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http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
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On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:42:55 +0100, Carlton Miniott
 wrote:

>http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
>http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html

Your kitten looks very nice. Shame about the wife.

(Yes, I am still needling Linz ... )
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In article , 
MI5.Victim@privacy.net says...
> On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:42:55 +0100, Carlton Miniott
>  wrote:
> 
> >http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
> >http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
> 
> Your kitten looks very nice. Shame about the wife.
> 
> (Yes, I am still needling Linz ... )

No, Mike, you're not. You're attempting to needle me but not succeeding.

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:43:11 +0100, Amethyst Deceiver
 wrote:

>In article , 
>MI5.Victim@privacy.net says...
>> On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:42:55 +0100, Carlton Miniott
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> >http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
>> >http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
>> 
>> Your kitten looks very nice. Shame about the wife.
>> 
>> (Yes, I am still needling Linz ... )
>
>No, Mike, you're not. You're attempting to needle me but not succeeding. 

Consider it gentle needling ... the trolls have all gone away ...
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"Carlton Miniott"  wrote

> http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
> http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html

Cute!

In article <48b6e4cc$0$2525$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>, 
qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
> 
> "Carlton Miniott"  wrote
> 
> > http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
> > http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
> 
> Cute! 

Any tips on bathing a cat? He's filthy and really needs a wash. Luckily 
he's small enough that I can scruff him with one hand, leaving the other 
free to do the wiping.

"Amethyst Deceiver"  wrote in message

> Any tips on bathing a cat? He's filthy and really needs a wash. Luckily
> he's small enough that I can scruff him with one hand, leaving the other
> free to do the wiping.

<Gulp!>

Has he got any toys? If so, put them in with him.

If you can, 'wet' him (spray) first.

Otherwise, a NBCD suit, metal gauntlets and lots of luck! Those claws are 
like needles even at that age!

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:57:00 +0100, Amethyst Deceiver wrote:

>In article <48b6e4cc$0$2525$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>, 
>qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
>> 
>> "Carlton Miniott"  wrote
>> 
>> > http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
>> > http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
>> 
>> Cute! 
>
>Any tips on bathing a cat? He's filthy and really needs a wash. Luckily 
>he's small enough that I can scruff him with one hand, leaving the other 
>free to do the wiping.

From experience.

Get everything ready (don't forget a big fluffy towel), make your
plan, be sure you know exactly how you're going to go about it, grab
the cat (kitten) and do it.  Don't give him time to argue.  Be in
charge, be his mother, who wouldn't stand any nonsense.

Use the kitchen or bathroom sink, not the bath; you'll be on your feet
and have better control.  A few inches of water in the bottom will
suffice, don't try and immerse the poor little bugger.  The larger the
sink the better, as you get more water for a given depth.  I used a
jug for wetting down and rinsing, and then ran the taps (fillling the
jug to get the temperature right) for the final rinse.

There are two of you, aren't there?  That'll make it easier, I did it
on me tod.

What really surprised me was how little cat there was underneath the
fur, once it was wet and slicked down.  I wouldn't normally wash a
cat, though, but she came home all black, instead of black and white.
I think she'd been playing in a coal barn.  Afterwards she sulked off
for a few minutes, then came back and demanded a cuddle.

-- 

Peter

I'm an alien
email: home at peteward dot gotadsl dot co dot uk
Everything is true in theory.
- N Jill Marsh

On 2008-08-28, Carlton Miniott  wrote:
> http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
> http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html

When will it be old enough to eat?

-- 
          "Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain
                 and presumptuous desire for a second one."
               [email me at huge {at} huge (dot) org <dot> uk]

On 2008-08-29, Amethyst Deceiver  wrote:
> In article <48b6e4cc$0$2525$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>, 
> qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
>> 
>> "Carlton Miniott"  wrote
>> 
>> > http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
>> > http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
>> 
>> Cute! 
>
> Any tips on bathing a cat? 

Buy these;

http://tinyurl.com/5dmk2g

Fill bath with several inches of warm water with detergent in. Drop cat in bath.




-- 
          "Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain
                 and presumptuous desire for a second one."
               [email me at huge {at} huge (dot) org <dot> uk]

Mr. Broadhurst wrote:
> "Amethyst Deceiver"  wrote in message
> 
>> Any tips on bathing a cat? He's filthy and really needs a wash. Luckily
>> he's small enough that I can scruff him with one hand, leaving the other
>> free to do the wiping.
> 
> <Gulp!>
> 
> Has he got any toys? If so, put them in with him.
> 
> If you can, 'wet' him (spray) first.
> 
> Otherwise, a NBCD suit, metal gauntlets and lots of luck! Those claws are 
> like needles even at that age!

