
back to Oliver telling him her concern about a mass invasion. Mommy is
laughing while she types and Sammy ends to note by giving Mommy a dirty
look.



Mommy goes on to read notes by Victor, Margaret, Helen, Sherry, Tweed, and
all the rest of the wonderful people who write to rpca. Mommy decides to
write a long story about how Demi found her forever home. Mommy has

written
3 pages worth of poignant, moving, insightful, brilliant prose when Sammy
jumps up onto the keyboard and steps on the "Sleep" button. Mommy does

not
know how to get her computer off of "Sleep" mode and tries button after
button on the keyboard to no avail. Mommy's voice is becoming louder and
louder and she is saying more and more bad words, but none of this makes

her
computer come out of "Sleep" mode. Mommy gives Sammy a *really* dirty

look
and leans over to press the "reset" key on her CPU to cold boot her

computer
back on again. Mommy has lost all the beautiful words she has just

written
about Demi and knows that she can never recapture the pathos of the lost
post. Sammy grins evilly at Mommy knowing that Mommy will now post
something about *Sammy* instead of that dumb old Demi-cat! Sammy, as

usual,
is correct!



Hugs,



CatNipped




  #6  
Old September 9th 04, 11:54 PM
Lois Reay
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Sorry for laughing at your *misfortune* with Sammy - I had tears running
down my cheeks and almost fell off my chair - almost needs a danger to
health warning!!!

Lois
--
Burmese are like potato chips, you can't just have one.

"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
Cast of Characters:



Sammy - 5-month-old female kitten

Mommy - MUCH older female human



Mommy decides to sit down at her desk and read her favorite newsgroup,
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes. Sammy runs into the room to see what Mommy is
doing. Mommy looks down at Sammy and wonders how Sammy is going to make
Mommy's life difficult today, then turns on her computer and starts to

enter
her password to log in. Sammy jumps on the keyboard typing
"mmmmmmmmmm,,,,,,,,,", then steps on the "Enter" key. The computer tells
Mommy it can't log her in because her password is incorrect. Mommy

murmurs
something under her breath, gives Sammy a dirty look, and begins to retype
her password. Sammy, who has jumped from the keyboard on its holder to

the
desktop, reaches down to play with Mommy's moving fingers. Mommy jerks

her
bloody fingers away from Sammy's claws and inadvertently hits the "Enter"
key. The computer tells Mommy it can't log her in because her password is
incorrect. Mommy sighs, lifts Sammy off of her desk, and gently places
Sammy of her office floor.



Mommy, eying Sammy's twitching butt, retypes her password really, really
fast before Sammy can jump onto her keyboard again. Mommy typed a bit too
fast, causing a typo to occur, and the computer tells Mommy it can't log

her
in because her password is incorrect. Mommy grits her teeth, calls the
computer a nasty name, then begins to type in her password again.

Noticing
movement in the corner of her eye, Mommy turns just in time to catch Sammy
in mid-leap, sighs, and gently places Sammy on her office floor. Mommy
forgot where she was in the typing of her password so has to backspace to
restart. Mommy knows that she will have only one more chance to type in

her
correct password or the computer will lock her out for 20 minutes before

she
can try again. In order to outsmart Sammy, Mommy wiggles her foot around

on
the floor enticingly in order to distract Sammy while she types in her
password. Sammy pounces on said foot and sinks her teeth into Mommy's
ankle. Mommy says a very bad word, her entire body jerks, and she
inadvertently hits the "Enter" key before she has completed typing her
password. The computer tells Mommy that it can't log her in because her
password is incorrect and that she has been locked out of her computer for
the next twenty minutes. Mommy sighs, gives Sammy a dirty look, and then
heads for the kitchen to make a pot of coffee.



Twenty-one minutes later Mommy heads back to her office with a cup of
coffee, a ham sandwich, and Sammy hot on her trail. Mommy considers

locking
Sammy out of her office but decides that the sound of a kitten howling at
the top of her lungs would be distracting and detract from the pleasure of
reading her favorite newsgroup. Mommy can, however, put up with the

howling
long enough to correctly type in her password and wonders to herself why

she
didn't think of this twenty-two minutes ago (ah, it must have been the

lack
of caffeine!). Mommy opens the door to allow Sammy entrance to the

office.
Sammy starts to give Mommy a dirty look, but is distracted by the smell of

a
ham sandwich. Following her nose, Sammy jumps up to the desktop.



