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"Twenty years ago, I was a sales rep for a record company," Wilwand says, shooing her real-life pets away from a scribe's shoes. "One day I was visiting a retail outlet and somebody came in with a cat they'd found. Nobody wanted it so at the end of the day I took it home."
Wilwand's favourite curios are a battery-powered, interactive Tweety and [Sylvester, Wilwand] set, circa 1998. Press a button and the oft-annoying canary spouts, "I tawt I taw a puddy tat." On cue, Sylvester replies, "You did, you did see a puddy tat...""A surprising number of people collect cat whiskers," says science fiction author Sharon Lee. "I got into the habit after researching a spell for a story I was writing. The recipe called for "one cat whisker, freely given." At which point I said to my husband, "They must fall out."See the full content of this document
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The Purrsuit of Happiness
If you tawt you taw a puddy tat, you'd be right
By David SandersonEvery Saturday, animal lovers hurriedly skip over this space to find out if their beloved Fido or Fluffy has been named one of Detour's Pets of the Week (see page 8). Today's column is a shameless attempt to stop the bleeding.A sign on Fre...See the full content of this document
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