Feline Stealing Gardening Gloves of PelhamSee, this is why we need to invade Iran: cats are now turning to theft to support their oil habit, and we simply MUST have an unlimited and uninterrupted supply of Iranian crude in order to bring prices back to normal levels and return Willie to a rehabilitated law-abiding life!
By JIM FITZGERALD
Associated Press Writer
July 21, 2006, 7:20 AM EDT
PELHAM, N.Y. -- A pink and white gardening glove was missing from Jeannine Goche's front porch. But there was absolutely no mystery about who had taken it.
Willy, the cat who loves gloves, had struck again.
"It has to be him," Goche said. "I've heard about him."
As if the gardeners of Pelham don't have enough to worry about, with the rocky soil and the slugs and the big trees that cast too much shade, a feline felon has been sneaking into their backyards and carrying off at least two dozen gardening gloves.
Goche's flower-patterned glove may soon take its place on the clothesline that's strung across the front fence at Willy's home in this village just northeast of New York City, which he shares with Jennifer and Dan Pifer, their 19-month-old son, Hudson, and a mutt named Peanut Chew.
Above the line is a sign that says: "Our cat is a glove snatcher. Please take these if yours."
Nine pairs of gardening gloves and five singles were strung up Thursday morning. Willy, looking innocent, was playing with a beetle in the driveway and occasionally dashing after Hudson.
"This all started about the time people began working in their gardens, I guess March or April," Jennifer Pifer said. "Willy would just show up with a glove, or we'd see them on the front steps. I guess it's better than if he was bringing home dead birds."
(Hey, look, it's as good a rationale as I've heard from anyone on the White Ring side of the aisle!)
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