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in reply to a message by Nanaea
My feline companion's name is Shadow Kibblesbane. He's a black domestic shorthair who was diagnosed with diabetes about two years ago. I give him shots twice a day of insulin. He also likes to play with his food (batting the dry food out of his dish, stalking it, batting it a second ime, then either repeating his previous moves or "killing" it). He is a shelter cat I adopted back in '92.
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Anagrams of Shadow Kibblesbane also reveal other facets of his previous incarnations:
"Sahib Weldon's Kebab" emporium was taken over by a politically correct restauranteur (a "weak snobbish blade") who decided to serve a 100% vegeterian menu ("banished low kebebs"). However the cuisine has horrible and even the most esurient of customers were disillusioned ("his baked beans blow!"). Even his trusty cat refused to gobble his concoctions ("Baked-bean bowl hiss"). Disgruntled by his faltering business, the enerprising restauranteur renamed the joint "Debbie's Balkan Show" where he now "hawks blonde babies".
"Sahib Weldon's Kebab" emporium was taken over by a politically correct restauranteur (a "weak snobbish blade") who decided to serve a 100% vegeterian menu ("banished low kebebs"). However the cuisine has horrible and even the most esurient of customers were disillusioned ("his baked beans blow!"). Even his trusty cat refused to gobble his concoctions ("Baked-bean bowl hiss"). Disgruntled by his faltering business, the enerprising restauranteur renamed the joint "Debbie's Balkan Show" where he now "hawks blonde babies".
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"Shadow Kibblesbane"="Sheldon Babawebski"
"Shadow Kibblestone"? Now *there's* a name to conjure with! And so I did! My psy-chick vibes have revealed to me that, in his former life, your cat was a human named "Sheldon Babawebski"!
Sheldon Babawebski had a bad habit as a child, which has obviously followed him right into his current incarnation as your cat -- he liked to play with his food. Time and again, his mother would holler at him: "SHELDON! You stop that or I'm gonna give you SUCH a potch!" And Sheldon's father would just sadly shake his head and mutter to himself: "Hoo-hah! That kid is a nebbish for true." Nobody understood poor Sheldon.
But then, one day, a famous filmmaker happened to wander into the little deli that was owned by the Babawebski family. Little Sheldon was seated toward the back of the deli, having his after-school meal, as he usually did. The filmmaker watched little Sheldon Babawebski with fascination, for little Sheldon Babawebski was amusing himself by playing with his food (as he usually did). Sheldon had stuck two forks into a couple of biscuits, and he was busy entertaining himself by making the forks do a lively "dance" -- with oversized, biscuit "shoes" on their feet.
The filmmaker was struck with sudden inspiration! And he rushed back to his studio to put his sudden inspiration to work.
That very filmmaker happened to be none other than Charles Chaplin, and little Sheldon Babawebski's food-playing had inspired Mr. Chaplin to create what is perhaps one of the most memorable and charming scenes from his silent movie: *The Gold Rush* -- the scene of the Little Tramp doing the bread roll dance.
Sheldon Babawebski never received any credit for having inspired Charlie Chaplin in his filmmaking career, and he lived and died in relative obscurity.
Many years later, Sheldon was reincarnated as your cat. You need to get a video of Chaplin's *The Gold Rush* and play it for Shadow sometime, and see if he remembers Charlie Chaplin.
"Shadow Kibblestone"? Now *there's* a name to conjure with! And so I did! My psy-chick vibes have revealed to me that, in his former life, your cat was a human named "Sheldon Babawebski"!
Sheldon Babawebski had a bad habit as a child, which has obviously followed him right into his current incarnation as your cat -- he liked to play with his food. Time and again, his mother would holler at him: "SHELDON! You stop that or I'm gonna give you SUCH a potch!" And Sheldon's father would just sadly shake his head and mutter to himself: "Hoo-hah! That kid is a nebbish for true." Nobody understood poor Sheldon.
But then, one day, a famous filmmaker happened to wander into the little deli that was owned by the Babawebski family. Little Sheldon was seated toward the back of the deli, having his after-school meal, as he usually did. The filmmaker watched little Sheldon Babawebski with fascination, for little Sheldon Babawebski was amusing himself by playing with his food (as he usually did). Sheldon had stuck two forks into a couple of biscuits, and he was busy entertaining himself by making the forks do a lively "dance" -- with oversized, biscuit "shoes" on their feet.
The filmmaker was struck with sudden inspiration! And he rushed back to his studio to put his sudden inspiration to work.
That very filmmaker happened to be none other than Charles Chaplin, and little Sheldon Babawebski's food-playing had inspired Mr. Chaplin to create what is perhaps one of the most memorable and charming scenes from his silent movie: *The Gold Rush* -- the scene of the Little Tramp doing the bread roll dance.
Sheldon Babawebski never received any credit for having inspired Charlie Chaplin in his filmmaking career, and he lived and died in relative obscurity.
Many years later, Sheldon was reincarnated as your cat. You need to get a video of Chaplin's *The Gold Rush* and play it for Shadow sometime, and see if he remembers Charlie Chaplin.
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Well, I think that explains why Shadow reacts the way he does to Chaplin films that are sometimes played on the local PBS late night classics Saturdays. But, then again, he reacted that way to the entire Bush vs. Gore Presidential campaign and the drawn-out scandals. Puhleeeeeeze don't ask me to clarify. :{
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