"[W]e’ve been receiving material from people who apparently learned to type by throwing their cats at the keyboard..."

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Taken from this post at 101 Reasons to Stop Writing.

Comments

Travis Erwin said…
Guess it's a good thing I don't have a cat.
June 04, 2008 9:49 AM
B said…
I'm with Travis! :)
June 05, 2008 12:46 AM
Richard said…
travis: I'm sure for more substantial works, people use dogs.

breal: I suppose that's good - keeps you from having to pick out cat fur from the keyboard.
June 05, 2008 7:43 AM
Mother of Invention said…
HA! That's so true! My cats walk across the keyboard all the time, inserting their comments, ("I want food now!") in all my e-mails! I'm sure they've been online shopping at friskies.com!!!

I just ordered 2 Cds and 2 books at Chapters/Indigo for the first time and saved money. The prices are better, I got free shipping since it was over $39.99, and it was delivered in 2 days! Saved me the gas driving to a Barrie mall 30 minutes away too.
June 05, 2008 9:52 AM
Richard said…
MOI: I think I've only bought books 3 times online; each time from different resellers because I couldn't find them locally. I prefer to thumb through a book before buying it.

In my case, the books didn't arrive quite so quickly because they tended to be fairly low run / distributions.

The free shipping is always good. Shipping costs is often a major factor in nixing any online purchase plans I might have.
June 06, 2008 7:57 AM
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