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HAPPY 60th BIRTHDAY MOOKIE

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, December 8, 2003 9:44 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by skeets

Happy big six-oh, Madame de Mook. The Lord's Blessings on your punkin haid.
Thanks Skeets...[:I] That means a lot comin' from y'all....

mOOk.....

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, December 8, 2003 9:46 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Nora

Happy birthday (a day late)! Did you get some cake?

--Nora
I am still looking for the cake - but I had a piece of pecan pie with a scoop of real ice cream that I shared with my driver - it was to die for! It was so rich - it should have it's own bank account! [:D]

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Posted by Mookie on Monday, December 8, 2003 9:50 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Oliver Trzok

Madame la M.,

I totally agree with all the good things everybody has already said in this thread - we're extremely happy to have you here! Happy birthday!!!!

Oliver

By the way, I adore cats, at home we have a beautiful Chartreux cat (she's totally gray with yellow eyes - we call this kind the "Russian blue" - I'm not sure if those are one and the same breed), and now I have a perfect "excuse" to post the following:

"I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic."

"One cat just leads to another." - Ernest Hemingway

"There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." - Anonymous

"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow." - Jeff Valdez

"In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats." - English proverb

"As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat." - Ellen Perry Berkeley

"Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are divine."

"Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later." - Mary Bly

"Teaching 4th Graders is like herding cats." - Marian Wise

"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this." - anonymous

"There are many intelligent species in the universe. They are all owned by cats." - Anonymous

"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior." - Hippolyte Taine

"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."- Albert Schweitzer

"Time spent with cats is never wasted." - Colette

"No heaven will not ever Heaven be; Unless my cats are there to welcome me." - Anonymous

"Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel. True, and they have many other fine qualities as well." - Missy Dizick... heh, heh, heh...

"You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats." - Colonial American proverb

"Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want." - Joseph Wood Krutch

"Cats aren't clean, they're just covered with cat spit." - John S. Nichols

"Jerry dear said it was him or the cat.... I miss him sometimes."


OWNER'S GUIDE FOR CATS
- submitted by Sir Reginald Fluffy-Mittens
____________________________________________

Cats are beautiful, sophisticated, intelligent creatures. And
with a little love and caring, they can keep a human being alive
for upwards of seventy to eighty years. If you follow these simple
instructions, you can have your human housetrained in no time.

CLEANLINESS: For some reasons, humans seem to enjoy immersing
themselves in running water. Attempts to get humans to lick
themselves clean have proven interesting, if unproductive.

COMMUNICATION: Humans are unable to speak a proper language.
Therefore, you should communicate a point loudly, repeatedly,
and if at all possible, at about three in the morning. Any
attempts at human-to-cat communication can be dealt with by
simply ignoring it until it stops.

FEEDING: Morning feeding should start promptly when your human
is fast asleep, preferably three or four minutes before the alarm
is supposed to go off. Recommended methods of waking your human
include: sitting on its face, screaming in its ear, and biting its
hair.

MATING: Human mating behavior is fascinating. Unfortunately,
humans tend to get easily spooked by prolonged study of courtship
rituals, and resort to shoe-throwing behavior.

TOILET TRAINING: A human's natural tendency is to not change your
litter box. Although experts in human behavior believe it can be
attributed to the "laziness reflex," this can be easily corrected
through what is called "shoe therapy." Just remember that a human
shoe looks a lot like a human toilet, and you should be fine.

Following these simple tips is the first step towards a long and
productive cat/human relationship.



Thanks Oliver! I have never had BD greetings from Croatia - I am usually doing good just to get some from Minnesota (daughter). Mookie would agree with all that has been printed about cats....good, bad or otherwise. She figures if you quit talking about cats, they will be in big trouble!

Jen

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Posted by mudchicken on Monday, December 8, 2003 10:05 AM
Corngratulations Mook!

Will think of it as 8.57 cat years and keep to the low double digits....

(open beak, insert foot!)

Dirty Bird
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Posted by Mookie on Monday, December 8, 2003 12:54 PM
MC - Momma always said you were the brightest one in the bunch!

Mook

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 8, 2003 4:25 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOOKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May your special day be filled with good times, great presents and of course chocolate cake!!!

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