[Elfsea] Mourn with us the passing of MS-DOS

[blakrose]

You have my sincere condolences

Cian
who also lives with a 'white-collar' cat......

Spence and Robin Mabry wrote:

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> After a long a fruitful life of 18 years, MS-DOS passed away sometime during
> the night of Nov. 18/morning of Nov. 19, fittingly behind the beer
> refrigerator.  She was the QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE and knew it, ruling the
> Mitchell-Mabry household with the honor it deserved.  She was Spence's cat
> as much as Took was Robin's, and the loss of both of them (she was the last
> of the Nebraska cats) is a blow to both Robin and Spence.
> Yes, you can laugh, but that was her name. There are three reasons for this:
> (1) When we lived in North Platte, NE, one day Spence had been out setting
> up a Computer Lab in one of the local schools. He had on a three-piece suit.
> We went out to look at some cats that afternoon, and as he was holding a
> small gold tabby -- all of a sudden he heard some purring next to his left
> ear. Well, MS DOS had climbed up his suit and was telling him to take her
> home. (2) She has a white collar that runs around her neck, so, as Robin
> says, she is "a white collar worker." (3) She used to love playing on the
> computer. So, of course she is MS DOS.
> She was born in 1983, and her birthday is July 4th, fitting for our "Queen
> of the Universe." This is one cat that refuses to leap when she can climb,
> and even though she is long-harried, loves to sleep under the electric
> blanket in winter.
> Mourn with now the passing of MS-DOS
> Queen of the Universe
> Saviour of us all
> Ruler of Our House
> Mighty Huntress
> Mighty Purr-err
> She who kept laps and hearts warm
> She who stole eggs from plates
> She who loved French Vanilla Ice Cream
> She who was my Queen of the Universe
>
> RIP MS-DOS, may the milk run freely and the catnip grow beneath your feet as
> you romp with Took, Lily, Dubist, Smudge, and Padraigh.
>
> And MY GOD I miss you!
>
> Ceatta
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