Pet Rescues

[carnivorousplant]

Inspired again by some posts to this thread:

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=82844

Have you in the words of Thomas Mallory “Performed what rescues you may”?
One of Jack’s nursing kittens was stuck in a bed spring. I was afraid that tugging on the kitten would injure her, so I braced the spring with my hand, wielded the boltcutters with my other hand and knee, hoping that I would crush my thumb and save the kitten…to discover much to my relief with the SNAP of the cut spring that it was a compression spring DUH that moved apart when cut.

[Whammo]

So your miscalculation tore the kitten in half in front of the kids?

[carnivorousplant]

No, my miscalulation spared my hand, more importantly the kitten, and made me look like a fool. A rather happy fool. BTW.