Cruelty to Mr. Hyde!

“On Monday, I worked from home in the afternoon because BowlderSon was off of school (teacher training session). We went for a bike ride, and when we came back, I was testing out BowlderGal's bike because of some funny sounds she reported. I guess I left the door from the garage to the house open because Mr. Hyde snuck out. He's so old and slow now, he hardly ever even tries to sneak out - sleep is more attractive than exploring! So about a half hour later, I heard him crying and could tell it wasn't inside the house. B-Son and I ran out to the back yard, but he wasn't there. So we figured he must be on the porch, yelling at us to let him in.

But no, he had wandered over to the next door neighbor's driveway, and the bastard had turned the hose on him! Instead of running away like younger cats in the neighborhood do if you even show them a hose, Mr. Hyde was scared #&%!$less, and had hunkered down under this #&%!$'s car. I was able to drag him out as the jerk chuckled at his work.

B-Son and I dried him off and gave him some TLC for the rest of the afternoon, so he was OK. It's fortunate Mr. Hyde didn't have a heart attack or something. Other then joining us on the porch for some supervised outdoor time, he's probably been outdoors a dozen times in the 12 years we've lived there, so that idiot had no business hosing down the Hydester (i.e., he's never crapped in anybody's yard). He probably doesn't realize how close he came to finding a brick flying through his living room window. Maybe I'll turn the hose on his old, sick wife and see what he thinks of that!
last edited: 10/11/06 10:54:02 AM”

“Sounds good to me.”

“Toss a banana peel in his driveway.”

“fling some litter box leavings over into his yard. since Mr. Hyde paid the price, he might as well commit the crime.”

“Best idea yet, Roam!”

“What a jackelope! He obviously doesn't appreciate Mr. Hyde's character like we do.”

“Get a bag of organic fertilizer and spread it all over his yard, especially near the doors and windows. It smells like a million cats peed in his yard.”

“Good thing Mr Hyde didn't joywalk around my parents house.
Stray cats are used by some as target practice.”

“Guess I should get a big sparkly collar for my cat that goes outside, too.”

“What an #&%!$ - get a fireman's hose and spray the #&%!$er with it for an hour or so, see how he likes it.
I have no time for animal abusers.”