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I like my version better.
Jack "Hopitus2" wrote in message ... Vulcan mind-meld! This Trekkie wants to inform you that that move is called the "stiff-arm" in the NFL and is quite effective for keeping others out of your face (or food bowl, whatever)...... "Karen Chuplis" wrote in message ... : LOL!!! : : "JHBennett" wrote in message : ... : Has to mean something in basic CAT. White Stocking, our feral Tom, was : nose deep in a can of food when up pops a No. 2 sized kitten, offering to : help him finish it off. I expected the kitten to get a hiss or a whack : but, : instead, WS just put a paw on the kid's head and held it there. Said : kitten : acted as though paralyzed, until WS removed the paw. Perhaps the practice : is somehow related to the Vulcan *mind meld.* : Jack : : "Marina" wrote in message : ... : The other day, the cats were having one of their fights. The funniest : one : I've seen for a long time (they play-fight, never hurt each other). : : It started with the usual stare match - who dares to stare longer at the : other. The one who looks away loses. Heads down, ears back, glaring from : under their brows. : : Then one lifts a paw, slowly, slowly, holds it suspended in the air for : a : moment, then slowly, slowly brings it down on the other's forehead. I'm : not : even sure if there was an impact, certainly not a hard one at that pace. : Then slowly, slowly sets the paw back down. Then the other brings its : paw : up : slowly, slowly. Brings it down on the other's forehead, slowly, slowly. : And : so on and on. And each time one lifts a paw for a slow-motion bap on the : other's head, the other one just stands there, frozen to the spot, : glaring : under their brows. : : I suppose neither one wanted to look away. Finally, they just went their : separate ways. Wish all cat fights were like this. : : -- : Marina : : : : : |
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Me, too! I thought it was hilarious.
Actually, I've never seen two cats having a slow-motion fight, it would be fascinating to watch. Joyce JHBennett wrote: I like my version better. Jack "Hopitus2" wrote in message ... Vulcan mind-meld! This Trekkie wants to inform you that that move is called the "stiff-arm" in the NFL and is quite effective for keeping others out of your face (or food bowl, whatever)...... "Karen Chuplis" wrote in message ... : LOL!!! : : "JHBennett" wrote in message : ... : Has to mean something in basic CAT. White Stocking, our feral Tom, was : nose deep in a can of food when up pops a No. 2 sized kitten, offering to : help him finish it off. I expected the kitten to get a hiss or a whack : but, : instead, WS just put a paw on the kid's head and held it there. Said : kitten : acted as though paralyzed, until WS removed the paw. Perhaps the practice : is somehow related to the Vulcan *mind meld.* : Jack : : "Marina" wrote in message : ... : The other day, the cats were having one of their fights. The funniest : one : I've seen for a long time (they play-fight, never hurt each other). : : It started with the usual stare match - who dares to stare longer at the : other. The one who looks away loses. Heads down, ears back, glaring from : under their brows. : : Then one lifts a paw, slowly, slowly, holds it suspended in the air for : a : moment, then slowly, slowly brings it down on the other's forehead. I'm : not : even sure if there was an impact, certainly not a hard one at that pace. : Then slowly, slowly sets the paw back down. Then the other brings its : paw : up : slowly, slowly. Brings it down on the other's forehead, slowly, slowly. : And : so on and on. And each time one lifts a paw for a slow-motion bap on the : other's head, the other one just stands there, frozen to the spot, : glaring : under their brows. : : I suppose neither one wanted to look away. Finally, they just went their : separate ways. Wish all cat fights were like this. : : -- : Marina : : : : : -- To reply privately, take the X's out of my user ID. |
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