Gomez

[beefheart]

When I was a little girl I had a cat named Gomez. He got run over by a car. We found Gomez in the parking lot outside the bar. Wrapped his stiff little body in a soft fleece blanket. Took him home.

My sister and my mother and I were all huddled in the backyard, sobbing. And my dad, he just couldn't dig that hole fast enough. He was afraid the sobbing choir of females might break him soon, too.

But the grave was dug and gently, we placed Gomez into the earth.

Said a few things like,
"Poor little fella..."
"...Sure did like to eat..."
"...I'm gonna miss him."
and he was buried by sundown.

That night I wrote a letter to the president.
It read as follows:

"Dear Mr. President,

What kind of world are we living in?"

And I didn't send it then, but I think I might, tomorrow.

[Nick Pierce]

Bam!

[beefheart]

<3

[maidahl]

Haha. Not the cat dying and all. My friend has a similar story. Watched it happen. Says the thing committed suicide. Just sat in front of the moving vehicle. Over in a blink. I'm sure there's kitty heaven in the world, dear.

[Jim Colyer]

Sad piece. But I think people get too attached to animals. My ex-wife's cat died recently. She teared up when she told me about it. I asked if she would cry over me if I died. But I already knew the answer.

[maidahl]

Wait. I don't. What's the answer?

[Jack]

Am I the only one who thought this was political satire?

[Shelly]

Strange events always happening in our wrld.

Cat killed by car 'comes back to life' nine months after owner buries him

They say cats have nine lives - but no one seriously expects them to come back from the dead.
Yet that is what Alfie the ginger tom appeared to have done nine months after apparently being killed by a car.
Owner Angelo Petrillo buried what he believed to be his pet's battered body after a friend spotted it on the side of a road near his home.

Eight lives left: Angelo Petrillo and son Brandon with 'back-from-dead' cat Alfie

Soon afterwards Mr Petrillo, 39, and his wife Katy moved house, along with their other cat Freddie, also a ginger tom. But a few days ago, they received a phone call from their former neighbour.
'They said a ginger cat had been trying to get into our old home, going up to the front and back doors, and they thought it was ours,' said Mr Petrillo, who works for an energy company.
'But we said Freddie was asleep with us so there must have been a mistake.
'Then they said the cat was climbing on to the conservatory and trying to get in the bedroom window, which is exactly what our two did.
'My wife and I looked at each other, and she said "Are you totally sure it was Alfie that you buried?", and I said "Yes, 100 per cent".'

Back where he belongs: Alfie at home after going missing for eight months

The next day, however, the neighbours said the cat had remained outside all night, meowing pitifully.
Mrs Petrillo, 35, a manager for a wine company, returned to the couple's old home a mile away - and immediately recognised the cat as Alfie.
The three-year-old had lost the collar he used to wear and had put on weight, suggesting someone else had been looking after him while he was being mistakenly mourned.

Mr Petrillo said: 'It was just unbelievable - the cat I had buried nine months earlier, the cat we spent about a month grieving over, was back, and my wife just couldn't believe what she was seeing.'

Just one mystery remains: Who was the ginger tom killed last summer and where is the family that looked after it?
Mr Petrillo had examined the body of the cat found beside a sliproad on the M62 near their home in Milnrow, Greater Manchester, last June and was convinced it was Alfie.
But nine months on, the family are overjoyed that he was wrong - everyone, that is, apart from their other cat, five-year-old Freddie. 'They're not getting on very well at the moment, but hopefully he'll settle in again,' said Mr Petrillo.
The couple are having both cats microchipped to ensure there is no confusion if either goes missing again.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz21fug0mN5

[beefheart]

Why are they concluding that they buried a different cat when it is, in fact, quite obvious that Stephen King's "Pet Cemetery" is unfolding before us.

[Gaines]

An ex girlfriend had a parakeet that committed involuntary suicide. Forgetting the curtain was open to the glass sliding door that led to the outside patio she opened the bird cage to let "Fuzzy" get some exercise. Wow.

Hours later after the services she sat next to me on the couch still mourning her loss. This reasonably intelligent woman asked if I thought there was a heaven for pets.

At first I thought it was a ridiculous question but as looked at her searching green eyes peering up at me through that tangle of golden hair I realized what she sought was comfort. I told her there was and she smiled at me and nodded. Minutes later as her sleeping head laid against my chest my Steelers kicked a field goal to win the game in overtime. I liked Fuzzy. He was a huge Steelers fan and a helluva singer.

[beefheart]

What I have learned on writersbeat today is that ex girlfriends are synonymous with dead animals.

[Gaines]

Originally Posted by beefheart

What I have learned on writersbeat today is that ex girlfriends are synonymous with dead animals.

It's training for that future point in time when they become ex wives.

[Shelly]

Originally Posted by beefheart

What I have learned on writersbeat today is that ex girlfriends are synonymous with dead animals.

Crying for a dead cat and burying it. What I learned is that you have heart and that any guy who turns you into an ex-gal is a fool. Good job both in writing and life. Keep it up.