Toonses as the cat who can drive. Toonces was a standard Saturday Night Live sketch in the late 80s/early 90s so she named the tabby after the character (with a slightly different spelling). We all thought Toonses was dumber than a doorknob but Maura loved her anyway. Toonses was Maura's cat. Maura wrote the poem above when Toona Kat (as she would call her) passed away after a full 15 years of life. In a eulogy for Toonses that Maura wrote, she finished by saying "I do not doubt that many...too many to count...years from now when our season has ended, Toonses will be there to greet us once again." I, for one, am sure that Maura and Toonses found each other again. Miss you both.
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