

I'm extremely emotional over this and was up all night in tears. I'm not a big fan of cats. I don't hate them but if I visit your house, I don't want to pat your cat, sit on the couch where it has been, or have you make me a sandwich after patting it. I didn't want that sandwich anyway. The Maxwell House instant coffee was bad enough and when you smelled the milk to see if it was still okay, despite being a week past its use by date, I saw your nose touch the carton.

I actually rescued a cat once. I was walking across a bridge, over a river that was in flood, when I heard mewing and saw a frantic cat being pulled along by the raging torrent. I picked up a fairly hefty branch and threw it over the rail to where the cat was. I didn't see the cat after that but I'm pretty sure it would have climbed on and ridden the branch over the next set of rapids and waterfall to safety.



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Shannon WalkleyMonday 21 June 2010 9.15amDavid ThornePosterHi,I opened the screen door yesterday and my cat got out and has been missing since then so I was wondering if you are not to busy you could make a poster for me. It has to be A4 and I will photocopy it and put it around my suburb this afternoon.This is the only photo of her I have she answers to the name Missy and is black and white and about 8 months old. missing on Harper street and my phone number.Thanks ShanDavid ThorneMonday 21 June 2010 9.26amShannon WalkleyRe: PosterDear Shannon,That is shocking news. Luckily I was sitting down when I read your email and not half way up a ladder or tree. How are you holding up? I'm surprised you managed to attend work at all what with thinking about Missy out there cold, frightened and alone... possibly lying on the side of the road, her back legs squashed by a vehicle, calling out "Shannon, where are you?"Although I have two clients expecting completed work this afternoon, I will, of course, drop everything and do whatever it takes to facilitate the speedy return of Missy.Regards, DavidShannon WalkleyMonday 21 June 2010 9.37amDavid ThorneRe: Re: Posteryeah ok thanks. I know you dont like cats but I'm really worried about mine. I have to leave at 1pm todayDavid ThorneMonday 21 June 2010 10.17amShannon WalkleyRe: Re: Re: PosterDear Shannon,I never said I don't like cats. Once, having been invited to a party, I went clothes shopping and bought a pair of expensive G-Star boots. They were two sizes too small but I wanted them so badly I figured I could just wear them without socks and cut my toenails really short. I lost all feeling in my feet and stumbled into a guy named Steven, spilling Malibu & Coke onto his white Wham 'Choose Life' t-shirt, and he punched me. An hour or so after the incident, Steven sat down in a chair already occupied by a cat. The surprised cat clawed and snarled causing Steven to leap out of the chair, slip on a rug and strike his forehead onto the corner of a speaker; resulting in a two inch open gash. In its shock, the cat also defecated, leaving Steven with a wet brown stain down the back of his beige cargo pants. I liked that cat.Attached poster as requested.Regards, DavidShannon WalkleyMonday 21 June 2010 10.24amDavid ThorneRe: Re: Re: Re: Posteryeah thats not what I was looking for at all. it looks like a movie and how come the photo of Missy is so small?David ThorneMonday 21 June 2010 10.28amShannon WalkleyRe: Re: Re: Re: Re: PosterDear Shannon,It's a design thing. The cat is lost in the negative space.Regards, DavidShannon WalkleyMonday 21 June 2010 10.33amDavid ThorneRe: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: PosterThats just stupid. Can you do it properly please? Im extremely emotional over this and was up all night in tears. you seem to think its funny. Can you make the photo bigger please and fix the text and do it in colour please. Thanks.David ThorneMonday 21 June 2010 10.46amShannon WalkleyRe: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: PosterDear Shannon,Having worked with designers for a few years now, I would have assumed you understood, despite our vague suggestions otherwise, we do not welcome constructive criticism. I don't come downstairs and tell you how to send text messages, log onto Facebook, and look out of the window.I'm willing, however, to overlook this faux pas as you are no doubt preoccupied with thoughts of Missy attempting to make her way home across a busy intersection or being trapped in a drain as it slowly fills with water. I spent three days down a well once but that was just for fun.I have amended and attached the poster as per your instructions.Regards, DavidShannon WalkleyMonday 21 June 2010 10.59amDavid ThorneRe: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: PosterThis is worse than the other one. can you make it so it shows the whole photo of Missy and delete the stupid text that says missing missy off it? I just want it to say lost.David ThorneMonday 21 June 2010 11.14amShannon WalkleyRe: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: PosterShannon WalkleyMonday 21 June 2010 11.21amDavid ThorneRe: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Posteryeah can you do the poster or not? I just want a photo and the word lost and the telephone number and when and where she was lost and her name. Not like a movie poster or anything stupid. I have to leave early today. If it was your cat I would help you. Thanks.David ThorneMonday 21 June 2010 11.32amShannon WalkleyAwwwDear Shannon,I don't have a cat. I once agreed to look after a friend's cat for a week but after he dropped it off at my apartment and explained the concept of kitty litter, I kept the cat in a cardboard box in the shed and forgot about it. If I wanted to feed something and clean faeces, I wouldn't have put my mother in that home after her stroke. A week later, when my friend came to collect his cat, I pretended I wasn't home and mailed the box to him. Apparently I failed to put enough stamps on the package and he had to collect it from the post office and pay eighteen dollars. He still goes on about that sometimes, people need to learn to let go.Please find attached the amended version of your poster as per your detailed instructions.Regards, DavidShannon WalkleyMonday 21 June 2010 11.47amDavid ThorneRe: AwwwThats not my cat. where did you get that picture from? That cat is orange. I gave you a photo of my cat.David ThorneMonday 21 June 2010 11.58amShannon WalkleyRe: Re: AwwwShannon,I know, but that one is cute. As Missy has quite possibly met any one of several violent ends, it's possible you might get a better cat out of this. If anybody calls and says "I haven't seen your orange cat but I did find a black and white one with its hind legs run over by a car, do you want it?" you can politely decline and save yourself a costly veterinarian bill.I knew someone who had a basset hound that had its hind legs removed after an accident and it had to walk around with one of those little buggies with wheels. If it had been my dog, I would have asked for all its legs to be removed and replaced with wheels. I could charge neighbourhood kids for rides and enter it in races. If I did the same with a horse, I could drive it to work. I'd call it Steven.Regards, DavidShannon WalkleyMonday 21 June 2010 12.07pmDavid ThorneRe: Re: Re: AwwwPlease just use the photo I gave you.David ThorneMonday 21 June 2010 12.22pmShannon WalkleyRe: Re: Re: Re: AwwwShannon WalkleyMonday 21 June 2010 12.34pmDavid ThorneRe: Re: Re: Re: Re: AwwwI didnt say there was a reward. I dont have $2000 dollars. Why did you even put that there? Apart from that its perfect can you please remove the reward bit.Thanks ShanDavid ThorneMonday 21 June 2010 12.42pmShannon WalkleyRe: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: AwwwShannon WalkleyMonday 21 June 2010 12.51pmDavid ThorneRe: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: AwwwCan you just please take the reward bit off altogether? I have to leave in ten minutes and I still have to make photocopies of it.David ThorneMonday 21 June 2010 12.56pmShannon WalkleyRe: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: AwwwShannon WalkleyMonday 21 June 2010 1.03pmDavid ThorneRe: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: AwwwFine. That will have to do.