Cats

[cornerofmadness]

can't live with them...probably shouldn't bury them under the porch.

Roy, it's Monday. That means you don't run into the house in the morning screaming like I owe you a living then jump up in the upholstered rocker with a MONSTROUS mass of cockleburrs stuck to your back. He proceeded to weld himself to the microfibers and bust open the cockleburr.

For those who don't have this lovely plant around you, even the seeds have spikes to stick them to fur for dispersal. Well now it's dispersed all over my chair at 7 AM. And he has the other bits of plant stuck in his lips, near his eyes...I finally get him cleaned up. It required scissors. he was unimpressed.

Came home to find a massive tumbleweed of hair rolling across the carpet. Not sure how he managed that one.

But he DID make himself useful tonight. I dropped a grocery bag on the floor rooting through my cans looking for chickpeas to make channa masala (i have none as it turns out but i do own an ungodly amount of white beans). I didn't realize Roy was stalking the bag until I grabbed it, scaring the living hell out of him. Roy leapt straight up, did a back flip, landed on his back head down in the water. I haven't laughed so hard in forever. He is SO mad that I laughed at him.

Comments

[marynachaotica.livejournal.com]

You realize, of course, he "meant to do that" *LOL*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

either that or i wasn't supposed to SEE

[marynachaotica.livejournal.com]

Hmmm....well yes they do tend to not want their humans to see their acrobatic feats. It's a feline conspiracy to some day take over the world without us even being aware its happening.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that could be

[chaos-by-design.livejournal.com]

but roy is cute, and that fixes everything. :)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

he was far less cute with cockleburrs stuck to his butt

[chaos-by-design.livejournal.com]

that's what you get for letting him be indoor/outdoor.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yes indeed

he now goes to the door puts his paws on the knobs and meows to go out

[chaos-by-design.livejournal.com]

cats always seem to be on the wrong side of every door.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

i've noticed that

[rain-oubliette.livejournal.com]

My cat is named Cockleburr. When I found her at my grandmother's farm, she, too, was encased in cockleburrs. As I pulled and brushed them from her fur, she made this weird "Me-ARF" noise and so she was named.

Also, my cat is SO laid back, it's like she's on Quaaludes or some other barbituate. Were she and I in Roy and yours roles, she would have just given me the finger and told me to stuff it.

Hope that Roy is better.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I figured that's how Cock got her name.

Roy is back outside in more trouble doubtless

but he's much healthier now.

[rain-oubliette.livejournal.com]

Glad that Roy's better.

Cock's name just fits her personality so well. Yesterday, I petted her and petted her for about 15 minutes - then she bit me. She also waited until I sat down on the toilet to throw up on the other side of the bathroom so I couldn't toss a towel in front of her. Thanks, Cock.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Roy did the pet/bite thing today

and the other day I hear him scratching...apparently his goal was to remove ALL the litter from the box

[anguisel.livejournal.com]

Glad that Roy is doing better from the looks of it. And I hated when the dogs would run through cockleburrs. Those things are monsters. Though I think I hated thistles even more.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thistles are always a good choice for hell too. I used to whip them at my brother

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Roy obviously has his own agenda.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I suspect me going insane is on that agenda

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

bwahahahaahahahahah. haha.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it was worth it.

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Mom laughed, too. *grin*

[ljgould.livejournal.com]

I can't believe you laughed at your cat! What kind of staff are you? The last time my staff laughed at me, I left a huge hairball on her bed.

Natasha
(L.J.'s owner)

I found this when I came in to check email, and because I'm slightly afraid of my cats, I thought I'd better send it on to you. I think I'm going to have to quit leaving my computer on.

I would've laughed, too. *g*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Giggles

Well Natasha

I got back at her by sitting on furniture I know I'm not allowed on and I had a muddy backside

Roy