Friday, October 17, 2008

Cheater, Cheater, Plastic Eater?

Over a dinner at Max and  Erma's of cheese fries and a salad (oh yeah - it all balances out) Harry and I were discussing an acquaintance who had cheated on their significantly hotter-than-they-deserved other half. 

And that got me thinking about a cat I had named Corey. 

He was - to say it blunt - freakin' weird. 

First of all - he was forty pounds, round as a basketball and loved nothing more than presenting his belly for all the world to pet and then, just when your finger tips would lower onto the purring mound, he'd wiggle, jiggle and lash out at you with his saber-tooth inspired teeth.  

I still have scars.

But I digress. 

Corey was an interesting kitty. He was orange and when we found his scrawny butt at the pound he promptly climbed the backseat of the car, squatted and defecated in the window for all the world to see.   This attitude would prevail for the rest of his life.  
His favorite thing to do, more than eating through the side of a new bag of Meow Mix, was to climb, face-first, into a plastic shopping bag and press his face to the side.  
For hours on end he would lick the bag, pink tongue flipping from one end of the "Wal" to the other side of the "Mart."  We half-feared he would suffocate himself but due to the fact that we liked having five fingers on our hands, we let him lick the plastic bags as he saw fit. 

The vet, when we finally called him, laughed and said "Well, he must be getting something from it that he thinks he needs.  Something his diet is missing."

So is this what people do when they go outside their relationship?
Are they just looking for what's missing?
Trying like hell to find a way to get what they think they need?

Or are they just bunch of bag-lickers?




8 comments:

Dawn said...

Bunch of bag lickers is my vote.

Speaking of kitties... have you thought of getting a new one?

be well...

Laura said...

Bunch of bag lickers? That is so freakin' funny!
Laura

Amy said...

Somehow, I can imagine you driving along yelling "BAGLICKER!" at random people.

I 'need' a hot, romantic Eurpean dude. But....here I sit...looking at Jesse scratching his arm pit, instead. Eh. LOL

Amy said...

what the crap? a Eurpean dude? Can I spell?! gyahh....I need a EUROPEAN dude. or maybe a new puppy. either or.

Sage Ravenwood said...

K, that was a strange trip to why someone cheats. I think I have to agree with the name bag lickers. Then again that kind of brings something else to mind (like what holds a guys nuts) so yeah, I have a horrible, horrible mind. (Hugs)Indigo

garnett109 said...

Just like the cat they are tasting something that is not there just a facade

Sarah said...

Just happened to come across this article re: just that topic. Interesting......

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Summer said...

You guys were talkin about me, weren'tcha? Its true . I am way way hotter than that guy ever deserved.
And I DO miss that crazy kitty! Remember how he would stalk the water cooler? Most cats come running for the can opener! OUrs bolted into the kitchen everytime we got a class of freezin cold water! And didnt he like the fridge water, too? Did we have that then? Or do we just say "Oh, Corey would have LOVED this!?"