Thanks for the laugh Tom, it started my day on a good note! Leona - Delaware -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Kendall Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:11 PM To: [email protected]; Tom Kendall Subject: [VAFAUQUI] Saying Goodbye to Mother (You Don't Have To Own A Cat To Appreciate This One! You don't even have to like 'em!) We were dressed and ready to go out for the New Year's Eve Party. We turned on a night light, turned the answering machine on, covered our pet parakeet and put the cat in the backyard. We phoned the local cab company and requested a taxi. The taxi arrived and we opened the front door to leave the house. The cat we had put out in the yard scoots back into the house. We didn't want the cat shut in the house because she always tries to eat the bird. My wife goes out to the taxi, while I went inside to get the cat. The cat runs upstairs, with me in hot pursuit. Waiting in the cab, my wife doesn't want the driver to know that the house will be empty for the night. So, she explains to the taxi driver that I will be out soon, "He's just going upstairs to say Good-bye to my mother." A few minutes later, I get into the cab. "Sorry I took so long," I said, as we drove away. "That stupid idiot was hiding under the bed. I had to poke her with a coat hanger to get her to come out! She tried to take off, so I grabbed her by the neck. Then, I had to wrap her in a blanket to keep her from scratching me. But it worked! I hauled her fat rear downstairs and threw her out into the back yard!" The cab driver hit a parked car. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message