Slow Day

It's one of those IT days that involves a lot of the, "Run. Wait 10 minutes. See if it worked." cycle. This is a little dull. So, while I sit out this current 10 minute slot, I'm going to tell you about the dream I had last night.

The owl, the pussycat and I were going to sail away (presumably in a beautiful, pea-green boat). The night before the journey we stayed at DragonMama's place. DM was nice enough to make breakfast for me, but when I enquired about the whereabouts of the O. & P., she said they'd left without me. I was saddened, but I put a brave face on it and entertained DM with a puppet show.

Anyone care to speculate, or shall I dive in and analyse this one myself?

What sort of puppet show was it? Marionette? Finger puppet? Shadow puppets? Hand
puppets?

Submitted by James Casey (not verified) on Tue, 2005-02-15 12:17.

Punch and Judy?

Submitted by Brian (not verified) on Tue, 2005-02-15 12:19.

Yes, I know. I was looking for specific detail.

Submitted by Brian (not verified) on Tue, 2005-02-15 12:28.

Oh come on, now you're just being ridiculous. Who ever heard of eating owl for breakfast?!

Kris got toast. We had owl and pussycat stew for supper.

Submitted by Dragon Mama (not verified) on Tue, 2005-02-15 18:10.

I did explain why they had to leave early. They were on a tight schedule - when you're sailing away for a year and a day you don't want to dilly dally. The main problem was that although they had plenty of money they only had some honey - probably, on reflection, the Pussycat told me, not enough for three. So maybe you should have brought your own honey.

By the way, it was fantastic puppet show - almost as good as the ones my brothers and I used to do as children.

Submitted by Dragon Mama (not verified) on Tue, 2005-02-15 11:47.

That's hand puppetry, Brian.

Submitted by James Casey (not verified) on Tue, 2005-02-15 12:22.

Actually, I'm not sure I know the correct puppetry term. It was that style where the puppeteer holds the puppet, but you can't see them because they're wearing all-black on an all-black background.

Actually, I just had black gloves on, because it was a small stage.

Submitted by Kris on Tue, 2005-02-15 12:27.

Was it Fingermouse?

Submitted by Brian (not verified) on Tue, 2005-02-15 12:29.

Well, whatever it was, I'm glad DM liked it.

Submitted by Kris on Tue, 2005-02-15 12:31.

I'm thinking...I'm thinking DM must represent my superego.

Submitted by Kris on Tue, 2005-02-15 13:07.

I'm thinking...

I hope you don't analyse all your dreams.

Submitted by James Casey (not verified) on Tue, 2005-02-15 13:22.

Do you mean publically, or just in general?

Submitted by Kris on Tue, 2005-02-15 13:24.

Well Owl's gone missing so at least this explains that one.

But Pussycat? One's dead and the other's bonkers so I wouldn't be relying on any info about honey rations from either of them, DM.

Submitted by Fran (not verified) on Tue, 2005-02-15 14:05.

I thought that Cat looked a little shifty, but the pair of them were with Kris so I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Submitted by Dragon Mama (not verified) on Tue, 2005-02-15 14:59.

The irony of it all is that I don't even like honey. However, I'll grant you that the original works better than:

The owl and the pussycat and Kris Jenkins went to sea,
In a beautiful pea-green boat.
They took some honey, and plenty of money, and some boxes of cereal,
Wrapped up in a five-pound not.

Having said that, it might work as a joke. "An owl, a pussycat and Kris Jenkins walk into a bar..."

Submitted by Kris on Tue, 2005-02-15 16:53.

All's well that ends well, surely: I expect Fran wouldn't have been happy about you sailing away for a year and a day with a Pussycat?

Submitted by Dragon Mama (not verified) on Tue, 2005-02-15 17:03.

Come on, guys. I can't believe no one has twigged yet.

Fact 1: Dragon Mama is trying to get Kris to forget by saying Fran wouldn't
have liked him to go away anyway.

Fact 2: The Owl and the Pussycat are missing.

Fact 3: The Owl and the Pussycat were last seen in Dragon Mama's house.

Fact 4: Dragon Mama is a freakin' DRAGON! You people are so dense!

The question is, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, WHAT DID DRAGON MAMA COOK
KRIS FOR BREAKFAST?

Submitted by James Casey (not verified) on Tue, 2005-02-15 17:20.

That's right, I did have toast! So it wasn't a dream after all...

Submitted by Kris on Tue, 2005-02-15 18:59.

On 15 February 2005 at 17:10, Dragon Mama wrote:

Kris got toast. We had owl and pussycat stew for supper.

Yet on
her
own fine blog
, she professes to be a vegetarian. A lie has been told here!

Submitted by paj (not verified) on Tue, 2005-02-15 19:43.

Soyacat.

Submitted by Dragon Mama (not verified) on Tue, 2005-02-15 20:05.

Mmm, nutty.

Submitted by Kris on Wed, 2005-02-16 11:09.

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