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Hamlet's Cat

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  Absolutely typical!!!  It has appeared as anonymous without any attribution **so** many times – and when I say we shall not find the source someone knows it!

I thought it was required reading for any cat lover. ;o) — Marina

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Seanette Blaylock wrote I got this from a friend, who says she got it from someone she knows and has no idea what that person’s source was. If anyone can come up with an author for this, I’ll pass the info back up the chain.

  I doubt you will find the source now.  It has been on my Storypage for several years now, and has been posted on this and other newsgroups on twenty or more occasions. Marina wrote I got this from a friend, who says she got it from someone she knows and has no idea what that person’s source was. If anyone can come up with an author for this, I’ll pass the info back up the chain. Ah, it’s my favourite from Henry Beard’s Poetry for Cats. An excellent book (especially for and Eng. Lit. major like myself ;o)).

  Absolutely typical!!!  It has appeared as anonymous without any attribution **so** many times – and when I say we shall not find the source someone knows it! — David Stevenson              Storypage:  http://blakjak.com/sty_menu.htm Nanki Poo: SI Bp+W B 9 Y L+ W++ C+ I T+ A- E H++ V- F Q P B+ PA+ PL+  SC Minke: SI W+Cp B 0 Y++ L– W- C+

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I got this from a friend, who says she got it from someone she knows and has no idea what that person’s source was. If anyone can come up with an author for this, I’ll pass the info back up the chain. Hamlet’s Cat To go outside, and there perchance to stay Or to remain within: that is the question: Whether ’tis better for a cat to suffer The cuffs and buffets of inclement weather That Nature rains on those who roam abroad, Or take a nap upon a scrap of carpet, And so by dozing melt the solid hours That clog the clock’s bright gears with sullen time And stall the dinner bell. To sit, to stare Outdoors, and by a stare to seem to state A wish to venture forth without delay, Then when the portal’s opened up, to stand As if transfixed by doubt. To prowl; to sleep; To choose not knowing when we may once more Our re-admittance gain: aye, there’s the hairball; For if a paw were shaped to turn a knob, Or work a lock or slip a window-catch, And going out and coming in were made As simple as the breaking of a bowl, What cat would bear the household’s petty plagues, The cook’s well-practiced kicks, the butler’s broom, The infant’s careless pokes, the tickled ears, The trampled tail, and all the daily shocks That fur is heir to, when, of his own free will, He might his exodus or entrance make With a mere mitten? Who would spaniels fear, Or strays trespassing from a neighbor’s yard, But that the dread of our unheeded cries And scratches at a barricaded door No claw can open up, dispels our nerve And makes us rather bear our humans’ faults Than run away to un-guessed miseries? Thus caution doth make house cats of us all; And thus the bristling hair of resolution Is softened up with the pale brush of thought, And since our choices hinge on weighty things, We pause upon the threshold of decision. — Seanette Blaylock "You attribute perfect rationality to the whole of humanity, which has to be one of the most misguided assumptions ever." – Alan Krueger in NANAE [make obvious correction to address to send e-mail]

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I got this from a friend, who says she got it from someone she knows and has no idea what that person’s source was. If anyone can come up with an author for this, I’ll pass the info back up the chain.

Ah, it’s my favourite from Henry Beard’s Poetry for Cats. An excellent book (especially for and Eng. Lit. major like myself ;o)). — Marina

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things to say about Re: Hamlet’s Cat: I got this from a friend, who says she got it from someone she knows and has no idea what that person’s source was. If anyone can come up with an author for this, I’ll pass the info back up the chain. Ah, it’s my favourite from Henry Beard’s Poetry for Cats. An excellent book (especially for and Eng. Lit. major like myself ;o)).

Thanks. Info duly relayed to the person who sent it to me. — Seanette Blaylock "You attribute perfect rationality to the whole of humanity, which has to be one of the most misguided assumptions ever." – Alan Krueger in NANAE [make obvious correction to address to send e-mail]

