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A need for whiskers
Feb. 2nd, 2009 12:04 pmWhen cats fall over on purpose, or suddenly remember an urgent appointment at the hairdressers' when confronted by a large cat, they tend to cover any potential embarrassment by having a quick wash.
How much easier life would be if we were cats. When you suddenly find yourself on your knees in a snow-drift*, watched by a horde of lorry drivers, and when your attempt to get up almost results in your skirt staying down there and you walking right out of it… Well, wouldn't the situation feel a whole lot better if you were physically equipped to give a quick groom to your back leg, or wipe your paw over your whiskers, and for that to make everything all right?
* Okay, it was an Isle of Wight style snowdrift, and all of 3 inches deep, but in terms of sheer social disruption, an inch of snow on the Isle of Wight counts as about six feet of the stuff in places that actually know how to cope with it.
How much easier life would be if we were cats. When you suddenly find yourself on your knees in a snow-drift*, watched by a horde of lorry drivers, and when your attempt to get up almost results in your skirt staying down there and you walking right out of it… Well, wouldn't the situation feel a whole lot better if you were physically equipped to give a quick groom to your back leg, or wipe your paw over your whiskers, and for that to make everything all right?
* Okay, it was an Isle of Wight style snowdrift, and all of 3 inches deep, but in terms of sheer social disruption, an inch of snow on the Isle of Wight counts as about six feet of the stuff in places that actually know how to cope with it.
