How can Anyone be so Vague?
May 17th 2011 21:00
Hanging out with Fred one day, he made the mistake of mentioning he had seen a small article about a website that has pictures of cats that look like Hitler.
My eyes lit up. “Which paper?”
“I don’t know. It was either today’s or yesterday’s.”
“Was it the Telegraph or the Sydney Morning Herald?”
“I think it was the Telegraph.”
I looked at him doubtfully. “I bought the Telegraph and I don’t remember seeing any articles about cats.”
“It was a small column.”
“Can you remember if it was a tabloid or broadsheet?”
“No. I don’t pay attention to these things.”
I felt like screaming.
“Why would you want it anyway?” asked Fred.
“To use for my blog.”
“It’s already been reported so there’s no point.”
“That’s what you think. Ok. Do you still have it?”
“No. It’s in the recycling bin.”
“Which one?” I asked, hoping it wasn’t in any of the bins in the buildings he looks after.
“The one outside.”
We headed for the carpark. Fred emptied the bin and I proceeded to go through it. After several minutes, Fred said, “It’s not worth looking for. It was just a small story with a tiny photo of a cat.”
“Can you remember which section it was in?”
“Probably the social pages.”
“I doubt it. The social pages are about humans, not animals. I wish you had paid more attention.”
“Well, I didn’t know you were going to ask me about it.”
In the end, I gave up. I asked Fred for a large plastic bag and put all the papers in it.
“What are you doing?” he asked.
“I’m taking these home so I can go through them properly.”
“Believe me, it’s not worth the effort. And you can always Google it anyway.”
I took the papers home. I went through them three or four times and still couldn’t find the article so in the end, I did have to resort to Google. And here it is HERE. Be warned, this website is pretty funny.
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