The cat Anchovino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three scientists \u2014 Papaya, Banana, and Ravioli \u2014 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.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019re in Professor Faggioli\u2019s office, where Ravioli is talking about his childhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: Do you live alone or with your parents?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: Do you ever go visit them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: Not very often. You know, ever since that incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: What incident?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: Like every Sunday, I had gone to my parents\u2019 for lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: Fish and broccoli?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: No way, Sunday\u2019s special! My mom makes lasagna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: Ah, that\u2019s why you go!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: Of course not! I\u2019m very close to my parents!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: From what I see, you\u2019re also very close\u2026 to lasagna!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83d\ude05<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli laughs alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: But go ahead\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: \u2026 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: And a guy like you drinks herbal tea?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: Of course not! I water the plant with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: A plant? What plant?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: As soon as Mom looks away, I dump the cup into the plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: And there was a plant near the couch? How convenient!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: Actually, the plant was gone. They\u2019d replaced it with a lamp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: A lamp? Electricity? That sounds dangerous\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: Especially for the cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: The cat? That\u2019s a lot of information, Ravioli \u2014 care to explain?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: It was the family cat: Anchovino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: Hold on a second, that name reminds me of fish!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: Yeah, they named him that because he loved anchovies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: Ah, I see. So if he\u2019d liked cod or sole instead?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: Coddy\u2026 Soley\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026 I really couldn\u2019t say!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: Hmm! That\u2019s an important detail!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83d\ude07<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: What now? What do we do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: Doesn\u2019t matter, just go on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: But what if it\u2019s important?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: Nah, don\u2019t worry \u2014 I\u2019ll write it here: Coddy and Soley. Probably anchovies were cheaper to feed the cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: You\u2019re right, maybe that\u2019s why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: So your folks gave him anchovies. Even the cat ate healthy. None of that industrial kibble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: No, no! My mom would never give him something like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: Alright, I think we can continue the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: Yeah, so I was saying \u2014 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: So the tea spilled onto the electrical base, and Anchovino was nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: Exactly! When I poured the tea onto the pedestal, the cat got electrocuted and literally flew into the next room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n Faggioli: And your mom \u2014 did she notice?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ravioli: Yeah, but she thought the cat was just excited to see me again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Igor: \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026 Let\u2019s just say the cat wasn\u2019t so much excited, as he was\u2026 electrified!<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026 Definitely not like Ravioli\u2019s relatives. With his annoying habit of tricking everyone \u2014 even the cat \u2014 he wasn\u2019t exactly popular at home. Who would jump for joy seeing him arrive? Certainly not the cat,<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2026 Unless, of course, the poor little guy was given a bit of an\u2026 impulse\u2026 \ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In trying to get rid of a cup of herbal tea, Ravioli ended up electrocuting the family cat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2026 An electric one, I mean!<\/p>\n\n\n\n