If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options
|
Posted by HeyBub on October 8, 2009, 4:26 pm
N8N wrote:
>> Roger Shoaf wrote:
>>>> "[FLORIDA] A large nest of carpenter ants near an electrical outlet
>>>> sparked a Daytona Beach house fire this morning that killed several
>>>> cats [nine]..."
>>>> Thirty-six cats, however, were saved. No report on the ants.
>>> http://blogs.tampabay.com/bizarre/2009/10/nest-of-ants-near-outlet-st...
>>> If you read the original story they link to it says the owners did
>>> not have fire insurance. Amazing that they could not afford
>>> insurance, but they could afford to feed 80 cats.
>>> I think that when more than two cats are kept in a suburban home,
>>> the line has been crossed and the slippery slope to cat lady land
>>> looms not too far in the future.
>> Seven is the minimum number. That way, when you need a cat, you
>> stand a pretty good chance of finding one that's awake.
> When does one *need* a cat? I mean, they're cute and friendly and
> all, but what function to they serve that can't be more economically
> accomplished by other means?
> "wake up, Fluffy, this is important!"
> "F--k you, I'm a cat, I don't do requests."
> "But we need you RIGHT AWAY!"
> "Well, I had a busy day of napping in sunbeams, licking myself,
> sitting on top of your newspaper, and harassing rabbits planned, let
> me see if I can fit you in between my 2 PM nap and 3:15 nap..."
Do a search for "Towser." Towser, passed on now, was, for 23 years, the
mouser-in-chief at the Glenturret distillery in Scotland. During that time,
she earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records for dispatching 28,898
mice (plus a few rats, a phesant or two, and an occasional bunny).
|
|
Posted by Ed Pawlowski on October 8, 2009, 6:31 pm
When does one *need* a cat? I mean, they're cute and friendly and
all, but what function to they serve that can't be more economically
accomplished by other means?
"wake up, Fluffy, this is important!"
**************************************
When extra guests suddenly show up for dinner and you want to put more meat
in the sauce pot.
|
|
Posted by Stormin Mormon on October 8, 2009, 7:27 pm
At least a dog will go for help after the burglars leave.
Help, Lassie, help! Cat just rolls in the sun, and tries to
nap on the window sill.
--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.
When does one *need* a cat? I mean, they're cute and
friendly and
all, but what function to they serve that can't be more
economically
accomplished by other means?
"wake up, Fluffy, this is important!"
**************************************
When extra guests suddenly show up for dinner and you want
to put more meat
in the sauce pot.
|
|
Posted by Nate Nagel on October 8, 2009, 7:44 pm
N8N wrote:
>> Roger Shoaf wrote:
>>>> "[FLORIDA] A large nest of carpenter ants near an electrical outlet
>>>> sparked a Daytona Beach house fire this morning that killed several
>>>> cats [nine]..."
>>>> Thirty-six cats, however, were saved. No report on the ants.
>>> http://blogs.tampabay.com/bizarre/2009/10/nest-of-ants-near-outlet-st...
>>> If you read the original story they link to it says the owners did
>>> not have fire insurance. Amazing that they could not afford
>>> insurance, but they could afford to feed 80 cats.
>>> I think that when more than two cats are kept in a suburban home, the
>>> line has been crossed and the slippery slope to cat lady land looms
>>> not too far in the future.
>> Seven is the minimum number. That way, when you need a cat, you stand a
>> pretty good chance of finding one that's awake.
>
> When does one *need* a cat? I mean, they're cute and friendly and
> all, but what function to they serve that can't be more economically
> accomplished by other means?
>
> "wake up, Fluffy, this is important!"
>
> "F--k you, I'm a cat, I don't do requests."
>
> "But we need you RIGHT AWAY!"
>
> "Well, I had a busy day of napping in sunbeams, licking myself,
> sitting on top of your newspaper, and harassing rabbits planned, let
> me see if I can fit you in between my 2 PM nap and 3:15 nap..."
>
> nate
Y'know, I just thought of one. If you feed a cat regularly every
morning first thing after you get up, you will find that you have a damn
fine alarm clock.
However, said alarm clock is not easily reprogrammable nor does it
recognize weekends or holidays...
nate
--
replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.
http://members.cox.net/njnagel
|
|
Posted by norminn@earthlink.net on October 8, 2009, 12:41 pm
Roger Shoaf wrote:
>> "[FLORIDA] A large nest of carpenter ants near an electrical outlet
> sparked
>> a Daytona Beach house fire this morning that killed several cats
> [nine]..."
>> Thirty-six cats, however, were saved. No report on the ants.
>
http://blogs.tampabay.com/bizarre/2009/10/nest-of-ants-near-outlet-starts-house-fire-that-kills-several-catsout-of-about-80-or-so.html
>
> If you read the original story they link to it says the owners did not have
> fire insurance. Amazing that they could not afford insurance, but they
> could afford to feed 80 cats.
I suspect the issue was not affordability....a home with 80 cats and an
ant nest large enough to even entertain it as a cause of the fire ...
well, it isn't "home" as you and I know it :o) With all of that mess,
it almost HAD to be falling down from termite damage or lack of
maintenance. Well, mebbe the carpenter ants were of a much more social
variety and went for a swim in salt water and then came back home, all
holding hands to cause the conductivity/short? Hmmm...
>
> I think that when more than two cats are kept in a suburban home, the line
> has been crossed and the slippery slope to cat lady land looms not too far
> in the future.
>
>
|
Page 3 of 4 < 1 2 3 > last >>
| Similar Threads | Posted | | radon levels under slab | January 8, 2008, 10:17 am |
| Humidity Levels/ Central AC | August 9, 2008, 5:31 pm |
| So tell me about laser markers/levels | March 5, 2009, 9:42 pm |
| ladder that levels and doesn't sink in soil? | July 15, 2005, 3:24 pm |
| Laser levels - why not just use a ball of string? | August 25, 2006, 6:38 am |
| Opinions wanted for basement humidity levels | May 13, 2006, 2:01 pm |
| Plasma TV: Sheet Rock Support Levels | September 10, 2007, 8:57 am |
| Laying Keystone blocks - how to handle curve (upper levels)? | August 8, 2005, 12:21 am |
| House Siding Questions (Cedar Quality Levels & Tyvek Vs. Felt) | January 21, 2007, 8:41 am |
| Okay, I was wrong... | August 13, 2005, 9:16 pm |
|
|
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap