When I was 19 or so, I lived in a house that had no front yard. There was
maybe 8 feet until you were in the street. One night, during a great party,
we invented a game called "sailcat". The house was a 2 story rowhouse that
had an attic. There were some stray cats (as in neighbors' cats) that were
always a bother. We caught them and took them to the attic.
Did I mention that the road so close to the house was the main drag for all
the ambulances headed for the various hospitals on Pill Hill? We waited for
the sirens and then commenced the game. The object was to try to splat the
cat on the windshield of a speeding ambulance. Wow, that took some timing!!!
That was my chance for riches... and I didn't recognize the potential.
Shortly after the inception of this game, somebody came up with those
stuffed Garfield cats with the suction cups on their feet. You remember, you
used to see them stuck to the inside glass of all sorts of cars. I shoulda
had the patent on those!
Kent
Subject: Re: Cat throwing festival
> Perhaps you should try to encourage the reliving of the original
tradition. I
> would LOVE to know the history behind the starting of this festival, as
would
> other listers I am sure.................
>
> Daniel1312@aol.com wrote:
>
> > there is a cat throwing festival. Cats are thrown from the window of
the
> > Cloth Hall. However, since 1870 no live cats have been used but stuffed
toys
> > instead.
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