Enough Room to Swing a Cat
• Setbacks
A cat o’ nine tails, obviously.
Furniture and whips don’t mix. I’m really beginning to wish we had an empty room somewhere. We were thinking of using the garage but that is out of the question at the moment.
The place where I fix pet for whaling the tar has book shelves lining most of the walls. It’s so unnerving to hit something other than the intended target area, let alone feel it slam into something hard.
We are going to have to get an area of the house completely bare if I want to continue to use certain whips, because the risk is too great and is actually destroying one of them slowly :(
Comments
Yes Ma’am :)
Who knew that a small house would be a burden this way.
I’ll get out the tape measure and see what can be done.
Posted by: Richard | July 31, 2007 11:58 PM
Good boy.
Posted by: Alexandra | August 1, 2007 3:00 AM
Eileen and I have had to contend with this ourselves, too. It is especially challenging for two reasons. First, because we live in New York City and thus apartment sizes are ridiculously small unless you are one of the priviledged few with more money than is really necessary. Secondly, because our main interest in whips of any sort are single-tail ones that need at least 8 feet (usually much more) of free space in a 360-degree area to function with any comfort.
This has been mitigated somewhat by our acquisition of a harsh nylon single-tail, because it is much more resilient to the accidental strike against wood and the like. Nevertheless, more space would be nice.
If Richard succeeds in doing something especially clever with your space, I would love for you to share the idea. :)
Posted by: maymay | August 2, 2007 3:36 PM