Puzzle List

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Puzzle 272

You perhaps would say I fell in love with her, but I dislike that word 'love', and will merely say that the sight of her smote my senses with most agreeable emphasis. ~Sardonicus

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Puzzle 273

"It freshens your breath and helps prevent tartar"
~Mel Gibson, while eating a dog biscuit at Harvard

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Puzzle 274

I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food which they take for granted but his or her entertainment value. Geoffrey Household

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Puzzle 275

"The Adventures of Ripley the Office Cat" is the title of a website devoted to the exploits of a little tabby with star quality who protects the humans at Green Dragon Creations, Inc. in Water Valley, Miss. A skillful pouncer and prowler, Ripley loves to read e~mail and fight aliens. He and the other staffers are available for contract work developing computer games and such. You can visit Ripley at http://www.watervalley.net/ripley
"Cats at Work" by Suzanne Smither

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Puzzle 276

Along the edge of Georgetown runs a broad esplanade, bounded on one side by the sea and on the other by an area of trees and grass,intersected by numerous canals. This was a favourite haunt for toads and courting couples.
These toads are a great putty~colored beasts motled with chocolate blotches. They are attractive creatures, with wide mouth set in a perpetual grin, large, dark pop~eyes that are shot with silver and gold, and a portly and well~fed appearance. They are, as a rule, rather lethargic, but, as we discovered that night, they were capable of an astonishing turn of speed.
These toads had hitherto led a tranquil life, meditating by day and singing part~songs by night, so they were amazed and affronted by the appearance in their midst of four people who chased them vigorously with a torch. No less amazed and affronted where the vast number of courting couples who littered the grass almost as thickly as the toads. The toads strongly objected to the torch being flashed on them, on so did the courting couples. The toads did not like being chased across miles of grass, and the curting couples were unanimous in their opinion of the four maniacs who leapt over their recumbent bodies in pursuit of the toads. However, in beween tripping over courting couples and apologizng to them, shining the torch on them and hastly turnig it of again, we managed to catch thirty~five toads. So we returned home, hot and out of breath but in much better frame of mind, leaving behind us a great many frightened toads and a number of indignant people of both sexes.

Three Singles to Adventure by Gerald Durrell

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Puzzle 277

"If there was any petting to be done...he chose to do it. Often he
would sit looking at me, and then, moved by a delicate affection, come and pull at my coat and sleeve until he could touch my face with his nose, and then go away contented."
~ Charles Dudley Warner

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Puzzle 278

Dalmatians are a pain in the ass. They are high-strung, stubborn and will chew all the legs off your furniture unless they get their own way. It's hard for me to get very upset about all this though. I realized very early in the game that Spot and I share the same character flaws. Actually I am in awe of my dog. How can he continue to be so bad without incurring anyone's wrath? It's amazing.

- John Sealander – WAG An Anthology of Dog Tales

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Puzzle 279

If your dog thinks you’re the greatest person in the world,
don’t seek a second opinion. ~ Jim Fiebig

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Puzzle 280

Volunteers are urgently needed to join a ten day field trip
to help locate and record two of Tasmania's most elusive frogs ~
the Southern Toadlet and the Smooth Froglet.

"This field trip has been organised to collect new data which will
update and improve our knowledge of these mysterious
autumn breeding frogs."

"Frog enthusiasts ~ and isn't that everybody ~ can join the trip at
any stage, and can participate for a day or the entire ten days," says Dr Michaels.

Volunteers keen to join the field trip should enjoy Tasmania's
fickle autumn weather, shouldn't mind roughing it and be prepared
to get a little muddy if necessary.

The Smooth Froglet is a plump, dark brown frog with light brown
stripes, white belly and pink thighs. It is usually found in coastal
heaths, sedges and forests in western and central Tasmania and
King Island.

The Southern Toadlet is a small burrowing frog which walks
rather than hops. It also has colourful markings ~ a bright
orange throat and back legs and a marbled black and blue
pattern on its belly.

"Conditions in Tasmania are favourable at the moment and the
field trip has been planned to coincide with the time that these
frogs are most active and therefore easier to detect," says
Dr Michaels.

~ World Wildlife Fund

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Puzzle 281

The Dalmatian is like no other dog. He is peppered from handsome head to waving tail with spots~ black or liver~colored spots as small as a dime and as large as a half~dollar. His spots give him a unique appearance that can be sleekly fashionable as well as comically clownish.

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Puzzle 282

Q: What’s black and white and red all over?
A: A baby panda with diaper rash.

Q: What’s black and white and red all over?
A: An embarrassed zebra.

Q: What’s black and white with 16 wheels?
A: A zebra on roller skates.

Q: What’s black and white and red (read) all over?
A: A newspaper.

Q: What do all fish have in their cars?
A: A shellular phone.

Q: What is black and white with a cherry on top?
A: A police car.

Q: What is black and white with a cherry on top?
A: A festive tuxedo cat.

Q: What is black and white with a cherry on top?
A: A chocolate ice cream sundae, silly!

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Puzzle 283

A kitten is chiefly remarkable for running about like mad at
nothing whatsoever, and generally stopping before it gets
there. ~ Agnes Repplier

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Puzzle 284

A Cat's Prayer

Lead me down all the right paths,
Keep me from fleas, bees, and baths.
Let me in should it storm,
Keep me safe, fed, and warm.

Let the sun shine where I lay,
Keep me going so I may play.
And most of all ...
Bless the people I adore,
And guard me from the dog next door.

~ Lisa Malone

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Puzzle 285

What is that cold stuff?
Yes, I've luxurious fur
but I'm not stupid!

What evil lurks there?
Frozen, white, wet on my paws
Quick! Shut the porch door!

Oh you nasty folk
Laughing at feline distress
I shed on you all.
~ Karen

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Puzzle 286

What Is A Cat?

Gentle eyes
that see so much,
paws that have
the quiet touch.

Purrs to signal
"all is well"
and show more love
than words can tell.

Graceful movements
touched with pride,
a calming presence
by our side.

A friendship
that will last and grow,
small wonder
why we love them so.

~Author Unknown