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- From: pdsmith.mitre.org (Pat Smith)
- Subject: Re: Orson thinks he's Tom Cruise
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.200927.27781@linus.mitre.org>
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- References: <1992Nov13.222838.12467@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 20:09:27 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.222838.12467@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>, jeremy@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (jeremy.l.radosh) writes:
- >
- > This is a posting which kind of follows the "Monsters" thread, but it
- > isn't really about monsters. Someone mentioned how their cat attacks the
- > carpet. Well, my Orson does his thing with the throw rug in the livingroom.
- >
- > My livingroom has wood floors, and I have a rug in the center (4x8) which
- > has nothing on it (no tables, etc.) and is not secured to the floor (no non-
- > slip mats, etc.). When I am playing chase the paper ball with Orson, he
- > alays positions himself so that I have to throw the paper ball towards the
- > living room rug. He gets up to about 60mph (approx.) and heads straight
- > for the rug!!! Ideally the ball has landed on the rug (he has me trained
- > to center the ball on the rug), and he then "lands" himself on the ball.
- > The momentum he carries (he's 18 lbs) makes him and the rug slide about
- > 7 feet. He loves this!!!!!
- >
- > Orson doesn't even need me to do this. Often when I come home from work,
- > the rug is all the way in the corner of the living room, scrunched up in
- > a pile. G*d only knows what Orson is chasing/doing while I'm away, but
- > I suspect that he turns on the stero (he can us a remote) and plays
- > like Tom Cruise in "Risky Business".
- >
- > Does anyone else's cat play the "rug slide game"???
- >
- > Jeremy
- >
- > --
- > (\_/) " Love to eat them mousies,
- > |* *| Mousie's what I love to eat.
- > \>Y</ Bite they little heads off...
- > `U' Nibble on they tiny feet." B.Kliban `75
- >
- >
- Yes I have one cat that loves the exact rug game. The rug is pretty tattered
- after 2 years and I refuse to replace it. I also have an oriental rug that
- stays rolled up in a closet as my darling cats tried to destroy that too.
- Perhaps when they are older I can use my rug again. Till then, I am
- protecting my investment. Don't you love decorating your house to suit
- the cats? I could never declaw them so I tolerate the damage cause they
- are so darn adorable.
-