European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 stars and stripes monday april 9 2007 Day keep the girl learn to like tolerate her cat quote of the Day think the animals have just accepted me slovenian Martin Strel whose swim Down the Amazon River involved dealing with piranhas Bull Sharks and the dreaded toothpick fish which swims into body orifices to suck blood see Story on Page 16 list top ps3 games for april 1 the elder scrolls in oblivion 2 Aba Street Home court electronic arts 3 major league baseball 2k7 2k sports 4 motor storm Sony computer entertainment 5 fear Sierra 6 virtual fighter 5 Sega game informer Magazine coming soon scene on sunday Uso tour trends today in stripes Abby 24 american roundup2021 classified2531 crossword23 faces19 horoscope22 letters14 opinion sports3140 to listings18 weather17 your money11 q this May seem like a Small thing but if s causing major problems in totally into this girl weve been seeing other for almost four months staying Over at each others places Etc we have so much in common except for one thing she has a cat which be that bad except she is totally devoted to it and it Doest seem to like me i try to pet it and it hisses it climbs on the bed and across our bodies at night and she wont toss it off and i dont want to f Fai 1 because i dont Vale want to seem cruel Mcclatchy newspapers or something i dont want a cat to be the reason to end the relation ship but pm not sure what else to do san Jose a whoa anon who do we look like Kofi Annan this sort of fraught negotiation is bet Ter left to the professionals you know like the ones who have brokered peace in the Middle East that sort of thing hmm you say that re Gion is still in the throes of a millennium of bloodletting with All sides vowing a thousand terrible deaths to the others of bad analogy then indeed this matrix is a Tough one to crack were no Dag Hammar skjold admittedly but we do have a few ideas besides if were not mistaken the swedes normally keep their pets outside in the ice Palace so Dag probably would be noncommittal on the Issue anyway left Cap Slize youre totally Horn a toggled by the Chick and then you find out she has a cat or my widdle baby As she Calls him your first thought is wow he looks old maybe hell die soon but then As the relation ship progresses you realize the cat is an Inte Gral part of girlfriends Lif e and that you May have to take matters into your own hands kid Ding no really cat people just kidding there seriously dont write to us what we meant to say is youre just going to have to learn to love whats up with that explaining customs from around the world q take a walk Down town in any italian City and youre Likely to see a few Small posters often with a picture of some one on Mem there not wanted posters and they never seem to stay up very Long whats up with that a the posters some times called Epi Grafe Are actually funeral notices or notification that a per son who had some ties to the area has died or a Little of both the formats vary from City to City and Region to Region but there often very similar in format in the same City the notices Are popular because of tradition and because Many italian newspapers dont regularly carry free obituary notices there Are often regulations about How Many of the notices can be put up and where they can be displayed messages include the name of the deceased and some biographical facts information about donating gifts and the time and place of services Deirdre Straughan an american living in Italy writes a bit about her experience with funeral notices after an italian relative died be she writes that the family started receiving Tele phone Calls within an hour of making arrange ments implying that the notices were put up almost immediately and gained attention just As quickly by tradition and often regulation the notices Are often taken Down after the Servic Esthe notices Are common enough that peo ple feel confident in parodying them soccer fans in Naples celebrating the Italy world cup championship were seen on the streets wearing mock notices of the death of rival France few seemed to be in mourning got a question about going son Europe email stripes at Suu stration by Siegfried Bruner stars and stripes sleeping with two War blooded Mam Mals a few tips when you Are first left alone with the cat this Usu ally occurs when girl Friend is in the Bath room but dont be fooled Shes quell the urge to Demon Strate to him who the new daddy of the House is going to be Hes not paying attention be open to his attempts at affection such As they May be most involve ploys to get fed As far As we can Teu but not too open you dont want him so enthralled with you that he sleeps on your face instead of girlfriends forget the cat and concentrate on the girl Friend marry her have a child the cat will then be forever relegated to the ice Palace the end male Call answers questions from men and women on etiquette 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