A shaggy cat story from the Ark.

Talking about funny stories, like that I mentioned yesterday, reminded me of a true life drama I heard many years ago when I was working in the Revenue at Southampton. A colleague whose other half worked in the Ford Transit factory near Southampton told me what she swore was a true tale.
    The main character was a fitter, who worked in the factory. His wife used to make up a packed lunch each day and one morning, seeking something a bit different, she opened a long-forgotten tin of salmon for his sandwiches. He duly left for work and the wife, finding she had a spoonful left, gave it to the cat for a treat.
  Later that morning she found the cat unconscious in the garden. She rushed it to the vet who diagnosed a food poisoning and prescribed an emetic which speedily revived the animal. He asked what it had eaten abnormal, and the wife said nothing except a bit of salmon...oh, my God!!
   She rang the factory, and a Tannoy announcement went out for Mr. ------- to come to Personnel at once and on no account to eat his packed lunch. TOO LATE he had snacked on a sandwich at morning tea-break!  He was rushed to Southampton General in an ambulance and luckily a speedy stomach pumping saved him from any ill-effects. The heroic cat had saved the day.
  Next morning the milkman called for his weekly money, and asked if the cat was OK. The wife said it was fine now, but enquired how the milkie knew of its problems, as he passed in the early morning normally. `Very sorry, Missus but I accidentally dropped a full bottle of milk on its head yesterday`  !!! The story was too good to keep secret and speedily did the rounds! Hope you find it amusing too.

    Bye for now.