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Cat
Phyllis Gag
17/FEB/1972
I exercise the bird once a day -- I put the cat in the cage.

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CAT
FRANK LIBERMAN
29/JUL/1969
THE CAT GOT INTO THE DISHWASHER. HE'S SO CLEAN... BUT
HE'S DEAD.

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Cat
Jim Mulholland
15/JAN/1969
My mother-in-law is really weird.  Every night she puts the cat out -- with
ether.

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Cat
Bill Daley
16/AUG/1968
My mother is very eccentric. She keeps 37 cats in the house. Four
living.

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Cat
Leon Marshall
09/OCT/1964
Fang is a hero. There was a fire yesterday and he saved 18 lives - two
cats.

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Cat
Ray Rieves
24/OCT/1964
I have bad luck with pets. I bought a dog and he ran away. The cat ate
my goldfish. And I bought a pair of Love Birds and they're getting a
divorce.

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Cat
Bill Daley
20/JUL/1965
The cat loves my food. She knows it kills mice.

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Cat
Ray Rieves
21/DEC/1964
My home town started using police dogs 2 years ago. And they have
really helped. Do you know that since they started using dogs our city
hasn't had one major crime committed by a cat.

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Cat
Violette Sealock
07/Nov/1964
[[strikethrough]] It's easy to [[/strikethrough]] [[insertion]] I finally found a
way to [[/insertion]] get my [[strikethrough]] husband [[/strikethrough]]
[[insertion]] Fang [[/insertion]] up in the morning. I just throw the cat on
the bed. He sleeps with the dog.

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CAT
Phillis Gag
SEP/1964
We've got a cat that's been pregnant for 6 years - she saw a sign that
said: $50 fine for littering.

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Cat
Charles W. Parker
09/FEB/1965
One of the kids got the pet food mixed up. Now we have fox terrier that
meows, a Siamese cat that sings and a parakeet that barks.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
JUL/1964
Witches - curb your cat.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
27/Jun/1969
My driving is so bad! A vacuum cleaner got away from me once. The
cat's still in the bag!

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Cat
Gene Perret
07/APR/1968
I used to fight to get them up; not anymore. I gave them permission to
sleep with the dog. Now every morning I just throw the cat in.

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CAT
Gene Perret
23/Mar/1968
He won't even let me sweep crumbs from the kitchen floor. He believes
in having fat mice so we can save on cat food.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Unknown
Section of wall -- hand prints -- foot prints --dog and cat paws - Mother
says: "Thank goodness they couldn't spell."

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CAT
LILLIAN DANIELS
09/FEB/1965
EVEN THE PETS IN OUR HOME HAVE THEIR PROBLEMS, THIS
MORN, I WOKE UP TO FIND A COUPLE OF MICE HAD OUR 2 CATS
CORNERED.

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CAT
OPLE HOFFMAN
20/JUN/1967
JANE LIBIDO WAS DISGUISED AS A BLACK PUSSYCAT. FANG
KEPT TRYING TO GET HER TO CROSS HIS PATH.

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CAT
BILL DALEY
20/JUL/1965
WHEN I THROW SCRAPS TO THE DOG, HE THROWS THEM TO
THE CAT.

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CAT
EUGENE R. PERRET
28/MAY/1968
I USED TO FIGHT TO GET THEM UP; NOT ANYMORE. I GAVE THEM
PERMISSION TO SLEEP WITH THE DOG. NOW EVERY MORNING I
JUST THROW THE CAT IN.

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CAT
EDWARD R. CANAAN
20/JUL/1965
OUR CAT IS THE FANNY HILL OF WEBSTER GROVES.

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CAT
PHYLLIS GAGS
23/MAR/1967
DOG WATCHING DOG FOOD COMMERCIAL - LASSIE IS A HORROR
SHOW FOR CATS - CAT WATCHES MICKEY MOUSE.

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CAT
E. P. STEWART
21/MAY/1965
OUR SIAMESE CATS DRAG IN MICE SO OFTEN (THEY'RE PROUD
OF THEIR CATCH,) THAT THE WOMEN IN OUR FAMILY SPEND
MOST OF THEIR LIVES ON TOP OF THE TABLES.

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CAT
CHARLES W. PARKER, V.S.M.
10/MAY/1965
THE KIDS HAVE BEEN FEEDING THE MYNAH BIRD VITAMINS.
YESTERDAY HE ATE THE CAT.

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CAT
BILL DALEY
27/SEP/1967
I DROPPED A BOWL OF OATMEAL ON THE FLOOR THIS MORNING.
THE CAT MAKES A BEAUTIFUL STATUE.

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CAT
J. GIMIGLIANO
08/JUL/1964
"COME ON, ONE OF YOU DID IT. NOW TELL ME, WHO PUT THE
CAT IN THE REFRIGERATOR?" WHAT DO YOU MEAN... I DID NOT."

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CAT
R.L. PARKER
10/MAY/1965
THIS ONE COCKTAIL PARTY WE HAD - I MADE A MISTAKE
BEFORE THE GUESTS ARRIVED. I LEFT THE SHRIMP OUT AND
THE CAT IN.

