Cat fights, parking pass and deworming
Dear Rachel,
I have two sibling cats who have been together every moment of their several years. They’re inseparable. Until one of them failed to use the litter box quite right, so I gave him a bath, and his sister sniffed him after then freaked out and has been attacking him like a complete stranger for three days now. I’m locking her in the bathroom when I leave the house and when I sleep, but she’s yowling to be let out and no one here is sleeping and I don’t know what to do. I give up, so I’m writing you. Help?
– Smelly Cat
Dear P. U. Purrer,
You give up, so you write me? Ouch. But I’m magnanimous, so I’ll help. It sounds stupid that cats may not recognize each other after their scents change. It’s true though. And it’s less stupid when you realize that I once had an ex of many years walk into a party with a wig on, and he said hi, and I didn’t recognize him. One sensory detail was all it took. So, I dunno, maybe rub your stinky kitty around on your non-stinky kitty until they smell the same?
– Wear thick gloves, Rachel
Dear Rachel,
I see that Durango wants to have paid parking on weekends downtown. This will be a good idea to make people not want to go downtown on weekends. It won’t increase money as there will be no parking anyway with the other idea of removing parking spots for sidewalks. How about putting ads on the trolleys and benches at the trolley stops like other cities? I can see an ad for the Telegraph, six months or one year at a time. This will raise $$$$ and that way, weekend parking fees won’t be needed ... Thoughts?
– Weekend Warrior
Dear Sat./Sun. Soldier,
You want us to advertise our free weekly paper, in order to save you money on parking downtown? Here’s a better idea. Start a heck of a good business, take out a bunch of ads in the Tele for six months or one year at a time, rake in the profits and pay for your measly parking meter. And if you feel really grateful, you can pay for my overdue parking tickets too.
– Over the lines, Rachel
Dear Rachel,
Against all odds it turns out RF Jr. was right. We really do have brain worms, well a great many of us anyway. This makes as much sense to me as anything else right now. Does he also have sage advice for how to get rid of our collective brain worms? Do you?
- Squirmy Wormy
Dear Squidgy Squiggly,
Seems like a good time for that popular horse dewormer to finally become useful. Or maybe we bribe veterinarians around the country to slip us whatever they give our dogs and cats. We might all smell different when we’re done, but that’s OK, because I already don’t recognize a great many of my fellow Americans. A fresh start can’t hurt.
– Bugging out, Rachel
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