Sociology > Depression > "Oh, I'll take care of your cat, alright." (N.B.: purloined frombest of craigslist)
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"Noon Cat Nick" |
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10 Jan 2007 04:22:16 PM |
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"Oh, I'll take care of your cat, alright." (N.B.: purloined frombest of craigslist) |
So I was a wee bit bored last week at work and decided to surf CL to see
if anything interesting caught my eye. As I was reading the GIGS
section, one ad seemed like a great deal. A woman needed someone to
watch her cat, in my house, for two months and offered 200 dollars for
the job. It seemed like a lot of money at the time (I now realize that
this is a pathetic offer) but I figured--Cats pretty much take care of
themselves, so why not? 200 bucks is a nice pair of shoes or three. And
it was more respectable than the guy who was offering 50 bucks an hour
to iron his clothes in the nude. (Which I would be totally good at.)
That evening, I receive a phone call from the woman who informs me that
she's in my neighborhood and wants to stop by and see my house "right
this second." Oook. To make things more interesting, she also informs me
that she didn't like the last house she left the cat with because the
couple was unmarried. God forbid you leave a cat with an unmarried
couple, it clearly might become tainted with their ideas and start
frolicking with other cats before marriage. I should have told her to
turn around then but I figured the cat was likely not as conservative as
her, so why should I care?
Her cat, of questionable marital status, was shaved like a damn poodle.
Any human being who shaves their cat like a poodle should be turned in
for animal cruelty. But this lady was more than just a weird old cat
lady. She was a RACIST weird old cat lady. First, she came into my home
and told me it was gorgeous--but she's not sure about leaving the cat in
a neighborhood that has so many black people. She's "not fond of people
with 'ethnic' backgrounds." She then says, "Oh, I'm sorry, you're not
Mexican are you?" Nooo, I'm not Mexican, I'm actually French. I tell
her, "That's ok, when we lived in the rural south, they spraypainted,
'Go home dirty mexicans' on our car because in rural Georgia, anyone
with an accent is from Mexico." So I was used to the mix-up. She then
says, "Oh, well I hate Mexicans and I'm not afraid to say it but I'm
sorry for what you went through. Hard to believe such prejudice still
exists in this country, but I guess that happens in the south."
I'm sorry, what? Did you just say you can't believe people are
PREJUDICED when you just insulted Mexicans and African-Americans to a
total stranger?
Biting my tongue, she then told me she hates immigrants, particularly
those from Ethiopia. Why? Because they came here solely for the purpose
to be in the country that is "closest to God." I thought they came here
for work and food, I guess I was wrong on that one. You know, I'm not
sure which religion she is in, but I'm going to take a wild guess and
assume the initials of it are "K.K.K."
I began fantasizing about what I might do to this cat if she let me take
care of it. I was thinking about growing the cat's hair out so it can
look normal and not be ridiculed by other cats. Then, I'd like to expose
it to the liberal media, let it watch MTV and take it across the street
to hang out with black people to help it shake those racist ideas it had
been force fed. But alas, it was like she could read my mind. She
scooped up poodle cat and said, "I don't think this is the right place
for my precious cat. There are too many personalities here."
Oh, well. Maybe the naked ironing job is still open.
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| User: "Dart" |
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| Title: Re: "Oh, I'll take care of your cat, alright." (N.B.: purloined from best of craigslist) |
10 Jan 2007 07:33:08 PM |
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wow
gee, in comparison, i feel incredibly emotionally healthy.
Thank You. Thank You Very Much.
~ D (afeard to turn the light out and dream of poodle-cat owners)
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: "Oh, I'll take care of your cat, alright." (N.B.: purloined from best of craigslist) |
11 Jan 2007 01:29:02 AM |
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In message <1168479187.968462.40600@77g2000hsv.googlegroups.com>, Dart
<sweibur1@maine.rr.com> writes
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wow
gee, in comparison, i feel incredibly emotionally healthy.
Thank You. Thank You Very Much.
~ D (afeard to turn the light out and dream of poodle-cat owners)
Poodle-cuts. Mm. Looks speculatively at Nelly, who would certainly look
interesting with a pom-pom on the end of her curly tail.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "eoygeo" |
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| Title: Re: "Oh, I'll take care of your cat, alright." (N.B.: purloined from best of craigslist) |
11 Jan 2007 05:42:11 AM |
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Alan Harding wrote:
In message <1168479187.968462.40600@77g2000hsv.googlegroups.com>, Dart
<sweibur1@maine.rr.com> writes
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wow
gee, in comparison, i feel incredibly emotionally healthy.
Thank You. Thank You Very Much.
~ D (afeard to turn the light out and dream of poodle-cat owners)
Poodle-cuts. Mm. Looks speculatively at Nelly, who would certainly look
interesting with a pom-pom on the end of her curly tail.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
I wore pompom around my arms when performed ballet, just like a
poodle!!! so wired, doog seems more stiff than cat,, Ifelt so catty.
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| User: "Rhiannon" |
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| Title: Re: "Oh, I'll take care of your cat, alright." (N.B.: purloined from best of craigslist) |
11 Jan 2007 06:41:21 AM |
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"eoygeo" <eoygeo@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1168515730.927647.322160@77g2000hsv.googlegroups.com...
Alan Harding wrote:
In message <1168479187.968462.40600@77g2000hsv.googlegroups.com>, Dart
<sweibur1@maine.rr.com> writes
<blink>
<blink>
wow
gee, in comparison, i feel incredibly emotionally healthy.
Thank You. Thank You Very Much.
~ D (afeard to turn the light out and dream of poodle-cat owners)
Poodle-cuts. Mm. Looks speculatively at Nelly, who would certainly look
interesting with a pom-pom on the end of her curly tail.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
I wore pompom around my arms when performed ballet, just like a
poodle!!! so wired, doog seems more stiff than cat,, Ifelt so catty.
This is wonderful. Nice to start the day with such a lovely image in my
mind. I bet you did look catty; motions so graceful and fluid. Thanks
eoygeo for helping me start my day with a smile.
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Rhi
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