Article: 288719 of talk.bizarre From: riazfab@tycho.physics.purdue.edu (Riaz F Abdulla) Newsgroups: talk.bizarre Subject: My Dad vs. the Cat Date: 2 Dec 1996 16:03:07 GMT Organization: Purdue University Lines: 39 Message-ID: <57uujr$po4@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> My father, my Grandmother, and our cat (Henry) are trapped in some kind of hideous karmic maw beyond their ken. I wonder if they realize if it is the case that they are an indivisible trio linked by mystical forces. I think that they do not realize this. My grandmother: Her brain is a goddam thermodynamic miracle. It is my belief that all her neurons are misfiring simultaneously with the result that she is unable to do anything. Every microstate within her head is realized and the result is net cancellation of signal so that she simply sits and stares, as her neurons rage endlessly. Sometimes a stray magnetic field from a light switch perhaps, perturbs her equilibrium state so that she utters completely meaningless propositions: "Henry likes you," she will say as the cat lacerates my fingers and farts in my face. Or: "I dorn't like thiess greasy Amehrdican foord... Will eeoo gorto Hahdeez and gert me a Fish Sandwich. I like that..." Whenever she eats, the cat eats as well. I might have mentioned this previously, and so I will not bore you with details. It is enough to say that she is convinced that if she eats then the cat need not be fed, and vice-versa. If Grandmother is not happy, then the cat meows and vice versa. It is more than symbiosis. It is Ka-tet. Next: My Father. In episodes to come: My Father, My Grandmother, and the Cat. Armageddon and the rearrangement of the food Riaz