Comfort Foods

Cats don't like to lie on things. We like to lie on things on top of things. Wherever there are the most items stacked on top of each other, that is where we will choose to rest. For example, I'd never lie on top of the table, but on a newspaper Andy is trying to read on top of the table-- that would be fine.

My favourite and most comfortable of places though is the inside of the lid of a pizza box. When Andy eats a pizza from one side of the box, I like to curl up and sleep in he other side of the box. It is warm, it smells of ham, and it annoys the crap out of Andy! I couldn't think of anywhere more comfortable.

Vocabulary Lesson

snibble [snib-uhl] verb, noun

Compound word, invented by Andy. From the English words "sniff" and "nibble".

It's like when people taste wine. They swish it around, then have a look at it, then take a sniff, and finally drink it. No, not finally, because then they spit it out!

Anyway, cats have a similar way of getting to know something, by first leaning into it for a good sniff, then when we're happy with that, and usually without warning, we'll sink the teeth in and give it a bit of a chew. This act of sniffing, followed by nibbling has been dubbed, by Andy, to be "snibbling". It can occur with food, but also on occasion furniture, clothing, or a finger.

So this blog is educational!

Cats Require Very Specific Instructions

Allow Garfield to demonstrate:

Wake Up, Andy!

This just reminded me so much of Andy and Dana on the weekend!

Rival Cat Tries to Kill Andy

I have learned that Andy's mother's cat, Matilda, has made an attempt on my housemate, Andy's, life! And her scheme was more cunning than most James Bond movies, leaving no evidence and no witnesses....

Andy's mum, an unknowing participant in the plan, brought around some zucchini slice for her son on the weekend. The slice, at this point, already contained the instrument of death intended for my friend. When the slice was being prepared, Matilda seized her opportunity to take one of those freezer bag twisty ties, and, in a brilliant act of kittenly playfulness, placed it into the uncooked mixture.

The slice was then baked and cut into portions. When no one was watching, Matilda ensured the baited portion ended up on the plate bound for Andy's consumption.

It is to the credit of my housemate's quick-thinking and fast-acting that he recognised the offending material in his meal and removed it before it had the desired effect.

And then this afternoon, this email arrives:
"hello
kitty says sorry for trying to kill you with the freezer bag tie
from matilda"

Matilda is obviously not the professional assassin she makes herself out to be, because any court would consider this an admission of an attempt to commit murder. Luckily for her, I have advised my "client" not to press charges at this time.

As a genral message to any cats out there thinking of an attempt on my friends' lives: you will be unsuccessful, and there will be a retalliation strike!

Gone Fishin

I can't say who it was in case Andy reads this, but one of us almost ended up in the drink!

Andy had been mopping the floors and left the coffee table next to the fish tank. One of us decided to get a closer look at the fish and jumped on top of the tank. How were we to know the glass on top wouldn't hold our weight? So the glass fell into the tank and luckily we got away with only a few wet footprints to give us away.

Luckily by the time Andy got home, all paws were dry, so he doesn't know which one of us it was.

Cat Out Of The Bag

Uh oh! Andy's taken the bag out of the cupboard again. There are some clothes going into it. This usually means he will be gone for a few days.

But where does he go? One day I'll find out. You see when the bag comes out, I usually jump into it, or sleep on top of it. This way I have a greater chance of him not noticing me and accidentally taking me with him.

The trick is knowing just when to get into the bag. I once jumped in and hid there for hours before realising, maybe he is not going tonight!