Are you talking about the kitten or OB?

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:57:00 +0100, Amethyst Deceiver
 wrote:

>In article <48b6e4cc$0$2525$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>, 
>qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
>> 
>> "Carlton Miniott"  wrote
>> 
>> > http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
>> > http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
>> 
>> Cute! 
>
>Any tips on bathing a cat? He's filthy and really needs a wash. Luckily 
>he's small enough that I can scruff him with one hand, leaving the other 
>free to do the wiping.

use a damp cloth to wipe him unless you want to train him to enjoy
baths.
-- 
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http://www.holidayunder100.co.uk

Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:

> On 2008-08-28, Carlton Miniott  wrote:

> > http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
> > http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
> 
> When will it be old enough to eat?

It's just as well they're winsome or they'd all end up in the curry.

-- 
^Ï^                                  <http://snipeco.ath.cx/> 

   I like 'em really, but I'm allergic.

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:56:00 +0100, snipe@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe)
wrote:

>> > http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
>> > http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
>> 
>> When will it be old enough to eat?
>
>It's just as well they're winsome or they'd all end up in the curry.

Apparently it was raining cats and dogs in Beijing.  Which was handy,
given all the people trying to find somewhere to eat.

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:38:38 +0100, Oxford comma
<malone@invalid.really.invalid.invalid> wrote:

>On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:56:00 +0100, snipe@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe)
>wrote:
>
>>> > http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
>>> > http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
>>> 
>>> When will it be old enough to eat?
>>
>>It's just as well they're winsome or they'd all end up in the curry.
>
>Apparently it was raining cats and dogs in Beijing.  Which was handy,
>given all the people trying to find somewhere to eat.

Something to eat, surely?

Sorry to do a Linz to you.
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"Willy Eckerslyke"  wrote

>> Otherwise, a NBCD suit, metal gauntlets and lots of luck! Those claws are 
>> like needles even at that age!
>
> Are you talking about the kitten or OB?

Same applies to both, methinks.

Amethyst Deceiver wrote:
> In article <48b6e4cc$0$2525$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
> qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
>>
>> "Carlton Miniott"  wrote
>>
>>> http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
>>> http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
>>
>> Cute!
>
> Any tips on bathing a cat?

Yeah. Get some other silly bugger to do it. Make sure his jabs are up to 
date.

Peter Ward wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:57:00 +0100, Amethyst Deceiver wrote:
>
>> In article <48b6e4cc$0$2525$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
>> qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
>>>
>>> "Carlton Miniott"  wrote
>>>
>>>> http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
>>>> http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
>>>
>>> Cute!
>>
>> Any tips on bathing a cat? He's filthy and really needs a wash.
>> Luckily he's small enough that I can scruff him with one hand,
>> leaving the other free to do the wiping.
>
> From experience.

> What really surprised me was how little cat there was underneath the
> fur, once it was wet and slicked down.  I wouldn't normally wash a
> cat, though, but she came home all black, instead of black and white.
> I think she'd been playing in a coal barn.  Afterwards she sulked off
> for a few minutes, then came back and demanded a cuddle.

Are you sure it wasn't a blow-dry it wanted?

Willy Eckerslyke wrote:
> Mr. Broadhurst wrote:
>> "Amethyst Deceiver"  wrote in message
>>
>>> Any tips on bathing a cat? He's filthy and really needs a wash.
>>> Luckily he's small enough that I can scruff him with one hand,
>>> leaving the other free to do the wiping.
>>
>> <Gulp!>
>>
>> Has he got any toys? If so, put them in with him.
>>
>> If you can, 'wet' him (spray) first.
>>
>> Otherwise, a NBCD suit, metal gauntlets and lots of luck! Those
>> claws are like needles even at that age!
>
> Are you talking about the kitten or OB?

Splutter!

If it wasn't such an excellent screen cleaner while being dried off I'd 
truly regret the whisky you've just made me waste.

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:49:44 +0100, MI5.Victim@privacy.net wrote:

>>Apparently it was raining cats and dogs in Beijing.  Which was handy,
>>given all the people trying to find somewhere to eat.
>
>Something to eat, surely?
>
>Sorry to do a Linz to you.

No, you're not sorry. 

Also, does this mean you've cracked LJ privacy?  Now that's
interesting.

Oxford comma <malone@invalid.really.invalid.invalid> writes:

> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:49:44 +0100, MI5.Victim@privacy.net wrote:
>
>>>Apparently it was raining cats and dogs in Beijing.  Which was handy,
>>>given all the people trying to find somewhere to eat.
>>
>>Something to eat, surely?
>>
>>Sorry to do a Linz to you.
>
> No, you're not sorry. 
>
> Also, does this mean you've cracked LJ privacy?  Now that's
> interesting.

