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Watchdog Bones
Jane Bond Here:
I object to the term watchdog bones. I believe it should read watchdog/cat bones. Or there should be a separate catagory for people who want to accumulate watchcat bones (or even watchchewtoy bones).
While the UCAN watchdog is doing his job watching over consumers; cats should not be left out of this process.
So, I "demand" that I accumulate watchcat chewtoys or nothing at all (although my cat does want me to keep on posting comments on the UCAN web site. She likes what UCAN doesn).
So, UCAN cat lovers unite and demand that cats get some recongition here.
Jane Bond
Why UCAN doesn't have "Kitty Bones" or "Sewer Rats."
While it is possible to join UCAN at the "Watch Kitty Level" of membership, we generally consider ourselves to be watchdogs and protectors. Those are two qualities that cats are not generally associated with cats.
In the unlikely event that we see a kitty drag an injured hiker to safety, protect its owner from a home invasion, or even fetch our slippers, then we *might* consider changing our logo to a cat. And if that happens, we may offer some sort of vermin instead of bones, since cats are so good at catching vermin .... but somehow the idea of earning 100 "Sewer Rats" seems rather revolting, don't you think?
Charles Langley
Gasoline Analyst & Publisher, UCAN Watchdog
why ucan doesn't have "kitty bones" or "sewer rats"
Jane Bond Here: While one should never presume to contradict the esteemed Mr Charles Langley, (with the rather long winded title of ucan gas analyst and watchdog newsletter publisher, I should like the opportunity to point out several rather obvious facts.
First, no cat, not kitty as Mr Langley called them, would be found in the woods. Since humans are so much bigger than house cats, no cat would be stupid enoug to drag one to safety. And no self respecting cat would be found in the woods anyway. Little Red Riding Hood was in the woods and look what happened to her. Cats have more sense than to go wandering about in the wild.
Cats don't chase bones (or fetch them either. What a revolting thing to expect an animal to do...fetch something for a human).
As for the idea of sewer rats being "revolting; it's what is being dragged out of the sewer that's revolting. And it's the sludge (read garbage) that is the content of these "sewer rats". And the sewer in this case is the pit that preditory companies like Sempra Energy and Sprint have placed ratepayers like you and me. These predatory companies are vermin and if it takes vermin to catch vermin, then bring on the watchkitties who will drag them out of the sewers. Surely the nice sweet doggy like the one the esteemed Mr Langley is posing with, is not the only animal to catch these vermin. So, bring on the watchkitties.
Jane Bone
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