BS: My Cat is Wacked Out

Subject: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: Bobert
Date: 11 Jul 12 - 10:46 PM

I guess I have been in denial but my cat, Teeter, is a wacko cat...

I have told him the story about when we adopted him from the shelter about 5 years ago ever since but he has gotten to havin' to rehear the entire story every night... Sometimes 2 or 3 times...

Whaddaya'llthink???

B;~)

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: Ebbie
Date: 11 Jul 12 - 11:31 PM

Try doing just the first line and the last line. Cat probably won't catch on.

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 11 Jul 12 - 11:37 PM

I think you've driven that cat nuts with all yer crazy talk, Bobertz. I would take the poor critter off yer hands, only I just don't like cats very much, so no thanks! Too bad it ain't 1864 or '65...you could sell that cat to the local troops for makin' soup. (they was gettin' pretty damn hungry in the last year and a half of the Confederacy, so I hear)

- Chongo

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 12:53 AM

Bite yer tongue, Chongo. Where's your support for other species? The very idea of suggesting such a thing. There should be a warning label on your posting; some of us are just too delicate to read of such monstrosities!

Bobert, try singing it, instead.:-)

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 01:25 AM

I was merely crackin' wise, okay? The Civil War is long over, so the cat ain't in no danger of bein' cooked.

- Chongo

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 05:28 AM

If Teeter is anything like our cats, Bobert, the offer of a nice piece of chicken will magically stop any demanding behaviour for hours. Diversion tactics!

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 06:07 AM

Thread title reminded me of Breakfast at Tiffany's, one of my favourite films. In which Holly Golightly's (Audrey Hapburn's) cat is called Pyewacket. Which sounds like a good name for a wacked out cat.
Not a cat lover myself, but like children, they can be cute in movies.

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 09:11 AM

"Whaddaya'llthink???"

The cat is probably still jumpy from the derecho and its noisy aftermath. (DOes it jump sideways at sudden noises? That's a clue.)

It probably wants extra company and affection to establish that everything is all right now. My own cat is the same in the aftermath of the 4th of July, a holiday which doesn't inspire much patriotism here but is noted for fireworks, the louder the better.

Come to think of it, what was the 4th like at your place?

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 09:15 AM

Does you cat do this when you tell it the stories?

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: Jack Campin
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 09:28 AM

One of our cats tells us bedtime stories. As soon as we turn the light out she jumps up on the bed beside us and purrs something to us for a few minutes.

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: SINSULL
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 09:45 AM

My whole family tells bedtime stories to their pets. It's good for everyone involved and promotes reading later in life.

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 10:12 AM

The cats can read?

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: olddude
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 10:19 AM

Well they are resurfacing the road by my house. My cat ran across the sticky stuff they put down before they load the asphalt. All four paws tarred ... then ran and jumped on me ... now my blue jeans have custom artwork on them ..

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: Becca72
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 12:54 PM

I don't tell Sheldon stories; we have conversations. Goes something like this

"Hello Sheldon"
"Meow"
"How was your day?"
"Meow"
"Did your brother behave?"
"Meeeeeeoooooooow meow meow"

He'll talk back for as long as I care to carry on the conversation.

Got home last week from a couple days away and he went on and on. Ah the joys of having a Siamese cat (or at least part Siamese).

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: Bobert
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 01:56 PM

Teeter knows the difference between his adoption story and other stories... I mean, I can leave something out or change the middle around but if it doesn't start, "Remember when you were a little bitty baby..." then he just walks off...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: Greg F.
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 02:59 PM

News flash, Bobert - ALL cats are wacked out. Comes with the species. This from 55 years experience with a whole bunch of 'em.

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: Bobert
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 03:06 PM

Wow, that a bunch of old cats, Greg... I heard it's okay to bury the dead ones, BTW...

B;~)

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: SINSULL
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 06:18 PM

My brother had a cat whose life included dropping behind enemy lines and spying and ... The cat would sit on his lap and act out his role every night. Me? It's usually "Alice, shut up" meeeowwww? Alice shut up "MAwwwwwww! Alice shut the F**K up. MMMEEEEEEEAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW>
Oh Christ! OK I will pet you.
Ok I will get you treats. OK Iwill...
She is a difficult cat.

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: Bobert
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 07:06 PM

Cats are the bosses, Sins... That's what some folks hate about them but I love about them...

Pet the cat and shut up... LOL...

B;~)

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 08:08 PM

Thread drift--I thought the cat in Breakfast at Tiffany's was just called Cat, and the cat in Bell, Book, and Candle was called Pyewacket.

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: Bobert
Date: 12 Jul 12 - 08:43 PM

I don't have a clue... I don't do chick flicks... lol...

B;~)

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: Becca72
Date: 13 Jul 12 - 09:02 AM

"Pet the cat and shut up"

I need this on a sign for my front door...

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: Charmion
Date: 13 Jul 12 - 09:09 AM

ChanteyLass has it right; Pyewacket was in Bell, Book & Candle.

All cats are wacked out; it's what makes them irresistible. Siamese cats are even more wacked out than yer normal rat-bashers. There's just nothing like getting the business Siamese-style, with piercing howls and that whippy tail perpendicular and quivering.

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 13 Jul 12 - 09:24 AM

Well I don't know where I got the idea that the cat in BaT was called Pyewacket, 'cos I certainly have never read, or seen, Bell Book and Candle.

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 13 Jul 12 - 01:07 PM

Agree about Siamese cats. They'll talk to you for ages, and often it sounds like words. (Imagine a Chinese person speaking English with a strong accent: "HaoWao! Hao're YOO? Ngo' ba'." etc) As I said on another thread, Smokey often asks for a "Laptop!")

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: Becca72
Date: 13 Jul 12 - 01:46 PM

I can attest to it too, Eliza. Sheldon calls me "Maaaaww" and Mikely now often calls out "Haaaawhooooooa" when he needs attention.

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 13 Jul 12 - 08:20 PM

I think "normal" cats are like "tuned" banjos.

Subject: RE: BS: My Cat is Wacked Out...
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 14 Jul 12 - 02:24 AM

Yes, ChanteyLass. My neighbour has three very nice moggy-type cats. They're gentle and friendly, always coming round here to see our Siamese. BUT...they're totally boring! They just sit there like three tea cosies, no personality, no fun. Our three are very Wacked Out. They wee and spray on anything, shin up the curtains, do mountaineering on roofs, drag items of washing filched from the clothes airer into the garden to sit on. You name it, they're a blessed nuisance, but they make us laugh. Wacked Out is best!