Subj : New lurker in the echo To : Patrick Vittori From : George Pope Date : Fri Aug 22 2003 06:08 pm On (22 Aug 03) Patrick Vittori wrote to George Pope... PV> 'The Cat' more often than any OTHER name you call him." So, _The Cat_ PV> became T.C. for the rest of his time with us. I've known several feline "TC"'s :) (almost all standing for the same thing! (only one wasn't -- it stood for "Thanksgiving Cat"(the night they found it in the alley!) PV> GP> names at once(no real reason, just a sudden & inexplicable PV> prejudice), PV> GP> so I named it "Dog"! PV> PV> ROTFLMHO!!!! Laughing your WHAT off? :| PV> Hmmm... My dad talks about the toms that have lived here. There was PV> 'Squeaker', named for the high pitched squeak his mew had, and I had one I named for its sound -- "Sneigh" (prounounced "Snake") because when I let her out of the travel carrier, she scooted right under the fridge, and every attempt to get her out would result in her hissing at me! So "Snake" it was, but I wanted it to be unique, so I gave it a sort of Celtic spelling. . . ) Your friend, <+]::-{)} (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!)) Ask me how to connect with me in any of 5 different Instant Messengers --- PPoint 1.76 * Origin: Cyberpope pointing via the Milky Way! (1:153/307.11) .