| T.R | Title | User | Personal
Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1231.1 | *He* is a *Persian* | HLIS07::VISSERS | Ceterum Censeo | Thu Mar 31 1988 16:43 | 5 |
| When meeting Omar:
"Oh...*she* is an *angora*!"
Oh well....
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| 1231.2 | | EDUC8::TRACHMAN | | Thu Mar 31 1988 17:35 | 8 |
| When folks came up to Pashenka's cage, they would say, "Our cat
looks just like this one, EXCEPT ours has skinny stripes, and
all white face, all four paws are white and "her" belly is white."
Hmm, I say and look at Pashenka who is a classic tabby (fat
swirls), no white on his face, just the tips of his toes are
white, very litle white on his belly, and a small neat white
bib and a very RED ringed tail, and of course "HE" is a boy!
Once or twice a weekend is not bad, but 30 - 40 times, oh well...
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| 1231.3 | Our Himi is not a Siamese | POET::BURLEW | Purr is my favorite sound! | Tue Apr 05 1988 16:03 | 4 |
| Whenever we take Sherlock anywhere, people always say what a beautiful
Siamese cat! Sherlock is a seal-point Himi.
Ande (Sherlock, Serena, and Sky's mom)
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| 1231.4 | | SCRUZ::CORDES_JA | Jan | Tue Apr 05 1988 21:50 | 26 |
| Since Amelia has gotten a little overweight, I am constantly subjected
to comments from spectators that "...she looks pregnant..."
Amelia cannot be pregnant. She is shown in the Household Pet category
that requires spaying and neutering of the animals at 8 months.
Amelia is now 2 years old.
At the San Francisco show last month this actually happened. Dave
McAllister can verify this.
Man and woman spectator walk up to cage, man looks into cage, nods
his head and says "That cat is going to have kitties". I say "No,
she's not going to have kitties." Woman looks into cage and says
"yep, she's going to have kitties." I say "No, she's not going
to have kitties." (a little firmer). Man looks at woman as they
are walking away and says "Yep, she's going to have kitties." As
they walk down they aisle I say "NO, She's not going to have kitties.
She's just fat." By this time Dave is having to keep me from strangling
some innocent spectators.
I also get the comment "that cat looks just like..." This
is easier for me to deal with since Amelia is your basic mixed breed
(Brown mackeral tabby and white) but still I believe that I have
unique kitties even thought I know better.
Jan
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| 1231.6 | last time I opened the door to a salesman | CIRCUS::KOLLING | Karen, Sweetie, Holly; in Calif. | Tue Apr 05 1988 21:57 | 6 |
| This reminds me of the time my (formerly male) Pussycat got out
of the house when some salesman came to the door. As I was
calmly/hysterically trying to simultaneously keep the salesman away
so Pussycat wouldn't panic and also coax Pussycat back, the salesman
said "Is she pregnant?".
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| 1231.7 | Guilty as charged!! | GRECO::MORGAN | Doris Morgan DTN 223-9594 | Thu Apr 14 1988 01:09 | 15 |
| Uh oh! I feel so guilty and so gauche!!! I'm sure I'm one of those
unknowledgeable cat-lovers who makes these dumb comments. Let me
give you a perspective on why we may say such dumb things...
First of all, although I've lived with many, many cats over many, many
years, they have all been stray, mixed breeds. I don't really know the
different pure-breeds, so may easily refer to your cat's breed
incorrectly. Secondly, as a cat lover, I enjoy finding something in
common with other cat lovers, so I look for likenesses between your
champions and my mongrels! This helps me identify what might be in
their background somewhere, as well as helps me reaffirm that they are
indeed "special".
Anyway, we're all friendly and love cats, so we can't be all bad!!!
Just be patient with us, and educate us!
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| 1231.8 | experts ! | CLEVER::SULLIVAN | | Thu Apr 14 1988 17:00 | 3 |
| re: .7 I will second that note, many of us have cats and love them,
this does not mean we are experts, nor should people be expected
to be.
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