A Unique Experience

Yesterday evening, while sailing in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, I got a phone call from my mom. She was full of stories yesterday -- most of them pretty entertaining.

The only one of them I remember has to do with our cat Bugsy, who is staying with them while we sail.

She had Bugsy up on the bed with her, and as cats do, he showed her his backside. Mom got a good hard look, and it appeared to her that Bugsy had two buttholes.

A picture of Bugsy, sent while we were out sailing.

Yes. You read what you think you just read.

Anyway, Mom got a wipe, and gave his rear a swipe or two. In a minute or so, she determined that he just had fur colored such that it gave the appearance of having two buttholes.

After our call, I reasoned that I am the only one in the history of all of mankind to have this experience. I mean, being able to phone someone sailing in the middle of the ocean is a fairly recent human capability, and having someone phone to tell the sailor that his cat has two buttholes has almost certainly never ever happened before.

But shortly after I thought about that, she called V. I asked what they talked about.

"Just stuff."

"Did she tell you that she thought that Bugsy had two buttholes?"

"Yeah"

So my unique place in the history of mankind lasted about 30 minutes.