Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts-see new thread

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Noreen
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 03:57 PM

Much love and hugs for Pat and Karen- and for Kat for keeping us all up to speed with the news.

Some nervous moments there- all passed now, we hope!
xxx

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: SINSULL
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 03:51 PM

old dude? You all right now? I am starting to worry.
SINS

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: olddude
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 03:47 PM

A fart can be quiet
A fart can be loud
Some leave powerful
Poisonous clouds

A fart can be short
Or a fart can be long
Some farts have been known
To sound just like a song

Some farts do not smell
While others are vile
A fart can pass quickly
Or linger awhile.

A fart can create
A most-curious medley
A fart can be harmless
Or silent, but deadly

A fart can occur
In a number of places
And leave everyone
With strange looks on their faces

From wide open prairies
To small elevators
A fart will find all of us
Sooner or later

So be not afraid
Of the invisible gas
For always remember
That farts too, shall pass
But none have that have linger
have come close so far
It the one that hit mudcat
by the old master Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 03:35 PM

Well, Dan... they are Spaw inspiring.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Herga Kitty
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 03:14 PM

I haven't yet had the opportunity to meet Pat, Karen and Tris, but am hoping that I'll be able to do so once I've escaped the day job next year... meanwhile, all best wishes!

Kitty

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: olddude
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 03:09 PM

didn't write em Gnu, don't know who did but they are appropriate for Spaw the grand fart master of Ohio

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 02:37 PM

Rap... good thing Hank was a king on accounta he'da never got ta Just For Laughs. Like they say, "Don't give up yer day job."

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Bill D
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 02:17 PM

I WAS glad, several years ago, to meet Pat & Karen and Tris, and I have hopes of doing so again when it doesn't have to be just 2 hours at a restaurant.

Get well and stay well, my friend.... there's much more to share.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Rapparee
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 02:08 PM

Q: What is born without arms, legs, or mouth, yet goes roaring through the world until it die?

A: A fart.

This ribaldry attributed to Henry VIII.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 01:55 PM

Well done, Dan. You really stink up the place nicely.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: GUEST,999
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 01:54 PM

If anyone will be seeing Pat, please let the old fucker know that I seldom pray, but I have been for him, just in case it works. He is a great writer--a humourist who ranks up there with the best of `em. This time of year is the worst to be stuck in hospital--although there is really no good time to be there.

I have never spoken with Karen via the `cat or e-mail, but pass on to her for me that she`s got one helluva man there, farts and all.

Merry Christmas to your family, Pat. I have admired you for many years for a good number of reasons; get yer ass home ya lazy sob.

Best wishes to you.

Bruce Murdoch

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: olddude
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 01:44 PM

A fart is a musical instrument,
It comes from the island of bum,
It travels down the valley of trouser-leg,
Whilst making a musical hum.
A chemistry student named Tate,
was heard to remark to his date,
"Because of the stink,
a fart is, I think,
just Spaw in a gaseous state."

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: olddude
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 01:40 PM

Farting with style takes practice,
Perfection takes time, its a gift,
You've first got to learn all the basics,
Like pushing one out in a lift.

Those silent but violent are classics,
With friends it's a really good game,
Fart in a crowd at a party,
Then watch to see who gets the blame.

Now once your technique has been mastered,
You'll know what your bottom can do,
But ALWAYS remember - don't push too hard,
Coz one day you might follow through !!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: GUEST,Wys on a Santa Run
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 12:54 PM

But it is time to start the ball-kicking off yet? Like do we have to wait for the starting gun at the Superbowl to drop kick his nuts? Oh wait, we do hockey, not football.... hockey fights surpass Cups.... so that's OK. The Pens will be kicking Caps ass on Jan. 1, and Caps fits into the word catspaw just fine. Capstaw.... nonononono the palindromes and anagrams and spoonerisms (lions, tigers, and bears OH MY) are too much for ole Crimmiss-crazy-strokebrain..... suffice to say we will be "thinking" of him and the whole fam especially on THAT day.

[Kat do not sanitize that message, now-- Pat "reads" me just fine as-is.]

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 12:32 PM

Indeed Amos. I mentioned early on that I would be awaiting Spaw's fist good dump with a baited breath. So gut gurgles are grrrreat!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: InOBU
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 12:09 PM

SPAW!!!! Lay off them Christmas Beens until you are all healed up!!! And get well soon... we need ya for he night before Mudcat Christmas...
=)
Stay well, dear friend
Lorcan

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 11:18 AM

Thought you might like to hear that, Wesley.:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Wesley S
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 10:58 AM

That's GREAT news about Tris spending the night alone. I'm so happy he's growing into an independant young man. Thanks for sharing that.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Amos
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 10:57 AM

Gassy cramps are a GOOD thing when you're recovering from full-body anaesthesia. A sign of peristalsis starting up again.

