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READ GARFIELD'S FIRST
CHRISTMAS LETTER
HERE!!!!
Praise for Garfield's First Christmas
Mewsletter ....
Please tell Garfield
that his Christmas Letter was one of the most heartfelt I've ever read. Ed
Kostro Dec 2005
CHECK OUT RICKY'S YOGA SESSIONS
HERE:
One cat is
company. Two cats are a conspiracy. Three cats is an attempted takeover.
Four or more cats is a complete coup!
Shona Steele
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5 GOOD REASONS FOR
HAVING YOUR CAT NEUTERED
DID YOU KNOW... |
Images brought to you
by
'The smallest feline is a masterpiece.' Leonardo da Vinci
'Dogs come when called. Cats take a message and get back to you.'
'Of course, every cat is
really the most beautiful woman in the room.' Edward Verrall Luca, essayist
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A morning kiss, a discreet
touch of his nose landing
somewhere on the middle
of my face.
Because his long white
whiskers tickled,
I began every day laughing.
JANET F FAURE |
| 'Dogs have owners.
Cats have staff.'
'In the
middle of a world that has always been a bit mad, the cat walks with
confidence.'
Roseanne Anderson
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Jimmy, the Resident Daily Mews Feline Columnist has his own place now:
click here
'Cats make one of the most satisfying sounds in the world: they purr ...
A purring cat is a form of high praise, like a gold star on a test paper. It
is reinforcement of something we would all like to believe about ourselves -
that we are nice.' - Roger A Caras
"Of all the [cat] toys available, none is better designed than the owner
himself. A large multipurpose plaything, its parts can be made to move in
almost any direction. It comes completely assembled, and it makes a noise
when you jump on it." -- Stephen Baker
Garfield: 28.03.86 - 12.06.06
Click on the cartoon to take you to Garfield's
tribute pages
GARFIELD and
those infamous 20th birthday pictures. See both birthday hats and more ...
LETTER FROM GARFIELD
is a final letter written with great love to his Mum ...
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BY MISTAKE, AMERICAN
EXPRESS OFFERS A CARD TO KITTY
by PATRICK RIPLEY,
Staff Writer
(submitted by Mike
Kolonel, Canada)
As Americans' credit card debt
steadily rises, card companies continue to dole out applications offering more.
But how much consideration, if any, goes into the offers?
As one Glen Burnie woman learned,
even her house cat is deserving.
Last month Marilyn Hecox's
4-year-old black domestic short-hair, Samson, received an offer for the American
Express Rewards Plus Gold Card.
"At first it's funny. Then you
get a little nervous about it," Mrs. Hecox said, sitting in her dining room and
thumbing through the application with a puzzled look on her face while Samson
sat at the door waiting to be let outside.
"As the membership criteria at
American Express remains stringent, the Rewards Plus Gold Card is difficult to
acquire for all but the most financially disciplined," the application letter
starts off.
Really?
Ms. Hecox said Samson is a good
boy, but has no financial history.
Marilyn Hecox and her cat,
Samson, show off the American Express Gold Card offer the cat received in the
mail.
American Express spokesman Kim Forde
couldn't comment on the offer to Samson, but said it was not the company's
intention to provide credit for a cat. She planned to follow up with Ms. Hecox.
"Mistakes happen," Ms. Forde
said.
This isn't the first time Ms.
Hecox has gotten a strange offer from credit card companies. She has received
applications for her children and even her late husband - mistakes she
understood, sort of. But she has trouble grasping how a cat could get one.
The card offer is riddled with
praise for Samson, touting his financial prowess, assuring him that he's "earned
this recognition":
"Only a select group of people
will ever carry the Rewards Plus Gold Card. It instantly identifies you as
someone special - one who has earned a superior degree of financial freedom."
"It really goes on about how
great a credit record he could have," Ms. Hecox said. "How could they say that?"
She said she never applied for
an American Express card and neither did her daughter Tanya, who lives in
Alexandria, Va. The card application was sent to Alexandria even though Samson
has lived in Glen Burnie for years - a minor mix-up considering the
circumstances.
"All of us have been mystified
as to how they got his name and my daughter's address," Ms. Hecox said.
According to the Federal
Reserve, Americans were carrying $2 trillion in credit card debt in September, a
$300 billion increase since 2000.
Ms. Hecox said she considered
sending in Samson's application.
"I've thought about it, just to
see what would happen," she said.
Would a cat be expected to pay?
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Has your cat ever received an offer
to have a credit card? Contact the Daily Mews to let us have your story.
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Dear
Ollie, My name is Timber, and I'm on your side about this cat-food
thing. I mean really, my mum tried to serve me LIVER AND CARROT
MEAL!!!! I immediately walked away! So I'm so on your half
on this Ollie!
Love, Timber (USA)
To read
Timber's in-depth comments about food, please click
here:
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Top 10 Cats’ Names in 2007 |
- Molly
- Felix
- Smudge
- Sooty
- Tigger
- Charlie
- Alfie
- Oscar
- Millie
- Misty
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DID YOU KNOW ...
putting your cat's name on his collar
is asking for trouble?
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MEWSLETTER ARCHIVES is a
new section where all the past MEWSLETTERS are stored. Read
through them at your leisure or better still, subscribe to the
MEWSLETTER which is free each month!!! |
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Testimonials
Ollie's diary is the most adorable thing I've ever read!!
I've just found your website today, and I can't stop reading his
funny entries. My face hurts from laughing! Thank you for
brightening my day. Naomi Harris USA (May 2005)
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A Cat's Prayer'
Lead me down all the right paths,
Keep me from fleas, bees, and baths.
Let me in should it storm,
Keep me safe, fed, and warm.
Let the sun shine where I lay,
Keep me young so I may play.
And most of all ...
Bless the people I adore,
And guard me from the dog next door.
Lisa Malone
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PRAISE FOR THE OCTOBER
2005 MEWSLETTER
Thank you very much for another wonderful Mewsletter. I look
forward to it each month, and this month was especially fine.
There is enough in it to be able to read at leisure over several
days, which sets it apart from many more compact sites, which
are finished in a few minutes. Your Mewsletter is more of a
digest, which I can go back to for something new over and over
again. I appreciate very much the work that you put into it,
and the contributions of all your feline staff. Thanks to
Ricky, I may even take up yoga.
All the best from rural Belgium, Jared Kline |
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EVER HAD AN ELECTRIC SHOCK OFF YOUR CAT? Find out
why it happens here
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Pet, Skunk, Smoke and Dead
Animal Odor remover by Clear The Air Eliminates smells from dead
mice, skunk spray, cigarette smoke, pet urine, and foot odors.
For a wonderful website where animal
writers and illustrators are welcome, please go to:
www.iawia.net
The fantastic logo is by Jill Carpenter
MOLLIE'S BIG HEART*
is a website about a very
special cat with a very special problem. This heart-warming site is
temporarily off line while Mollie and his siblings relocate from California
to Pennsylvania. Don't worry folks - they'll be back soon!
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