Thursday, July 22, 2010

What is the Cat's Meow?

It's been somewhat uneventful lately as far as conversations go but there was an interesting lady that came in today.  She looked like a weathered jumble of a Native American, gypsy, Spanish woman with a pinch of Texas flare, dressed primarily in black, which didn't seem to express her demeanor at all.  Jarvis (The artist I work for) had commented about having a great conversation with her earlier while I was at a meeting, and unfortunately I just missed it.  She had come in later on again with a camera and took pictures as she walked about the room.

"Oh, hello.  Who's that?"  She said to no one in particular.

"What's that?"  I answered.

"Is there a pussycat in here? I just heard a pussycat."  She emphasized the "oo" in pussycat.

"No, I think it was the sound from the buses across the street."

"Oh, it sounded like a pussycat."

And then she went about the room taking pictures.  I don't really know too much about automobiles and buses, but the best I can describe is they give out a sighing toot when they stop, I can only guess this is caused by the brakes and could be said to be the onomatopoeia of a cats meow.

It happened a second time and she exclaimed, "There it is again."  I had to explain to her what it was...

I think I need a better distraction...