Mommy has made the rookie mistake of cutting the ham sandwich into two
parts. She can not hold both halves of the sandwich and still have a hand
free to use her mouse to navigate the newsgroup. Choosing her base animal
urges over the aesthetic pleasure of reading the newsgroup, Mommy grabs up
both halves of her sandwich, one half in each hand, and holds them up out

of
Sammy's reach. Sammy decides to climb Mommy's arm in order to reach the
delectable smell she has detected. Mommy jumps up with a yell and drops

the
half of the sandwich which was being held in the hand attached to the arm
that was being used as a climbing post. Sammy, having felled her prey,
detaches her claws from Mommy's arm and jumps down to feast on her kill.
Mommy decides that the office floor (not to mention Sammy's litter
box-digging paws) is not sanitary enough for her to salvage her sandwich

and
she lets Sammy keep her kill.



Mommy figures she now has enough time to read a few posts in peace while
Sammy gobbles up every last crumb of the sandwich half - ham, cheese,
mayonnaise, bread and all the trimmings including the sliced dill pickles
(after all, if this is Mommy's kill that was stolen it must be good,
right?). Now everybody, let's laugh at Mommy's naivety! Sammy devours

the
sandwich in the time it takes Mommy to read just half of Rocky's
autobiography. Sammy then jumps up on Mommy's lap looking for the other
half of the kill. Mommy starts shoving her half of the sandwich into her
mouth as fast as she can until Mommy looks like a chipmunk with cheeks

full
of nuts. Sammy shoves her nose into the tiny opening left between Mommy's
lips and tries to take the kill from Mommy's mouth. Mommy jerks her head
back and bangs her head on the high back of her desk chair. This causes a
bit of bread to become lodged in Mommy's throat causing Mommy to cough

which
in turn causes bits of sandwich to be spewed across Mommy's desk and
keyboard. Sammy triumphantly pounces on and devours the bits of kill she
has managed to wrest from Mommy's fangs. Mommy chews up the tiny bit of
sandwich she has managed to wrest from Sammy's depredations and swallows -
all the while glaring at the feasting kitten.



Mommy debates whether or not to go to the kitchen for another sandwich,
looks down at her ample tummy, and decides that she should forgo further
sustenance. Mommy finally gets back to reading about Rocky's early life

and
her eyes mist up thinking about this and the kindness Steve has shown to

his
master. In the meantime, Sammy has finished off the last of the sandwich
bits from the keyboard and desktop and saunters over to Mommy's coffee cup
to see what other goodies Mommy has captured for herself. Sammy leans

over
to sniff the coffee, misjudges her approach, and manages to snort coffee
into her tiny nostrils. Sammy immediately sneezed out the offending brew,
along with kitten boogers, back into Mommy's coffee cup. Mommy looks over
at her coffee cup and wonders if it's worth the effort to get up and get a
new cup of coffee. Mommy shrugs and takes a sip of her coffee, kitten
boogers and all, and sighs.



Mommy moves on to a note from Baha about Stosh which invokes the memory of
Archie Bunker, and Mommy smiles to herself at the mental picture this
creates. Then Mommy reads a note from Helen about how Waffles is learning
English and Mommy laughs out loud. The sound of Mommy laughing about
something other than Sammy's own cute self peaks Sammy's interest and

Sammy
jumps on Mommy's lap, puts her paws on Mommy's chest, and licks Mommy on

the
nose. Mommy is distracted by this blatant bid for attention and pauses in
her reading to give Sammy cuddles and scritches. Sammy bites Mommy's hand
and Mommy says bad words and gently places Sammy on her office floor.



Mommy goes on to read Oliver T. Fine's note about the invasion of his home
by the red dot greebles. Mommy laughs really hard and tells Sammy about
Oliver's post. Sammy knows exactly what Oliver is referring to because
Sammy has the same problem at her house! Sammy asks Mommy to type a note
back to Oliver telling him her concern about a mass invasion. Mommy is
laughing while she types and Sammy ends to note by giving Mommy a dirty
look.



Mommy goes on to read notes by Victor, Margaret, Helen, Sherry, Tweed, and
all the rest of the wonderful people who write to rpca. Mommy decides to
write a long story about how Demi found her forever home. Mommy has

written
3 pages worth of poignant, moving, insightful, brilliant prose when Sammy
jumps up onto the keyboard and steps on the "Sleep" button. Mommy does

not
know how to get her computer off of "Sleep" mode and tries button after
button on the keyboard to no avail. Mommy's voice is becoming louder and
louder and she is saying more and more bad words, but none of this makes

her
computer come out of "Sleep" mode. Mommy gives Sammy a *really* dirty

look
and leans over to press the "reset" key on her CPU to cold boot her

computer
back on again. Mommy has lost all the beautiful words she has just

written
about Demi and knows that she can never recapture the pathos of the lost
post. Sammy grins evilly at Mommy knowing that Mommy will now post
something about *Sammy* instead of that dumb old Demi-cat! Sammy, as

usual,
is correct!



