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Here’s another story for my book. Seems like we need a little humor now and then to perk us up. Hope you all enjoy it.
I’ve always wondered just how high a cat can jump. Last night I found out.
A cat can jump exactly 6 feet 2 inches. Or at least Buckwheat, one of my cats, can jump exactly 6 feet 2 inches.
My shower curtain rod hangs exactly 6 feet 2 inches from the bottom of the tub. I know this, because I am 6 feet 2 inches tall, and the shower curtain rod is exactly head high for me. My cats have always been fascinated by the shower curtain, and the bathtub, but until last night, I never knew just HOW fascinated one of them was.
Being a grown man, and a somewhat sophisticated individual, I never once thought about peeing in the shower. I have always thought that peeing in the shower was kinda gross, and as a sophisticated individual, I would either pee before, or after I got out of the shower. Last night changed my belief in this forever.
I was in the shower, minding my own business. I was washing my hair. Now with shampoo on my hair, and getting ready to rinse my hair off, I, like everyone else, had my eyes closed. Big mistake. Evidently, Buckwheat, the only male cat of the bunch, decided that he wanted to see what was on the INSIDE of the shower curtain. His unfortunate timing on this decision has changed both of us forever.
Just as I was rinsing off my hair, I felt something quite hairy land on my leg, and kinda slide down to the bottom of the tub. I did not hear any sound whatsoever either before, or after this thing landed on my leg. Needless to say, I found myself, well, um, peeing. This action literally scared the pee right out of me.
I finished rinsing my hair as fast as I possibly could so that I could actually see what this hairy thing was that landed on my leg. When I opened my eyes, there was Buckwheat hanging on the shower rod, his little back legs going nine hundred miles an hour, trying so desperately for those back claws to dig in and get his little butt as far away from this scene as he could get. No such luck. Vinyl shower curtains are not the best thing in the world for traction, especially if you are a cat trying to get out of a terrible situation.
Well, I saw this wet cat trying so hard to get out of the shower that I actually cracked a smile and then started to laugh. While watching him, I noticed a yellow stream flowing down the shower curtain. I smiled as I realized he was just as scared as I was. As I stood there watching this poor creature, I learned a valuable lesson. Cats pee in the shower too.
James DuHamel
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Here's another story for my book. Seems like we need a little humor now and then to perk us up. Hope you all enjoy it.
Ive always wondered just how high a cat can jump. Last night I found out.
A cat can jump exactly 6 feet 2 inches. Or at least Buckwheat, one of my cats, can jump exactly 6 feet 2 inches.
My shower curtain rod hangs exactly 6 feet 2 inches from the bottom of the tub. I know this, because I am 6 feet 2 inches tall, and the shower curtain rod is exactly head high for me. My cats have always been fascinated by the shower curtain, and the bathtub, but until last night, I never knew just HOW fascinated one of them was.
Being a grown man, and a somewhat sophisticated individual, I never once thought about peeing in the shower. I have always thought that peeing in the shower was kinda gross, and as a sophisticated individual, I would either pee before, or after I got out of the shower. Last night changed my belief in this forever.
I was in the shower, minding my own business. I was washing my hair. Now with shampoo on my hair, and getting ready to rinse my hair off, I, like everyone else, had my eyes closed. Big mistake. Evidently, Buckwheat, the only male cat of the bunch, decided that he wanted to see what was on the INSIDE of the shower curtain. His unfortunate timing on this decision has changed both of us forever.
Just as I was rinsing off my hair, I felt something quite hairy land on my leg, and kinda slide down to the bottom of the tub. I did not hear any sound whatsoever either before, or after this thing landed on my leg. Needless to say, I found myself, well, um, peeing. This action literally scared the pee right out of me.
I finished rinsing my hair as fast as I possibly could so that I could actually see what this hairy thing was that landed on my leg. When I opened my eyes, there was Buckwheat hanging on the shower rod, his little back legs going nine hundred miles an hour, trying so desperately for those back claws to dig in and get his little butt as far away from this scene as he could get. No such luck. Vinyl shower curtains are not the best thing in the world for traction, especially if you are a cat trying to get out of a terrible situation.
Well, I saw this wet cat trying so hard to get out of the shower that I actually cracked a smile and then started to laugh. While watching him, I noticed a yellow stream flowing down the shower curtain. I smiled as I realized he was just as scared as I was. As I stood there watching this poor creature, I learned a valuable lesson. Cats pee in the shower too.
James DuHamel