Have I missed something?

-- 
mamma, you been on my mind

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:10:17 +0100, August West 
wrote:

>Have I missed something?

No.  Honestly.

"Amethyst Deceiver"  wrote in message 
news:MPG.2321d847465a8105989b6f@news.individual.de...
> In article <48b6e4cc$0$2525$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
> qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
>>
>> "Carlton Miniott"  wrote
>>
>> > http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
>> > http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
>> Cute!
>
> Any tips on bathing a cat? He's filthy and really needs a wash. Luckily
> he's small enough that I can scruff him with one hand, leaving the other
> free to do the wiping.
>
>
60 deg cottons for an hour with a prewash using Persil liquid,
and a cup of good conditioner.

Steve Terry

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:57:48 +0200, Lou Ravi wrote:

>Peter Ward wrote:
>> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:57:00 +0100, Amethyst Deceiver wrote:
>>
>>> In article <48b6e4cc$0$2525$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
>>> qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
>>>>
>>>> "Carlton Miniott"  wrote
>>>>
>>>>> http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
>>>>> http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
>>>>
>>>> Cute!
>>>
>>> Any tips on bathing a cat? He's filthy and really needs a wash.
>>> Luckily he's small enough that I can scruff him with one hand,
>>> leaving the other free to do the wiping.
>>
>> From experience.
>
>> What really surprised me was how little cat there was underneath the
>> fur, once it was wet and slicked down.  I wouldn't normally wash a
>> cat, though, but she came home all black, instead of black and white.
>> I think she'd been playing in a coal barn.  Afterwards she sulked off
>> for a few minutes, then came back and demanded a cuddle.
>
>Are you sure it wasn't a blow-job it wanted? 

Nah, she was a girl cat.

-- 

Peter

I'm an alien
email: home at peteward dot gotadsl dot co dot uk
Songs like that make we want to commit Sudoku.
- Artyw

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:28:48 +0100, Lyndsey de Paul wrote this:

>No.  Honestly.




-- 
Grk!

Hypodeemic Nerdle <grk@ku.gro.assednacni> wrote:

> Grk!

I get lost in LJ, is HBD OK?

-- 
^Ï^                                  <http://snipeco.ath.cx/> 

    Et maintenant, je vous presente, encore une fois, 
    mon ami, le pouf célèbre, Jean-Brian Zatapathique.

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:11:18 +0100, snipe@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe)
wrote this:

>Hypodeemic Nerdle <grk@ku.gro.assednacni> wrote:
>
>> Grk!
>
>I get lost in LJ, is HBD OK?

He posted yesterday morning at least.  I do hope he's alreet.





-- 
G.

Steve Terry wrote:
> "Amethyst Deceiver"  wrote in message
> news:MPG.2321d847465a8105989b6f@news.individual.de...
>> In article <48b6e4cc$0$2525$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
>> qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
>>>
>>> "Carlton Miniott"  wrote
>>>
>>>> http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
>>>> http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
>>> Cute!
>>
>> Any tips on bathing a cat? He's filthy and really needs a wash.
>> Luckily he's small enough that I can scruff him with one hand,
>> leaving the other free to do the wiping.
>>
>>
> 60 deg cottons for an hour with a prewash using Persil liquid,
> and a cup of good conditioner.

What spin drying speed?

"Lou Ravi"  writes:

> Steve Terry wrote:
>> "Amethyst Deceiver"  wrote in message
>> news:MPG.2321d847465a8105989b6f@news.individual.de...
>>> In article <48b6e4cc$0$2525$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
>>> qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
>>>>
>>>> "Carlton Miniott"  wrote
>>>>
>>>>> http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
>>>>> http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
>>>> Cute!
>>>
>>> Any tips on bathing a cat? He's filthy and really needs a wash.
>>> Luckily he's small enough that I can scruff him with one hand,
>>> leaving the other free to do the wiping.
>>>
>> 60 deg cottons for an hour with a prewash using Persil liquid,
>> and a cup of good conditioner.
>
> What spin drying speed? 

Just stick it in the microwave.

-- 
Now's the time

"August West"  wrote

> Just stick it in the microwave.

Not deep-fry it?

In article <48b86ade$0$2523$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>, 
qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
> 
> "August West"  wrote
> 
> > Just stick it in the microwave.
> 
> Not deep-fry it?

Spatch-cocked.  It's the uk.misc way.
-- 
SAm.

