J. Clarke wrote:
JLarsson wrote:


Jay Pique wrote:
I'm not sure if it's Doug Fir or Hemlock that's in there, but I've got
a splinter that's really putting out the puss. And the thing is, I
thought I got the whole thing out. Are there certain species that are
more splinterific than others?

JP
***********************************************
I'm breaking out the scratch awl next.

And you REALLY don't need a staph infection, so it might be worth a
trip to the Dr. to make SURE it's all out and maybe get some
antibiotics.

As to why the splinter is vigorously ejecting the cat - well, I really
couldn't say.

Maybe he's put out about the smell--cats have sensitive noses.

--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

Yeah - my cats seem not to like it when I catch 'em in the nose with my
foot.

Kidding aside, Jim Corbett, who had more to do with man-eating tigers
and leopards than anybody else I can think of, was convinced that
neither one had that great a sense of smell. And I believe lions are
pretty fond of meat so rotten it would give a medical examiner the
gags. I guess that doesn't mean they can't smell it though, does it.
Maybe they just like the smell. 8^X

JLarsson