When I sang to my cats, one would invariably put it's paw on my mouth
to stop me singing. Admittedly, I'm not the world's best singer but,
hey, everyone's a critic.
Cats have not music in themselves
nor are they moved with concord of sweet sounds
the bastards
now, that fits the bill *exactly*.
Roger
On 11/1/05, MJ Walker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The cat that hath not music in itself/Nor is not moved with concord of
> sweet sounds...Now I know why they grate on my nerves. I much prefer mice.
> mj
>
> Roger Day wrote:
>
> >yes, a fine selection of poems and I enjoyed them all[1]. As for VB,
> >did you have an open tin of cat-food to hand whilst you read? In my
> >experience, 9.7 out of 10 cats prefer the sound of an opening tin to
> >any other sound, including sounds that celebrate them.
> >
> >Roger
> >
> >[1] I was the man whose wife mis-took him for a cat...
> >On 11/1/05, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Thanks for the moving poems much appreciated -read them to VB and what
> >>passes for tears sprouted from his little piggy gimletted eyes
> >>P & VB
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