2012 will be remembered by me as the year two remarkable felines changed their cosmic addresses. My gorgeous Walnut, 18, and Jasper Rudd. Life will never be the same.
CHRIS J: Thank you. She was a remarkable cat-not a day’s sickness in her life. Mind you, to have her yearly shot, it took five people to hold her down. {She had been a feral cat; thrust into my arms in a possum cage, she was due to be drowned if I couldn’t take her. The rest is history.}
Holden, thanx a lot, now I imagining being woken by the voice of “Eric the Head”, sniggering in the same house, at 2 am – the night after tying one on?
38 thoughts on “Farewell to a great Australian …”
Venise Alstergren
October 29, 2012 at 5:13 pm2012 will be remembered by me as the year two remarkable felines changed their cosmic addresses. My gorgeous Walnut, 18, and Jasper Rudd. Life will never be the same.
Chris Johnson
October 29, 2012 at 5:41 pmJasper the feline phantom! Love it. And I’m really sorry Venise to hear Walnut has left us. But wow, what an innings!
Matthew of Canberra
October 29, 2012 at 5:56 pmI did post a request a few weeks back to see Jasper back in FD, but this wasn’t quite was I was hoping for.
Andybob
October 29, 2012 at 6:52 pmIs there any truth in the rumor his last deal was bending arms in South Australia in return for a State Funeral ?
rhwombat
October 30, 2012 at 2:07 pmAndybob: …or first place on the SA senate ticket.
Venise Alstergren
October 30, 2012 at 2:32 pmCHRIS J: Thank you. She was a remarkable cat-not a day’s sickness in her life. Mind you, to have her yearly shot, it took five people to hold her down. {She had been a feral cat; thrust into my arms in a possum cage, she was due to be drowned if I couldn’t take her. The rest is history.}
Holden Back
October 30, 2012 at 3:38 pm@paddy Who would ‘voice’ Jasper? Brian Blessed or Eric Abetz?
klewso
October 30, 2012 at 6:38 pmHolden, thanx a lot, now I imagining being woken by the voice of “Eric the Head”, sniggering in the same house, at 2 am – the night after tying one on?
Venise Alstergren
October 30, 2012 at 7:57 pmHOLDEN: you don’t Erich Abetz’s voice to be a tad too waspish?
Andrew L
October 30, 2012 at 8:03 pmIn the early days of Crikey, he was known as Erica Betz (showing my age)