Get with the times. Nowadays people say 'the cat's sick', often shortened to just 'sick'
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2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums,
Fri 30 Apr 2010, 23:24,
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PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage,
Fri 30 Apr 2010, 23:29,
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