kilikini wrote:
> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
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> > And cats don't just whack stuff off countertops
> > indiscriminently, I've got a cat that takes particular joy in whacking
> > really good stuff from bathroom vanities and desk tops into
> > wastebaskets... ironically wireless mice are particularly suseptible...
> > first time it happend I got lucky and noticed it in my wastebasket,
> > wastebasket is now on the other side of the room... I just know I lost
> > my favorite stapler that way. Anyone who has cats it behooves them to
> > check wastebaskets carefully before puting the contents out for pickup.
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> > Sheldon
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> I have a cat who takes things OUT of wastebaskets; eggshells, soap boxes,
> corn husks, globs of hair that I remove from the shower drain (I have long
> hair), twisties, you name it. I find it. I usually either smell it or step
> on it. But he loves getting on my bathroom counters and playing with my
> contact case and my husband's brush. I have a devil in that cat, I swear.
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> kili

Oh, I've found rib bones from the trash in the living room. I have
never caught him at it but I think that James Moriarty is the culprit.
My cats are 10 years old now and less prone to mischief now. They have
knocked over numerous potted plants (always newly-watered - why is
that?) but never a wine bottle.

When I worked at a university, one of the secretaries got some bottles
of champaign from her boss, probably from graduation. She had them on
a shelf at her station and after a few hours they began to pop their
corks. It was sort of funny, wine all over in this office.