Shampoo Your Cat: 16 Humorous Daily Dramas

By Judy Young

Shampoo Your Cat is a collection of 16 humorous stories based on daily dramas. This funny, quirky book offers a humorous interpretation of daily life where literal perspective explodes into lateral humor. An entertaining book dotted with gems of wisdom. A drama a day keeps sanity away!

This laugh-out-loud book by author Judy Young will lift your spirits, entertain and amuse you, provoke thought and soften the rough edges of reality.

“Hilarious! Very cleverly written with philosophical insights woven into the humor on each page.” Julie Postance, author of Breaking the Sound Barriers

“Judy’s wonderful use of language and her sense of humor brings enjoyment to her readers and connection to everyday events.” Margaret Addison, DTM

Judy Young, an award-winning speaker and writer, is based in beautiful, leafy Forest Hill, Victoria, Australia. Her formal education includes: Music, Communications, and Psychology; broadened by numerous studies in Public Speaking, Journalism, Dance, Drama, Art, Graphic Design, Computer Animation, and more. Accidental education: life with Brian (Mr Right) and the cats. Judy became a part-time vegetarian (just between meals) and a connoisseur of disinfectants, carpet-cleaning products, and cat shampoos.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Judy Young
• Release date: Apr 14, 2014
• ISBN: 9781311555168

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Shampoo Your Cat

16 Humorous Daily Dramas

Judy Young

Copyright Judy Young 2014

Smashwords Edition

Forest Hill, Victoria,

Australia 3131

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

First published in Australia 2014 by Apollo Press

Cover design, illustrations & layout: Grant Gittus all rights reserved.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

National library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry author: Young, Judy, Author.

Title: Shampoo Your Cat : 16 humorous daily dramas / Judy young.

ISBN: 9780992423506 (paperback)

Subjects: short stories. Humorous stories.

Dewey Number: A823.4

Contents

About the Author

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Introduction

How To Shampoo Your Cat (in one easy lesson)

Oh Brian!

Last Resort

Telemarketers

The Gazebo: A ‘Ready to Assemble’ Saga

Artz Blitz

Waterwise

Television Despair!

A Case for Junk!

Don’t Speak!

My Favourite Forklift

Supermarket Travel Guide

The Christmas Chef

Food for Thought

Cinderella - 21st Century!

Just Beans - A 21st Century interpretation of Jack & the Beanstalk

About the Author

Judy Young, an award-winning speaker and writer, is based in beautiful, leafy Forest Hill, Victoria, Australia.

Her formal education includes: Music, Communications, and Psychology; broadened by numerous studies in Public Speaking, Journalism, Dance, Drama, Art, Graphic Design, Computer Animation, and more.

Accidental education: life with Brian (Mr Right) and the cats.

Judy became a part-time vegetarian (just between meals) and a connoisseur of disinfectants, carpet-cleaning products, and cat shampoos.

Dedication

to Brian Dormer Elvery

my partner and my inspiration

Acknowledgments

Thank you...

Julie Postance, self-publishing expert, for advice and support throughout the publishing process.

Amanda J Spedding, Dip. PUB. Editor, proofreader and author, for editing and proofreading the manuscript and answering my many questions.

Grant Gittus for book cover design, layout, and illustrations.

Ivan Radywonik, computer guru and digital dynamo, for technical assistance.

My fellow Toastmasters, for laughing their way through my humorous speeches, which ultimately morphed into my manuscript.

My partner, Brian Dormer Elvery, for being a constant source of entertainment and inspiration.

And of course the cats, especially the multi-mentioned Bimbo!

Introduction

What is the connection between a cat called Bimbo, a grand piano, and a tube of hot-pink acrylic paint?

These seemingly unrelated objects represent the key areas of my life: family, work, and leisure.

I’m a music teacher, a recreational artist (untrained and untamed), and am constantly entertained by Bimbo. My life is a combination of sound, colour, and frenzied fur!

I coach professional entertainers and other interested people in singing, presentation, and piano. I studied piano and singing from an early age and even started teaching piano while still at school - I used to race home from school and get dressed up to try and look really old. Now I race home and get dressed up to try and look really young!

But back to Bimbo, the piano, and the paint. At this very moment, Bimbo and the piano are at home, hopefully in different rooms. I keep the tube of hot-pink acrylic paint in my pocket... to prevent any uncontrolled interaction between them. Again!

Brian and I have a little family of cats, the main ones being: Bimbo, Hercules, and Penny Parker. Bimbo is white with a little grey waistcoat-design on her back. She is extremely energetic and gives literal meaning to the term ‘busy body.’ She does everything a cat should do...