"Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside a dog, it’s too dark to read." – Groucho Marx
"I like dogs. Anything they do, you can watch." – David Brenner
I waited on David Brenner when I worked in the liquor department at Marshall Field’s in college. I sold him a bottle of Dom Perignon and a box of candy. I didn’t let on that I made it a point to watch The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson every time he was on, because I thought he was hilarious.
I know, that has nothing to do with dogs, but I’m going stream of consciousness here. Speaking of which, I and many of my fellow bloggers (which includes a lot of women) do stream of consciousness every Saturday.
We adopted a stray kitten who we later learned was pregnant. She had five kittens, who we also adopted. After that, Judy (the mother cat) walked around with a look on her face that said "I brought you into this world, I can take you out." She was a good mother, though. One day her son got into a scrap with one of our other cats, and Judy went diving off the couch right into the fray.
The son, incidentally, would spend the entire day in the bedroom, sleeping under the bedspread. Two of the daughters were also a bit strange: they lived here their entire lives and were deathly afraid of Mary and me. Either that, or they were stuck up. They were calicos, who are always a little weird. We also had a tortoiseshell cat, and they are definitely a little goofy.
Did I say "a little"? They have more screws loose than a hardware store after an earthquake.
Torties are great cats if you only have one.
I know, this is supposed to be about dogs. Oh well…
Christine Bialczak is more or less in charge of Simply 6 Minutes.
Reblogged this on Stine Writing and commented:
John’s contribution to Simply 6! Thanks for participating and sharing your story!
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John, thanks for participating! Sometimes you just have to go where your thoughts lead you!
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When you don’t know where you’re going, pick a direction and go…
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….my life….
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That’s great !!! You made it into my, “Common Place Book ❤ “
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I’m honored!
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It’s a great book.. I always think about my book that I want to write. Then I realized, I’m already writing it !!! Blessings, be well ♥️❄️♥️❄️♥️
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I definitely agree with you on torties! They are a handful and one is enough but I wouldn’t trade mine for the world.
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We’ve had two torties and loved them both, but both were (or should have been) only cats.
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They demand a lot attention so I can see having more than one would be stressful.
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Dogs are just wonderful even if cats think they are idiots. Calicos are strange and I found out, best to be one 1 in the house.
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We had three out of Judy’s litter, two calicos and a tortie. I think that socialization has a lot to do with it: I don’t think we gave them enough attention when they were babies.
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Your post had me laughing so hard. I had cats growing up. IMHO they are nuts. It’s only dogs for me now.
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Glad you enjoyed it! I think if cats (and for that matter dogs) could talk, they’d tell us we were nuts.
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