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  #21  
Old November 14th 06, 12:42 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Default Wizard of Oz (was Food wars with casualties)

"jmcquown" wrote:

I have the wicked witches' cackle down pat! Cracks John up when I do it
(and I think it scares him a little, too!). Margaret Hamilton was later
Cora the Coffee Lady (Maxwell House). What a wonderful film!


This reminds me of a funny story. Back in the late 1970s, a friend of mine
was graduating college (Wheelock College in Boston), and my roommate and I
went to the ceremony.

It was a small group of people, and they had a procession in the beginning
that involved everyone, including the graduates, faculty, guests of honor,
and audience members. As we were walking along, my roommate pointed to a
woman standing only a few feet away and said, in a rather loud voice, "Wow,
look at her! She looks like the Wicked Witch of the West!" I was horrified
that the woman might hear her, and shushed my roommate up.

And the woman turned out to be Margaret Hamilton, receiving an honorary
degree!!

Joyce
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Old November 14th 06, 01:16 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On 13 Nov 2006 23:42:56 GMT, yodeled:

"jmcquown" wrote:

I have the wicked witches' cackle down pat! Cracks John up when I do it
(and I think it scares him a little, too!). Margaret Hamilton was later
Cora the Coffee Lady (Maxwell House). What a wonderful film!


This reminds me of a funny story. Back in the late 1970s, a friend of mine
was graduating college (Wheelock College in Boston), and my roommate and I
went to the ceremony.

It was a small group of people, and they had a procession in the beginning
that involved everyone, including the graduates, faculty, guests of honor,
and audience members. As we were walking along, my roommate pointed to a
woman standing only a few feet away and said, in a rather loud voice, "Wow,
look at her! She looks like the Wicked Witch of the West!" I was horrified
that the woman might hear her, and shushed my roommate up.

And the woman turned out to be Margaret Hamilton, receiving an honorary
degree!!

Joyce



Honorary degrees! When I attended my brother's college graduation,
Harry Belafonte received an honorary degree. I whispered to my
father, "I wonder if any of these kids even remember Harry Belafonte."
To my surprise, when he stepped up to the lectern, all the kids
chorused "DAAAAYYYYYYY-O!"


Theresa
Stinky Pictures:
http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh

Make Levees, Not War
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Old November 14th 06, 04:12 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Kreisleriana wrote:
On 13 Nov 2006 23:42:56 GMT, yodeled:

"jmcquown" wrote:

I have the wicked witches' cackle down pat! Cracks John up when I do it
(and I think it scares him a little, too!). Margaret Hamilton was later
Cora the Coffee Lady (Maxwell House). What a wonderful film!


This reminds me of a funny story. Back in the late 1970s, a friend of mine
was graduating college (Wheelock College in Boston), and my roommate and I
went to the ceremony.

It was a small group of people, and they had a procession in the beginning
that involved everyone, including the graduates, faculty, guests of honor,
and audience members. As we were walking along, my roommate pointed to a
woman standing only a few feet away and said, in a rather loud voice, "Wow,
look at her! She looks like the Wicked Witch of the West!" I was horrified
that the woman might hear her, and shushed my roommate up.

And the woman turned out to be Margaret Hamilton, receiving an honorary
degree!!

Joyce



Honorary degrees! When I attended my brother's college graduation,
Harry Belafonte received an honorary degree. I whispered to my
father, "I wonder if any of these kids even remember Harry Belafonte."
To my surprise, when he stepped up to the lectern, all the kids
chorused "DAAAAYYYYYYY-O!"


Theresa


LOL! If they had not heard it before, they surely remembered it from
Beetlejuise!

Sherry

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Old November 14th 06, 05:33 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Marina wrote:
Here's a picture of Miranda as a kitten beside the clock, on the cabinet:

http://pets.webshots.com/photo/13185...58511339rheoLu

A beautiful kitty and a gorgeous clock. So glad it didn't break.


--
Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe
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Old November 14th 06, 06:32 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Yikes. What a beautiful clock (and cat) for Caliban to knock down. I hope
that you can get it fixed .... but I know all about property damage and
cats. Our leather sofas and new mattress are trashed. And you still have
to love the furry brats :-)

Susan M
Otis and Chester

"Marina" wrote in message
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Yesterday, I gave Miranda poached turkey for her dinner, while Caliban got
some tinned gooshy food. I had to buy some more today, because the smell
was driving Caliban mad, and I thought it was unfair not to get him some,
too.

