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I’m not crazy, doctor. There really is a cat in my wall.
A Brooklyn man found himself locked up in a loony bin for four days after he smashed down walls in three apartments trying to rescue a fugitive feline.
The bizarre tale began when a mischievous kitty named Rumi decided to explore a hole in the wall of a condo undergoing renovation in Carroll Gardens.
Unfortunately for Rumi, the hole opened on a 30-foot shaft and he fell to the bottom.
The contractor, Chris Muth, had been watching Rumi for a friend and panicked when he went missing.
He couldn’t reach the cat from that apartment - even after enlarging the hole.
So the super, Doug Steiner, got him permission to make a small hole in the wall of another unit.
But, Steiner said, “He opened up all the walls. I said, ‘What the hell are you doing? The owner’s going to flip out.’ ”
Muth couldn’t catch Rumi from that hole either, so he broke into a third apartment, and again started smashing walls.
Steiner had as much success coaxing Muth out as Muth did with Rumi.
So the super called cops - who shipped Muth to a local psych ward.
Rumi remained in the catacombs of the condo - a former church. And the shrinks decided Muth was suffering from bats in his belfry.
The hospital records say he had a “bizarre delusion [he] was trying to save a cat of his friend,” The Brooklyn Paper reported.
But it all ended happily.
Muth finally convinced the doctors that he wasn’t a wacko.
And Rumi, tired of his 15 days in solitary, let himself be caught by professional cat rescuers using a fishing-pole-like device.
“After 60 hours stuck down there, I thought the cat was going to die,” Muth told The Brooklyn Paper.
“Otherwise I wouldn’t have panicked like I did.
“I can fix holes, but I can’t bring a cat back to life.”
http://www.nypost.com/seven/07252008/news/regionalnews/krazy_kat_got_me_kommitted_121467.htm
Category Entertainment
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NEW YORK - When Katherine Heigl opens her mouth, people listen. They don’t always like what they hear.
If the media loves a celebrity lightning rod, then Heigl certainly delivers the goods. The Emmy-winning actress has taken heat for her blunt public comments and doesn’t seem to give two winks.
According to her detractors, the “Grey’s Anatomy” star’s outre behavior includes: demanding a higher salary in contract negotiations with ABC; slamming the megahit comedy “Knocked Up,” in which she starred with Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd, as “a little sexist” in painting women as “humorless and uptight” and men as “lovable, goofy”; and, recently, refusing to seek anEmmy nomination because “Grey’s” writers failed to deliver the goods for an awards-worthy performance.
At times, Heigl comes off like a reality show contestant who says, “I’m not here to make friends. I’m here to win.” That attitude, as any avid viewer of shows from “Survivor” to “The Bachelor” would agree, wins few allies on the island (or in the mansion), but it sure makes for good TV.
But in a world of bland, media-trained celebs, is it such a bad thing to speak your mind?
http://omg.yahoo.com/news/is-it-such-a-bad-thing-to-speak-your-mind/11399
Category TV and Movies
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Found this on YouTube. Enjoy.
*UPDATE*
Turns out Princess Chunk is a he and his real name is Powder! Apparently the owner abandoned him due to foreclosure on her home. Shelter director Jennifer Anderch said an older woman recently lost her home and could not keep the 7-year-old cat.
Call her P. Kitty. It seems she is on her way to being a celebrity!! Fans have flooded the shelter in hopes of adopting the 44 lb feline.
Morning-show producers are breaking out their wide-angle lenses for Princess Chunk, who will appear on “Live with Regis and Kelly” and “America’s Newsroom” today, as well as “Good Morning America” tomorrow.
And she’s definitely ready for her close-up - well, perhaps not too close.
“I think she’s starting to enjoy all the attention. This morning, she came out of her hiding spot and sat on my lap,” said “foster mom” Deborah Wright.
“She rolled on her back to get her belly rubbed. She’s becoming more and more friendly.”
The pudgy pussy was found wandering the woods in Voorhees, NJ, last Saturday and was turned in to the Camden County Animal Shelter.
Since her colorful puss appeared on Page 1 of yesterday’s Post, there’s been an “out-purring” of animal lovers wanting to adopt Princess Chunk, believed to be the world’s fattest living cat. She missed the Guinness world record mark for largest cat ever by a mere two pounds. Apparently she is so big she needs a tub for a litter box. I thought I had some fat cats but I’m afraid this one tops mine.
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I can only imagine how they must have felt. What a scary situation and they can’t go anywhere! Yikes!