Paracelse, on 24 August 2012 - 06:13 PM, said:
Did you pass the test I posted

????
Well I took the test and got only 73% - I seriously can't imagine a home without a cat. I brought the first kitten into my life in a plastic bag which I dragged along the pavement behind me at the wee age of 4 1/2 years from a friend's place (it was a different world then, even a 4 year old could visit neighbours alone lol). Anyways, it survived the trip and after much screaming and hype that we weren't keeping it, it took over the household and became a great mouser and "snaker" - we had serious snake probs and it would sit on the fence till it saw one, pounce, kill it and leave the corpse on our doorstep.
Unfortunately, it got bit one time too many by the poisonous variety and passed on many years later. Strangely, the next kitten showed up almost on schedule shortly after

and now many decades later, my brother, sister, parents, all have cats in our respective households - the general excuse of the old folk is "they keep the mice and bugs away" but I know better, my little kitty all those years ago changed us all permanently and irrevocably, there will always be time to pet a cat in our lives thanks to her.