Listen, I like cats - have always had 'em. But this one is a nightmare with whiskers.
I am a journalist with CBC News in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. I'm taller than I look. This blog has been running quietly since 2004.
Yikes!
Posted by: Helmut | Friday, September 08, 2006 at 14:27
I swear I saw that cat. Tapeworm, I believe!
Reminds me of another cat I once saw on a leash outside someone's house. It was meowing it's head off in such a distraught way, I thought it had gotten tangled and trying to be the hero went to rescue it. As I approached, it stopped meowing and looked up at me lovingly and purred like I was Jesus himself. Yet when I bent down to pet the thing and offer reassurance, the damn thing turned into the Tasmanian devil. About 30 scratches later, I realized I had been baited.
Posted by: John Mutford | Saturday, September 09, 2006 at 11:40
Switch-and-bait ... the lifelong friend of the puddy tat. I've got decades of "rubbings" from old scratch marks from cats who got nasty on a whim!
Posted by: John Gushue | Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 15:47