Sunday 8 December 2019

the groomers

So Peep #1 went to the groomers the other day, and when she returned, I have to say I hardly recognised her.

MOUSES!

Okay, so I actually did recognise her, but I ran away from her anyway, 'cause what I saw caused me to worry.

CLARIFICATION:  The groomer did nothin' wrong.  The groomer did a perfectly good job.  The groomer was NOT the problem.

The problem was the peep.

MOUSES!

You've all heard 'bout Peep #1's infamous ponytail, right?  You know the one.  The tail attached to the back of her head.  The tail she swishes back and forth like a... Uh...   Like somethin' on the rear end of a...  Um...

Like somethin' attached to the rear end of a horse's patootie?

Yeah, that's the one.

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Well...

Well when ol' Peepers returned from the groomers the other day, her ponytail was like six or seven inches shorter.  Maybe - PROBABLY - more.  That hair of hers used to hang almost halfway down her back, and now it barely touches her neck!

It's hard to tell, really, 'cause she's always flickin' that ol' tail of hers about, and I never have been able to get her to keep it in one place long enough for me to get an accurate measurement.

MOUSES!

But anyway...

But anyway, it got me to thinkin':

WHAT IF SOMEONE THOUGHT THEY'D SHORTEN MY TAIL?

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It's like she got a lion cut or somethin'.

Scratch that.  I think a lion cut would be more like that look some peeps have where half their head is shaved almost down to the skin, and the other half of their hair is left long.

THANK GOODNESS PEEPERS DIDN'T GET HER HAIR CUT LIKE THAT.

And now that I'm thinking 'bout this alternative - the half head shaved alternative thing - I'm appreciating the shorter tail look more and more.

MOUSES!

But the situation still has me worried.

'CAUSE I'M STILL CONCERNED 'BOUT THE LENGTH OF MY TAIL.

And keepin' it just as I want it.

The length it is right now.

Which is the PURRfect length, for sure.

SO DON'T YOU GO GETTIN' ANY STUPID IDEAS ABOUT TAKIN' ME TO THE GROOMERS, PEEPERS.

MOUSES!

20 comments:

  1. You don’t think the peeps would do that!?
    No way Seville. You are fine as is!

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    1. Fine? I THINK the word you're lookin' for is, PURRfect. purrs

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  2. Yikes! cutting 6 or 7 inches off that handsome tail of yours doesn't bear thinking about.

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  3. If she gets you a pony then you can start worrying Seville!

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    1. A pony? A PONY! I'm not sharin' my cat bed with no pony. MOUSES!

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  4. Definitely keep your tail no way get it cut no way believe me.x😻💜🐾

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    1. I'm not lettin' any groomer anywhere near my tail. No sirree. My tail is purrfect the way it is. MOUSES!

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  5. I don't know if I could get used to you as a Manx, Seville. At least the Peep's hair will grow back, I don't think your tail would though. ;)

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    1. My thoughts exactly. My tail does not require trimmin' unless you're talking 'bout like trimmin' a Christmas tree with baubles and things, and even then... EVEN THEN no trimmin' is allowed. MOUSES!

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  6. Hmm, don't the americans call it a jarhead cut? Just think how sticky that sort of trim could be, plus all the flies that would get stuck in it – and dependant on whether the jar was honey, all the bears that would come down from the woods to try and eat said honey, MOUSES! That would definitely NOT be the right sort of cut. I wonder if there is a Niphead cut though ????
    Purrs
    ERin

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    1. Hmmm... Never heard tail... I mean, tell, of a jarhead cut, but then, I'm a CANADIAN kitty, you see. purrs

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  7. Oh, I don't think you need to worry about that, Seville. At least I hope not!

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    1. I hope not, too. But just in case, I intend to intercept all peep - groomer phone calls from now on. MOUSES!

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  8. Oh dear, Seville! My hair once went all of the way down to my patootie, but now it's very short, about as long as Sevillefur! So much easier to work with, for me, 'cause I'm lazy...

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    1. Your hair is MY length? That's way shorter than the peep's. Bet yours doesn't ponytail up at all now, huh? purrs

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  9. Your Peep #1 is lucky she got away with just a shorter tail. Our mom's hair style is always changing, going from long to short to long again, and her hair color changes just like them horses on the Wizard of Oz. We never know who is going to walk through that door.

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    1. But the shorter Peepers' hair is, the uh... "curlier" it gets, too. I'm gonna say curlier 'cause that's nicer than frizzed to the max, but right now it's so "curly," if left to dry on its own after washin'.... BOINNNNGGGG!!!! You get the picture, I'm sure. (She should try usin' spit instead of shampoo. Like me.) MOUSES!

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  10. You better sleep with your tail tucked under you :)

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    1. Now THAT is a very good plan. Yup, a very good plan, indeed. MOUSES!

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