Is it just me....

[Ramshank72]

‘Scalding a cat…’! That would be dreadfully cruel, and a terrible waste of hot water. Oops, sorry…wrong thread.

Is this a, "they're eating pets" reference?

[macstheman]

I know of a true 'cruelty to a cat story' but with a comical twist.
An older person(male) who I knew many many years ago at work was always complaining that a cat was always fouling on his allotment and that he was determined to put a stop to it.
He left a trap primed with some fish in it to attract his nemesis, sure enough his ploy worked and he caught the offender. He immediately put the trap with the cat still in it in his car and took it for a ride. He then released the cat unharmed about 3 miles away and returned home well pleased with himself.
Two days later he went to his allotment as normal and guess what, yes you've got it, the cat was sitting on his shed roof with a look basically saying 'up yours mate'!
He commented that 'I reckon the bugger got back before I did'!

[SithHappens]

I do love a animals outwit humans story.

I remember years ago when my niece was just a baby they'd spotted a mouse in her room.

We were all round at my sister's for a family gathering and my dad and brother in law were banging about in my nieces bedroom, had been in there ages, so I went upstairs to take a look.

I got to the top of the stairs and shouted to them 'are you looking for a mouse?', pointing out to them it was sitting on the landing looking at the closed bedroom door, was like a scene from the movie mouse hunt

I swiftly managed to catch it and had a walk and deposited it safely in a hedge bottom.

[macstheman]

I do love a animals outwit humans story.

I remember years ago when my niece was just a baby they'd spotted a mouse in her room.

We were all round at my sister's for a family gathering and my dad and brother in law were banging about in my nieces bedroom, had been in there ages, so I went upstairs to take a look.

I got to the top of the stairs and shouted to them 'are you looking for a mouse?', pointing out to them it was sitting on the landing looking at the closed bedroom door, was like a scene from the movie mouse hunt

I swiftly managed to catch it and had a walk and deposited it safely in a hedge bottom.

Lol.
Let's face it Jerry always outwits Tom!

[SithHappens]

Lol.
Let's face it Jerry always outwits Tom!

True, I was actually watching Tom and Jerry last week with said nieces own young children, followed by roadrunner and had a great time, you forget how funny they are

[macstheman]

True, I was actually watching Tom and Jerry last week with said nieces own young children, followed by roadrunner and had a great time, you forget how funny they are

T&J, Roadrunner, Whacky Races, I maybe an oldie but I ain't ashamed to say I still luv em!

[Trickytreesreds]

T&J, Roadrunner, Whacky Races, I maybe an oldie but I ain't ashamed to say I still luv em!

How dare you advocate mindless violence in todays society.
This is exactly the sort of brain washing that encourages a violent society................... among others things, like religion (koff|) .

[MadAmster]

How dare you advocate mindless violence in todays society.
This is exactly the sort of brain washing that encourages a violent society................... among others things, like religion (koff|) .

Strangely enough, when we were younger, you didn't need warnings to "not try this at home" or a message on a paper coffee cup informing us that "the contents are hot". We weren't that chuffin' stupid. We had brains and were taught how to use them. Of course, not everybody attended that lesson but the vast majority had, and used, common sense. A commodity sadly lacking these days, it seems.

[swaledale]

Strangely enough, when we were younger, you didn't need warnings to "not try this at home" or a message on a paper coffee cup informing us that "the contents are hot". We weren't that chuffin' stupid. We had brains and were taught how to use them. Of course, not everybody attended that lesson but the vast majority had, and used, common sense. A commodity sadly lacking these days, it seems.

I suspect those warnings were required, its just that many of those who didn't use "common sense" aren't alive any more to tell the tale.

Whilst I tend to agree that sometimes elf and safety is overhyped, what tends to be forgotten is the thousands of people who used to die or get seriously injured or who died later on in life having worked or lived in a time when safety wasn't taken seriously if at all.

[SithHappens]

T&J, Roadrunner, Whacky Races, I maybe an oldie but I ain't ashamed to say I still luv em!

If you like Roadrunner and have never seen the film 'Cactus Jack' I'd recommend it.