Dear Annie (The cat's meow) 2003/12/05

[칼새]

The cat's meow  
 
  Dear Annie: This is in response to 'Losing It in Lodi, Calif.,' whose neighbors keep their cats outside, and they cry all night. We also had neighbors who left their noisy kitties out overnight. Repeated requests to bring the pets inside went unheeded. So we fought 'meows' with 'meows.' Three other neighbors joined us, and we telephoned our rude neighbors every time one of their kitties woke us up in the night.

  When the neighbors answered the phone, we said, 'Meow, meow, meow.' It wasn't long before they brought their cats in for bedtime and the rest of the neighborhood began getting some peaceful sleep. -- Sleeping in San Marino, Calif.

  Dear San Marino: Your idea is certainly the cat's meow, and we're glad it worked for you. Several readers purred in on this one. A woman in Colorado tape-recorded the barking of her neighbors' dogs, set the speakers to face the neighbor's house and played the tape back each morning. Another reader pointed out that cats left outside might be killed by coyotes, neighborhood dogs, automobiles or people who hate cats. Our thanks to all who wrote.

* heed  (opp. unheed)
VERB: Inflected forms: heed·ed, heed·ing, heeds
TRANSITIVE VERB: To pay attention to; listen to and consider:          

                              “He did not heed my gibes, and chattered on” (Sean O'Faolain). 
INTRANSITIVE VERB: To pay attention. 
NOUN: Close attention; notice. 

* purr
NOUN: 1. The soft vibrant sound made by a cat.
           2. A sound similar to that made by a cat: the purr of an engine. 
VERB: Inflected forms: purred, purr·ing, purrs
INTRANSITIVE VERB: To make or utter a soft vibrant sound: The cat purred.

                                 The sewing machine purred. 
TRANSITIVE VERB: To express 

* 칼새's opinion

고양이로 인해 잠 못드는 밤을 매일 보내는 한 이웃의 한 맺힌 이야기를

전개하면서 이를 어떻게 극복하는지에 대한 해법도 내 놓았군요...ㅋㅋ

동물을 키우고 계신 님께서는 서로간에 피해를 주고 있지는 않은지

오늘 하루 점검 하는 것도 좋을 듯 싶습니다.

옛말에 피해는 주지도 말고 받지도 말자란 비슷한 속담이 전해져

내려온다는 말이 있었던 것 같은데......... ㅋㅋㅋ ( 아님 말구...!~~~~)