Honestly, this forum is the very limit! I should have realized that traversing the wilds of the Internet would be an experience not for the faint of heart, but I had no idea what was out there until I did.

Oakley, you are a persistent and unusual fellow, to be sure. While your efforts to better yourself are encouraging, I'm not sure that I can promise a meeting in the near future. By the way, I believe that the Nemesis of the North was a male, but I am not sure who. I suspect it was one of Winston's friends, most of whom are pretentious wastrels in search of idle tomfoolery. It didn't sound like Winston himself to me, though. They are just trying to stir the pot. I was thunderstruck at your suggestion regarding the wrestling match in the pit of mashed potatoes. You really do have a vivid imagination, don't you? Actually, it was rather funny in retrospect! You surely couldn't have been serious? If I were inclined to compete with another female in the arena of love, I would choose more subtle means than that, I assure you. :>) (Note that I have learned about emoticons.)

Now I see that another subhuman cat hater is attempting to wave the red flag at me, as if I were some monstrous bovine standing in a field...

Well too bad, Fingerbuster. I wasn't born last week, and I have said my piece. You can't put me off my tea and cookies that easily, sir!

Ms Penelope Rutledge