Before we lived here, we had a house in the contry.
We also had about 30 cats.
I truly did not know how this happened at the time.
Most of them were wild.
The ones that we could catch , we had nuetered or spayed. (we really are not terrible irresponsible pet owners.)
But there were always more.
One day ,I was at the store buying my usual 20 pound bag of cat food. I was chatting with the cashier, lamenting that I had so many cats
The cashier wanted to be helpful, as small town clerks will be.
"I tell you what to do , Honey", she confided in hushed tones, "There's this woman that lives on Park Road. Everyone calls her the Cat Lady. You can see her on the porch reading all the time. You just drop those cats off there & she will take good care of them!"
I froze. "That's me, you fool!!!!"
After this, the funny part was watching Mariah chase every car that slowed down in front of our house, yelling, "You @#$%%^!!!!!!!!!!!!Dont you leave any cats here!"
I shudder to think what they called her.
17 comments:
ok Cat lady how did you rid yourself of so many cats?~kbear
OMG too funny!
~ Julie~ http://journals.aol.com/joolsinwa/randommusingsofmymind
HEY ARE YOU THE WOMAN WHO WAS ON OPRAH?
HAHAHA, DID U KNOW THAT THE CATS PASS THE WORD AMONG THEMSELVES ALSO, THEY TELL OTHERS WHERE TO FIND FOOD ETC..............I HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN............ANOTHER CAT LADY....................................STORMIE
Oh, that's funny!! Love the entry.
- Julie -
I know the feeling well but I still have to laugh at the outside world's opinion of animal lovers/humane society/ neutering moms that we are...your friend, courtenay
Thank you for the laugh, I needed it.
Jude
http://journals.aol.com/JMorancoyle/MyWay
so you w ere 'the cat lady, huh? hahahahaha. that's a hard reputation to live down in a small town. no wonder your daughter went ballistic!
A very funny story, Marti. Thanks for sharing this one.
Sam
The least the cashier could do is not charge you for the 20 pounds of cat food!
Judith
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Ohhh MArti....that is too funny....I've always expected to end up the ecentic old lady with the funny hats and the 27 cats...glad you beat to it!! LOL
Marie in TN
This is so FUNNY!!! lol!!! I needed something light . . . THANKS!
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I really needed this laugh!!!!!
OMG!
The cat lady.....
meow
Oh, that is soooooooooooooo funny! xox
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LOL!!! This is PRICELESS!!
Jennifer
that is truly funny. judi
LOL oh thats too funny <for a reader, I don't I would be laughing if it happened to me> Don't they usually call Cat Ladies crazy? In my world, crazy is good and just so you know....I have 5 cats and yes, I'm a crazy cat lady!
Rebecca
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