The inopportune cat.
written by Julie R. Neidlinger 4 comments link this post
Violin practice ran late and long, and so I found myself riding with Alice home in the dark. I'd carpooled with Alice, the piano player for the violin group, and her daughter, who is also in the group. Since it was so late, she decided to drop her daughter off at home first so she could get a head start on getting to bed, and then go the seven miles further to drop me off. I sure appreciated the ride; carpooling is very necessary when gas is $3.68 a gallon.
As the car swung around the corner up their long driveway, headlights splaying out in front and piercing the dark trees that lined the road, I saw it.
An inopportune cat.
I'm sure, at any other time, it's just a nice tabby cat, a jolly farm pet. At this moment, however, it was inopportune. It looked peculiar in the position it had assumed, at least as far as the distance we were at would allow us to see.
The car drove further up the driveway, getting closer.
As the car slowly rolled by the cat, I commented. "It looks like that cat is going to the bathroom by the road."
"It does, indeed, look like it is," Alice said.
I snickered. I'm pretty grade-school, when it comes right down to it.
The cat was all squatted and hunched, right on the edge of the dirt driveway, its eyes huge, staring at us, no doubt greatly chagrined at the invasion of privacy. Unmoving. Caught in the throes of.... well, anyway.
"That must be very embarrassing," said Alice.
I actually think it probably was. Cats are animals that do seem to get embarrassed. The cat appeared unsettled, no doubt planning to have his evening constitutional in the safety of the dark only to be mortified by double spotlights and spectators to take it all in.
Maybe next time the cat will think twice before relieving itself right next to the driveway. If cats think.
Labels: cartoons, humor, my life, pets
Copyright (c) Julie R. Neidlinger 5/13/2008 12:21:00 AM
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4 Comments:
I hate when that happens to me.
By 
jvjannotti, at
13/5/08 07:22
Ha ha ha ha.
Oh my gosh, Jim, that just makes me laugh.
Grade school. I really am. Great at humorous visualizations.
By 
Julie R. Neidlinger, at
13/5/08 07:38
Grade school--nice touch Julie.
Sounds more like the cat was dealing with a hairball, ala Puss-n-boots in Shrek II. You didn't notice a sword leaning on a nearby tree and a musketeer hat tossed carelessly into the side brush?
Inopportune cat indeed!
Thanks for the laugh, Julie.
By B Brasington, at
13/5/08 11:47
...which they do NOT. Sneaky little buggers.
By girlfriday, at
13/5/08 20:53
