They put a flea collar on me today.  Okay, who's bright idea was
a flea collar?  Probably a human's.  First, cats and collars are
not an easy mix.  Some cats, like me, hate them.  The constant
pressure around my neck.  Now I know how P.J. Carlisimo felt.
Then there is the smell.  Who's bright idea was that?  Probably a
human's.  Is that what keeps the fleas away?  The smell of these
flea collars?  It smells so bad it also keeps the humans away.  I
guess this thing really works!   At least *they* can walk away
from it.  The smell follows *me* everywhere I go.  If I wanted to
hide it used to take hours before they'd find me.  Now, just take
a whiff..."Ahh, there he is..." I guess the smell is so strong
because the odor has to reach from my neck to the end of my tail,
otherwise fleas would just set up camp there.  So if this is so
high-tech, why not invent a collar that goes around your tail?
Or a bracelet for around my paw?  Instead, they stick it right
under my nose.  For centuries we have gotten by without this
silly invention. Couldn't they at least make it smell
nice....like a bird?

It was a good day.