water Posted December 1, 2005 CID Share Posted December 1, 2005 http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/01/emily.cat.ap/index.html From stowaway to fat cat class PARIS, France (AP) -- Emily the cat is heading home, in style. The wayward tabby from Wisconsin that disappeared two months ago and wound up traveling across the Atlantic to France on a ship boarded a Continental Airlines flight Thursday -- in business class. Travel conditions leaving Europe promised to be a bit more comfortable for Emily, who arrived as a stowaway in a cargo container after straying from home in Wisconsin. "I don't think she'll drink champagne but I think she will be happy to rest," said Continental spokesman Philippe Fleury, at Charles de Gaulle airport to see Emily off. The airline offered to fly the cat home after her tale spread around the world and she cleared a one-month quarantine. "This was such a marvelous story, that we wanted to add something to it," Fleury told AP Television News. A full-fare ticket for Emily's seat would normally cost about $6,000 and the airline provided a company escort for the cat. Emily vanished from her home in Appleton, Wisconsin, late September. She apparently wandered into a paper company's distribution center near her home and crawled into a container of paper bales. The container went by truck to Chicago and by ship to Belgium before the cat was found October 24 at Raflatac, a laminating company in Nancy, France. Emily, who turned 1 year old that very day, was thin and thirsty but still alive. Workers at Raflatac used her tags to phone her veterinarian in Wisconsin, and the vet called her owners. Emily faced one last packed day of travel before her homecoming. She was due to arrive from Paris in Newark, New Jersey, midday Thursday and board a connecting flight to Chicago and then be driven home to Wisconsin, Fleury said. Emily's escort, George Chiladze, a Continental employee based in Newark, said he was thrilled to be the one taking Emily back across the Atlantic. "I will make somebody really happy to deliver this poor traveler back home," he said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted December 1, 2005 CID Share Posted December 1, 2005 good thing she's flying continental. if it was thai airways or something she'd end up in the galley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROM-DOS Posted December 1, 2005 CID Share Posted December 1, 2005 good thing she's flying continental. if it was thai airways or something she'd end up in the galley. LOL . . .ouch!! ~ now that almost brought a tear to my eye ~ resopalrabotnick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted December 1, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 1, 2005 *falls off her chair laughing* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinOhioRR Posted December 1, 2005 CID Share Posted December 1, 2005 thats a good story..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyswhirl Posted December 1, 2005 CID Share Posted December 1, 2005 I have a cat named emily - emily jane - and there is also spooker and blackie and mama cat and scruffer and phoenix and sunny they all came around as strays - 2 live outside - I lived in a wooded area Now there is no more room at the inn the next one who comes is gona be named mosi which is Navajo for cat I usually wait until the great spirit reveals their true name Like sunny is sunny cause she walked in on the first sunny day in 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted December 1, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 1, 2005 We have 3 cats: Isis, the female is nearly 2 years old, we saved her from the shelter. Osiris is 5 months old, we saved him on his last day at the shelter. Thoth is abour 2,5 months old, we saved him from the shelter as weel. We had Isis since June, and I asked my buddy at work ( his wife volunteers after hours at the humane society and she takes care of the pregnant and sick cats they get and takes them back): if they had a black kitten I could have, it just so happened that they had one that was six weeks old, and when they came over for dinner, they brought him, and they brought Osiris. The Humane society had called them and asked if they would find a home for Osires because they hated to put down such a loving, youthful cat. So, we got them both for free, one is fixed, the other will be fixed in January and Isis of course was fxed. So I got a bargain kitty, and he's the most loving of the three, but it sure is fun around here when they get to playing. Isis of course creams them both, and it's funny to watch her asserting herself. They all live inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stank_Ho Posted December 2, 2005 CID Share Posted December 2, 2005 God I just don't like cats. They don't seem to give a shit if your around or not. I know a guy, got seven cats. Thats a bit too much pussy for me. I go over there and I'm raking cat hair of my clothes for hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted December 2, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 2, 2005 Yeah, you and Aggr3 have a lot in common, but even HE had to love Bear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resopalrabotnick Posted December 2, 2005 CID Share Posted December 2, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted December 2, 2005 CID Share Posted December 2, 2005 Found these in a wood pile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted December 2, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 2, 2005 Found these in a wood pile awwwwwwwww I hope you didn't eat them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted December 2, 2005 CID Share Posted December 2, 2005 NO! With these we have 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted December 2, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 2, 2005 Dude, that's so cool. Thanks for saving kitties Ours: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyswhirl Posted December 2, 2005 CID Share Posted December 2, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted December 2, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 2, 2005 YAY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggr3 Posted December 2, 2005 CID Share Posted December 2, 2005 good thing she's flying continental. if it was thai airways or something she'd end up in the galley. Ya know....I do have a sound track called .."The cats in the kettle at the Pee King Moon".... done to the tune of Cat Stevens "Cats in the cradle" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
water Posted December 2, 2005 Author CID Share Posted December 2, 2005 hush you - you used to pet Bear in the bathroom every morning. softie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyswhirl Posted December 2, 2005 CID Share Posted December 2, 2005 http://www.wunderground.com/wximage/viewimages.html great site to upload and view photos - all catagories of pics great weather site also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted December 2, 2005 CID Share Posted December 2, 2005 I hope that doesn't happen to no kids.. "Mommy look at the paper truck.." and *bam* , kid goes to live in Belgium.. This case it was a cat next time it could be a dog.. Its good that the story had a good ending though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyswhirl Posted December 2, 2005 CID Share Posted December 2, 2005 I hope that doesn't happen to no kids.. "Mommy look at the paper truck.." and *bam* , kid goes to live in Belgium.. This case it was a cat next time it could be a dog.. Its good that the story had a good ending though no worries about Beligium - it does not exist http://zapatopi.net/belgium/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jared Posted December 2, 2005 CID Share Posted December 2, 2005 Cats > Dogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptors892004 Posted December 2, 2005 CID Share Posted December 2, 2005 Cats > Dogs what is the point behind this statement.. hope its not cats are bigger than dogs (well, some are ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyswhirl Posted December 2, 2005 CID Share Posted December 2, 2005 "There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats." - Albert Schweitzer Dogs are cool too - probably best to have a few of each Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jared Posted December 2, 2005 CID Share Posted December 2, 2005 what is the point behind this statement.. hope its not cats are bigger than dogs (well, some are ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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