You're listening to a Christmas radio air check, having no idea what Classical arrangements of Christmas carols you'll hear. Just as your cat settles in on you after five minutes of kneading, an opera selection begins. You respect opera, but you don't enjoy it enough to seek it out. Do you get up from the sofa, potentially disturbing your cat, and fast forward to another carol, or do you let five minutes of opera play out?
It won't surprise regular readers of this blog to know that I let the carol play out. I reasoned that it was only five minutes, and I didn't want to upset my cat after she'd gone to such trouble to make herself comfortable.
I made the right call. Soon enough, the opera ended, and a more palatable choral version of "Patapan" began--as Collette the cat slumbered blissfully.