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:33:32 +0100, Sam Nelson  wrote
this:

>In article <48b86ade$0$2523$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>, 
>qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
>> 
>> "August West"  wrote
>> 
>> > Just stick it in the microwave.
>> 
>> Not deep-fry it?
>
>Spatch-cocked.  It's the uk.misc way.

Stop it!  You'll make Linz cry!




-- 
Grk.

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:50:45 +0100, Hypodeemic Nerdle <grk@ku.gro.assednacni>
wrote the following to uk.misc:

> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:33:32 +0100, Sam Nelson  wrote
> this:
>
>>In article <48b86ade$0$2523$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>, 
>>qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
>>> 
>>> "August West"  wrote
>>> 
>>> > Just stick it in the microwave.
>>> 
>>> Not deep-fry it?
>>
>>Spatch-cocked.  It's the uk.misc way.
>
> Stop it!  You'll make Linz cry!

Will she be serving it with onions?

mh.
-- 
http://www.nukesoft.co.uk
http://personal.nukesoft.co.uk

From address is a blackhole. Reply-to address is valid.

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:58:54 +0100, Marcus the Mole
<grk@ku.gro.assednacni> wrote:

>On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:28:48 +0100, Lyndsey de Paul wrote this:
>
>>No.  Honestly.

I can't match that wit.  You win.

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:21:23 +0100, Hypodeemic Nerdle wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:11:18 +0100, snipe@spambin.fsnet.co.uk (Sn!pe)
> wrote this:
> 
>>Hypodeemic Nerdle <grk@ku.gro.assednacni> wrote:
>>
>>> Grk!
>>
>>I get lost in LJ, is HBD OK?
> 
> He posted yesterday morning at least.  I do hope he's alreet.

Yup - I'm back. Was going through a bad patch, now improving. I'll try and
stop being so argumentative. It's not in my nature.


-- 
A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:43:26 +0100, Peter Ward  wrote:

>On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:57:00 +0100, Amethyst Deceiver wrote:
>
>>In article <48b6e4cc$0$2525$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>, 
>>qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
>>> 
>>> "Carlton Miniott"  wrote
>>> 
>>> > http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
>>> > http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
>>> 
>>> Cute! 
>>
>>Any tips on bathing a cat? He's filthy and really needs a wash. Luckily 
>>he's small enough that I can scruff him with one hand, leaving the other 
>>free to do the wiping.
>
>From experience.

[snipped]
Thanks - handy.

>What really surprised me was how little cat there was underneath the
>fur, once it was wet and slicked down.  I wouldn't normally wash a
>cat, though, but she came home all black, instead of black and white.
>I think she'd been playing in a coal barn.  Afterwards she sulked off
>for a few minutes, then came back and demanded a cuddle.

He's only 13 weeks old, so there's very little cat there anyway. Very
little but feelthy.
-- 
Hooray for the differently sane.

On 29 Aug 2008 22:22:32 GMT, Marcus Houlden 
wrote:

>On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:50:45 +0100, Hypodeemic Nerdle <grk@ku.gro.assednacni>
>wrote the following to uk.misc:
>
>> On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:33:32 +0100, Sam Nelson  wrote
>> this:
>>
>>>In article <48b86ade$0$2523$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>, 
>>>qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
>>>> 
>>>> "August West"  wrote
>>>> 
>>>> > Just stick it in the microwave.
>>>> 
>>>> Not deep-fry it?
>>>
>>>Spatch-cocked.  It's the uk.misc way.
>>
>> Stop it!  You'll make Linz cry!
>
>Will she be serving it with onions?

Ooh, there's a thought, there are some in the garden.
-- 
Hooray for the differently sane.

On 29 Aug 2008 10:47:28 GMT, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:

>On 2008-08-29, Amethyst Deceiver  wrote:
>> In article <48b6e4cc$0$2525$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>, 
>> qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
>>> 
>>> "Carlton Miniott"  wrote
>>> 
>>> > http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
>>> > http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
>>> 
>>> Cute! 
>>
>> Any tips on bathing a cat? 
>
>Buy these;
>
>http://tinyurl.com/5dmk2g
>
>Fill bath with several inches of warm water with detergent in. Drop cat in bath.

That would just get water everywhere without cleaning Smog.
-- 
Hooray for the differently sane.

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:01:48 +0100, mogga 
wrote:

>On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:57:00 +0100, Amethyst Deceiver
> wrote:
>
>>In article <48b6e4cc$0$2525$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>, 
>>qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
>>> 
>>> "Carlton Miniott"  wrote
>>> 
>>> > http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
>>> > http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
>>> 
>>> Cute! 
>>
>>Any tips on bathing a cat? He's filthy and really needs a wash. Luckily 
>>he's small enough that I can scruff him with one hand, leaving the other 
>>free to do the wiping.
>
>use a damp cloth to wipe him unless you want to train him to enjoy
>baths.

