Pet StoriesWhen one of my cats was younger and a lot fatter, he came bowling in from the garden with an almighty crash. Looking slightly stunned, he'd arrived into the kitchen having ripped the cat flap from the door and was still wearing it as a cat-tutu. Did I mention he was quite fat?
In honour of Jake, a well loved cat, who died on Wednesday, tell us your pet stories and cheer us up.
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chthonic, Fri 8 Jun 2007, 9:15)
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The immortal bloody fishA story told by the Girlfriend:
A long time ago we had this fish, a Japanese Weather Loach to be precise. It was kept in a tank in the living room which didn't have a proper cover, but instead a piece of plastic. The fish had developed this skill of launching itself out of the tank and spending the night on the carpet.
Miraculously, it would survive this ordeal and get put into a bowl of water to de-fluff before being put back into the tank. After a couple of times, my Mum weighted down the lid of the tank with some books, but left a small gap at the side to allow for feeding. Possibly a bad idea. Damn thing escaped again, and again, and again. It even managed it when there was no gap left at the side. It was a very determined fishy.
Eventually, my Mum snapped. On finding it all the way across the room one morning, she just put it into the ash bucket used for cleaning out the fire. And it still wouldn't give up.
The last I saw of my suicidal fishy was it flopping around covered in ash before being buried under a viciously dumped shovelful.
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Iki I think my camel is dead., Sun 10 Jun 2007, 12:48,
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