When I was eighteen
my mom, brother, and stepdad moved into a new house with a sizable yard for an in-town place - 3/4 of an acre for those of you still stubbornly using Imperial measurements.

They extensively landscaped it and, as the grass was all new were watering it twice a day (underground sprinklers on a timer).

For no apparent reason, I took the cat out into the middle of this broad expense of lawn shortly before the sprinklers were due and dropped her there. She was happy enough to sniff all of the interesting smells.

When the first rumble of water flooding the pipes came she froze, trying to figure out what it was. Then two dozen sprinkler heads burst out of the ground with a loud hiss and began throwing water in all directions. And like Neo dodging bullets in slow motion, she shot across dozens of meters of turf, twisting and ducking streams and droplets until she was able to get to the safety of the driveway and the bushes on the other side.

Why did I do this? Malicious boredom.
(Ejaculantern was caught desecrating pumpkins on, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 3:39, 4 replies)

So, your story is:
My stepdaddy is rich and I loved a cat?
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 18:05, closed)

Nah.
Mom bought the house, and it was only a hair over 300k at the time.

Plus, the story is more about sprinklers and tormenting an animal than anything else. Good luck with the comprehension handicap.
(Ejaculantern was caught desecrating pumpkins on, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 19:19, closed)

Oh, only 300K, sorry "my bad".
I completely missed how the poor cat, which you loved, was tormented by having to try to keep dry when the sprinklers were on also -- oh, the felinicity!!!!!!!
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 22:34, closed)

Now you're getting it.
Now pretend you're in a Skinner box and start mashing "I like this".
(Ejaculantern was caught desecrating pumpkins on, Thu 23 Jun 2011, 4:19, closed)