Saturday 9: Smelly Cat

This is my birthday weekend and I'm going to enjoy a quiet day at home. It's been a while and is much needed. Tomorrow we are driving to Ohio for the Shaker Woods Festival. I'm also joining the gang for the Saturday 9 today. Thanks goes to Crazy Sam for the music and questions!

Saturday 9: Smelly Cat (1995)

Unfamiliar with this song? Hear it here.

 

1) Poor Smelly Cat lives with negligent humans who refuse to take it to the vet. Who is the last doctor you spoke to (vet, MD, dentist, PhD ...)?  For myself, it was the dentist but I spoke to my husband's physician more recently than that.

 

2) This song was introduced during the second season of Friends. Were you a fan of the show?  I enjoyed it, but wasn't a die-hard fan.

3) On the show, the song was performed by Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), an amateur folk singer and a professional masseuse. There  was a debate on Reddit about massages -- some loved them because they are relaxing and therapeutic, others think it's "creepy to be undressed and handled by a stranger." How about you? Do you enjoy massages?  I enjoyed the hydro massage tables at the gym, but that doesn't involve anyone else. I have a friend who is a massage therapist. She's worked on my neck and leg but just quickly after our Bible study group was over. I think I probably come down on the side of finding it creepy to be handled by a stranger. 

 

4) During the run of Friends, Phoebe was roommates first with Monica and then with Rachel and finally with her true love, Mike. Tell us about one of your roommates.  I've only had two and they were both in college. The first was Connie and we lived in the same neighborhood at home and had gone to high school together. She was a real odd duck. We'll just leave it at that.

 

5) Phoebe often performed for tips on street corners or at her favorite coffee shop, Central Perk. Where is your favorite place to go for a cup of joe?  I don't drink coffee so I don't have a favorite place.

6) This song was originally called "Smelly Dog," inspired by a pooch named Gouda. The childhood pet of Friends writer Betsy Borns, poor Gouda could have smelled better. Is there an odor you'd prefer to never smell again?  The stench of something that's been dead for a while.

 

7) 35% of American households include a cat. Are there any pets at your house?  Daisy, a toy Poodle.

8) In 1995, the year Phoebe first performed "Smelly Cat," Steve Fossett became the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific in a hot air balloon. Have you ever ridden in a balloon?  No. It's on my bucket list.

9) Random question: Looking over your romantic history, have you broken more hearts, or had your heart broken more often?  I think it's probably about even, though I've been with my husband since I was 19. I don't know that the relationships before that can really be called "love." So maybe we made each other sad for a bit, but I don't think there were any broken hearts.