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Old September 27th 03, 10:07 PM
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Hopitus2 wrote:

ROFL - do you remember a few years ago when people would put on these velcro
outfits and fling themselves at a velcro-covered wall, to stick up there?
Perhaps this was just a USA fad, I dunno......but what you saw the Siamese
cats doing reminded me of this long-forgotten insanity of hoomins!



"Lois Reay" wrote in message
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: That must have been pretty cool to watch Britta, sort of thing my Burmese
: would do!!
: As for the guitar case, well when a cat has to go - he gotta go!!
:
: Lois
:
: "badwilson" wrote in message
: ...
: Last night, I went out to this local bar called the Blue Cave. The Blue
: Cave is a bit of a dump, but some of the pilots from the base here play
in
: a
: band and the Blue Cave lets them take the stage once a week, so I try to
: go
: and show my support.
: The Blue Cave is also very aptly named, because it is semi-subterranean
: and
: sports blue carpet that goes all the way up the walls, as well as a blue
: pool table.
: So at about midnight last night, after any real customers had been
driven
: from the premises by the awful sounds of the band (hey, I never said
they
: were any good!) and only the obligatory friends crowd remained, the
owners
: of the Blue Cave let their 3 cats out into the bar. (The owners live
: upstairs from the bar).
: Their 3 cats were purebred Siamese, one mother and 2 teenagers. You
could
: tell that the cats considered the bar to be their rightful domain
because
: they started chasing each other around and wrestling with each other
: immediately. Then it began. The funniest thing I have ever seen. The
: cats
: started climbing the carpeted walls and just hanging there. I swear,
beer
: came out of my nostrils. I was laughing hysterically! The cats would
: chase
: each other up the walls, hang there for a bit and then back down a bit,
: jump
: to the floor and the chase started all over again. One cat even climbed
: so
: high, it made it's way onto the airconditioner from where it surveyed
all
: those below him with an imperial air.
: Unfortunately, one of the cats mistook my friend Dane's open guitar case
: as
: a litter box :-( Oh well, Dane didn't seem to mind too much. I biked
: past
: his house this morning as he was hosing it out! I hope the smell goes
: away.
: Now I feel as though my Vino is missing out on something. I've already
: began sizing up the walls to see which ones could be carpeted...;-)
: --
: Britta
: Check out pictures of Vino at:
: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on Vino and "friends" album
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I remember that. Unless my memory fails me - which is possible - it was
called the "Velcro Fly".