Pets

[ihatepop]

Hey, hey, hey, who among of all of you here owns pets? 

ihatepop

[prometheus]

I think most animals shouldn't be kept as pets.

For example rabbits.


For me fish are interesting animals.

Also parrots and other kinds of birds. But I think they should not be caged and domesticated. It conflicts too much with their natural behavior. But birds are awesome in general.

[00range]

Six cats, three dogs, four birds, a tank of fish and a 3rd grade science experiment frog that just won't die.

[mycrabface]

For example rabbits.

Btw did anyone watch open season? The rabbits were funny.

Dog. My fish died because i told them that blu-tack is edible.

[thalbergmad]

I have got a pet earwig

[ihatepop]

I have got a pet earwig

ewww...

I have a tank full of fish which I decorated nicely. I mixed a few types of tropical fish together and they seem to be doing just fine. I'm having truoble with the platys, they keep hiding in the corner and die.

ihatepop

[pianistimo]

alpha males eating all the food again?

we have a cat.  her name is tornado.  she is about 16 years old.  she is slightly alzheimic.

[ihatepop]

alpha males eating all the food again?

we have a cat.  her name is tornado.  she is about 16 years old.  she is slightly alzheimic.

What's the source of her name?

ihatepop

[thalbergmad]

we have a cat.  her name is tornado.  she is about 16 years old.  she is slightly alzheimic.

You must get on well then.

Thal

[gymnopedist]

ewww...

I have a tank full of fish which I decorated nicely.

Poor fish!

I've got one super-boring dog. I love her anyways.

[phil13]

Just me or my family?

'Cause one cat owns me, but in total there are 5 cats, 2 skunks and an intermittent raccoon...

Phil

[annoying_airhead]

Skunks?  How odd!
I've got Doofus, my darling doggy.

[phil13]

The skunks are wild. So is the raccoon. They live in our backyard.

The 5 cats, thankfully, are domesticated and get along with the others. Unfortunately, they don't always get along with each other.   

Phil

[pianistimo]

i got too sidetracked again.  didn't realize i had a question here.  we named our cat tornado because she was a stray (tortie) and when she finally had a good meal - she was so happy she did all these run around circles, slid across the kitchen floor, hit the wall, came back circled again - whilst we were watching and thinking she came out of a cartoon like 'roadrunner' or something.  and, she didn't do it once - but almost every time she ate for about a year. 

i think also, she wasn't used to being treated well.  i think someone tried to drown her because she wouldn't drink if anyone was around.  i'd put the water out - and leave and peek around a corner and she'd drink then. 

very funny thal.  yes.  we get along - this cat and i.  my husband is actually the worst of the two of us.  he feeds her by hand.  she follows him around everywhere.  now, about that earwig.  what's his/her name? 

[thalbergmad]

now, about that earwig.  what's his/her name? 

Stapes

[pianistimo]

ewwkay. 

[thalbergmad]

Possibly your shortest ever post.

Long may it continue.

Thal

[ahinton]

Possibly your shortest ever post.

Long may it continue.

Thal

If it does so continue, it will presumably turn into a long post of the kind with which you are as obviously familiar as are the rest of us...

Anyway - for me? Two cats. Wouldn't be without 'em.

Best,

Alistair

[pianistimo]

and, what - may i ask - are your cats names?  or did you spill them in another thread.  i vageuly remember something about you and your cats.  or was that pianolist?  hmmm.  i'm confused now.  it was in the pic thread.

[ahinton]

and, what - may i ask - are your cats names?  or did you spill them in another thread.  i vageuly remember something about you and your cats.  or was that pianolist?  hmmm.  i'm confused now.  it was in the pic thread.

I cannot be certain who it may have been, but I can assure you that this is not public forum information, if you don't mind; please send me an email to my private address and I will respond by telling you what you want to know.