Now, that doesn' mean it is a good thing for society at large, but that's not a medical concern...

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Becca72
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 10:44 AM

Christ, Jeri! The last place he should be farting is in a bubble!

Course, the only victim in that is Spaw himself. :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: jacqui.c
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 10:31 AM

Wonderful news all round. Hurry up and get well Spaw, we all miss you on the 'Cat.

Karen - you are amazing. Here's wishing you all a great time for Christmas and the New Year.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 08:51 AM

amazing news, Kat

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: SINSULL
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 08:44 AM

So the Whoes down in Spawville are approaching normal again? Good on you. Good on you Michael for stepping up and filling in for Dad. Good on you, Tris, for peanut butter and jelly toast after a good night's sleep. Good on you, Karen - crap, just good on you. Now Spaw, go home.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Rapparee
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 08:33 AM

He'll be out of there before he knows it, and long, long before he's ready. He'll have to cross-dress in scrubs just to get his jollies.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 06:30 AM

yo Spaw.... Karen says you had gassy cramps?


Bile them cabbage down, bro!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu77tX7uDvc

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 06:23 AM

BP good! O2 okay! Gut gurgles! Eating a bit! Thank you Super Bee!

Great to hear about Tris.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Hawker
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 06:04 AM

Good news all round then! Kat keep up the newsfeed, and thank you for doing it, love and good thoughts still going out to all who need it right now x
Lucy

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: katlaughing
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 03:36 AM

That's right, Andrea! Connie and i were laughing about how they could even wait until Martin Lither King , Jr. day which is mid-January, then there's Valentine's Day, Presidents; Day, we could add on all kinds of special celebratory dates for this!

I forgot to tell you all the most important thing! Tris wanted to stay home alone and so Karen let him and it was so fine, they are doing it again, whilst she is at work over this night. He called her on his ipod in the morning and told her he slept really well and the dog and cat kept him company, plus he knows how to make peanut butter and jelly toast, so all things were right in his world, other than Pat not being there, etc. This was another one of those BIG steps Pat and Karen have helped a remarkable young man, who was to have been a "throwaway" kid, accomplish. Congrats to them all, including brother Michael!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: mouldy
Date: 23 Dec 10 - 01:58 AM

Anyway, there is nothing wrong with celebrating christmas in January, because before they buggered about with the calendar in the 18th century, Christmas Day was on what is now 6th January. Then of course one has the 12 days of Christmas after that... so if the cross-grained old git can't shift himself out by then, one would only make the assumption that he's become a professional invalid with a nurse fetish!

(Luvya Spaw!)


Andrea

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: katlaughing
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 11:37 PM

LMAO...thanks you guys and gals...he's gonna LHAO when he reads these! Good medicine!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 11:31 PM

Not much more to add; I check in a couple of times a day here to see the state of Spaw's bowels. I'm so glad to hear there is something in the wind. . .

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: GUEST,Lilyfestre
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 10:54 PM

Still gotcha on my mind Spaw. ((((((((((((Hugs))))))))))))

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Rapparee
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 10:49 PM

Finally! Columbus and Cincinnati will again have heat!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Bobert
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 10:37 PM

What??? Gassy cramps and Spaw in the same sentence??? How could that be???

Seriously, kat... Tell Karen that there's one heck of a lot of love for that gassy cramps guy...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: open mike
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 10:32 PM

maybe they have not heard so much of Spawzer's colorful language as we do cuz he might be saving it for his dear friends on the cat...since he does use it as terms of endearment...special wishes for continued improvement to you, my dear Spaw!!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Hollowfox
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 10:16 PM

Thanks for keeping us updated, Kat. And much love from Northeastern Ohio to Central Ohio to Pat and all the family and friends down there. Much love and many $#@!-reduction candles.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: ClaireBear
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 09:50 PM

I don't know about y'all, but my family is having heaps of roasted Jerusalem artichokes -- about the most flatulogenic food I can think of -- for Christmas dinner. Join us; together, we'll make Spaw proud!

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 09:47 PM

Holy Christ! He's got gassy cramps and they're encouraged?! I just hope there's not a heart patient in the room with him when these so-called "gassy cramps" resolve themselves into what can only be predicted to be a Force 10 methane gale after this long period of inaction!!

(keep up the straightlines, Kat! And, by the way, it's great to hear some good news!)

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: maeve
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 09:28 PM

Well sure they will, Jeri. But Spaw is certified for storytelling...certifiable?

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Jeri
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 09:27 PM

Maeve, the stories will likely get a LOT worse when he's back. I look forward to it. Good news (other than the one about him being the Boy in the Bubble). Thanks, kat.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: maeve
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 09:22 PM

Yippee!

Please return to us, Pat. Folks are getting restless and the stories are getting worse.