As it turned out, he didn't deserve such a treat. Half an hour before it
was time to feed the cats, Caliban jumped up on an old ornamental cabinet
(inherited from my granddad) and knocked down an old ornamental clock
(inherited from my great-aunt). The clock didn't work before, and it
didn't break (at least no pieces broke off), but it had this golden spike
with golden ornaments on top, and that was bent in the fall. So Caliban
really didn't deserve a treat. But he got it anyway, when enough time had
elapsed between the accident and supper time that I hope he didn't connect
the two. He did know that he had done something bad, because he went and
hid after the clock had fallen.

Here's a picture of Miranda as a kitten beside the clock, on the cabinet:

http://pets.webshots.com/photo/13185...58511339rheoLu

You can see that it's not a small or light-weight clock. Caliban has been
jumping on top of that cabinet lately to get my attention when he is
begging for food. Oh, well. It's just a thing. I had been planning to take
it to a clockmaker to have it fixed. Maybe I'll finally get that done. And
maybe Caliban won't drop it another time... Or maybe i'll just have to
hide it away, like all my other ornaments.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki



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Old November 14th 06, 09:40 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"Susan M" wrote in message
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Yikes. What a beautiful clock (and cat) for Caliban to knock down. I
hope that you can get it fixed .... but I know all about property damage
and cats. Our leather sofas and new mattress are trashed. And you still
have to love the furry brats :-)


Blimey. How lucky I am. My two have done no damage apart from KFC's
inappropriate peeing on the carpets - despite her 2 litter boxes it still
happens. I don't blame her for it, she has renal failure and can't help it.
I will get new carpets afterwards.. :-(
I had a dog that suffered from separation anxiety, Daisy whippet, she ripped
up my furniture big time when I went to work and left her despite she had
her mum, sister and brother there with her.
I have only just been able to replace the furniture recently. It looks posh
in here now! Sorta, anyway..

Tweed







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Old November 15th 06, 05:06 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Susan M wrote:
Yikes. What a beautiful clock (and cat) for Caliban to knock down. I hope
that you can get it fixed .... but I know all about property damage and
cats. Our leather sofas and new mattress are trashed. And you still have
to love the furry brats :-)


Oh, yes, of course I love him. The clock is hidden away in the cabinet
and I don't even think about it any more - it's just a thing after all.
Caliban was especially cuddly and sweet yesterday. He got on my lap as
usual - or rather, on my chest with my arms propping him up, as usual.
Then he got so into the scritching, he did upside-downy head that turned
into upside-downy body, and then he gradually turned a somersault there,
on my chest, so that he ended up head down, bum in my face, sprawled all
over me, tummy in the air, enjoying full tummy rubs, and purring his
little fuzzy head off. I wish there'd been someone with a camera to
capture it.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki
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Old November 19th 06, 01:05 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Marina wrote:

Yesterday, I gave Miranda poached turkey for her dinner, while Caliban
got some tinned gooshy food. I had to buy some more today, because the
smell was driving Caliban mad, and I thought it was unfair not to get
him some, too.

As it turned out, he didn't deserve such a treat. Half an hour before it
was time to feed the cats, Caliban jumped up on an old ornamental
cabinet (inherited from my granddad) and knocked down an old ornamental
clock (inherited from my great-aunt). The clock didn't work before, and
it didn't break (at least no pieces broke off), but it had this golden
spike with golden ornaments on top, and that was bent in the fall. So
Caliban really didn't deserve a treat. But he got it anyway, when enough
time had elapsed between the accident and supper time that I hope he
didn't connect the two. He did know that he had done something bad,
because he went and hid after the clock had fallen.

Here's a picture of Miranda as a kitten beside the clock, on the cabinet:

http://pets.webshots.com/photo/13185...58511339rheoLu

You can see that it's not a small or light-weight clock. Caliban has
been jumping on top of that cabinet lately to get my attention when he
is begging for food. Oh, well. It's just a thing. I had been planning to
take it to a clockmaker to have it fixed. Maybe I'll finally get that
done. And maybe Caliban won't drop it another time... Or maybe i'll just
have to hide it away, like all my other ornaments.

That would have been irresistible to Soncek also. I keep some boxes on
top of a cupboard and when he is being a bad boy (usually at 3am), he
throws them to the floor and since I am sleeping at the time, it makes
me jump.
Purrs and best wishes for the clock to be repaired,
Polonca and Soncek

 




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