Chase your cat along the roof before jumping off.
A man trying to catch his pet fell off a roof and impaled himself on the fence late Wednesday.If either of my cats get out and somehow manage to get on the roof, I won't be chasing them.The man, whose name was not released, was chasing his pet cat on the roof of his trailer at Northwest 11th Court and 79th Street about 9 p.m., Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue officials said.
The feline got away and the man jumped off the roof, expecting to land on the ground. Instead, the 42-year-old found himself impaled on the metal fence.
The man's wife immediately came to his aid, and neighbors hearing the commotion called 911.
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The man, although in severe pain, was expected to recover.
This story, just as I am about to leave for chemo, reminds me of this little story told by Sam Waterston in Capricorn One-
A guy returns from a long trip to Europe, having left his beloved cat in his brother's care. The minute he clears customs, he calls his brother and inquires after his pet.So leave her or rather the cat there."The cat's dead," his brother replies bluntly.
The guy is devastated. "You don't know how much the cat meant to me," he sobs into the phone. "Couldn't you at least have given a little thought to a nicer way of breaking the news? For instance, couldn't you have said, 'Well, you know, the cat got out of the house one day and climbed up on the roof, and the fire department couldn't get her down, and finally she died of exposure... of starvation... or something? Why are you always so thoughtless?"
"Look, I'm really, really sorr," says his brother. "I'll try to do better next time, I swear."
"Okay, let's just put it behind us. How are you, any way? How's Mom?"
There was a long pause. "Uh," the brother finally stammers, "uh... Mom's on the roof."
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Was his name Bill Clinton p... (Below threshold)1. Posted by ODA315 | February 8, 2008 1:24 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Was his name Bill Clinton perhaps? Chasing Paula Jones?
Quick, somebody call James Carville.
1. Posted by ODA315 | February 8, 2008 1:24 PM |
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Posted on February 8, 2008 13:24
2. Posted by 914 | February 8, 2008 1:50 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
OUCH !! Cat on a hot tin roof.
2. Posted by 914 | February 8, 2008 1:50 PM |
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Posted on February 8, 2008 13:50
3. Posted by Dave W | February 8, 2008 6:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Where's Barney or mantis or one of those trolls? I'd think they would have been here by now saying that Bush did it, or it was the vast right wing conspiracy.
3. Posted by Dave W | February 8, 2008 6:31 PM |
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Posted on February 8, 2008 18:31
4. Posted by SPQR | February 8, 2008 8:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Barney's busy in another thread pulling claims out of his alimentary canal.
4. Posted by SPQR | February 8, 2008 8:05 PM |
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Posted on February 8, 2008 20:05
5. Posted by Spurwing Plover | February 9, 2008 7:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
He should have attracted the cat with food maybe a can of its favortae kitty food
5. Posted by Spurwing Plover | February 9, 2008 7:12 PM |
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Posted on February 9, 2008 19:12
6. Posted by Spurwing Plover | February 10, 2008 3:53 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
We had a cat that climbed up on the roof we usial would tap its food dish with a spoon to get it to come down
6. Posted by Spurwing Plover | February 10, 2008 3:53 PM |
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Posted on February 10, 2008 15:53