Hugs,



CatNipped




  #7  
Old September 9th 04, 11:54 PM
Lois Reay
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Sorry for laughing at your *misfortune* with Sammy - I had tears running
down my cheeks and almost fell off my chair - almost needs a danger to
health warning!!!

Lois
--
Burmese are like potato chips, you can't just have one.

"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
Cast of Characters:



Sammy - 5-month-old female kitten

Mommy - MUCH older female human



Mommy decides to sit down at her desk and read her favorite newsgroup,
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes. Sammy runs into the room to see what Mommy is
doing. Mommy looks down at Sammy and wonders how Sammy is going to make
Mommy's life difficult today, then turns on her computer and starts to

enter
her password to log in. Sammy jumps on the keyboard typing
"mmmmmmmmmm,,,,,,,,,", then steps on the "Enter" key. The computer tells
Mommy it can't log her in because her password is incorrect. Mommy

murmurs
something under her breath, gives Sammy a dirty look, and begins to retype
her password. Sammy, who has jumped from the keyboard on its holder to

the
desktop, reaches down to play with Mommy's moving fingers. Mommy jerks

her
bloody fingers away from Sammy's claws and inadvertently hits the "Enter"
key. The computer tells Mommy it can't log her in because her password is
incorrect. Mommy sighs, lifts Sammy off of her desk, and gently places
Sammy of her office floor.



Mommy, eying Sammy's twitching butt, retypes her password really, really
fast before Sammy can jump onto her keyboard again. Mommy typed a bit too
fast, causing a typo to occur, and the computer tells Mommy it can't log

her
in because her password is incorrect. Mommy grits her teeth, calls the
computer a nasty name, then begins to type in her password again.

Noticing
movement in the corner of her eye, Mommy turns just in time to catch Sammy
in mid-leap, sighs, and gently places Sammy on her office floor. Mommy
forgot where she was in the typing of her password so has to backspace to
restart. Mommy knows that she will have only one more chance to type in

her
correct password or the computer will lock her out for 20 minutes before

she
can try again. In order to outsmart Sammy, Mommy wiggles her foot around

on
the floor enticingly in order to distract Sammy while she types in her
password. Sammy pounces on said foot and sinks her teeth into Mommy's
ankle. Mommy says a very bad word, her entire body jerks, and she
inadvertently hits the "Enter" key before she has completed typing her
password. The computer tells Mommy that it can't log her in because her
password is incorrect and that she has been locked out of her computer for
the next twenty minutes. Mommy sighs, gives Sammy a dirty look, and then
heads for the kitchen to make a pot of coffee.



Twenty-one minutes later Mommy heads back to her office with a cup of
coffee, a ham sandwich, and Sammy hot on her trail. Mommy considers

locking
Sammy out of her office but decides that the sound of a kitten howling at
the top of her lungs would be distracting and detract from the pleasure of
reading her favorite newsgroup. Mommy can, however, put up with the

howling
long enough to correctly type in her password and wonders to herself why

she
didn't think of this twenty-two minutes ago (ah, it must have been the

lack
of caffeine!). Mommy opens the door to allow Sammy entrance to the

office.
Sammy starts to give Mommy a dirty look, but is distracted by the smell of

a
ham sandwich. Following her nose, Sammy jumps up to the desktop.



Mommy has made the rookie mistake of cutting the ham sandwich into two
parts. She can not hold both halves of the sandwich and still have a hand
free to use her mouse to navigate the newsgroup. Choosing her base animal
urges over the aesthetic pleasure of reading the newsgroup, Mommy grabs up
both halves of her sandwich, one half in each hand, and holds them up out

of
Sammy's reach. Sammy decides to climb Mommy's arm in order to reach the
delectable smell she has detected. Mommy jumps up with a yell and drops

the
half of the sandwich which was being held in the hand attached to the arm
that was being used as a climbing post. Sammy, having felled her prey,
detaches her claws from Mommy's arm and jumps down to feast on her kill.
Mommy decides that the office floor (not to mention Sammy's litter
box-digging paws) is not sanitary enough for her to salvage her sandwich

and
she lets Sammy keep her kill.



