Oscar the Flatline Feline

[Whizbang]

I really do not know how to describe this.  It is very bizarre but also very touching and remarkable.  It appeared sometime ago in our Texarkana paper, and only today did I notice an Internet URL on the page.  This one indescribable cat. 

[Ace]

Well. That was disappointing. 

I misread the subject, and thought it said "Flattened Feline."  That piqued my interest.  Now I see it's about that cat that stalks nursing home residents, hovering about awaiting their deaths.

You know, sometimes I read those "famous last words" quotes and epitaphs.  I gotta figure the majority in that place are along the lines of "Get away from me, you stupid cat!" "Hey!  Somebody get this (#@ cat away from me!"  "You get your furry feline freaking face out of here, you stinking cat, or you're gonna be the next dead thing!"  Sort of like that. 

I don't doubt for a minute a cat would walk amongst the nearly dead, staring blankly and laying in wait.  A dog would come up, lick your hand or face, wag its tail, and be sad, for you.  Stupid cat would be nonplussed and uncaring; and just in the way. 

I think it was the Egyptians who would have their cats buried with them... heh.  That'd be a nice surprise for the Death Tabby. 

Ace; "Here, kitty kitty kitty...  Gotcha!" 

[scuzzy]

My favorite epitaph can be found in Boothill Graveyard in Tombstone, Arizona:

HERE LIES LESTER MOORE
FOUR SLUGS FROM A 44
NO LES NO MORE

Somehow it's very ironic.

Scuzzy; I feel like dying whenever Ace visits the forum.

[Ace]

Fine. Then bury the cat there.  "Puss in Boots."  Works for me.

You know, your boots smell like I'm dying whenever you wear them here.

I do like that epigram, though.  Although you wonder why it took 4 shots.  I like the one from the guy facing the firing squad who said "Take a step closer, lads.  It'll be easier."

You know, my wife's aunt owned a bunch of cats.  Housefull.  One of those "crazy cat ladies"....  Wound up dying, in the house.  Wound up being eaten by them, to a significant degree, per her dad, who was one of those who found her.  So I guess why I'm a little suspicious of any altruistic tendencies of cats, amongst the near-dead.

Dog would go get help... 

Ace; that is so weird that there's a graveyard in Tombstone...  I wonder if they realize that.