Universities asking for money...

Sitting at home relaxing (okay, spending time on GoodReads) and the phone rang. Joe answered it, then passed it to me saying it sounded like a telemarketer. Almost, not quite. It was the local university's vet school asking for money. Now really. Neither Joe or I attended the university, but our sweet cat Boots was a patient. She had Iodine Radiation Therapy there almost a year ago for hypothyroidism. Not cheap, really not cheap. Didn't they get enough money then? Not that I don't care about animals and getting medical attention, but still.

We get enough phone calls from our own alma mater that we don't need another calling. Does the cat being a former patient count her as an alumnus? Something tells me no, at least not until it fundraising time.