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BS: For cat lovers ONLY!

18 Nov 08 - 05:25 PM (#2497141)
Subject: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: skipy

Cop some of this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4
Skipy


18 Nov 08 - 06:21 PM (#2497185)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: olddude

can't stop laughing
that was awesome !!!

Thanks Skipy


18 Nov 08 - 07:08 PM (#2497218)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: wysiwyg

Ya know, I think that cat yodeling could replace bagpiping, Cheap, with self-sustaining energy, and more portable. Easy on the ears, too. I'm gonna add one to our band, with mic.

~S~


18 Nov 08 - 07:18 PM (#2497225)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: Dave the Gnome

Yo, David - Brilliant:-)

DeG


18 Nov 08 - 11:23 PM (#2497353)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: Cats

There was a thread a few weeks ago about this and I thought it was brilliant then and still do. I have tried to get my cats to yodel, they weren't happy bunnies.


19 Nov 08 - 12:15 AM (#2497364)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: JenEllen

They have another one with the cats as fighter jets. One of the weirdest damn things I've ever seen. On the one, the corporal cuddling thing is genius, but on the other? No wonder these dudes can't get dates.


19 Nov 08 - 12:17 AM (#2497366)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: Sorcha

Uh....Jen...maybe they don't want dates? Maybe they ARE each others date?


19 Nov 08 - 12:20 AM (#2497369)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: JenEllen

Sorch, the one guy was trying to pick up a girl in the grocery. I was just running with that. He thinks it's because he lives on toast and peanut butter, but it's more likely that all his shoes smell like catshit. ("Revenge is a dish best served in your Keds....") LOL


19 Nov 08 - 12:33 AM (#2497372)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: Sorcha

Oooohhh, OK..I didn't watch the 2nd one. Just thought they 'might' be a couple......


And where the HELL you BEEN, Doc? Making guacamole? Setting the ceiling fire or something? I've MISSED YOU!


19 Nov 08 - 03:25 AM (#2497419)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: Anne Lister

Can't remember the link for it right now, but if you haven't seen Nora the piano playing cat you really should - on YouTube, put Nora and piano and cat into the search and you should find her. We're wondering if we can encourage Persia, but I've only got a small synth rather than a piano and I don't think it would work so well, without the vibrations through the wood.
So we're sticking to "Pawball", a game at which she's improving daily, and leaving music to a time when she's a bit older and a tad more tranquil!
She has, however, become an expert on the old Deconstructive Art. We're learning not to leave cardboard boxes within range ...

Anne


19 Nov 08 - 05:18 AM (#2497458)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: Sandra in Sydney

Anne, my friend's cat taught him to play "Peg" - it gave them at least an hour of exercise every morning.

Peg is played with Cat on one dining chair, person on another. Person tosses clothes peg to Cat, Cat bats it away & person goes & collects it & brings it back for cat to bat again & again & again & again ...

Peg kept this 19 year old cat active & healthy.

sandra


19 Nov 08 - 08:06 AM (#2497532)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: SINSULL

I play that game with a Q-tip.

Freddie deposited a dead mouse in my shoe last night. I picked up the shoe and dumped the contents into the trash. He then proceeded to dig in the other shoe wondering where the hell the mouse went. SIGH


19 Nov 08 - 08:38 AM (#2497552)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: Anne Lister

Ah, now, Pawball is slightly more advanced than Peg. The main toy in Pawball is one of those scrunchy ball things made of mylar, or some metal foil and, we had thought, pretty indestructible. Persia has managed to leave bits of it all over the carpet, however, because when she catches it she will then rend it with her teeth. We have become aware that she's a stocky little mog not because of body fat but because of muscle ...my goodness, she's strong!

So in its purest form the rules of Pawball are: cat lies on her side, often in between the legs of the occasional tables (which are being tables at this point, for Les Barker's info!). We bowl the ball to her, and she either bats it back (and will score a goal if it goes under a sofa) or catches it and then sends it back (she has a good technique with her back legs). Repeat. Until cat develops an urgent need for a lengthy wash or walks away. She has a good sense of taking turns with this game and will make sure both of us are fully engaged in playing.

Variants include using a ball with a bell inside or any other toy you care to name. Most recent variant is that the starting position is behind the curtains at the window. We bowl (preferably the ball with the bell, but not necessarily) and, as if by magic, paws shoot out from under the curtain to react as above.

The pure game was developed with Persia's predecessor, Cleo, who even at the advanced age of 16 or so was a pretty mean shot and scored many goals. Persia has obviously decided to make the game her own by introducing new game positions, and she couldn't care less about the goals as long as we're giggling like idiots.

Anne


19 Nov 08 - 09:59 AM (#2497598)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: wysiwyg

JENELLENS' BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~S~


19 Nov 08 - 11:10 AM (#2497652)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: JenEllen

Ah, headless corpses in the garden shoes. I think that's more of a spectator sport.

Sull's getting up there in age too, but occasionally the door jambs offend in some way and he jets through the house to hop up and attack one. All I can think when he does that is Inspector Clouseau-- "I could keel you with a single karate chop!"


19 Nov 08 - 02:01 PM (#2497796)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: skipy

Pegon is a better game, I normally play this when I have a visitor who has not seen it before, goes like this:-
Ask visitor to give you a number from 10 - 30, I then put that number of pegs on the cat (fur only) he will stand there until I have finished & then take them all off!
He will stand there purring while I do it again! I get bored before he does.
P.S. Sorry for duplicating the thread, should have checked.
Skipy


19 Nov 08 - 02:16 PM (#2497805)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: Bee

Skipy, any opportunity to talk about our idiot cats is welcome, even if it involves repetition. Cats love repetition.

For variety, however, I give you the Mean Kitty Rap (sorta) Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo

This guy may be lookin' for another fella, but he's cute.


19 Nov 08 - 03:41 PM (#2497886)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: Genie

Hey, Jenellen! Welcome back!

I have a couple great pics of Sull and you other cat from the Mudcat Gathering at Camp Runamok a few years back. *g*

And for all you cat lovers -- and anyone who just wants a good laugh -- check out this website I just found out about (listening to KPOJ - progressive talk radio, Portland, OR):

Cats That Look Like Hitler

Got quite a few belly laughs from some of the contenders. §: D


19 Nov 08 - 09:51 PM (#2498145)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: JenEllen

Hiya Genie! I saw the cats that look like Hitler on Graham Norton. I believe he called the little one a "Hitten" LMAO


20 Nov 08 - 07:27 PM (#2498911)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: Genie

They refer to most of them as "Kitlers." LOL   
But I think some of them look more like Charlie Chaplin than Hitler, and a couple look like Ernie Kovacs or even Zero Mostel.   *g*
But there are a couple dead ringers for Der Führer.


Bee, thanks for the Mean Kitty Rap link. It's great!

Genie


22 Nov 08 - 10:07 AM (#2499996)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: Genie

Here are a couple of the BEST "Cats that look like Hitler"   LOL


22 Nov 08 - 08:26 PM (#2500425)
Subject: RE: BS: For cat lovers ONLY!
From: GUEST,Steve in Idaho

OK - Flame suit on, straps tightened up - ready

I LOVE cats - they taste JUST like chicken - - -

:-)