The Dictates of His Nature - by "The Doryman of Prescott, WI"

The Dictates of His Nature

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by The Doryman of Prescott, Wisconsin

(St. Paul Pioneer Press - Bulletin Board, 7/3/13)

I'm sitting on the deck this fine summer day with Buzz the cat.

We are suddenly joined by a pair of newly minted mourning doves that flutter to a perch nearby. My docile pet becomes a panther. The jungle-beast software in his little brain clicks on, and he crouches down and creeps closer in his most stealthy fashion. His tail becomes a bull whip, and he chirps and chatters with the voice of his ancestral brethren who roamed the earth eons before Purina Cat Chow. Only the birds' departure closes the thread and he's instantly Buzz again.

I wonder if this ancient program will ever be deleted in our little domesticated buddies.

The "Lonesome Polecat" Song - from 7B-4-7B

The "Lonesome Polecat" Song *

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Seven Brides For Seven Brothers 
(1954 MGM)

  Lyrics:

Caleb:
I'm a lonesome polecat
lonesome, sad and blue
'cause i ain't got no feminine polecat
vowin' to be true
oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
cain't make no vows
to a herd o' cows,
oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh

Frank & Gideon:
I'm a mean old hound dog
bayin' at the moon
'cause i ain't got no lady friend hound dog
here to hear my tune
oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
 
Frank, Gideon & Benjamin:
A man cain't sleep
when he sleeps with sheep
oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh

Frank, Gideon, Benjamin, Daniel, & Ephriam:
I'm a li'l old hoot owl
hootin' in the trees
'cause i ain't got no little gal owl fowl
here to shoot the breeze
oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
cain't shoot no breeze
with a bunch o' trees
oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh

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* Source:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9-jbBbjLUc