Best,

Alistair

[pianistimo]

all for a couple of cat's.  they must have risque names.  you can't say them on a public forum.  what?  pussy #1 and pussy #2.  you see. alistair.  it's just that simple.  a pet is a pet.  their name isn't going to kill the world of intruege.  unless...unless of course - they are not cats. 

[mycrabface]

all for a couple of cat's.  they must have risque names.  you can't say them on a public forum.  what?  pussy #1 and pussy #2.  you see. alistair.  it's just that simple.  a pet is a pet.  their name isn't going to kill the world of intruege.  unless...unless of course - they are not cats. 

Yeah, something's up with his cats.. I wonder what he's done to them.. Poor poor kitties..

[ahinton]

I cannot be certain who it may have been, but I can assure you that this is not public forum information, if you don't mind; please send me an email to my private address and I will respond by telling you what you want to know.

all for a couple of cat's. they must have risque names. you can't say them on a public forum. what? pussy #1 and pussy #2. you see. alistair. it's just that simple. a pet is a pet. their name isn't going to kill the world of intruege. unless...unless of course - they are not cats.

Yeah, something's up with his cats.. I wonder what he's done to them.. Poor poor kitties..

"Cats", pianistimo - not "cat's" - and I presume that "intruege" means "intrigue".

Let me first assure you that they are both cats and have been since birth (i.e. not genetically modified).

Secondly, I did not write that I "can't say" their names "on a public forum"; what I can or cannot do is not the same as what I choose to do or not to do.

They're just fine, actually. What I will say is that they are two from the same litter (a litter of just two, as it happens) who will reach the age of 13 next May. What have I "done" to them? Well, fed them, looked after them, taken them to the vet whenever necessary - you know, all the usual things - and do remember the old adage "dogs have masters; cats have servants".

They've each done their fair share of catching wildlife, although when one of them once caught an owl, I was rather surprised; this prompted me to think of "The Owl and the Pussycat: A Very Short Story"...

Not everyone writes quite as much about the personal details of daily life on public fora as does pianistimo, but that, as we have all noted, is her prerogative; she clearly enjoys parading a lot of information about what would otherwise be her private life here. As with music and most other things in life, however, we don't all happen to share the same enjoyments in what we do.

Do we get to hear the parable of the cats next?

Best,

Alistair

[wishful thinker]

I think most animals shouldn't be kept as pets.

For example rabbits.

We have three pet rabbits at our place, and I think that they are very happy.  The alternative to living in their nice warm hutches (more precisely hutches inside much larger cages) with plenty of food, water and attention, would be an early death from Myxematosis or a gun shot 

Plus thee cats (you already know their names) two dogs, two horses, a pony, a number of sheeps and cattle.

Talking of fish tanks, I was in Italy yesterday, and in the restaurant they had a fish tank, with goldfish.  And at the bottom, was a little nativity scene 

[ahinton]

We have three pet rabbits at our place, and I think that they are very happy.

So you'll be wiser than to invite "Ada" over, then...

Best,

Alistair

[mephisto]

Are their names Sorabji and Powell? Am I close Hinton?

[wishful thinker]

So you'll be wiser than to invite "Ada" over, then...

Best,

Alistair

Does she have a liking for rabbit stew?  So do I 

Are their names Sorabji and Powell? Am I close Hinton?

Who and who?  They are rabbits three.  One is called Lucky 

[ahinton]

Are their names Sorabji and Powell? Am I close Hinton?

About as close as Pianistimo is to atheism.

Best,

Alistair

[mephisto]

Fluffy and puffy?

[ahinton]

Fluffy and puffy?

Who is? You? Pianistimo? Oh, and by the way, it's not Mephisto and MeFausto either.

As a matter of fact, I do know someone who once had two cats and called them Elliott and Aaron because they came from the same place but sounded so completely different - but that's another matter...

Bst,

Alistair

[pianistimo]

ahinton,  despite your probably agreeing with the saying 'familiarity breeds contempt' -  i happen to have the opposite philosophy.  if someone knows you better - they can have a decent conversation.  of course, that depends on what the word 'decent' means.  now, spit it out!  what are the cats (notice - i remembered) names?  or must i e-mail you - according to directives. 

