Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 09:35:42 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Elspeth's cat . . .
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

> twhite8 at cox.net 1/11/2006 1:37:46 AM >>>
>Elspeth Kovar wrote:
>
>>  Folks,
>>
>>  One of my cats had been on an iron lung AND dialysis and, while
>she
>>  was doing well, all things considered, subsequently died. It was
>>  rough all around and I really do appreciate the kind condolences
>and
>>  apologize if I took them poorly.
>>
>>  The thing is, I just looked down at her and asked her how she felt
>>  about her trials, tribulations, and death. To which she replied,
>>  "Myap". That could mean any number of things but given her
>position
>>  I expect that this time it means that she waiting for me to stand
>up
>>  for any reason so that she can steal my chair. Both she and I
>seem
>>  to have missed all this excitement.
>
>I feel you must've left out at least a sentence and maybe a paragraph

>between those two paragraphs.  In the first you say your cat has
>died.
>In the second you discuss the fact that "she" is currently alive.
What
>is entirely missing is the transition from one dead cat to another
>living cat.  You know what you're talking about, but an uninformed
>reader might get a jolt.

I believe an early draft of the minutes of one of the WSFA meetings had
"Chinese whispered" some health issues.

mjw

>
>--Ted White
>