Mommy figures she now has enough time to read a few posts in peace while
Sammy gobbles up every last crumb of the sandwich half - ham, cheese,
mayonnaise, bread and all the trimmings including the sliced dill pickles
(after all, if this is Mommy's kill that was stolen it must be good,
right?). Now everybody, let's laugh at Mommy's naivety! Sammy devours

the
sandwich in the time it takes Mommy to read just half of Rocky's
autobiography. Sammy then jumps up on Mommy's lap looking for the other
half of the kill. Mommy starts shoving her half of the sandwich into her
mouth as fast as she can until Mommy looks like a chipmunk with cheeks

full
of nuts. Sammy shoves her nose into the tiny opening left between Mommy's
lips and tries to take the kill from Mommy's mouth. Mommy jerks her head
back and bangs her head on the high back of her desk chair. This causes a
bit of bread to become lodged in Mommy's throat causing Mommy to cough

which
in turn causes bits of sandwich to be spewed across Mommy's desk and
keyboard. Sammy triumphantly pounces on and devours the bits of kill she
has managed to wrest from Mommy's fangs. Mommy chews up the tiny bit of
sandwich she has managed to wrest from Sammy's depredations and swallows -
all the while glaring at the feasting kitten.



Mommy debates whether or not to go to the kitchen for another sandwich,
looks down at her ample tummy, and decides that she should forgo further
sustenance. Mommy finally gets back to reading about Rocky's early life

and
her eyes mist up thinking about this and the kindness Steve has shown to

his
master. In the meantime, Sammy has finished off the last of the sandwich
bits from the keyboard and desktop and saunters over to Mommy's coffee cup
to see what other goodies Mommy has captured for herself. Sammy leans

over
to sniff the coffee, misjudges her approach, and manages to snort coffee
into her tiny nostrils. Sammy immediately sneezed out the offending brew,
along with kitten boogers, back into Mommy's coffee cup. Mommy looks over
at her coffee cup and wonders if it's worth the effort to get up and get a
new cup of coffee. Mommy shrugs and takes a sip of her coffee, kitten
boogers and all, and sighs.



Mommy moves on to a note from Baha about Stosh which invokes the memory of
Archie Bunker, and Mommy smiles to herself at the mental picture this
creates. Then Mommy reads a note from Helen about how Waffles is learning
English and Mommy laughs out loud. The sound of Mommy laughing about
something other than Sammy's own cute self peaks Sammy's interest and

Sammy
jumps on Mommy's lap, puts her paws on Mommy's chest, and licks Mommy on

the
nose. Mommy is distracted by this blatant bid for attention and pauses in
her reading to give Sammy cuddles and scritches. Sammy bites Mommy's hand
and Mommy says bad words and gently places Sammy on her office floor.



Mommy goes on to read Oliver T. Fine's note about the invasion of his home
by the red dot greebles. Mommy laughs really hard and tells Sammy about
Oliver's post. Sammy knows exactly what Oliver is referring to because
Sammy has the same problem at her house! Sammy asks Mommy to type a note
back to Oliver telling him her concern about a mass invasion. Mommy is
laughing while she types and Sammy ends to note by giving Mommy a dirty
look.



Mommy goes on to read notes by Victor, Margaret, Helen, Sherry, Tweed, and
all the rest of the wonderful people who write to rpca. Mommy decides to
write a long story about how Demi found her forever home. Mommy has

written
3 pages worth of poignant, moving, insightful, brilliant prose when Sammy
jumps up onto the keyboard and steps on the "Sleep" button. Mommy does

not
know how to get her computer off of "Sleep" mode and tries button after
button on the keyboard to no avail. Mommy's voice is becoming louder and
louder and she is saying more and more bad words, but none of this makes

her
computer come out of "Sleep" mode. Mommy gives Sammy a *really* dirty

look
and leans over to press the "reset" key on her CPU to cold boot her

computer
back on again. Mommy has lost all the beautiful words she has just

written
about Demi and knows that she can never recapture the pathos of the lost
post. Sammy grins evilly at Mommy knowing that Mommy will now post
something about *Sammy* instead of that dumb old Demi-cat! Sammy, as

usual,
is correct!



Hugs,



CatNipped




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....Sammy grins evilly at Mommy knowing that Mommy will now post
something about *Sammy* instead of that dumb old Demi-cat! Sammy, as
usual, is correct!

.... CatNipped

It's amazing what we will suffer in order to satisfy our RPCA addiction.
Annie


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....Sammy grins evilly at Mommy knowing that Mommy will now post
something about *Sammy* instead of that dumb old Demi-cat! Sammy, as
usual, is correct!

.... CatNipped

It's amazing what we will suffer in order to satisfy our RPCA addiction.
Annie


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....Sammy grins evilly at Mommy knowing that Mommy will now post
something about *Sammy* instead of that dumb old Demi-cat! Sammy, as
usual, is correct!

.... CatNipped

It's amazing what we will suffer in order to satisfy our RPCA addiction.
Annie


 




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