Color me - late for work this morning.

[iscooterliberally]

I was tying my shoes and getting ready to walk out the door when I heard the familiar "thwack" sound of the cat door flapping back and forth. Then I had a lap full of kitty. "You're going nowhere dad!".

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. He (or she?) who must be obeyed!

[iscooterliberally]

2. His name is Jethro and he rules with an iron paw!

His full name is Jethro Tull because he's always "eyeing little squirrels with bad intent".

[50 Shades Of Blue]

5. Awww! He's a tiger when he wants love!

[iscooterliberally]

6. He bungles in the jungle sometimes too!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

7. His tongue! So cute!

[tblue37]

3. You suffer from feline paralysis.

[ShazzieB]

11. I've been calling it being in kitty jail, but I like that better!

No matter what you call it, they sure know hiw to keep their humans from going anywhere. Willow is doing exactly that right now by sleeping on my shoulder.

[Walleye]

4. Beautiful kitty!

[Laffy Kat]

8. Employers should allow for this. nt

[Jerry2144]

9. Employers need to have an emergency kitty or puppy

To have on hand for employees when needed

[iscooterliberally]

14. My employers have a cat.

I always take care of him when they travel. They have a big black cat named Sam. They also helped me rescue a cat from the parking lot here at the warehouse. They even paid his first vet bill!

[twodogsbarking]

10. When I was late for work I would make up for it by leaving early.

[niyad]

12. Well, of course you couldnot go to work!!! You had a forlorn feline emergency!

Shorts? As a matter of idle curiosity, where are you that it is warm enough for shorts?

[iscooterliberally]

13. I almost never wear long pants.

I live just north of Fort Lauderdale. I work alone in a small warehouse. We might get below freezing one or two nights the whole year. Right now it's nice. We can turn the a/c off and open the windows. My wife and I did live in Boston for a couple of years. I had to buy long pants to wear up there. I never did get a winter coat though. I just put on a sweatshirt and a hoodie and got one of those water resistant wind breakers. I liked Boston but I wasn't making any money up there so we came back home.

[niyad]

15. Understood. The high here tomorrow will be 20. Monday's low was -15, and we

still are not as cold as some parts of the country.

[iscooterliberally]

16. I was born up north so I don't mind the snow or cold.

I've lived down here since the early 70s though, so I'm what they call a "Semi-native" of south Florida. One thing that cracked me up about living in the cold was the fact that I would have to get dressed just to take the garbage out. One winter it snowed up the roof of our minivan. I don't miss having to dig out. That was hard work!