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Nov. 12th, 2009 at 9:24 AM

Dear Cats:

While I appreciate that chasing each other around the house is an important part of your daily routine, please refrain from having bat-fights across the monkey's leg, or attempting to embroil her in your disputes. She does not have protective fur and needs all of her fingers to type with.

Also, the fingers with which she is typing are not toys.

Love,

Monkey

(P.S. I don't suppose either of you know how the sliding closet door managed to end up out of its tracks and fallen across the foot of the bed, do you?)

Mood: amused
Music:mrow? Mrow? mrrr? eeeee!

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jhetley wrote:

Nov. 12th, 2009 03:04 pm (UTC)

Sliding doors have been known to make spontaneous bids for freedom.

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matociquala wrote:

Nov. 12th, 2009 03:26 pm (UTC)

The architecture is behind it!

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ladegard wrote:

Nov. 12th, 2009 03:06 pm (UTC)

Since it couldn't be the cats fault, I would assume the dog-beast had something to do with it.

Edited at 2009-11-12 03:06 pm (UTC)

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matociquala wrote:

Nov. 12th, 2009 03:25 pm (UTC)

But the dog isn't allowed upstairs. Must be seismic activity.

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vg_ford wrote:

Nov. 12th, 2009 05:01 pm (UTC)

He is an awfully BIG dog - could he trigger his own seismic activity? O.o

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zeelandia wrote:

Nov. 12th, 2009 03:22 pm (UTC)

HA! If I'm not out of bed at the cat-decided time the space between my knees becomes a temporary WWE arena. It's either that or one pretends that they are going to sweetly get under the covers and snuggle, but no, it's only an excuse for the other on the outside of the covers to play Dune.

Then there's Big Kitty who softly "kao~s" in my ear and attempts to dig me out of blankets so he can go outside and poop in the mulch. More than you ever needed to know.

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stwish wrote:

Nov. 12th, 2009 03:39 pm (UTC)

the dog done it.

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vatine wrote:

Nov. 12th, 2009 03:48 pm (UTC)

Are your fingers nailed down? I've frequently seen that as the strict criterion as to what is and isn't a cat toy. Though, saying that, I've managed to convince my resident felines taht daddy-fingers are NOT toys by explaining taht without fingers, there will be no gushyfood. Or indeed, any food.

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bevhale wrote:

Nov. 12th, 2009 03:57 pm (UTC)

You have ghosts? Couldn't have been the cats. Nope, nope, nope. And it can't be the dog. Everyone always blames the dog. Or the butler. Do you have a butler?

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paigemom wrote:

Nov. 12th, 2009 03:59 pm (UTC)

They know -- but they're not tellin'!

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elissa_carey wrote:

Nov. 12th, 2009 04:07 pm (UTC)

Everything is a cat toy, even if it's nailed down, but especially if it isn't nailed down.

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lavenderfae9 wrote:

Nov. 12th, 2009 04:51 pm (UTC)

For one of my cats, there is an exception to that rule. For him, everything is a cat toy... except cat toys. It's no fun unless it's stolen.

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pixel39 wrote:

Nov. 12th, 2009 07:05 pm (UTC)

The cat in the icon, the late and very-much-lamented Striped Cat of Chaos, would not play with string unless it belonged to someone else*. This made all sorts of fiber and textile arts projects somewhat...problematic.

*Somewhere I have a photo of her with various colors of yarn draped artistically over her head.

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luis_mw wrote:

Nov. 13th, 2009 01:05 am (UTC)

see more Lolcats and funny pictures

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thejunebug wrote:

Nov. 12th, 2009 04:44 pm (UTC)

I'm so glad it's not just my little monsters!!! We came home from a vacation and our neighbor, who was watching them, said in a very bewildered voice, "I just honestly don't know what they DO all day." Our furniture was overturned, curtains were pulled out of the wall, knick-knacks were tossed about. Looked like we had been ransacked, lol.

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vg_ford wrote:

Nov. 12th, 2009 05:03 pm (UTC)

That's because you were evil and mean and LEFT THEM HOME ALONE while you went on vacation! :p

The last time we went away for the weekend, we came home to find our bedsheets shredded. *sigh*

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brisingamen wrote:

Nov. 12th, 2009 08:04 pm (UTC)

I am coming to the conclusion it's International Cats Go Mad Day; the Krumps have been even Krumpier than usual. It's been ...wearing.

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cscottd wrote:

Nov. 12th, 2009 08:26 pm (UTC)

Dear Monkey:

Whatever it is you're always doing with that clicky glowy thing may seem important to you, but if your leg happens to be where we're fighting, it will be used accordingly.

Regards,

Cats

P.S. Everything is a toy.

P.P.S. What sliding door?

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mmegaera wrote:

Nov. 13th, 2009 12:47 am (UTC)

I once had a cat (the innocent-looking white fellow in the icon -- looks are exceedingly deceiving) go through the screen door out into the yard one night when there was something particularly exciting out there (I never did figure out what it was). Knocked that sucker clear off the rails and the deck and into the rhododendrons. Bent it all to heck and back, too.

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luis_mw wrote:

Nov. 13th, 2009 01:08 am (UTC)

One advantage of older cats. They don't do this so much.

OTOH, Abigail insists that I take frequent breaks from whatever it is I am doing at the computer. This involves much mewing and chirping and beckoning with her head until I go lie down on the bed and give her a nice warm chest to lie on.

This has been known to lead to frequent naps and loss of productivity.

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feather802 wrote:

Nov. 13th, 2009 03:27 am (UTC)

This has been known to lead to frequent naps and loss of productivity.

Those terrible, terrible cats. Mine are also to blame for the following:
1) Any unexplained noise in the house. Especially if it a crash or thud.
2) Any objects smaller than their heads that have gone missing. Regardless of the object previous storage location (drawer, cupboard, box, etc).
3) Waking up shivering due to a lack of blanket.
4) Waking up suddenly to a mouth full of fur.
5) Waking up at 7 AM. Breakfast is clearly more important than my sleep.

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December 2009