Mental Image of the Day

[cartimandua]

From Saki's novel When William Came'A cheery fire burned in his dressing-room and a lively black kitten helped him to dress, and incidentally helped him to require a new tassel to the cord of his dressing gown. As he finished his toilet and the kitten finished its sixth and most notable attack on the tassel a ring was heard at the front door, and a

Comments

wonderful stuff!

[merseine]

Though I did have to re-read it...at first, I thought the kitten was finishing its sixth toilet, in the time it took the man to finish his single toilet...which makes sense to me. A kitten can "wash - pounce - groom - POUNCE - wash - yawn/stretch - groom - (repeat)" in the time it takes a man to wash, shave, brush hair and teeth.

Re: wonderful stuff!

[cartimandua]

Unless it's a kitten with the brains of Leo The Incredibly Dumb Cat of pre-discussed legend...he always forgot part-way through and would have to re-start. Several times. He always had one body area that was shiny polished.

[davesmusictank]

As a cat lover i find that image quite entertaining.

[cartimandua]

Prrrow!

I have friended you, but I'm afraid that given my usual topics of conversation tend more to gaming (and related geeky pursuits) and the day-to-day life of being certifiably crazy, you may get bored. Luckily, I keep forgetting to post.

Should I assume from your viewing of Blade Runner that you'te a Phil Dick fan too? (She says, looking up at the Scanner Darkly poster she coaxed out of the local cinema.)