[thalbergmad]

Rabbits make good target practice.

Thal

[johnny-boy]

You ask for it! Meet my Dagny:

[ahinton]

ahinton,  despite your probably agreeing with the saying 'familiarity breeds contempt' -  i happen to have the opposite philosophy.

Well, Susan dear, to find you having an opposite philosophy is not so strange, is it?! My take on the saying you cite is "familiarity breeds...". And it does, as a rule...

#
if someone knows you better - they can have a decent conversation.  of course, that depends on what the word 'decent' means.  now, spit it out!  what are the cats (notice - i remembered) names?  or must i e-mail you - according to directives. 

That, chère Suzanne, is for you to decide (or not). In the meantime, I'm not about to be so rude as to "spit" anything out here. Nor have I issued any "directives" (and, after all, had I wanted to do that, I'd have asked my cats to do it)...

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

Hinty, stop messin around and give us the name of your cats please.

Thanks

Thal

[ahinton]

Hinty, stop messin around and give us the name of your cats please.

Thanks

Thal

Pianistimo and Pianowelsh.

No, of course that's not true.

Thalberg and Liszt.

That's not true either.

Must go and do some work...

Best,

Alisthal

[wishful thinker]

Brahms and Liszt?

Slap and Tickle?

Please tell us Sire 

[ahinton]

Brahms and Liszt?

Slap and Tickle?

Please tell us Sire 

Wish and Think

No - that's not right.

Dear me - this is proving to be well nigh impussible.

Oh, by the way - did you know that the English translation of Opus Clavicembalisticum is Kitten on the Keys?

No, I thought you didn't...

Best,

Alistair

[pianistimo]

trying to change the subject again.  i told you, he named them something he can't say on a public forum.  it did cross my mind that these cat's were named perhaps sigfried and roy?  and - being the 'magic' age of 13 - i wouldn't doubt they could have their own show.

i did not know opus claviscembalisticum was translated 'kitty on the keys.'  cute.  wait.  i vaguely remember you saying that a ways back.  anyhew.  13 is a good old age.  my cat can hardly be touched at 16.  i mean you can't pet her really strongly because i think her bones would break.  she's kinda feeble now.  she likes soft nuzzles around her ears.   she looks young.  i hope i hold up like my cat.  and, she's still takes care of herself.  and, she's always been a 'smart' cat.  she figures things out - and is sort of half human, to me. 

[wishful thinker]

she's always been a 'smart' cat.  she figures things out - and is sort of half human, to me. 

is this your cat Susan?

[pianistimo]

not exactly.  she has six tits.  and none of them dropped.

[wishful thinker]

she has six tits

Language Susan  What will the Rabbi say?

[pianistimo]

he doesn't have a cat.  the thing is - i try really hard to be 'good,' but every so often there's this imp in me.

[ahinton]

he doesn't have a cat.  the thing is - i try really hard to be 'good,' but every so often there's this imp in me.

She should make her appearance more often!

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

She should make her appearance more often!

Best,

Alistair

Please delete that post.

Thanks

Thal

[ahinton]

Please delete that post.

Thanks

Thal

Why? I was referring to the said imp. Do you not that that preferable to God by the linear metre?

Anyway - what's a YOONIE?

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

You tell me the name of your cats, and i will tell you all about YOONIE.

By the way, i still work in yards.

Thal

[ahinton]

By the way, i still work in yards.

Thal

What kind of yards? Builders' ones? Surely not! I've never yet figured out what makes yards tick...

Best,

Alistair

[thalbergmad]

WHAT ARE THE NAME OF YOUR CATS.

TELL ME NOW

Thal

[henrah]

My previous kitten, bless her soul:


And my current cat, who outlived Quinn the kitten:


Isn't he so cute there holding me finger? Oh, he's holding it right now too!!! Aw I love him so much *smittened*