*THE ABRIDGED VERSION*

Kosmo, my brave boy, I need you to find the fuse box (msg) - Lisa C on February 12, 1999 at 21:33:04 from 205.188.197.44:

that's in the basement. I know you can do it! Go out those doors and down the hall.....it's the last door at the end....the fuse box is at the bottom of the stairs. Just flip the switch! I know you can do it!


THE LIGHTS ARE BACK ON! Thank you KOSMO! important Msg - cat slave trying to be in control on February 12, 1999 at 21:40:01 from 209.198.5.45:

Everyone please try to stay calm...we will get the melon balls and the chandelier cleaned up, please try to locate your furry ones and take stock of your possessions. I have a feeling this wasn't a completely innocent black out!! Inspector Rob, if you would come and tell us what to do...I need to sit down a minute...does anyone have any idea what bit me?? **sigh** TWIG, I HAVE YOUR WONDERBRA OVER HERE!!!

  • Well, all my personal belongings are here, and India (msg) - Lisa C   21:48:34 2/12/1999 (0)
    my big sweet Maine Coon kitty, and there is Lacey my little dilute calico girl, and of course Kosmo, my ginger tabby boy and....my hero! YEP! All present and accounted for!
  • MAY I HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION PLEASE?? (msg) - Inspector Rob   21:46:00 2/12/1999 (11)
    Everyone, please, Line up,and tell me if you have anything missing, or if anyone is injured...Fran and Mou Chat....we can assume that Sean has everything that he......ahhhh, ah-hem....came with? Is anyone missing anything? Did anyone see anything? Please report in an orderly fashion......
    • INSPECTOR!!! - VikiKat in only mild hysterics now   21:58:50 2/12/1999 (1)
      Somebody took my Salmon flavored hairball remedy, and my pretty party hat with the feathers and pearls!!! And I think they took my children too! I can't find them!!! Oh please help me!! OH NO! I feel a hairball... oh... oh....cough cough HACK!!! I'm terribly sorry Inspector Rob (blushing and hanging head in shame for yet AGAIN ruining his shoes).
      • OH GROSS.........Uh, I mean, that's alright.....(msg) - Inspector Rob   22:02:44 2/12/1999 (0)
        Don't worry about it......I have more shoes. (Under his breath: Not many more at this rate, though.....)
    • MY CHEEZY PUFFS ARE MISSING!! AND WHERE IS MERLIN?? msg - frantic cat slave   21:57:51 2/12/1999 (1)
      Those cheezy puffs were my token, what am I gonna do?? And where is Merlin?? Merlin come to your momma...Merlin! Merlin??
      • Oh NO! More cheezy puffs??? I'll help you look for Merlin....nm - Lisa C   22:10:34 2/12/1999 (0)
    • We ain't talkin, are we Sean ? nm - Mou Chat slyly smiling   21:53:56 2/12/1999 (0)
    • I WANT THAT WOMAN ARRESTED!!!!! SHE DONE STOLE MY MAN!!!nm - Fran with arms flailing madly in the air   21:53:34 2/12/1999 (3)
      • Oh, Wow! Bummer! Hey, if you want I've got (msg) - Sharon the Chambermaid   21:58:11 2/12/1999 (2)
        Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan locked up in the broom closet......Wanna borrow one of them? They were all 007's too! Not as good.......but 007's nonetheless!
        • Those are boys! Sean is a MAN! Ah..Um, Timothy, huh?.....nm - Fran   22:03:52 2/12/1999 (1)
          • Yeah! Timothy! You want to go get him? (msg) - Sharon the Chambermaid   22:09:44 2/12/1999 (0)
            Here's the key to the broom closet, but don't let the other two out, okay? Have fun!
    • Just my comb Inspector ... Shroomie? Where's Peg and Hunny?nm - Pat bewildered and dishevelled   21:50:55 2/12/1999 (0)
    • My token - the Trader Joes Yeast and Garlic tablets...msg - CarolSJ sniffing the air suspiciously   21:50:21 2/12/1999 (0)
      are missing! Was that crunching sound the CheezPuffs underfoot, or was there Y&G tab munching going on? Should we go around smelling kitty breath to determine the culprits?
  • Where's Peg? Where's Hunny? Are they still in the library? nm - Pat rushing over to a draped in a bra Shroomie   21:43:34 2/12/1999 (1)
    • This bra is NOT mine! To tell the truth I have no idea msg - Shroomie confused with a wonderbra   21:51:33 2/12/1999 (0)
      I ran in here to see if I could find them in the dark, I figured Hunny and Peg would be scared in the dark and I would be strong for them...that is where I came upon the wonderbra and completely forgot what I was doing...ummm...don't these things hurt?? I mean, you know this bra isn't mine, don't you? I don't do things like that...where are Hunny and Peg??

