Bloody Fench Cat
On holiday in France when I was 17. We were camping in the Chamonix area at a camp site out of town, and the short cut back to the shops/bars was thro' a wooded nature reserve area.

Me and my 2 mates were bimbling thro when we happened to witness some other teenage tourists, probably French, walking away from the base of a large tree laughing heartily. It would seem they had chased a large tom cat up the tree.

Being an animal lover (!) I decided to shimmy up the tree and rescue the "nice wee kitty" (read 2 stone bundle of severely antagonised fur and razor blades). Basically, it didnt know I was there to help and dropped on to me from a great height, giving me HUGE, MULTIPLE, BLEEDING claw marks down my back and side. Then buggered off into the undergrowth

Felt misserable and sore, French Docs thought it was funny and told me to put savlon on it. I get home 2 weeks later and speak to my Doc who has me rushed to hospital for Rabies injections, which then lasted 6 months! And they were sore!

But it turned out to be a great conversational gambit at parties, and impressed the ladies!!

Edit: they were 17 year old "ladies" so easily impressed
( Fire & Forget it's the only way to be sure, Thu 2 Jun 2005, 10:51, Reply)