How To Pill A Cat:
1) Pick cat up and cradle it in the crook of your
left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and
thumb on either side of cat's mouth and gently apply pressure to
cheeks while holding pill in right hand. As cat opens mouth
pop pill into mouth. Allow cat to close mouth and swallow.
2) Retrieve pill from floor and cat from behind
sofa. Cradle cat in left arm and repeat process.
3) Retrieve cat from bedroom, and throw soggy pill
away.
4) Take new pill from foil wrap, cradle cat in left
arm holding rear paws tightly with left hand. Force jaws open
and push pill to back of mouth with right forefinger. Hold
mouth shut for a count of ten.
5) Retrieve pill from goldfish bowl and cat from
top of wardrobe. Call spouse from garden.
6) Kneel on floor with cat wedged firmly between
knees, hold front and rear paws. Ignore low growls
emitted by cat. Get spouse to hold head firmly with one hand
while forcing wooden ruler into mouth. Drop pill down ruler
and rub cat's throat vigorously.
7) Retrieve cat from curtain rail, get another pill
from foil wrap. Make note to buy new ruler and repair
curtains. Carefully sweep shattered figurines and vases from
hearth and set to one side for gluing later.
8) Wrap cat in large towel and get spouse to lie on
cat with head just visible from below. Force mouth open with
pencil and blow down drinking straw.
9) Check label to make sure pill not harmful to
humans, drink 1 beer to take taste away. Apply Band-Aid to
spouse's forearm and remove blood from carpet with cold water and
soap.
10) Retrieve cat from neighbor's shed. Get
another pill. Open another beer. Place cat in cupboard
and close door onto neck to leave head showing. Force mouth
open with dessert spoon. Flick pill down throat with elastic
band.
11) Fetch screwdriver from garage and put cupboard
door back on hinges. Drink beer. Fetch bottle of
scotch. Pour shot and drink. Apply cold compress to
cheek and check records for date of last tetanus jab. Apply
whiskey compress to cheek to disinfect. Toss back another
shot. Throw Tee-shirt away and fetch new one from bedroom.
12) Call the fire department to retrieve the cat
from tree across the road. Apologize to neighbor who crashed
into fence while swerving to avoid cat. Take last pill from
foil-wrap.
13) Tie the little "rascal's" front paws to rear
paws with garden twine and bind tightly to leg of dining table,
find heavy duty pruning gloves from shed. Push pill into
mouth followed by large piece of fillet steak. Be rough about
it. Hold head vertically and pour 2 pints of water down
throat to wash pill down.
14) Consume remainder of Scotch. Get spouse
to drive you to the emergency room, sit quietly while doctor
stitches fingers and forearm and removes pill remnants from right
eye. Call furniture shop on way home to order new table.
15) Print up posters advertising "Free! Mutant cat
from hell! Hours of entertaining fun!" Ring local pet shop to
see if they have any hamsters.
This is, of course, a
joke. Everyone knows cats are much easier to treat that
this:), or are they?
How To Give A Dog
A Pill:
1) Wrap it in bacon.