SPECIAL NOTICE - The Crew of the HeartsAboard Express on February 12, 1999 at 22:25:13 from 153.37.170.82:

Due to the unforeseen circumstances at the Peckerwood Plantation, Beauregard has agreed to continue the Ball until dawn. This should allow Inspector Bob time to complete his investigation and allow those of you to return to your berths as you feel fit.

You must present your token to the Conductor or Bellman in order to board the train. If you have lost your token you will need to describe yourself and be identified by your kitties, if that's possible considering the shape some of you are in.

We're sure that most of you will not be returning until dawn or thereafter but the train won't leave without you. The Engineer will be sleeping off a nasty hangover.

  • But... Lisa SAT on my token... msg. - VikiKat wailing in distress   22:35:37 2/12/1999 (4)
    And I can't find my kitties... How am I gonna get back on the train??? OH NO!!!
    • Can you scrape some off the back of her dress or something m - cat slave still without her cheezy puffs  22:40:58 2/12/1999 (1)
      At least you would have some of your token....my cheezy puffs are gone and I have no idea where!
      • Did you look under Lisa yet?? teehee nm - VikiKat   22:42:20 2/12/1999 (0)
    • LISA! I'm gonna need your hairball-remedy covered - VikiKat   22:40:56 2/12/1999 (1)
      BUM to get me back on the train! LISA?? LISA??? Where are you woman??? LIIIISSSAAAA????
      • OKAY,OKAY! Here's my dress....I'll just wear my coat..msg - Lisa C   22:48:16 2/12/1999 (0)
        over my undies to get back to the train! But I do want my dress back! It cost me a fortune!!!
  • My token is missing!And my kitties are slighlty impaired. ms - CarolSJ slighlty alarmed   22:31:15 2/12/1999 (1)
    I hope this will suffice: I am in the celadon green halter backless number (ooh lala). Squeak and Josie, please acknowledge that I am who I say by winking your eyes and licking your chops. (pause) There, Conductor, may I pass and get these tired kitties into their berth?
    • but, but my CHEEZY PUFFS are missing...that was my token..ms - cat slave without her cheezy puff token  22:33:33 2/12/1999 (0)
      What am I to do?? I think I can collect enough of my cats to identify me, but I am the entertainment coordinator, EVERYONE knows me!! Please don't do this to me...(sobbing uncontrollably)

Well, Sean & I had a loverly night. Is there any...msg - Colleen on February 13, 1999 at 7:50:02 from 209.240.200.53:
scones with marmalade available? It's Sean favorite. As for me, eggs benedict with a wee side dish of homefries. Careful with the onions, don't want to offend my beloved. We shall return after our repast.
  • I was with the older,more mature Sean and I will never be M - Dreamy eyed Mou Chat   10:36:47 2/13/1999 (0)
    the same again. If I die tomorrow I will feel content. Those hours were,well undescribable. We are having our breakfast brought in and the "DO NOT DISTURB" sign is out. Pat, Fran and Granny took him away while I was off "adjusting things" but he is mine now and all doors and windows are locked. I keep singing "I'm In Heaven". Oh, I hear him calling from the shower, I have to go. "I'M IN HEAVEN" la la la.

