Read + Write + Report
Home | Start a blog | About Orble | FAQ | Blogs | Writers | Paid | My Orble | Login

Quirky Folk - September 2010

Moving Desk

September 30th 2010 21:00


One Friday, my team had to move desks. Having done this before, I knew what to do.

A colleague asked me if I needed a hand with anything. I said I could do most of it myself but if he didn’t mind helping me move the heavy stuff, that would be great.

“I’ll help you move, but you can leave the cats where they are,” he said, referring to my cat photo collection that decorates my cubicle.

“No way!” I said. In fact, the cat gallery was the first thing I moved since it was the lightest.

How can he dislike them so much, especially when I have decorated my cubicle with pictures printed off the internet of cats such as Mymystic Chiffon? I swear, the Mymystic cats are probably the most beautiful Tonks in the world. I hate to say this, but some of them are even better looking than fellow breed members Butterscotch and Gingersnap.


Don’t believe me? Just check this out:

Mymystic gallery
64
Vote
Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


Cynicism

September 29th 2010 21:00


It was the day after baby elephant Mr Shuffles was believed to have been stillborn. I remember seeing him on the news the night before; the news reader had said what a tragedy that this elephant was born dead. The next day, though, the papers and news readers were telling a different story: Miraculously, the baby elephant was actually alive all the time, despite tests and behavioural signs showing otherwise.

On that very day one of my colleagues had lent me his paper. I was idly flicking through the pages, quickly glancing at the headlines before going back to work when he started laughing.


“You can tell there’s no real news when an elephant’s birth makes the front page of the paper,” he chuckled.

I then noticed the front page. “That’s true. If it was September 11 I’m sure the elephant would be towards the back of the paper.” I wasn’t saying that to be bitchy but to point out a fact about human nature; as animal liberationist Peter Singer would say, people tend to value human life over other living beings.

“Not just September 11. If there was a football scandal the elephant would still be at the back of the paper.” My colleague is sports-mad. What surprises me is he doesn’t listen to Fire Up, a weekly tongue in cheek send up of rugby league shenanigans that is broadcast on FBI radio – but that’s another story.

For those who missed it, the story is here:

Daily Telegraph story
76
Vote
Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


Bird Killers

September 28th 2010 21:00



During my latest visit to Brett’s house, the topic of his cats killing birds came up.

“So do they come in with dead birds and give them to you as presents? Or are the birds still alive and they kill them in front of you?” I asked out of interest.

“Neither,” said Brett.

“Then how do you know they kill birds?”

“Cats are primal. They are hunters.”

“I know but how do you know for sure?”

“I see dead birds and mice outside.” Aha! Brett then turned to look at Butterscotch. “It’s Butterscotch who kills them. You’re a killer, aren’t you?”

“How do you know it’s not Gingersnap?”

“Gingersnap wouldn’t. He’s dumb.”

“No, he’s not.” I still wasn’t satisfied by Brett’s arguments. Okay, so the dead birds and rodents were a sign that my boys had been hunting but to say only one of them was a hunter…I find this absurd.
78
Vote
Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


Birthday Fun

September 27th 2010 21:00



[ Click here to read more ]
72
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


Facebook Tagging

September 26th 2010 21:00


It must be a generation thing; most of my friends hate Facebook and refuse to have accounts. Those that do are very wary of what information they disclose to others – to the point of setting up ‘silent’ accounts (where people cannot search for them) until Facebook did away with that option. I count myself as one of these wary people.
[ Click here to read more ]
71
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


Customer Loyalty

September 23rd 2010 21:00


As any business knows, customer loyalty can go far, especially when a certain business offers discount vouchers to their customers.
[ Click here to read more ]
90
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


Boring Blog?

September 22nd 2010 21:00



[ Click here to read more ]
80
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


Tonk…Tonk…Tonkians?

September 21st 2010 21:00


Back in the day when I knew virtually nothing about cats, I happened to be pawed and sniffed at by Butterscotch and Gingersnap. Out of curiosity, I asked their parent, Brett, what breed they were.
[ Click here to read more ]
79
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


The cat Next Door

September 20th 2010 21:00


Photo by Nard the Bard. Used in accordance with the terms of Wikimedia Commons’ GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.

[ Click here to read more ]
104
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


The Killers Amongst us

September 19th 2010 21:05



[ Click here to read more ]
82
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


Revenge Butterscotch Style

September 16th 2010 21:00



[ Click here to read more ]
83
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


It’s Sale Time

September 15th 2010 21:00



[ Click here to read more ]
76
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


Butterscotch’s First Bath

September 14th 2010 21:04


Photo by Jlantzy. Used in accordance with the terms of Wikimedia Commons’ GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.

[ Click here to read more ]
70
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


Neglect

September 13th 2010 21:00



[ Click here to read more ]
78
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


My new Neighbour

September 12th 2010 21:00

Photo by Juan Ramirez. Used in accordance with the terms of Wikimedia Commons’ GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.


[ Click here to read more ]
76
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


Possum Bites

September 9th 2010 21:00

My attacker.


[ Click here to read more ]
78
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


My new Friend

September 8th 2010 21:00



[ Click here to read more ]
71
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


There is no Love for my Boys…

September 7th 2010 21:00



[ Click here to read more ]
97
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


Battle Scars

September 6th 2010 21:00



[ Click here to read more ]
92
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


Fighting in the Bathroom

September 5th 2010 21:00



[ Click here to read more ]
73
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


There’s Another cat in There…

September 2nd 2010 21:00
Photo by Clavecin. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.



[ Click here to read more ]
80
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


The cat Made me do it

September 1st 2010 21:00
Last week was a big one for felines as far as news/TV coverage was concerned. First, Snowy the burnt cat was on RSPCA Animal Rescue. Then a cat was put in the bin HERE.

Two days later, a cat was found cut in half. When will it ever end? HERE
[ Click here to read more ]
78
Vote
Read MoreRead More Add CommentsAdd Comments
[ Link ]
Posted By: Queenie - Category: No Category
   


More Posts
February 2012
6 Posts
January 2012
23 Posts
December 2011
21 Posts
Older Posts
1158 Posts dating from January 2007
Email Subscription
Receive e-mail notifications of new posts on this blog:
[ View Blog Summary ] [ Create A New Post ]
Moderated by Queenie
Copyright © 2012 On Topic Media PTY LTD. All Rights Reserved. Design by Vimu.com.
On Topic Media ZPages: Sydney |  Melbourne |  Brisbane |  London |  Birmingham |  Leeds     [ Advertise ] [ Contact Us ] [ Privacy Policy ]