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Sighted in rec.crafts.textiles.needlework: To go outside, and there perchance to stay Or to remain within: that is the question: Whether ’tis better for a cat to suffer The cuffs and buffets of inclement weather That Nature rains on those who roam abroad, Or take a nap upon a scrap of carpet, And so by dozing melt the solid hours That clog the clock’s bright gears with sullen time And stall the dinner bell. To sit, to stare Outdoors, and by a stare to seem to state A wish to venture forth without delay, Then when the portal’s opened up, to stand As if transfixed by doubt. To prowl; to sleep; To choose not knowing when we may once more Our readmittance gain: aye, there’s the hairball; For if a paw were shaped to turn a knob, Or work a lock or slip a window-catch, And going out and coming in were made As simple as the breaking of a bowl, What cat would bear the household’s petty plagues, The cook’s well-practiced kicks, the butler’s broom, The infant’s careless pokes, the tickled ears, The trampled tail, and all the daily shocks That fur is heir to, when, of his own free will, He might his exodus or entrance make With a mere mitten? Who would spaniels fear, Or strays trespassing from a neighbor’s yard, But that the dread of our unheeded cries And scratches at a barricaded door No claw can open up, dispels our nerve And makes us rather bear our humans’ faults Than run away to unguessed miseries? Thus caution doth make house cats of us all; And thus the bristling hair of resolution Is softened up with the pale brush of thought, And since our choices hinge on weighty things, We pause upon the threshold of decision. to email, simplify… "…details delight me, ramifications enchant me, distance no object…"                                                         Lord Peter Wimsey — "Don’t mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing (or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." – John, RCFL

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To go outside, and there perchance to stay Or to remain within: that is the question:

This is my favourite poem from Henry Beard’s Poetry for Cats. The Definitive Anthology of Distinguished Feline Verse. — Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki

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Sighted in rec.crafts.textiles.needlework: To go outside, and there perchance to stay Or to remain within: that is the question: Whether ’tis better for a cat to suffer The cuffs and buffets of inclement weather That Nature rains on those who roam abroad, Or take a nap upon a scrap of carpet,

(snip) BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Tell that person to come here, immediately! Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/

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Sighted in rec.crafts.textiles.needlework: To go outside, and there perchance to stay Or to remain within: that is the question: Whether ’tis better for a cat to suffer The cuffs and buffets of inclement weather That Nature rains on those who roam abroad, Or take a nap upon a scrap of carpet,

(snip) As a fan of Hamlet (and Shakespeare in general), I love this! Jill

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Sighted in rec.crafts.textiles.needlework: To go outside, and there perchance to stay Or to remain within: that is the question: Whether ’tis better for a cat to suffer The cuffs and buffets of inclement weather That Nature rains on those who roam abroad, Or take a nap upon a scrap of carpet, (snip) As a fan of Hamlet (and Shakespeare in general), I love this! Jill

You do know that Hamlet’s family had a cat called Amazement, it actually gets a mention, something like… Look, Amazement on thy mother sits… (ducks and runs for cover — Nik Simpson

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If this has been posted before, I apologise for doing so again.  I am new to the group and love this and thought I would pass it along.                         Hamlet’s Cat Soliloquy                                         by                         Shakespeare’s Cat To go outside, and there perchance to stay Or to remain within: that is the question: Whether ’tis better for a cat to suffer The cuffs and buffets of inclement weather That Nature rains on those who roam abroad, Or take a nap upon a scrap of carpet And so by dozing melt the solid hours That clog the clock’s bright gears with sullen time And stall the dinner bell.  To sit, to stare Outdoors, and by a stare to seem to state A wish to venture forth without delay, Then when the portal’s opened up, to stand As if transfixed by doubt.  To prowl; to sleep; To choose not knowing when we may once more Our remittance gain: aye, there’s the hairball; For if a paw were shaped to turn a knob, Or work a lock or slip a window-catch, And going out and coming in were made As simple as the breaking of the bowl, What cat would bear the household’s petty plagues, The cook’s well-practiced kicks, the butler’s broom, The infant’s careless pokes, the tickled ears, The trampled tail, and all the daily shocks That fur is heir to, when of his own will, He might his exodus or entrance make With a mere mitten?  Who would spaniels fear, Or strays trespassing from a neighbour’s yard, But that the dread of our unheeded cries And scratches at a barricaded door No claw can open up, dispels our nerve And makes us rather bear our humans’ faults Than run away to unguessed miseries? Thus caution doth make house cats of us all; And thus the bristling hair of resolution Is softened up with the pale brush of thought, And since our choices hinge on weighty things, We pause upon the threshold of decision. — Tanja

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This is GREAT!!  I’ve printed it off and am going to hang it in my cubicle with all my other Willy Shake’s quotes!  Only this one is much more special! Thanks Tanja, Laura If this has been posted before, I apologise for doing so again.  I am new to the group and love this and thought I would pass it along.                         Hamlet’s Cat Soliloquy                                         by                         Shakespeare’s Cat *snip*

–        ) (  ) /(     sS* s S        )-(0^^0)-(   S*S*sS*s        )/ // (  s*Ss*s*S           (oo) s*Ss*s*SS* |    Laura M. Beaton        |     ( ( )) "If you can remain calm, you just don’t have all the facts."

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