Something I got in my email today ~ gave me a little chuckle...

A woman brought a very limp duck into a Veterinary surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's chest.. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, "I'm sorry,your duck, Cuddles, has passed away."The distressed woman wailed, "Are you sure?" Yes, I am sure. The duck is dead," replied the vet.
"How can you be so sure," she protested. "I mean you haven't done any testing on him or anything. He might just be in a coma or something.
"The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the room. He returned a few minutes later with a black Labrador Retriever. As the duck's owner looked on in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his front paws on the examination table and sniffed the duck from top to bottom. He then looked up at the vet with sad eyes and shook his head. The vet patted the dog on the head and took it out of the room. A few minutes later he returned with a cat. The cat jumped on the table and also delicately sniffed the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back on its haunches, shook its head,meowed softly and strolled out of the room.
The vet looked at the woman and said,"I'm sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably, a dead duck."
The vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman..
The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bil... "$150," she cried, "$150 just to tell me my duck is dead!"

The vet shrugged, "I'm sorry. If you had just taken my word for it, the bill would have been $20, but with theLab Report and the Cat Scan, it's now $150."

hehehe :-)~



~Hippie Cat

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The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. ~Samuel Johnson

~Hippie Cat

Why do fireflies glow?

Because they are trying to attract a mate or because they are avoiding predators. Males and females flash back at each other. Predators avoid fireflies because they taste yucky and don't forget what that flashing light means.
The actual compound that causes the light is called luciferin. There are over 2,000 species of the firefly around the world.
I can remember pulling the glowy part off and wearing it as a ring when I was a kid. I was so cruel (I'm sure that kinda stuff still goes on today). And I can also remember the distinctive smell they have too. It was a big thing on summer nights running all over the yard, catching fireflies and putting them in Mason jars.


~Hippie Cat

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Thousands of years ago,
cats were worshipped as gods.
They have never forgotten this.

~Hippie Cat

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I just joined a new site (to me anyhow) called Listal. I've already added a bunch of movies and books to my page there. I also found it fun to tag movies and books. If you will look to my sidebar, you will see 2 of my lists there and a link to them. It's a pretty neat site and I plan to keep track of my stuff there.
They get their info from IMDB and Amazon and you can rate, tag and fave everything. It's also a social community if you want to interact. You can make up your own personal lists for yourself or to share. I have tried a couple of other services, mainly All Consuming and Good Reads and didn't like their limitations. Good Reads was for books only and All Consuming lacked the tv connection. I watch a lot of Lifetime movies and they couldn't keep up with that. Listal didn't have a problem. Other things I faved was directors, actors/actresses and authors. I was on there a big chunk of time last night, I was having a pretty good time going down memory lane with all the movies I've watched (that will never be a complete list, nor will be the book list). And it's neat to see how other people rate movies and books you like. They have music lists too, I am just not that into music - I listen to whatever is on the car radio but rarely buy cd's.
I highly recommend this site if you like collections. I'm a natural born packrat - I have a tendency to want to hold on to everything. And being able to keep lists online is right up my alley.
If you would like to befriend me on Listal, my name is Hippie Cat - befriend away (let me know you found me thru this blog, ok?!)

~Hippie Cat