[3543] in Central_America
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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Sun Aug 11 01:28:26 1991
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 91 01:27:56 EDT
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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ambar (Jean Marie Diaz):
From: cj@modernlvr.wpd.sgi.com (C J Silverio)
Subject: how I spent my morning
Date: 9 Aug 91 21:02:44 GMT
I spent my morning trying to rescue a rat.
Mind you, the rat did NOT want to be rescued. It wanted to sit in a
corner of my kitchen until my cat Elliot killed it. Mind you, Elliot
did NOT want to kill it. Elliot had spent ALL NIGHT playing with that
rat, and Elliot was bored with it.
When Elliot brought the rat in, at 1 in the morning, he wanted to share
it. Elliot is such a considerate cat. He brought the rat right in to
see me. Then when I yelled he brought it back out to the kitchen, where
he & the rat played tag.
All night.
I expected to find a body in the morning. I did not expect to find the
rat sitting in Elliot's bowl of crunchies, dipping its nose into
Elliot's milk. The rat didn't expect me, either. When it saw me, it
retreated into the pile of newspapers waiting for recycling.
I tried to explain things to Elliot: "The rat. The rat is in the
NEWSPAPERS. Don't you think you should DO something about it?" He
looked at me but didn't DO anything about it.
So I started bundling up the newspapers, with a yardstick handy in case
the rat got pissed off. Eventually, I dug deep enough to expose its
ropy tail. We both jumped & squeaked, and the rat limped out of the
pile. It limped around the kitchen in a big circle. Clearly it was not
a well rat. But when I tried to shoo it out the door, it ran back into
the pile of newspapers.
So I bundled up the rest of them. The rat eventually got a clue &
wobbled out, across the kitchen, & behind the stove. Then it climbed
into the stove, where it still is. Unless Elliot got it out. Mind you,
Elliot was IN the kitchen for all of this, watching in pointed
disinterest. At this point, I am pro-rat. That damn cat deserves
NOTHING.
Maybe I'm misreading this situation. Maybe Elliot and the rat are
FRIENDS. Maybe I have a new pet. Right. I'm going to have a fun time
when I get home tonight, I can tell.
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cj@modernlvr.wpd.sgi.com C J Silverio/Brahms Gang/Berkeley CA 94720
at least my recycling got done
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edsp22 (22 Hssp):
I plan to rule the world
HEH HEH HEH
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eichin (Mark W. Eichin):
"Sorry that you feel that way"
is really all I have to say
Every silver lining's got a
touch of grey...
... are you kind?
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