The Pryordurkins

Posts Tagged ‘puzzlement’

I am not entirely convinced the Restricted Diet our cats were put on by the Vets will be completely successful.

I was enjoying my lunch while catching up with the BBC News when I heard a commotion coming from the kitchen.  Squeaking was very evident.   At least at first!

Being the man I am, I calmly walked in and opened the outside door politely asking our two cats if they wouldn’t awfully mind taking their little friend outside.  (Please note this sentence has been written with my reputation in mind and bears no resemblance to the actual facts).

Having deposited said little fury friend outside, both cats then looked at me with just a little puzzlement in their eyes as I firmly closed the door behind them and locked the cat flap squarely shut.

Settling back down to finish my lunch while the cats clawed at the door, images popped into my head of Paul and I sat around in a circle at the vets Fat Cat Club discussing how best to lose weight (the cats) with other equally put upon owners.

We made our first visit to Tate Modern in London on Saturday. Arriving at the main doors to what is the old Turbine Hall, we noticed a small crack in the flooring… It turned out to be one of the highlights of the visit. Doris Salcedo Shibboleth was in fact a very clever piece of work. The small crack starting at the door continues its way along the entire length of the turbine hall and as it did, becoming ever wider and ever deeper. What we found most interesting about this, apart from the obvious question – how did she do it, was the way people behaved along the crack; how they looked at it, how they walked along it, how they lay down and put their hands in it and the look of puzzlement on peoples faces.

We spent the next three hours exploring the seven floors that sit alongside the main turbine hall mostly saying things like, we could do that, or what is this all about. In the end, we decided it was the way people behave in places like this that is the most interesting thing. The sheer variety of ways in which people can be rude is staggering!

Score: Rating 4 Stars. Visited December 2007.