Saturday Cat and Mouse

The Secretary for Development and the media have been playing a game of "cat and mouse" over the past few days with constant "queries" and "cover ups" which look more and more like jokes upon the intelligence us powerless and  "little citizens" whose IQs must be supposed to be well below 70. But there are probably some jokes on other kinds of "cat and mouse" which hopefully would be more entertaining. Perhaps. Let's see.

 
1.  The Bachelor and his Cat

A bachelor who lived at home with his mother and pet cat went on a trip to Europe.

Before he left he told his best friend to inform him of any emergencies.

A few days after his departure, his cat climbed up on the roof, fell off and was killed.

His friend immediately wired him with the message: "Your cat died!"

Within a few hours, he was back home, having cut short his trip in grief and anger.

He was obviously heart-broken. When he saw his friends, he blurted out: "Why didn't you break the news to me gradually? You know how close I was to my cat! You could have sent a message 'Your cat climbed up on the roof today', and the next day you could've written, 'Your cat fell off the roof' and let me down slowly that he died."

After a quick memorial service, the bachelor left again to continue his trip.

A few days later he returned to his hotel and there was a message waiting for him from his friend. It read, "Your mother climbed up on the roof today."


2.  A Mouse of Magic

A man  walked into a curio shop in Sheung Wan. While looking around at the exotic merchandise, he noticed a very lifelike, life-sized, bronze statue of a rat. It had no price tag but it looked so incredibly striking, he decided there and then that he must have it.

He took it to the old shop owner and asked, “How much for the bronze rat?”

“Ahhh, you have chosen wisely! It is $12 for the rat, $100 for the story, ” said the wise old shopkeeper.

 The man quickly pulled out twelve dollars. “I’ll just take the rat, you can keep the story”.

 As he walked down the street carrying his bronze rat, the man noticed that a few real rats had crawled out of the alleys and sewers and had begun following him down the street. This was a bit disconcerting so he began walking faster.

A couple of blocks later he looked behind him and saw to his horror the herd of rats behind him had grown to hundreds, and they began squealing.

Sweating now, the man began to trot toward the harbour. Again, after a couple blocks, he looked around only to discover that the rats now numbered in the thousands, and were squealing and coming toward him faster and faster.

Terrified, he ran to the edge of the sea and threw the bronze rat as far as he could into the harbour.

 Amazingly, the thousands of rats all jumped into the sea after the bronze rat, and were all drowned.

The man walked back to the curio shop.

 “Ahhh,” said the owner, “You have come back for the story?”

 “No sir,” said the man, “I come back to see if you have a bronze bust of Tam Yiu Chung, head of the DAB.”


Have a nice weekend.