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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 11:09 AM
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I want to drink my cat's ashes in a Triple Thick Milkshake; please advise.
My 14 year-old cat, Tennis Star (so named because she was good at batting things around), died three months ago, and has been cremated. The thing I remember most about her is how I would bring home a McDonald's vanilla Triple Thick Milkshake every single day and drink it while I was on websites. She would always come up behind me and sit on the bookcase behind the computer and meow that she wanted some of the milkshake, which I would pour in a little bowl for her. It was a cute little routine that we'd gone through for about four years (since just after Triple Thick Milkshakes came out); I put her ashes on the spot on the bookcase where she would sit and meow.

Now when I sit at the computer with my milkshake, it's just not the same. I would look back at the urn where her ashes are kept every single day and start crying, until a few days ago. On that day, I had this feeling that Tennis Star wants me to move on, and that I should get rid of her ashes from my house, and right after that, I had this idea that I should put them in my Triple Thick Milkshake and drink them, as it was like her favorite thing to drink the milkshakes. For some reason this idea calms me, and I do not cry anymore, but when I'm drinking the milkshake I keep thinking about how I've not done it yet, and then go back and forth between that and the idea that once I do it, I can't undo it, so I should approach this idea carefully.

I would like any advice that DU cat-owners could give me.
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 11:11 AM
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1. Go for it
But save some of them and sprinkle them at her favorite outdoor spots
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ChoralScholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 11:12 AM
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2. as long as it's safe, go for it... EOM
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 11:12 AM
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3. Ha-ha!
Go ahead - at least then you'll know what cat tastes like.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 11:13 AM
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5. Tastes of chicken
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 11:13 AM
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4. ashes are caustic...not a great idea to consume them
I don't know how caustic a cat ash milkshake would be, but caustic things dissolve protein which is why Draino dissolves hair clogs.
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 11:16 AM
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9. Good call, man. Don't try this at home. n/t
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Aiptasia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 11:14 AM
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6. It won't kill you, but it might make the milkshake a bit "gritty"
I say, sure. Chug it.
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 11:14 AM
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7. Happy April Fool's Day, LoZoccolo
:bounce:
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 11:15 AM
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8. You got it, ha ha! APRIL FOOLS!
:party: :woohoo:
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bertha katzenengel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 11:18 AM
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10. Phew!
I was afraid of offending the memory of Tennis Ball!
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 11:19 AM
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12. Ha ha I don't even have a cat! n/t
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 11:30 AM
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17. I figured as much.
That's why I responded as I did.
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 12:30 PM
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19. "I meant to do that."


:+
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 11:18 AM
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11. McDonald's? Are you nuts
Do your cat right and go to a local fountain or at least a dairy Queen or sumthin' and have an honest to goodness MILKSHAKE!

I own a cat and I would NEVER think of drinking his beloved ashes with anything less than a shake from our local ice cream palor. AND, they use hormone free milk!
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 11:20 AM
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13. Psssst...see subthread #7. n/t
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 11:24 AM
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15. psst
I spotted it in the first line or two. nice one!
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 12:27 PM
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18. I would be 400 pounds if I drank one of those every day.
Edited on Fri Apr-01-05 12:27 PM by LoZoccolo
When I make up a fake story, I like to put in a "rate-limiting step" as a clue that it's fake.
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 12:32 PM
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20. yep
and who could tolerate McD's every day anyway? One a year, maybe.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 11:20 AM
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14. mmm, BrundleCat
:D
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Dr.Phool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-01-05 11:28 AM
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16. My dogs eat cats all the time, with no ill effects.
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