Shroedinger's baby, name tags and a food mystery

[susie_flo]

Ever since the scan yesterday Ruprecht has been flipping about and giving me tummy wibbles.  This has led G to deduce that I am carrying Schroedinger's baby....  its quantum state remained unknowable until observed.  (I doubt we will be calling him Erwin in honour of this).

Never mind first names...  I suppose at some point we'll have to decide whose surname he gets.  (The kittens have mine, so it's probably only fair for Ruprecht to have G's.)

Speaking of the kitties, they've been booked in for their vital op in Feb...  which means we'll start to allow them outside when we return from Venice.  Eek!  I imagine we'll need to get them some name tags to stop them being stealth-adopted by little girls akin to my former self.  (I know all of their dastardly tricks...  it's all "Ooh can we keep it, mummy?  Can we?  It's OBVIOUSLY a stray.  Look, no collar!")   

I rather like the idea of giving them formal name tags, like  "Ms Truffle Matilda Flockhart" and "Ms Harriet Esmerelda Flockhart"...   however it may be more fitting to get Harriet a tag engraved with  "Dontcha wish your kitten was cute like me?"

Moving on....    someone please answer me this food mystery.  How is it that yesterday's cold roast potatoes are officially trademarked as Breakfast-of-the-Gods, but if someone offered you a cold leftover chip at 9am, you'd be sent running for the bathroom?   (I mean... aren't they essentially the same thing, just in different shapes?)

Well I suppose that's quite enough brain vacuity for a Saturday morning.   Unfortunately I have Things To Do....

Hope you've all got excellent weekend plans.
 
 

Comments

[sushidog.livejournal.com]

Schroedinger is a lovely name for a baby of either sex; perhaps Shroedinger Erwin Ruprecht? (Although then if you give him/her your surname, his/her initials will spell serf, so maybe not...)

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

Hee! I can feel a LJ poll brewing...

[ivory-goddess.livejournal.com]

I love the idea of formal name-tags. My 3 don't have collars 'cos they don't go out, but if they did I could have their pedigree names on for that whole 'formal' feel. Lex is 'Katspell Purrquisite', Josh is 'Katspell Midnight Cowboy' and CJ is 'Katspell Chinalis' (Katspell is the breeder ID). 16 years ago the breeder was working on words with 'purr' in, by 3 years ago she'd moved on to Cowboys (boys) and Indians (girls). 'Chinalis' is 'bluebird' in a Native America language (don't know which one) 'cos she's blue, and Josh was 'Midnight Cowboy for the same reason (his brothers are 'Rhinestone' and 'Lonesome'!)

BTW, do get them microchipped as well - collars are designed to come off if they get entangles in branches or the like.

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

Those would be magnificent name tags... (it's almost worth sending them outside for!)

The kits were microchipped by the foster lady but you have reminded me that we need to get their adress updated on file!

[kissmeforlonger.livejournal.com]

Lots of foods taste nicer the day after, especially spicy food where the flavour has time to develop.

Chips are often soggy and very oily the day after though :-(

[ms-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Brezeska used to have the most beautiful collar in the world ever - it was black pvc and it had PURR on it in diamante* Sadly neither Mapp or Lucia will allow us to put a collar on them and there are such lovely ones these days. It was quite tricky getting even her short name on the disc though :-(

*a friend of mine who worked for the RSPCA said he was going to report me for inflicting bad taste on my animal.

[kissmeforlonger.livejournal.com]

I got a green glittery collar for Bryn which complemented her tortie fur perfectly. Vienna... if he ever got out, nobody could catch him anyway.

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

I remember Bryn's blingy collar - it really suited her

[the-meanest-cat.livejournal.com]

Hee hee, if you can't inflict your taste on your pets, what's the point? (No different for babies - I am planning a veritable wardrobe of criminal knitwear for Ruprecht)

[ms-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Woohoo I love criminal knitwear on children - plus how else are you supposed to get the leverage* to get them to do what you want them to do in later years plus think of all the embarrassment fun to be had at family gatherings/when prospective partners come round in the future :-)

*get me with my pouncy business talk