Subject: UPDATE
From: katlaughing
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 09:17 PM

And now, back to our regularly scheduled program...ahem...:-)

Karen just called before she left to go to work. She confirmed he is "much better" today, though he is in isolation as they do not want the nasty stuff he caught to get passed on to any other patients. Of all the ones he could get, typical of him, he got the worse, but his doc says it IS treatable and his fever is gone as of today. Anyone working at the hospital, who has to work with him, has to suit up with gloves and aprons, no masks, though. Visitors have to wash hand thoroughly. (I can't believe all the straight lines I can feed to you guys!)

Moving along, his BP is good and he's able to keep his O2 sats at 91-92% on the cannula. And, get this...you're gonna love this..things are starting to m-oo-v-e! He had some gassy cramps today and has started to eat a tiny bit!! I love getting the scoop from Karen; she doesn't hold anything back!:-)

She also said to please let you all know she can feel your support and all and thank you, big time. It means a lot to her and everyone else.

luvyakat

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Rapparee
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 08:40 PM

I have investigated, quite thoroughly, the stories about Chongo and Chinga and have come to the inescapable conclusion that they are completely true. Chongo did indeed leave home and thereby forced his sister into a Life Of Shame in order to support their aged mother.

I cannot agree that Chongo would be a good bodyguard for Spaw, as records of the Chicago Police Department clearly show that every time he sees a ventilator he thinks it's some sort of bong, that he's shot up Emergency Rooms when they wouldn't give him morphine and/or cocaine, and that when he was once hired to empty bedpans he flung the feces at passers-by.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: gnu
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 08:37 PM

Dearest Supreme Being:

Fuck off already eh? Watch the traffic light instead of talking on the cell, texting and eating your honey glazed while sucking on your double double. Jaysus H! When the light turns green, MOVE your sorry ass and go to the hop and spring Spaw you sorry assed MOFO!

This we pray for Brother Spaw.

Amen.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Bobert
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 08:12 PM

He is alive, LH... Saw him riding thru the Walmarx parkin' lot just today... Had the 8 track blarin' and a couple hot chicks in that Coupe de Ville... I mean, he was lookin' good for 70... Still has hair... Maybe ya'll related...

As for the explosion at the bakery??? No, can't say I heard about it... Doesn't matter tho 'cause don't matter how many bakery expolsions yer part of you know what I mean... They call it cabbage, man... Greenbacks... They say yer stack make the Chrysler Buildin' look like a dog house... Yeah, you can try to divert attention to it but when you sittin' on that kinda bread everyone knows it 'cause...

...ya' can't hide money!!! No, sir...

As for Chongz??? Monkey, ape??? Ape, monkey??? Hey, if he didn't want to be a monkey he should have picked different parents... Just stuff a Valium in him and stick him in front of some "I Love Lucy" reruns and he'll be fine... Word on the street is that monkey's love Lucy, too... Okay???

Now can we get back to poor ol' Spawzer who is gonna have to forgo his annual shimmy down the chimney routine and maybe his New Years Eve Flagellation Celebration with the Reg Boyz... Oh well, there's always next year...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Little Hawk
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 07:39 PM

"Rollin' in dough"??????

Yeah, sourdough! There was an industrial-sized accident at the Orillia bakery the other day, and I got caught in the "blowback". I was purchasing a loaf of rye bread when there was this godawful "WHOOOMPF!!!!!!!" sound and the entire kitchen area at the back exploded into the shopping area at the front. I and 13 other innocent people were engulfed in a tidal wave of rapidly expanding sourdough. They had to call ambulances from as far away as Gravenhurst to deal with it. The sourdough came to life like in that movie "The Blob" and it crawled down the street and engulfed the City Hall and the Chamber of Commerce. 39 Orillians have vanished! The army had to be called in to cordon off the downtown. I barely escaped alive.

So as usual, Bobert, this street you keep getting word on is grossly misinformed. I bet they still think Elvis is alive down there too.

Say...did you just call Chongo a monkey? You did, didn't you? Boy, when he gets ahold of you....! Ouch. It will not be nice.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Bobert
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 07:27 PM

Whatever, LH??? Word on the street is that you are rollin' in dough... And if ya' wonder why things might seem a little, ahhhhhh, strained between you and Chongz it's because he's heard those stories, too...

In other words: Bad Answer...

But, heck, this thread is about Spawzer... Not a stenkin' monkey...

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 07:17 PM

good news & bad puns & other stuff

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: Little Hawk
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 07:07 PM

OH!@!!! That is just the sort of rank specist stereotyping that drives Chongo around the bend and causes him to foam at the mouth, SINSULL. How could you?

I would hire Chongo, Bobert, but times are lean financially for me too. I can't afford to hire him.

Subject: RE: BS: Catspaw needs lots of good thoughts etc.
From: SINSULL
Date: 22 Dec 10 - 06:56 PM

Probably because Chongo throws his poop at people.