Cruel Clever Cat:

Cruel Clever Cat:

Sally, having swallowed cheese,
Directs down holes the scented breeze,
Enticing thus with baited breath
Nice mice to an untimely death.

first published in 1933 in a limited edition of Geoffrey Taylor's poems
entitled A Dash of Garlic.]

On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:02:58 -0700, "Jo Firey"
yodeled:


Cruel Clever Cat:

Sally, having swallowed cheese,
Directs down holes the scented breeze,
Enticing thus with baited breath
Nice mice to an untimely death.

first published in 1933 in a limited edition of Geoffrey Taylor's poems
entitled A Dash of Garlic.]



This is for the poetry thread!!!


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"Jo Firey" wrote in message
...

Cruel Clever Cat:

Sally, having swallowed cheese,
Directs down holes the scented breeze,
Enticing thus with baited breath
Nice mice to an untimely death.

first published in 1933 in a limited edition of Geoffrey Taylor's poems
entitled A Dash of Garlic.]



I knew the attribution for Cheryl's signature was wrong.
W. C. Fields was not the type to say this. Thanks!

On Fri 22 Apr 2005 10:02:58p, Jo Firey wrote in
rec.pets.cats.anecdotes ):


Cruel Clever Cat:

Sally, having swallowed cheese,
Directs down holes the scented breeze,
Enticing thus with baited breath
Nice mice to an untimely death.

first published in 1933 in a limited edition of Geoffrey
Taylor's poems entitled A Dash of Garlic.]




Hey! That looks very similar to the quote in my sig line. I have a
desktop box calendar on my desk at work with pictures of cats and
quotes, and one day in Feb. featured the quote below and it stuck
in my mind how "clever" it was. Thanks for posting the whole poem.


--
Cheryl

"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited
breath."
- W.C. Fields

"Jo Firey" wrote in message ...
Cruel Clever Cat:

Sally, having swallowed cheese,
Directs down holes the scented breeze,
Enticing thus with baited breath
Nice mice to an untimely death.

first published in 1933 in a limited edition of Geoffrey Taylor's poems
entitled A Dash of Garlic.]

Funny, I thought Smokey cried for cheese because he was a glutton. Wow.

--Fil

Mary wrote:
"Jo Firey" wrote in message
...

Cruel Clever Cat:

Sally, having swallowed cheese,
Directs down holes the scented breeze,
Enticing thus with baited breath
Nice mice to an untimely death.

first published in 1933 in a limited edition of Geoffrey Taylor's
poems
entitled A Dash of Garlic.]



I knew the attribution for Cheryl's signature was wrong.
W. C. Fields was not the type to say this. Thanks!

How did you know it was wrong? I'd seen the quote before--not sure but
I believe it was in the book "The Quotable Feline". I checked google,
it seems that quote is attributed to him all over the place.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...d+&btnG=Search

Sherry