Local Woman Giving Into “Cat Lady” Status

July 27, 2007 | by Fritz | No Comments

“She got the talent for it.” Robert (The Nerd) Burnbaum said

by Fritz

San Francisco- Neighbors in the Outer Sunset district reported Thursday that Edith Yam has increased her status to “Cat Lady” as she has now over 7 cats purring around the house and yard. This new status moving up from “Cookie Lady” that the kids had dubbed her a year prior for her afternoon cookie giveaways.

Neighbors say that the reason for the change has been her ability to accumulate cats and in combination with less cookie giveaways. This slow migration into “Cat Lady” status leads some to wonder what could cause such a transformation?

“She would tell you that it’s cause she just likes cats.” Phyllis Gardner, a neighbor of Yam, also know as “The Muckraker Lady, “ said. “I think its cause she’s got cat nip stuffed in that moo moo of hers.”

“One time I saw her lure a kitty into the house using a trail of milk.” Tor Rasputin, also known as “Lying Sack of Shit” to the neighbors said. “It turns out that it wasn’t a trail but a glass, and it wasn’t milk neither, it was water. I remember that it wasn’t a cat too. It was her late husband Frank Yam.”

The late Frank Yam, who had been married to Edith for 42 years before he passed due to a heart failure, had been known around the neighborhood as the “Handy Man” as he could fix any problem around the house. While Frank was alive, he and Edith enjoyed “Handy Man” and “Cookie Lady” status in the neighborhood for many years. It was soon after Franks death that the cookie started to crumble and the “Cookie Lady” became the “Cat Lady”.

“The cookie started tasting like cat food.” Lisa (The Whiner)Miles said. “I think she thought us kids were the cats….she called me kitty once.”