NEWSFLASH! (Arthur)

[smudgley]

Arthur has had the offer of a home... not 1 home, but 16 homes! He's been in the paper & 16 people have offered him a home. I've told him all about them and after much thought he decided he wants to live with Dorothy, an older lady who lives alone & has previously owned a part feral "grumpy" cat. He's quite excited & will be off to B'ham next week.

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[Kazz]

So pleased for him sounds like an ideal home for him.

[dandysmom]

What good news! Best of luck to Arthur and his new owner!! :D

[Elaine]

Awww so pleased for Aurthur xxx

[Naomi]

Awww wow congratulations Arthur. Hope you and your new owner will be very happy :D

[Moli]

Brilliant news, hope Arthur will be happy in his new home...

[Mags]

Fantastic news!!

Good luck to Arthur in his new home!:D

[Sweet]

Fantastic news, I hope Arthur and his new owner Dorothy will be very happy together x

[alexgirl73]

Brilliant news. Hope they will both be very happy together.

[dinahsmum]

Lovely!
Why is it that a broadcast brings forward hundreds of potential adopters (dogs and cats) but the same people don't toddle round to their local centres or make themselves known to the rescue places?
Odd :?

[smudgley]

Do you know what else is annoying DM, the ones who were not actively looking for a cat but saw the article & thought they'd take him on, having spoken to them to tell them he's reserved, but there are plenty more Arthurs in the branch - we get told,no they don't want another cat.....only wanted that one.....:roll:

(because he's been in the paper :mad: )

[dinahsmum]

Do you know what else is annoying DM, the ones who were not actively looking for a cat but saw the article & thought they'd take him on, having spoken to them to tell them he's reserved, but there are plenty more Arthurs in the branch - we get told,no they don't want another cat.....only wanted that one.....:roll:

(because he's been in the paper :mad: )
Yup - crazy!
(but people like that don't deserve a stick insect :roll: )

[Kazz]

Seems daft to me. The power of the press eh?

[dinahsmum]

Next time you have a number of similar cats in, put out an appeal with a very blurry picture (because puss is shy :roll: ) and hey presto! - 6 callers can all have Arthur! :)

[smudgley]

Do you know that did cross my mind, well a sililar thought did.
I thought that if it was for example a black cat & we had several black cats in.... they could all be that same one.... Does that makes sense? I think you know what I mean.

[smudgley]

We'd have to hope they didn't all meet up at a CP coffee morning & get chatting.

" I've got Arthur, he was in the paper"
"no, I adopted Arthur from the paper"
"What? Arthurs mine, we adopted him"
"Our cat Arthur was in the paper"

:lol:

[dinahsmum]

That's right.

Write a sob story about black cats and how they are always overlooked, post a blurry pic, chose a non-commital non gender-specific name and fit the callers to the most appropriate puss. As I said, they can all win a 'Lucky/Fortune/Destiny/Sooty/Whatever'.

Smudgley - we will never have to meet! All that devious-ness in one room would be dangerous! :-D

[dinahsmum]

We'd have to hope they didn't all meet up at a CP coffee morning & get chatting.

" I've got Arthur, he was in the paper"
"no, I adopted Arthur from the paper"
"What? Arthurs mine, we adopted him"
"Our cat Arthur was in the paper"

:lol:
:-D
Too late - they'd be smitten and there would be nothing they could do!

[alexgirl73]

Obviously these people didn't deserve Arthur anyway! I think DM's suggestion is brilliant, lol.