Future Kitty-in-Law

Gennie Kiuchi wrote in message ...
My sister Ann is getting married soon and I recently spent an evening
with her, Patrick, the hubby-to-be and his lady tuxedo cat Lucy-Fur (as
in devil-cat). Dunno how she got the moniker, as she is a very sweet kitty.

Lucy has lived with Patrick for fourteen years, ever since he rescued
her from a cat colony near his apartment building. Lucy has her Paw Paw
and soon-to-be Meowmie wrapped completely around her little toes! And
she has trained them well--at intervals during the evening she would
wander out to her food bowl in the kitchen, meow plaintively, gaze
longingly down at the bowl and then look up to see if anyone was
responding. She would repeat this a couple times and sure enough either
Pat or Ann would come running to give her a treat before the fourth meow.

She tried this on me when I was alone in the kitchen with her, but I
told her she had to ask her Paw-Paw first...

Gennie


It's good to hear that your cat-in-law to be has properly arranged her
household. She should fit right in to the family, yes? ;-)

------
Krista

Gennie Kiuchi wrote in message ...
My sister Ann is getting married soon and I recently spent an evening
with her, Patrick, the hubby-to-be and his lady tuxedo cat Lucy-Fur (as
in devil-cat). Dunno how she got the moniker, as she is a very sweet kitty.

Lucy has lived with Patrick for fourteen years, ever since he rescued
her from a cat colony near his apartment building. Lucy has her Paw Paw
and soon-to-be Meowmie wrapped completely around her little toes! And
she has trained them well--at intervals during the evening she would
wander out to her food bowl in the kitchen, meow plaintively, gaze
longingly down at the bowl and then look up to see if anyone was
responding. She would repeat this a couple times and sure enough either
Pat or Ann would come running to give her a treat before the fourth meow.

She tried this on me when I was alone in the kitchen with her, but I
told her she had to ask her Paw-Paw first...

Gennie


It's good to hear that your cat-in-law to be has properly arranged her
household. She should fit right in to the family, yes? ;-)

------
Krista

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:40:51 -0700, Seanette Blaylock
yodeled:

Kreisleriana had some very interesting
things to say about Future Kitty-in-Law:

I have to just vent here, because I love my SIL dearly, and would
never complain about her-- in any of my family's earshot. But she
is a great killjoy when it comes to my nephew. She's always saying,
"I don't want him to learn that," or "I really don't want him to pick
up that habit." I don't get it all all. It's MY nephew, isn't it?!!!
:P

But he *is* HER child, not yours, sorry to say. I'd think a parent has
greater claim here.


Sorry you didn't pick up the intended joke in my posting.

Theresa
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My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:40:51 -0700, Seanette Blaylock
yodeled:

Kreisleriana had some very interesting
things to say about Future Kitty-in-Law:

I have to just vent here, because I love my SIL dearly, and would
never complain about her-- in any of my family's earshot. But she
is a great killjoy when it comes to my nephew. She's always saying,
"I don't want him to learn that," or "I really don't want him to pick
up that habit." I don't get it all all. It's MY nephew, isn't it?!!!
:P

But he *is* HER child, not yours, sorry to say. I'd think a parent has
greater claim here.


Sorry you didn't pick up the intended joke in my posting.

Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:40:51 -0700, Seanette Blaylock
yodeled:

Kreisleriana had some very interesting
things to say about Future Kitty-in-Law:

I have to just vent here, because I love my SIL dearly, and would
never complain about her-- in any of my family's earshot. But she
is a great killjoy when it comes to my nephew. She's always saying,
"I don't want him to learn that," or "I really don't want him to pick
up that habit." I don't get it all all. It's MY nephew, isn't it?!!!
:P

But he *is* HER child, not yours, sorry to say. I'd think a parent has
greater claim here.


Sorry you didn't pick up the intended joke in my posting.

Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

Reminds me of the story I heard of the granny who bought her young grandson a full
drum set for Christmas. His mother, magnanimous soul, told the child that since
Grandma was such a lover of music, he could leave the drums with her and play for
her on the weekends he went to visit. Holy backfire, Batman!

My niece and nephew are five and four respectively, and Louie is now afraid at
family gatherings. "Don't try to teach them Gopher Guts for Godsake!" he'd say.
"Beatrice will hand you your @$$ for that!" I point out that they're going to learn
it anyway; and like sex ed, better at home than on the streets. The underground
version of Popeye the Sailor Man and Johnny Had a Steamboat are also Streng
Verboten. I don't get it. This is why there are Girl Scouts and Aunties. How else do
you learn the really fun stuff?

