cat history

Johhhhhn Peterson commented on my last post that if we wanted a cat we should have taken one of his SEVEN (!?!?!) cats... it made me think about Simon. I actually did get Simon from John around 15 yrs ago. At that time I think he had about 50 cats (JK) running around. I went to his house one night for a party and I carried this little kitten around in my jacket pocket all night. I remember calling him "Blondie". The next morning I guess I was still attached and "Blondie" came home with me, only I re-thought the name thing and he ended up Simon. A little while after that, Jim and Petz got their cat "Garfunkle". Simon grew up to be a pretty big, heavy cat. A couple of years ago though, he started really losing weight. The Vet said he had cancer and probably wouldn't make it another year. 2 Years later, he's still around. Very skinny, but other than that, he's still the same Simon.

The moral of the story... If you want to get rid of some cats, have a party, get people drunk, hand them a kitten.