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Originally Posted by Verencat

Getting a kitten also revives the older cat's energy and playfulness. Before I got Puce, I used to call Bob "la grosse pantoufle" (the big slipper (?)), but when the kitten started to attack and jump aroud, he got his youth back. Now it's been three years since I got Puce, I'm thinking a new kitten could be fun. Bf is completely opposed though

"la grosse pantoufle" ! actually, i sometimes wish bast was more like a grosse pantoufle. mainly when she is making a racket chasing her toy mouse all over the damned house at 5 in the morning, when i am trying to sleep.

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Because it's not about the "game". It never has been... it's about money. Football is a business and players are there for the money... yea... they all say "they love playing football"... but heck, if I make 12million in 3 years I would love what I do too.

BOb

words fail me. i'm not even sure i can actually grasp the concept of that much money. clearly i'm in the wrong business though. could somebody maybe get me an interview with someone, since you all seem to have close personal relationships with the guys running this show ?

Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

When you decide you don't like something, it's probably a good idea to try it again once in a while to confirm you still don't like it. I just confirmed I still don't like Eric Rohmer's movies So much for an evening watching TV. Back to reading silly romances

Originally Posted by Fledchen

I'm trying to figure out why my budgie thinks that watching me put away laundry is so unbelievably exciting. He'll drop whatever he's doing so he can watch and gurgle at me as soon as he sees the full laundry basket. If I was the sort of person who wore a lot of things with sequins, I could understand this (he's obsessed with shiny/sparkly things).

maybe it's for the same reason that my cats just never get bored with putting clean sheets on the bed, even though we've been doing it week in, week out for about 10 years now (and more, when there are guests). and yet even after all this time, trying to make the bed involves an awful lot of hyper-active, overexcited felines apparently convinced that they're involved in a battle to the death to save the bed from being smothered by those evil, evil bedclothes. most of the time i just end up making the bed with them inside somewhere and hope they get bored before it's time to sleep.

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

My grandfather's parakeet ("Prettyboy") used to fly into his room every morning and peck at his head until he woke up. One morning my grandfather decided to sleep late, so he closed his bedroom door the night before. When he opened the door the next morning, he was greeted by the sight of Prettyboy lying unconscious on the floor.

Prettyboy recovered, and lived several years after that, but I don't believe my grandfather ever shut the door on him again.

A comedian once asked why birds are always flying into mirrors. He could understand that perhaps they see the mirror as a window into another room, but, he asked, "Don't they see the other bird coming?"

aw ! (and also : Don't they see the other bird coming?" )

Originally Posted by Fledchen

I have a limited number of work uniform shirts, so I do laundry at least three times a week. If I'm hanging up my work clothes, I might as well put everything else away at the same time. I'm the only human in the household, and so far the birds have not volunteered to help with the housework.

hmph, i see they have that in common with cats, the lazy freeloading bastiches.

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Wondering why I just spent two hours scrubbing my fingers to the bone and my kitchen looks no different now than it did when I started. The only way you can tell I've done anything is the smell of bleach

you know, i wonder that too, especially when you know that no matter how hard you work, the instant after you stop cleaning it starts to get dirty again. it's just discouraging. i may give up cleaning altogether, actually, save a lot of time and effort.