And I need cheering up anyone got any funny stories? Gossip? Or anything get me out of my depression?

I do have a long weekend to look forward to however :o)

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Answers

I'm in exactly the same mood so don't look to me for help........sorry...

God I must be down if I'm talking to you with some civility!! ;))

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Now speaking to you Gav will only serve to depress me more !!!!

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

And why pray tell is that?

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Might have something to do with the fact that you are just nasty to me all the time! I take life very series don't you know. :o)

It's seems we are the only two on here today anyway.

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Oi. But I'll leave you to alone.

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Jay, I like being nasty to you....

Tre mate....I told you yesterday that you'd won the other young lady so there's no need to rub it in mate....

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Good morning Tre :o)

You like been nasty to me? There's something very sad about that !

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Look missy, your the one who chained me up and whipped me in the first place. ;-)

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

God I can feel the insults rising in my throat already.....It just seems to be this knack you have for rubbing me up the wrong way...

I'm getting off this thread cos I can't even be bothered to give you a hard time....

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Chained up? Tre I hope that comment was directed at Gav and not me!! ;o)

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Good morning Jay! It might cheer you up a little to know that our cats finally made friends last night. Tigger has been distinctly unimpressed with little Jack getting all the attention and has gone all aloof and snooty on us. Last night she had taken her usual place of sleeping on the end of the bed next to Nicola's feet.

Having no respect for the pecking order, Jack trundled over and lay down on top of her purring and gazing adoringly into Tigger's face. Not being able to stand the little git but afraid to lose the prime spot at Nic's feet, Tigger managed to remain perfectly motionless but with her head stretched as far away from the offending kitten as possible. Heh heh heh!

If that's all far too soppy for you, Tigger also caught a bird this morning and was last seen eviscerating it and hoying the headless body into the air. Aaaah! Sweet!

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Are kitties I have gone all mushy inside! ;o)

When I am finished with my DIY I am going to get myself a nice friendly playful cat :o)

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Tremendous animals! They can convince you that everything good in this world can be summed up by their lieing on your lap being stroked and roll over to let you tickle their tummy, but the next minute they can fix you with a look of utter contempt and make it quite clear that they only stick around to stop you feeling like such a failure.

Tigger's favourite trick, which she is already teaching Jack, is when she is unimpressed by the flavour of cat food I serve up. She sniffs at it and then starts pretending to bury it, making it quite clear that the food takes like crap as far as she's concerned. I'd love to try that in a resaurant, cover your starter with bog-roll and send it back to the chef :-)

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Following on with another pussy story...

A few years back we had a fluffy white cat called Oscar who loved to drag his catches through the cat flap. I came home to numerous mice, two rabbits (or the same one twice), countless sparrows and a RAT.
The surprising thing is most of the prizes were alive; we had sparrows crashing into windows while our 2nd male cat Jack performed his admiring staccata, a bunny hopping across the living room floor & terrified mice cowering in the lining of our sofa but this rat was the most difficult to remove. When I arrived home Oscar was sitting looking interested at something behind a speaker and I could hear I high pitched squeak, I thought "bird" and "again" and went to have a look, well I've worked in the shipyards and seen rats at close quarters but this was perched on his hind legs in he corner and looked menacing. Without thinking I quickly grabbed the rat with both hands, it struggled but couldn't move in my grip, that is until it came to opening the door, I had to let go with one hand to turn the handle which allowed rodent to turn its head and sink its teeth into my thumb. Funny thing is although it's incisors dug pretty deep it wasn't painful, yet.

Now that the door was open I could let go of my visitor, he was not as anxious to let go of me though and it took 3 or 4 waggles of my arm before it lost its grip and scurried away....climbing up the inside of my car tyre and disappearing into the mechanical shadows - would you stick you head under ?

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Oh great Soft one,

Any cat psychologist will tell you that that burying action of the cat is just a territory marking. It may not be hungry right now but will mark its dinner. (It will not use that old time honoured method around its own food)

And so will I

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Fancy that. I just thought it was a deeply sarcastic, hairy, little b*stard! You learn something new every day.

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Speaking of leaving its mark.

When we had a cat and it wanted to go for a number one or number two and we weren't about to let it out. The ruddy thing would go in the sink, and to make matters worse when finished it would pull everthing around the sink over the top of it to cover it up. Plates, cups, knives forks, teacups the lot. We would draw lots as to who cleaned it up!

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

That's how the sink in Withnail and I started isn't it?:-)

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Never seen that film full through. Not my cup of tea.....not pun intended :o)

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Jay

With thread titles like "Bored bored bored" and "Life is currently getting me down" you are starting to make Dougal look like an optimist. (-;

Complain? You wanna complain? LookattheseshoesI'veonly'ad'em6weeks&they'rewornrightthrough&myback hurts&I'msick&tiredo'thisoffice&Ican'tremeberthelasttimewehadafineday .... (with apologies to Monty Python)

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Cheer up you sad gets, you could be living in London in a dead end shit hole of a job surrounded by southern scum!

There you feel better now eh!

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000

Yes I do feel better as it happens :o)

-- Anonymous, June 28, 2000