Lionel Edriess wrote on Jul 26
th, 2014 at 6:15pm:
Go down to the local bowls club.
There'll be some blue-rinsed dear sitting at the poker machines, pot at her side, who would be only too glad to answer your question.
And after she hears you dote on cats ............
It's a 'bit of a worry', I know.
I used to think the same thing about guys wearing earrings, and gold necklaces, and rings, and pink shirts, and After Shave lotion, and designer hair-does, and all the rest of it.
The stereotypes no longer hold true. I actually use and wear none of the above.
Two butch married men I know in this street told me they wouldn't get another family cat after theirs had died because it was too painful to go through the experience of losing one again. That really surprised me.
I've had cats put down at the vets. Tomorrow's another day ...
You're a country bloke, Lionel. It's 'sissy' to still have all your own teeth by age 35 out there, and if you're not fighting drunk at least once a month there must be something wrong with you.