Ok I lied

This is truly the last entry for...  until I sleep.

Anyway, following the entry about the Cultured Dairy Snack, I remember when my niece and nephew were visiting from Argentina, where the cats are just cats (I'm really going somewhere with this).

At the time we had 4 dogs and a cat.  I'd never been known to my family as a cat person so both my niece and nephew were a little surprised when they saw Zihua gliding by.  One of them asked if I was worried about the dogs living with a cat, so I told them no because I felt confident about how the dogs treated that very sweet kitty.  Then they asked if the scratching wasn't a problem, given that we had leather sofas and wood furniture.  Well again I said no, because she'd been declawed.  Then they asked if I wasn't worried about her getting pregnant, given that's something cats do (by the way, find "Cats and Dogs" written sometime after Feb.) and they do quite often.  One more time I said no because she'd been fixed.

Then came a long pause.  No questions, no comments, just silence. 

One of them finally broke the quiet and with a sly smile said "So, if she one day starts meowing incessantly, will you have her vocal cords removed?" and we all laughed uncontrolablly at how ridiculous it all seemed...  But while I laughed, I remembered there was a time when I didn't know about these "advancements" and a cat was just a cat and they scratched you if you annoyed them.

The answer to their vocal cord question?  Maybe. 

Then if I did, could say I have a "cultured" cat?