Being assertive

"John F. Eldredge" wrote in message
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On Mon, 17 May 2004 02:31:25 GMT, "Yoj"
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Kreisleriana wrote:


Incidentally, this brings up something I've been wondering
about.
Have
any of you ever seen a real hairBALL? I see lots of them, but
they
aren't even remotely ball-shaped. I'm wondering if such a
thing
exists,
and if not, how they came to be called that.

Joy



Should we call them hair blobs?


Theresa


They tend to be poop shaped and colored around here, so Mandy
calls
then
hair poops.

Perhaps we should re-name them fur-squidge-ewws, after the sound
that happens when you step on them?

squidge "Ewwwwwwww!"

Yowie

That sounds appropriate. ;-)

Joy


My worst experience with hairballs was more of an "OWWWW!". I had
just gotten out of bed and headed for the bathroom, eyes half-open.
Katie had left a hairball in the middle of the hall. I stepped on
it, had my foot slide out from under me, and ended up on the floor
with a bruised hip, a bruised knee (knocked against a door frame on
the way down), and a coating of cat-hair and semi-processed cat food
smeared over my pajamas. I was _NOT_ a happy camper.

Well, you can have fur-squidge-splat-owwws if you like :-)

Sorry about your hip & knee, I"m currently nursing a tender behind myself
from a rather undignified fall on Saturday afternoon on a wet muddy hill. Of
course I was at a wedding in my best clothes and lots of people were
watching....

Yowie

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On Mon, 17 May 2004 18:18:02 +1000, "Yowie"
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Sorry about your hip & knee, I"m currently nursing a tender behind
myself from a rather undignified fall on Saturday afternoon on a wet
muddy hill. Of course I was at a wedding in my best clothes and lots
of people were watching....

Ah. Injured dignity as well as injured rump. I know the feeling.

Back when my grandfather was an Army chaplain, he once had an even
more embarrassing moment. While being introduced to a senior
officer, he sneezed out his false teeth. He was so embarrassed that
he popped them back into his mouth without even taking time to wipe
them off with his handkerchief.

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On Mon, 17 May 2004 18:18:02 +1000, "Yowie"
wrote:

Sorry about your hip & knee, I"m currently nursing a tender behind
myself from a rather undignified fall on Saturday afternoon on a wet
muddy hill. Of course I was at a wedding in my best clothes and lots
of people were watching....

Ah. Injured dignity as well as injured rump. I know the feeling.

Back when my grandfather was an Army chaplain, he once had an even
more embarrassing moment. While being introduced to a senior
officer, he sneezed out his false teeth. He was so embarrassed that
he popped them back into his mouth without even taking time to wipe
them off with his handkerchief.

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John F. Eldredge --
PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu
"Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better
than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria

:-)

Which reminds me of the true story of the senior trader on the London
Metal Exchange, which operated under the "open outcry" (ie
shoutingbellowing) system who in extremis spat out his falsies into
the central large (3-ft) metal dish around which the circle of
traders' benches was arranged. Being a true trader he jumped up,
dashed, grabbed & reinstalled them, then continued trading at full
pelt.

The "eeewwww" thing is, that dish was used as an ashtray, used
chewing-gum depository & general waste-bin.

Purrs to all

Gordon. Bandit, Pericles & Snowball

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"John F. Eldredge" wrote

Back when my grandfather was an Army chaplain, he once had an even
more embarrassing moment. While being introduced to a senior
officer, he sneezed out his false teeth. He was so embarrassed that
he popped them back into his mouth without even taking time to wipe
them off with his handkerchief.

:-)

Which reminds me of the true story of the senior trader on the London
Metal Exchange, which operated under the "open outcry" (ie
shoutingbellowing) system who in extremis spat out his falsies into
the central large (3-ft) metal dish around which the circle of
traders' benches was arranged. Being a true trader he jumped up,
dashed, grabbed & reinstalled them, then continued trading at full
pelt.

The "eeewwww" thing is, that dish was used as an ashtray, used
chewing-gum depository & general waste-bin.

Purrs to all

Gordon. Bandit, Pericles & Snowball

--
Feline family viewable at:
http://community.webshots.com/user/exocat

"John F. Eldredge" wrote

Back when my grandfather was an Army chaplain, he once had an even
more embarrassing moment. While being introduced to a senior
officer, he sneezed out his false teeth. He was so embarrassed that
he popped them back into his mouth without even taking time to wipe
them off with his handkerchief.