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Penalties We Should Increase Dept. (Joe Gandelman)

On crimes like this.
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Arnold Harris (mail):
I agree.

But maybe -- just maybe -- kitty fell off someone's boat while making a jump for some flying insect, or lost his footing on a wet gunwhale, and maybe the boat owner was pre-occupied and by the time he went looking for kitty, the animal was gone and he had no idea of where to look.

Anyway, this kitty is alive and apparently none the worse for having used up maybe eight of his proverbial nine lives.

And I guess it's a good bet that's one cat that will never want to go swimming again.

Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
7.10.2004 3:20pm
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