I think training him to enjoy (or at least tolerate) baths wouldn't be
a bad thing.
-- 
Hooray for the differently sane.

In message , Amethyst 
Deceiver  writes

>>>Any tips on bathing a cat? He's filthy and really needs a wash. Luckily
>>>he's small enough that I can scruff him with one hand, leaving the other
>>>free to do the wiping.
>>
>>use a damp cloth to wipe him unless you want to train him to enjoy
>>baths.
>
>I think training him to enjoy (or at least tolerate) baths wouldn't be
>a bad thing.

I bought my dear wife a Burmese kitten for her birthday earlier this 
year. Smoky. Honesty -- a cat that cost a monkey! Every morning it 
watches her in wide-eyed horror as she takes her shower while he waits 
to have his face and eyes cleaned. His expression suggests he's saying: 
"Lookee here, missus. You don't have to get wet, you know.".

With the beginning of warm, spring days Smoky took to boisterous 
rocketing around the garden and terrace: mighty bounds executed with no 
thought for where or how he was going to land. We knew that it was only 
a matter of time before he fell into the swimming pool. We weren't too 
concerned; over the years we've had several cats and they've all taken 
pearlers into the swimming pool sooner or later -- once!

Smoky eventually took the plunge with a spectacular Evil Kneival 
bikeless leap and I learned why the Egyptians venerated cats. I don't 
know if they can walk on water but they can certainly run on water. 
Smoky shot across the surface of the pool and ran howling for my wife 
for an hour's comforting and treatment with hot towels.

Last month we used the pool for first time and poor Smoky went mental, 
dashing back and forth, his wonderful green eyes wide with panic, his 
expression seeming to say: "Oh Christ! How the hell do I rescue you two 
idiots!" He made such a fuss that in the end he got the sort of wet 
cuddle that I'd been hoping for.

If there such a thing as reincarnation, I'll try to come back as a cat.

-- 
James Follett. Novelist. (G1LXP) http://www.jamesfollett.dswilliams.co.uk
http://www.pbase.com/jamesfollett

On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:03:15 +0100, Amethyst Deceiver
 wrote:

>On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:01:48 +0100, mogga 
>wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:57:00 +0100, Amethyst Deceiver
>> wrote:
>>
>>>In article <48b6e4cc$0$2525$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>, 
>>>qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
>>>> 
>>>> "Carlton Miniott"  wrote
>>>> 
>>>> > http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
>>>> > http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
>>>> 
>>>> Cute! 
>>>
>>>Any tips on bathing a cat? He's filthy and really needs a wash. Luckily 
>>>he's small enough that I can scruff him with one hand, leaving the other 
>>>free to do the wiping.
>>
>>use a damp cloth to wipe him unless you want to train him to enjoy
>>baths.
>
>I think training him to enjoy (or at least tolerate) baths wouldn't be
>a bad thing.

Well good luck. You have had a tetanus recently haven't you?

Our cats used to like the pond - Rosie would stand in the shallows
having a drink and Kitty would dredge the pond weed out in an attempt
to get the frogs. Mind you they also like drinking out the bathtaps
too. 
There's bound to be instructions somewhere on the best ways of getting
them aclimatised to a bath.
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"Lou Ravi"  wrote in message 
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> Steve Terry wrote:
>> "Amethyst Deceiver"  wrote in message
>> news:MPG.2321d847465a8105989b6f@news.individual.de...
>>> In article <48b6e4cc$0$2525$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk>,
>>> qrnq_znatyrq_cvtrba@zfa.pbz says...
>>>>
>>>> "Carlton Miniott"  wrote
>>>>
>>>>> http://oldbloke.livejournal.com/476720.html
>>>>> http://k425.livejournal.com/205356.html
>>>> Cute!
>>>
>>> Any tips on bathing a cat? He's filthy and really needs a wash.
>>> Luckily he's small enough that I can scruff him with one hand,
>>> leaving the other free to do the wiping.
>>>
>>>
>> 60 deg cottons for an hour with a prewash using Persil liquid,
>> and a cup of good conditioner.
>
> What spin drying speed?
>
Don't be ridiculous spin drying could kill it!

Put it in a tumble dryer for an hour on low temperature

Steve Terry

"Mr. Broadhurst"  wrote in message 
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>
> "August West"  wrote
>
>> Just stick it in the microwave.
>
> Not deep-fry it?
>
>
Only in Scotland, and with batter

Steve Terry