Blessed be,
Baha

Steve Touchstone wrote:

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 23:08:02 -0400, Singh
wrote:

snip
But Aunties are there for spoiling the kids and teaching them the things that
Mam and Dad won't like how to sing Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts.

That's my argument anyway, but my husband doesn't quite see eye to eye when we
visit his sister...

I figure that's what Uncles are for to, so when my nieces were younger
I gave them all those things their Mom and Dad somehow forgot - like
that drum set that Chrismas. For some reason, after that my sister
insisted that in the future she approve all their gift requests... I'm
not sure why, since I was in Oklahoma and they were in California.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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Reminds me of the story I heard of the granny who bought her young grandson a full
drum set for Christmas. His mother, magnanimous soul, told the child that since
Grandma was such a lover of music, he could leave the drums with her and play for
her on the weekends he went to visit. Holy backfire, Batman!

My niece and nephew are five and four respectively, and Louie is now afraid at
family gatherings. "Don't try to teach them Gopher Guts for Godsake!" he'd say.
"Beatrice will hand you your @$$ for that!" I point out that they're going to learn
it anyway; and like sex ed, better at home than on the streets. The underground
version of Popeye the Sailor Man and Johnny Had a Steamboat are also Streng
Verboten. I don't get it. This is why there are Girl Scouts and Aunties. How else do
you learn the really fun stuff?

Blessed be,
Baha

Steve Touchstone wrote:

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 23:08:02 -0400, Singh
wrote:

snip
But Aunties are there for spoiling the kids and teaching them the things that
Mam and Dad won't like how to sing Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts.

That's my argument anyway, but my husband doesn't quite see eye to eye when we
visit his sister...

I figure that's what Uncles are for to, so when my nieces were younger
I gave them all those things their Mom and Dad somehow forgot - like
that drum set that Chrismas. For some reason, after that my sister
insisted that in the future she approve all their gift requests... I'm
not sure why, since I was in Oklahoma and they were in California.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

[remove Junk for email]
Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html
Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html

Reminds me of the story I heard of the granny who bought her young grandson a full
drum set for Christmas. His mother, magnanimous soul, told the child that since
Grandma was such a lover of music, he could leave the drums with her and play for
her on the weekends he went to visit. Holy backfire, Batman!

My niece and nephew are five and four respectively, and Louie is now afraid at
family gatherings. "Don't try to teach them Gopher Guts for Godsake!" he'd say.
"Beatrice will hand you your @$$ for that!" I point out that they're going to learn
it anyway; and like sex ed, better at home than on the streets. The underground
version of Popeye the Sailor Man and Johnny Had a Steamboat are also Streng
Verboten. I don't get it. This is why there are Girl Scouts and Aunties. How else do
you learn the really fun stuff?

Blessed be,
Baha

Steve Touchstone wrote:

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 23:08:02 -0400, Singh
wrote:

snip
But Aunties are there for spoiling the kids and teaching them the things that
Mam and Dad won't like how to sing Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts.

That's my argument anyway, but my husband doesn't quite see eye to eye when we
visit his sister...

I figure that's what Uncles are for to, so when my nieces were younger
I gave them all those things their Mom and Dad somehow forgot - like
that drum set that Chrismas. For some reason, after that my sister
insisted that in the future she approve all their gift requests... I'm
not sure why, since I was in Oklahoma and they were in California.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

[remove Junk for email]
Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html
Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html

On Thu, 23 Sep, Baha wrote:

Reminds me of the story I heard of the granny who bought her young grandson a full
drum set for Christmas. His mother, magnanimous soul, told the child that since
Grandma was such a lover of music, he could leave the drums with her and play for
her on the weekends he went to visit. Holy backfire, Batman!
---------------------snip----------------------

When I was just a little kid, my parents thought (briefly) that a drum
set might be a good toy for their little darling. When they went to
price them, the drums with the metal heads were cheaper than the
others. They found out why. A child can't wear out a set of drums
with metal heads no matter how loud he plays it.

The drum set was eventually broken by my father "accidentally"
stepping on it.

Regards and Purrs,
O J

On Thu, 23 Sep, Baha wrote:

Reminds me of the story I heard of the granny who bought her young grandson a full
drum set for Christmas. His mother, magnanimous soul, told the child that since
Grandma was such a lover of music, he could leave the drums with her and play for
her on the weekends he went to visit. Holy backfire, Batman!
---------------------snip----------------------

When I was just a little kid, my parents thought (briefly) that a drum
set might be a good toy for their little darling. When they went to
price them, the drums with the metal heads were cheaper than the
others. They found out why. A child can't wear out a set of drums
with metal heads no matter how loud he plays it.

The drum set was eventually broken by my father "accidentally"
stepping on it.

Regards and Purrs,
O J