{"id":11,"date":"2006-12-15T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2006-12-16T04:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.avivadirectory.com\/humor\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2018-04-01T10:23:04","modified_gmt":"2018-04-01T16:23:04","slug":"a-letter-from-your-cat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.avivadirectory.com\/humor\/","title":{"rendered":"A Letter From Your Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cat\" src=\"https:\/\/www.avivadirectory.com\/humor\/cat.jpg\" alt=\"Cat\" align=\"right\" \/>Hi there. How&#8217;s it going?<\/p>\n<p>The litter box could use some attention, but things are generally fine with me. But there are a few points I&#8217;d like to clarify in order for our coexistence to be more harmonious.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s mainly little things, like it&#8217;s impolite to close the refrigerator door before I&#8217;m finished browsing. When walking to the kitchen remember I have the right-of-way. You should avoid canned vegetables to avoid unnecessary can-opener frenzy. And remember cats are independent, but least so when you&#8217;re holding a tuna sandwich.<\/p>\n<p>I have plenty of impressive abilities that I&#8217;m not sure you appreciate. I can do the hundred yard dash in a twelve by twenty foot living room. I&#8217;m pretty sure the airborne hair I shed helps repair the ozone layer. I can nap on command. I have no problem rising early on your days off, too. And when you&#8217;re just standing there cooking, do you have any idea how much skill it takes to do figure eights around your legs while meowing? Actually you should probably have a college fund for me &#8211; Normal cats should have a bail fund.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m just asking for a little effort on your part. You have to realize there&#8217;s a fine line between house plants and salad bars. And upon discovering a plant knocked over, try to identify what you did wrong. What you see as my noisy 3 AM grooming, I see as good time management. Don&#8217;t forget &#8211; Clock radio alarms are for folks who don&#8217;t have cats. So we could better communicate, it would be helpful if you familiarized yourself with the dozens of different nuances of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153meow.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Also by now you should know that I neither expect nor grant washroom privacy. If you see a cat on TV, don&#8217;t hold me in front of it; I&#8217;ve seen cats before, for crying out loud. By the way, if you&#8217;re talking to a cat you don&#8217;t need to use the highest voice possible. Maybe you&#8217;re confusing us with dogs. And I still see the neutering as unnecessary surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Here are just a few general guidelines before I sign off. Choose outfits which are complimented by the colour of my hair. When you&#8217;re carrying the scent of another cat, you better have a good excuse. If I&#8217;m in the room give yourself an extra ten minutes to make a bed. Choose a vet with warm hands. Make sure the family photographer&#8217;s studio has a litter box.<\/p>\n<p>You have to realize how mentally draining Extreme Bird Watching can be. When I nod off staring at the wall, it&#8217;s cute; when you do it, it&#8217;s perceived as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153losing it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Any food that falls on the floor is fair game; I don&#8217;t acknowledge a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153five second rule.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Realize how seriously I take a simple game of hide and seek.<\/p>\n<p>Warmest regards, don&#8217;t knock tail chasing till you&#8217;ve tried it.<\/p>\n<p>Your Cat<\/p>\n<p>P.S. &#8211; Idea: Why not lobby TV producers to think about doing a show called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Married With Cats.<\/p>\n<p>By Rick Dickert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there. How&#8217;s it going? The litter box could use some attention, but things are generally fine with me. But there are a few points I&#8217;d like to clarify in order for our coexistence to be more harmonious. It&#8217;s mainly little things, like it&#8217;s impolite to close the refrigerator door before I&#8217;m finished browsing. 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