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CAT
VIOLETTE SEALOCK
31/OCT/1964
OUR CAT HAS A WHOLE FREEZER FULL OF FROZEN MICE.

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CAT
JO ANN BURNS
14/DEC/1964
SO MUCH FOOD IS DROPPED ON THE FLOOR AT OUR HOUSE,
THE MICE ARE IN SUCH GOOD SHAPE NOW THEY CHASE THE
CATS.

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CAT
RAY RIEVES
16/JUL/1964
I ALSO TAKE MILK BATHS.  IT DOES YOUR SKIN WORLDS OF
GOOD.  BUT NOW I'M FOLLOWED BY CATS!

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CAT
JOHN W. SNIDER
08/SEP/1964
IF THE EXPRESSION, "THERE'S MORE THAN ONE WAY TO SKIN A
CAT," IS TRUE, WHY IS IT THAT MOST OF US DON'T EVEN KNOW
THE ONE WAY?

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CAT
MARION L. BRONSON
21/DEC/1964
HE WENT TO A PAWN SHOP AND BOUGHT ME MY FIRST FUR
COAT. THE PAWN BROKER TOLD HIM IT WAS PERSIAN LAMB.
WELL, PERSIAN IT WAS - LAMB IT WAS NOT.
FIRST PLACE I WORE IT WAS THE INTERNATIONAL CAT SHOW
AND I WON THE BLUE RIBBON FOR THE "BEST OF BREED."

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CAT
MRS. B. C. REYNOLDS
24/DEC/1964
MY NEIGHBOR'S CAT DISAPPEARED.  SHE CAME IN ONE DAY,
LOOKED IN THE POT OF SOUP ON THE STOVE AND STARTED
SCREAMING "OH, AGATHA!"  I MUST ADMIT I HAD A TOUGH TIME
EXPLAINING WHY A LITTLE BELL WAS FLOATING ON THE TOP.

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CAT
JOE LUCAS
21/DEC/1964
FANG, THE GREAT WHITE HUNTER -- HE RUNS IF THE CAT SPITS
AT HIM.

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CAT
MRS. O. CLARKE LADO
27/DEC/1963
SHORTLY AFTER I HAD GIVEN THOMAS, OUR CAT, A RUB-DOWN
WITH FLEA POWDER, A LITTLE NEIGHBOR GIRL CAME IN FOR A
VISIT.
AFTER STROKING THOMAS FOR A MOMENT, SHE EXCLAIMED,
"OO, WHAT A DUSTY CAT!"

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Cat
Don Miner
09/Jan/1965
We've got the biggest rats - why just last month we lost 2 cats.

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CAT
CHARLES W. PARKER
07/DEC/1963
ONE OF THE KIDS GOT THE PET FOOD MIXED UP.  NOW WE HAVE
A FOX TERRIER THAT MEOWS, A SIAMESE CAT THAT SINGS AND
A PARRAKEET BARKS.

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CAT
RICHARD MASON
10/APR/1964
MEALTIME IS LIKE MEALTIME ANYWHERE WITH ONLY
OCCASIONAL MISHAPS -- LIKE THE TIME I BAKED A RABBIT THE
DAY AFTER OUR NEIGHBOR'S CAT DISAPPEARED.

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Cat
Sallie Bristow
22/Apr/1964
One of our kids fed the cat vinegar - so now what have we got? A sour-
puss!

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CAT
MRS. LILLIAN DANIELS
31/JAN/1964
BOY! I WAS SOME BABY! THE FAMILY HAD TO WATCH THE CAT
EVERY MINUTE!

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Cat
Nonnee Coan
20/May/1964
I didn't worry because he stitched it with cat-gut but whenever I got
frightened I became 3 feet taller.

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CAT
MRS. ROSEMARIE DIEHM
20/MAY/1964
"COME ON, ONE OF YOU DID IT. NOW TELL ME, WHO PUT THE
CAT IN THE REFRIGERATOR?"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN...I DID NOT."

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Cat
Eugene R. Perret
02/Apr/1968
He won't even let me sweep crumbs from the kitchen floor. He believes
in having fat mice so we can save on cat food.

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CAT
PHYLLIS GAG
JUN/1964
JUST PUT FLEA POWDER ON THE CAT -
KID SAYS: BOY, WHAT A DUSTY CAT.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Name of book -- "There are 77 ways to skin a cat."

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CAT
PHYLLIS GAG
MAY/1964
SO MANY WITCHES LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD - THERE'S A
SIGN THAT SAYS: "CURB YOUR CAT."

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CAT
PHYLLIS GAG
MAY/1964
OPENED A CAN OF CAT FOOD AND STARTED HISSING.

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Cat
Phyllis Gags
01/Apr/1968
Killed a cat -- he was inside the car.
MM

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CAT
PHYLLIS GAG
11/NOV/1963
NON-DOMESTIC MOTHER CAT.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
11/Nov/1963
Sewed together with cat gut.. when her seam ripped, it meowed!