Well, Penny and I missed the ball, but the kitties...msg - Noofies on February 13, 1999 at 8:07:28 from 209.122.226.211:

must have had a really wild night - they're all still so sacked-out I was able to pedicure 6 of them this morning!

I was getting dressed for the ball and sat down to slip my sandals on, and the next thing I knew the sun was coming up - I had fallen asleep with a sandal in my hand, in my poor, crushed gown. My coiffure was sticking up at wild angles, my mascara was smudged, and the seams of my stockings were over my kneecaps! And, to top it off, Penny was asleep with her head on my foot, and she drooled all over it. Eeeeeeuuuuuuwwwwww!

I feel like Cinderella would have felt had her fairy godmother missed her connecting flight on that fateful night!

  • I know what you mean. I actually got there, but after..msg - Momcat   8:25:54 2/13/1999 (2)
    the first glass of bubbly I dropped off to sleep in a little alcove under the stairway. Awoke this morning to find only a few of the rowdier guests still passed out on chairs in the library. Even my date left me (sniffle, sniffle). I had to make my way back to the station by way of a passing catfish farmer. Imagine, me in my slept-in aubergine silk, in the bed of a fish farmer's pick-up truck. The cats were *very* curious about what I'd been up to when I returned. (I didn't let Ben and Emily attend. I'm a very over-protective meowmie.)
    • A fish-farmer's truck?! How awful! msg - Noofies   8:35:27 2/13/1999 (1)
      You poor dear - have Ben and Emily thoroughly groomed your gown for you?
      • It will never be the same. In fact, unless I get invited..msg - Momcat   8:41:12 2/13/1999 (0)
        to the Shrimper's Gala or the Oyster Cotillion, I think I may have worn it for the last time.

Has anybody seen my date? - homer on February 13, 1999 at 8:29:19 from 207.104.102.230:

lisaviolet? I can't find her anywhere and I've looked all over. DOH!!

  • She & Marge were comparing notes over coffee..msg - Momcat   8:37:21 2/13/1999 (0)
    in the dining car. Sorry to tell you, but "snickering" was overheard during their conversation.

Wait a minute..Did anyone identify that mysterious black..msg - Momcat on February 13, 1999 at 8:57:29 from 209.127.44.49:

kitty last night? Ben seems suspiciously quiet this morning......hmmmm.

  • HANDSOME!! Red is his color! Whatta HUNK!!!! nm - CarolSJ with Josies eyes popping out   9:18:13 2/13/1999 (0)

Whatta party!! The kits are stretched out, recovering. msg - CarolSJ with Squeak and Josie lolling in the sunlight on February 13, 1999 at 9:23:35 from 209.179.143.63:
They have never been exposed to such culture, such revelry,such high society, high jinks, high skirts, and low necklines! Squeak still has a little melon juice sticking her fur together, and I think I detect a bit of CheezyPuff powder on Josie's back. They will be dreaming of that night during their almost constant naptime today, you can be sure!!

Uuuuuu...we can't wake up....(pic) - Jane on February 13, 1999 at 9:44:48 from 199.224.72.166:
The boys are partied out. Jack is still asleep.



I always have to bring all his toys when we go somewhere.

Simba can't wake up either.


Oh my! Is the ball over? I never got to do my flamenco - cecilia_stumbling out of her berth_clothes rumpled on February 13, 1999 at 9:59:48 from 209.156.147.156:

dance! Ouch! These earings are killing me! But at least my makeup still looks swell.

  • Don't you remember my zydeco lesson? you caught on good!.nm - Marjorie   6:05:30 2/14/1999 (0)
  • Uh, I seem to remember you hopping a few tables ... are... - Pat who may well have imagined it all   12:40:11 2/13/1999 (0)
    ... you SURE you didn't dance the flamenco at least once? Wasn't that you who stamped on cat slave Cheesey Puff token?

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