[CrazyIvan]

Mark Twain claimed he had a henpecked uncle who had gone deaf years ago but could still hear the word “whiskey” whispered three rooms away with the doors shut.

[dforest]

His deaf uncle must have just said whiskey repeatedly until some appeared. Not necessary to hear! LOL

[elcid1970]

Mark Twain once went on book tour with a fellow author who was such a lush that Twain locked him in their hotel room until it was time for them to go & speak before their admirers.

When Twain unlocked the door his colleague was even drunker than before. The confined author had bribed a bellhop to hold a bottle of whiskey on the other side of the door with a straw through the keyhole, and he imbibed deeply.

Anyway, I once had a beautiful cat who came when I called on any occasion, & always craved attention. I had rescued her as a kitten & my wife said she was `my cat’. Miss them both......