What happens when Cats
that Walk Constipated Sniff Around Your Belongings? I was sitting at the coffee shop with my dinner. My dinner
didn't make very good company as it was about to be eaten, so i paid more
attention to other things.
Naturally I noticed when a transitory scruffy-skinny-green-white
kitty started sidling up to the bicycle, which was leaned against the kerb.
It was sort of interestedly meandering along, aimlessly as if on a whim,
when it stopped near my rear cogs, sniffed several times from several angles
at the chain assembly, turned around, limbered up and -
(in Mandarin)"Is that your bike? Quickly, its going to
urinate ~!" said the coffeeshop uncle who was serving the customer sharing
the same table as I....
....leapt up with my fork and knife to try to cover
the short distance and prevent the crass deed - alas to no avail. I must
have looked a sight, with my eating utensils held up a-la boxing fashion
and my eyes a-goggle with dwindling fascination.
This coffeeshop uncle has obviously seen many a cat take
many a pee, for he was actually able to forewarn me prior to the pissing,
by asking me if i owned "that bike", twice. And quite amused by it too,
he was. I dropped my "defensive posture" and took it out on the dinner.
That was my Urban City Education lesson for today. I've
needed to get the bike washed for a month anyway, so its good that there's
a real reason to stop procrastinating. I mean if you get philosophical
about it. The next cat that came near the bike got a lime tossed at it.
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