{"id":411,"date":"2003-12-15T16:45:13","date_gmt":"2003-12-15T21:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/martinepage.com\/wp\/2003\/12\/15\/if-i-never-post-again-call-911\/"},"modified":"2003-12-15T16:45:13","modified_gmt":"2003-12-15T21:45:13","slug":"if-i-never-post-again-call-911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martinepage.com\/blog\/2003\/12\/15\/if-i-never-post-again-call-911\/","title":{"rendered":"If I never post again, call 911"},"content":{"rendered":"

A florist came by this weekend to deliver a gift from our real estate agent. It was a poinsettia, a plant I am not usually fond of but this one was packaged nicely so I decided to display it.<\/p>\n

« Aren’t those poisonous to animals? », asked B.
\n« I’m not sure. My mom always had them and it wasn’t a problem with her cat », I replied.<\/p>\n

Still, to be safe, I decided to put the plant high up on a stand, where monsieur le chat Spiff wouldn’t be able to reach it.<\/p>\n

B. went to work and I got out to shovel all the beautiful snow that fell last night (I mean ALL of it, at least that’s how it felt.) As I was clearing the area around the backyard, I looked through our patio doors and saw that the poinsettia was on the floor, the dirt spread all around it.<\/p>\n

Oh, oh…<\/p>\n

I came back in and saw that the plant had been chewed on. I checked on Spiff, who seemed as grumpy as usual, and did some research on the Web about the poisonous potential of poinsettias.<\/p>\n

Some Web sites<\/a> tell you to take your cat to the vet right away if he chews on the plant. Death is a possibility.<\/p>\n

Other ones<\/a> claim that it’s a myth, a kind of rural legend that won’t go away, and that there are no record of a poinsettia poisoning people or pets.<\/p>\n

I checked again on Spiff: He was drinking out of my water glass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That’s the glass I keep on my desk next to me when I work. Does he always do this when I have my back turned?<\/p>\n

Now I’m the one who feels queasy and who’s likely to start foaming at the mouth…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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