When I sat down today to update this page, I thought it would be interesting to look back and see what A&J comic strip ran on this date in 2001. It was interesting. Actually, this cartoon appeared in newspapers Monday, Sept. 10, 2001. It was the beginning of a week-long story line about mortality and uncertainty. While not exactly predicting the horror of the next day, it’s creepy enough, don’t you think?
Unfortunate Cookie
By Jimmy Johnson
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123 responses to “Unfortunate Cookie”
Ah, the magazine of the ASA; that brings back memories, Ruth Anne. I’m so old, that was the most sought-after of the “dirty magazines” that someone was always smuggling into school back in junior high days. Heck, I’m so old, that served as our “sex education” class back then. 🙂
I agree that there’s a difference between those who practice nudism and those who are straight-out (no pun intended) exhibitionists, but those organized nudist groups did seem to have an awful lot of “beauty contests”. But perhaps they had just discovered what sells magazines. 😉
I don’t understand why so many people choose to hold onto their anger, and not at least do their best to enjoy all the beauty they have in their lives; as this comic shows, you may never know when it will all be over.
HELP! I found a black and white kitty in the woods. She came right to me and won’t leave me. I didn’t plan on keeping her, but I’ve been overruled. She will have a difficult time being accepted by Elvis, Cilla and Spunky, but she she is so friendly that I don’t think that they will have a choice. I am usually very good with names, but I need some suggestions. No cutie, sweetie, fluffy, but something that ends with an “e” sound. She is mostly white with black on her back and tail. She has black on her ears and top of her head. She has black around her left eye and down her nose.
GR6
I’m so old a booted ankle was risque.
I’m so old the Sears & Roebuck catalog was kept under lock & key.
Jerry
Flower names?
Lily ?
our Petunia is Tunie
Woodi?
if you can get by with out the E
Skeezix is a lost calf (cat) or long ago a baby on Walt Wallet’s door step.
Ivy
She followed you like a dog = a cat named Dog
You may have to wait till she shows a character trait
I was reading an e-book the other day and a character had a cat with a very odd, but appropriate name. The cat is a 19 pound pure-bread Main Coon, female and neutered. Her name is Attila the Nun.
I am also happy to report that my sister’s cat, Riv, is doing much better. She’d lost over 40% of her weight, and needed a transfusion (30 ml, or 1 fluid oz) on Thursday. Friday morning she had a blockage removed and a resection to delete a constriction where her small intestine entered her colon. She’s now home, willing to eat, although she doesn’t like the special diet that most cats love, and able to get up and move around to a very small extent. She’s not out of the woods as yet, but we think that she has a map and is able to follow it.
As a Riviera fan (the car) I like that name, but not for her. I’m glad to hear that Riv is doing well. Although it is not my choice, Sweetie seems to be in the lead at the moment. If I went with a character trait right now it would be Velcro. Any other suggestions?
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http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/webcam/oldFaithfulStreaming.html
Jerry, how about the name my wife and Pierre Trudeau’s wife share: Aline (pronounced “a lean”). It’s of French derivation.
Maybe Alli (McGraw, Love Story). I like Cassie. It was my Grandmother’s name, but that’s been vetoed.
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http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/webcam/oldFaithfulStreaming.html
My kids grew up in the ’60s-’70s listening to this and such. They’re still reasonably normal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a0cFYa5Ffw
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“Alli” from the Latin for “garlic” (allium) because the cat clings to you like the ugly odor of garlic!
NB: I didn’t write that the cat was ugly; just that the odor of garlic is something I despise.
Jerry, if you use Alli people will think you’re saying Alley, not a pleasant association. Why not look up one of the name sites on the ‘Net for inspiration? When you have some ideas run them by the Village.
Good luck. Funny, isn’t it? People adopt dogs, cats adopt people.
Here’s something that might help, Jerry. https://www.friskies.com/cat-names
What’s wrong with Velcro? I like it! She sounds adorable. Then again, she found you in the woods, maybe Sprite or Lilly-of-the-Valley, Lilly for short.
Nothing’s safe from animals these days: http://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/baby-bear-comes-across-a-hammock/
Then again, I named my tortoise-shell cat after a purple light bulb, so I might not be your best choice for names. ?
So yesterday, my very popular (with the human half of her clients, at least) veterinarian cousin got fired from her job after 30 years. (I do not know the story why, but I know there had been personality conflicts brewing for a while.) Earlier this evening, she boarded a plane for a 15 hour direct flight to Johannesburg, South Africa. She is going to spend a month as a vet in Kruger National Park. Her home already almost qualifies as a zoo, and she specializes in large animals and exotics, so she should feel right at home. However that has to be the most whirlwind turn of events I have ever personally heard of.
He who controls the past, controls the future. He who conrols the present, controls the past.
George Orwell
Opie is a good name for a cat, Jerry.
Mark: That was hilarious, but not what I expected; professional background got in the way. In FL, black bears come across hammocks often.
http://www.nps.gov/ever/learn/kidsyouth/hardwood-hammock.htm
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