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CAT
PHYLLIS GAG
UNKNOWN
THE CAT'S COMING APART.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
14/Nov/1963
Kneeling on the cat...cat yowling is not organ music... the prayer
sounded terrible.

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CAT
PHYLLIS GAG
12/NOV/1963
WHAT IF THE PILGRIMS HAD SHOT A CAT FOR THANKSGIVING
INSTEAD OF A TURKEY.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
14/Nov/1963
Wicker purse.. cat in it.. the purse is leaking and meowing.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
14/Nov/1963
The music sounded like a boxcar full of cats going to Dog Heaven.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Sep/1964
Never forget the day the bird got out of the cage -- the cat learned to fly.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
unknown
Never forget the day the bird got out of the cage -- the cat learned to fly.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Jun/1964
Are dogs or cats allowed on this flight -- what kind of pet do you have?
It isn't that?  I'm worried about my coat.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Jul/1964
I walked past the cat and petted the phone.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Jul/1964
Put cat in washer - dishes in washer.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Sep/1964
When I would sing and play the piano - this cat would jump up and claw
and bite my arms and elbows - he'd scream and yell.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Jul/1964
Deaf -- last week he conducted family prayers kneeling on the cat.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Jul/1964
Tom Mix -- an instant food for male cats.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
JUN/1965
Confucious say: He who feed lemons to cat have sour piss.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Jul/1964
The cat's coming apart.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Jul/1964
$50 littering fine -- nearly scared our cat to death.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Sep/1964
Section of wall -- hand prints - foot-prints - dog and cat paws -- Mother
says: Thank goodness they couldn't spell.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
SEP/1964
My mink stole eloped with the cat - My mink stole eloped with the
neighbor's cat.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
01/Apr/1966
Manx Cat...tail caught in electric mixer...

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
01/Apr/1966
Cat on a skate board.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
31/Mar/1966
I haven't heard such noise since the fire in the cat hospital.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Sep/1964
Cat on table.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Jun/1965
The day the cat learned to drive.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Feb/1965
Cat eloped with my mink stole.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
SEP/1964
Would you stop a cat from purring etc. etc. (then let my boy steal --
name of song.)

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
SEP/1964
I sleep with 14 cats - I can't afford an electric blanket.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
SEP/1964
Then why don't you sleep with electric eels?

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
SEP/1964
I tested new hair bleach on the cat last week, and now he's the only cat
in the neighborhood with black roots.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
28/MAR/1966
We once had a goldfish and a cat. You guessed it - the GOLDFISH ATE
THE CAT.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
01/APR/1966
We had a cat and a goldfish.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
01/APR/1966
Cat wouldn't eat the cake and neither would the girls ... Chocolate Liver
Soup Cake.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
SEP/1964
Not a skunk - highway department painted a white line on our black cat.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
SEP/1964
Woman visitor - from the League of Local Culture - she shouldn't have
left her purse on the floor open - the cat (evidently thought it was filled
with sand.)

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
SEP/1964
A cross-eyed cat.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
NOV/1964
Daughter who shaves - the cat.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
NOV/1964
First time I closed the glass curtains at the picture window. I cut the cat
in two.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
NOV/1964
The other day our cat ate a fish, three birds, and a glove which he
mistook for a five-legged mouse.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
NOV/1964
I'm quite well off - my cat died - and left me money - he used to love
HORROR films - Lassie.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
NOV/1964
Sally - the cat should look sleek and vergulous - Not getting enough
Vitamin A.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Dec/1964
Finally got to sleep - the fire dept. comes - there's a brush fire in the
broom closet.  I sleep with 14 cats - I can't afford an electric blanket -
they drive me nuts - purring - it sounds like a Constellation climbing -
one of the cats eloped with my mink stole.

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Cat
Ray Rieves
09/FEB/1965
He's a dumb cat. He caught a mouse in a trap. He let the mouse go and
ate the trap.

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CAT
Ray Rieves
09/FEB/1965
I'll never forget the time he swallowed the parakeet. Now the cat
whistles and talks.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Feb/1965
My cat.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
FEB/1965

There are so many old witches in this neighborhood - it says, "Curb your
cat."

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Feb/1965
Cat under silver hood on platter (live).

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Feb/1965
My cat has a dog.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
FEB/1965

Coughs, barks, she's black white kittens -- My Sin Ads.

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Cat
Phyllis Gag
Feb/1965
Listen - with what she makes on the M.S. ads, she can afford to be an
unwed mother.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
FEB/1965
Thinks of the Sahara Desert as one big sandbox.

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CAT
PHYLLIS GAG
FEB/1965
Cat learned to drive - the dog was in the back seat.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
FEB/1965
Your cat does not have worms - but guess what - you do! (call from
Vet's nurse).

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
FEB/1965
Cat - out all night - come back with his purr machine broken.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
FEB/1965
Pressure cooker blew up - cat learned to drive - (Kitchen -- a terrible
thing happened to the cat.)

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
FEB/1965
Cat driving.

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
MAR/1966
Wound the cat and put out the clock...

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
MAR/1966
One of my cats eloped with my stole...

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CAT
Phyllis Gag
01/APR/1966
Kneeling on the Cat.

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