The cat Anchovino.
Three scientists — Papaya, Banana, and Ravioli — and their assistant Igor, who work at NASAL, start getting interested in creationism. Their superiors, worried, send them to see a psychologist: Professor Faggioli, a shady character determined to get them fired by making them seem insane.
We’re in Professor Faggioli’s office, where Ravioli is talking about his childhood.
Faggioli: Do you live alone or with your parents?
Ravioli: I moved out when I got this job at the observatory. My parents live about an hour from here. We talk on the phone now and then.
Faggioli: Do you ever go visit them?
Ravioli: Not very often. You know, ever since that incident.
Faggioli: What incident?
Ravioli: Like every Sunday, I had gone to my parents’ for lunch.
Faggioli: Fish and broccoli?
Ravioli: No way, Sunday’s special! My mom makes lasagna.
Faggioli: Ah, that’s why you go!
Ravioli: Of course not! I’m very close to my parents!
Faggioli: From what I see, you’re also very close… to lasagna!
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Faggioli laughs alone.
Faggioli: But go ahead…
Ravioli: … After lunch, as usual, Dad went off for a nap, while Mom and I sat in the living room to chat and have some herbal tea.
Faggioli: And a guy like you drinks herbal tea?
Ravioli: Of course not! I water the plant with it.
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Faggioli: A plant? What plant?
Ravioli: As soon as Mom looks away, I dump the cup into the plant.
Faggioli: And there was a plant near the couch? How convenient!
Ravioli: Actually, the plant was gone. They’d replaced it with a lamp.
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Faggioli: A lamp? Electricity? That sounds dangerous…
Ravioli: Especially for the cat.
Faggioli: The cat? That’s a lot of information, Ravioli — care to explain?
Ravioli: It was the family cat: Anchovino.
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Faggioli: Hold on a second, that name reminds me of fish!
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Ravioli: Yeah, they named him that because he loved anchovies.
Faggioli: Ah, I see. So if he’d liked cod or sole instead?
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Ravioli: Coddy… Soley…
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… I really couldn’t say!
Faggioli: Hmm! That’s an important detail!
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Ravioli: What now? What do we do?
Faggioli: Doesn’t matter, just go on!
Ravioli: But what if it’s important?
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Faggioli: Nah, don’t worry — I’ll write it here: Coddy and Soley. Probably anchovies were cheaper to feed the cat.
Ravioli: You’re right, maybe that’s why.
Faggioli: So your folks gave him anchovies. Even the cat ate healthy. None of that industrial kibble.
Ravioli: No, no! My mom would never give him something like that.
Faggioli: Alright, I think we can continue the story.
Ravioli: Yeah, so I was saying — I wanted to get rid of the herbal tea by watering the plant, but when I did, I realized the plant was gone. In its place there was a lamp, standing on a pedestal. And at that moment, Anchovino was sitting right at my feet.
Faggioli: So the tea spilled onto the electrical base, and Anchovino was nearby.
Ravioli: Exactly! When I poured the tea onto the pedestal, the cat got electrocuted and literally flew into the next room.
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Faggioli: And your mom — did she notice?
Ravioli: Yeah, but she thought the cat was just excited to see me again.
Igor:
In trying to get rid of a cup of herbal tea, Ravioli ended up electrocuting the family cat.
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… Let’s just say the cat wasn’t so much excited, as he was… electrified!
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… Definitely not like Ravioli’s relatives. With his annoying habit of tricking everyone — even the cat — he wasn’t exactly popular at home. Who would jump for joy seeing him arrive? Certainly not the cat,
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… Unless, of course, the poor little guy was given a bit of an… impulse…
… An electric one, I mean!
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