Catfishing
The cat came down to the algae-choked pond to join me for a little fishing. Caught some algae. Threw most of it back. I put the fly rod down with the line all pulled out and was getting ready to wind it up and go back to the house...
...when the cat ran wildly from where I stood over to the tall grass by the willow tree and got herself hooked in the chest by the small fly. The line whizzed out from the reel for a second and then she snapped the leader. After I coaxed her up to the house she seemed mostly oblivious to the fly hooked in her chest but as someone trained her to be a playful biter it was difficult to calmly diagnose just how deep into her was the small hook. When she started gnawing at it as if it were a burr in her coat I began to worry that she would get the hook stuck in her mouth. This was quite a predicament. It was a Saturday evening so there would be no chance for a Vet visit until Monday. Just as I was about to lose hope the hook and fly just fell from her chest onto the brick sidewalk leading up to the breezeway. I was happy and resolved not to fish with my cat anymore.
This is good for the cat. How was the algae that you didn't throw back? Did you cook it or eat it raw?
i didnt know you had the pond stocked with catfish.
I got a hook in my right nostril once. Not as much blood or pain as you'd think.
damn, i really need to read the headers before i make stupid jokes.
Yeah, but wait till you get one in the left nostril. I expected adman to mention the slimy catfish he dragged out of that pond but maybe, like me, he was waiting for the second part to Dave's joke. Now that we know there's not a second part we can all get back to more important things, like um, I was mopping the kitchen floor, need to go check on that laundry...
As for pond algae, I wish I could eat it. I would like to eat it raw but I think I would cook anything that came out of this pond. Or maybe it's not even algae I'm talking about but waterthread pondweed or brittle naiad or eurasian watermilfoil. Yesterday I made a half hearted attempt to clean some of it out, thought I might be able to rake a good bit of it to the banks, pitchfork it into the utility vehicle, talk about stupid jokes.
thats more of a site gag.
Well here it is. Still not very funny.
site, not sight. t'were a pun. not much funnier than the catfish line but at least mo'smarterer.
That soylent green would make good compost. Dave you were on a droll roll! sorry
the fishing cat’s diet includes birds, small mammals, snakes, snails, and fish. The cat attracts fish by lighting tapping the water's surface with its paw, mimicking insect movements. Then, it dives into the water to catch the fish. It can also use its partially webbed paws to scoop fish, frogs, and other prey out of the water or swim underwater to prey on ducks and other aquatic birds.
there's a little resemblence...
Fishing cat? Cool.
I've got a cat that takes showers, with one of these:
What about ole Catfish Hunter?
Bravo, mb. Got my late-evening-early nite laugh
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The cat came down to the algae-choked pond to join me for a little fishing. Caught some algae. Threw most of it back. I put the fly rod down with the line all pulled out and was getting ready to wind it up and go back to the house...
...when the cat ran wildly from where I stood over to the tall grass by the willow tree and got herself hooked in the chest by the small fly. The line whizzed out from the reel for a second and then she snapped the leader. After I coaxed her up to the house she seemed mostly oblivious to the fly hooked in her chest but as someone trained her to be a playful biter it was difficult to calmly diagnose just how deep into her was the small hook. When she started gnawing at it as if it were a burr in her coat I began to worry that she would get the hook stuck in her mouth. This was quite a predicament. It was a Saturday evening so there would be no chance for a Vet visit until Monday. Just as I was about to lose hope the hook and fly just fell from her chest onto the brick sidewalk leading up to the breezeway. I was happy and resolved not to fish with my cat anymore.
- jimlouis 7-07-2008 12:07 pm
This is good for the cat. How was the algae that you didn't throw back? Did you cook it or eat it raw?
- Marco (guest) 7-07-2008 2:09 pm [ comments]
i didnt know you had the pond stocked with catfish.
- dave 7-07-2008 2:32 pm [ comments]
I got a hook in my right nostril once. Not as much blood or pain as you'd think.
- adman 7-07-2008 3:23 pm [ comments]
damn, i really need to read the headers before i make stupid jokes.
- dave 7-07-2008 3:25 pm [ comments]
Yeah, but wait till you get one in the left nostril. I expected adman to mention the slimy catfish he dragged out of that pond but maybe, like me, he was waiting for the second part to Dave's joke. Now that we know there's not a second part we can all get back to more important things, like um, I was mopping the kitchen floor, need to go check on that laundry...
As for pond algae, I wish I could eat it. I would like to eat it raw but I think I would cook anything that came out of this pond. Or maybe it's not even algae I'm talking about but waterthread pondweed or brittle naiad or eurasian watermilfoil. Yesterday I made a half hearted attempt to clean some of it out, thought I might be able to rake a good bit of it to the banks, pitchfork it into the utility vehicle, talk about stupid jokes.
- jimlouis 7-07-2008 5:20 pm [ comments]
thats more of a site gag.
- dave 7-07-2008 5:23 pm [ comments]
Well here it is. Still not very funny.
- jimlouis 7-07-2008 6:07 pm [ comments]
site, not sight. t'were a pun. not much funnier than the catfish line but at least mo'smarterer.
- dave 7-07-2008 6:34 pm [ comments]
That soylent green would make good compost. Dave you were on a droll roll! sorry
- Marco (guest) 7-08-2008 2:33 pm [ comments]
the fishing cat’s diet includes birds, small mammals, snakes, snails, and fish. The cat attracts fish by lighting tapping the water's surface with its paw, mimicking insect movements. Then, it dives into the water to catch the fish. It can also use its partially webbed paws to scoop fish, frogs, and other prey out of the water or swim underwater to prey on ducks and other aquatic birds.
there's a little resemblence...
- linda 7-08-2008 5:51 pm [ comments]
Fishing cat? Cool.
I've got a cat that takes showers, with one of these:
- mark 7-09-2008 12:22 am [ comments]
What about ole Catfish Hunter?
- Marco (guest) 7-09-2008 7:31 pm [ comments]
- mark 7-10-2008 8:37 am [3 comments]
Bravo, mb. Got my late-evening-early nite laugh
- Marco (guest) 7-11-2008 2:31 am [ comments]