Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for July 08, 2020

I think Pucky’s a little jealous of the Woman’s popsicle.

Uh oh. Out Of Character is Serious Business!

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OOCIsSeriousBusiness

Oh, I loved this exchange a little too much. Even the nice ones succumb to heat and humidity.

A velvet couch wouldn’t be as bad as the vinyl-covered chair we had. If you didn’t cover it with towels, you’d hear a RIPPPPPPPP when you stood up.

How very dare you Woman, our intrepid reporter is merely doing his job and to be verbally accosted in this manner … a tiny hiss is only to be expected (personally I’m with the Woman, my fur kids are very large and extremely uncomfortable to have nearby when it’s hot)

If the heat and humidity make sweet Puck grumpy, it’s really, really bad.

LOL!!! Cute! But Pucky does have a point.

Does that last speech bubble belong to the man?

While the cats would be hiding under all the furniture. The Woman wondering why she is coated in sweat. I would be laying out on the lawn awaiting Nature’s Fireworks Show!

I have had many experiences with little hot water bottles covered in fur. I sympathize with you, Woman.

Getting a little heated?

A Peeved Puck is dangerous. And a Groovy Goldie in bed with Elvis? Is this stoking the shipper fuel?

Puck floof, floof, floof.

And, the frizz goes on. Even Puck’s paws are frizzed.

I wonder what Tommy looks like.

The tiny hiss puts me in mind of dogs who are not allowed to bark when indoors… and how their humans have taught them to bark softly or even to whisper bark. There are multiple videos on YouTube. This is one of my favorites as the dog demonstrates both styles of quiet bark…

https://youtu.be/6aR3oqv_67Y

I know a lot of older houses and apartments in New England do not have AC as one of my sisters moved up there and did not have it at first but I am kind of surprised the Woman and the Man did not invest in a window unit to keep one room in the house cool when a summer heat wave hits!

Tiny hot water bottle! Yes, that’s exactly what a cat feels like on a hot summer night, an unwanted heating pad.

Uncomfortable, I should say, not unwanted. And oh, the Woman’s popsicle!

Ah, a husband beater, eh? ;-P

https://twitter.com/_HelenDale/status/1280558063381028865?s=20

We just got a velvet daybed….

When I was transferred to Saskatchewan, everyone in my office who’d ever lived there said “Look for a place with air conditioning. You’re going to want that in summer.” They were so right. We never had this level of humidity in Calgary. I never thought I’d miss the dry air, but it makes both cold and heat more bearable.

So, how are the robber ladies keeping cool, I wonder?

All: End of the spring and here she comes back

Hi Hi Hi Hi there

Them summer nights, those summer nights

That’s when we toasted our poor buns, back

High high high high temps

Them summer nights, those summer nights

Lupin: I go naked when I want to

Elvis (to Lupin): You’re a fool, yeah

Pucky: Heat & humidity, hiss, have just begun

Goldie: And everything, it’s true, ooh yeah

All: Hot buns in the summertime x 4

All: First of the fall and then she goes back

Bye bye bye bye there

Them summer nights, those summer nights

Lupin: “Boop-boop-ba-boop-boop” when I want to

Elvis: Still a fool, yeah

Pucky: So unfair cuz this ain’t no fun

Goldie: And everything, it’s not cool, ooh yeah

All: Hot buns in the summertime x 4

Songwriter: Sylvester Stewart

Hot Fun in the Summertime – Sly & Family Stone

Yikes! the humidity has gotten to poor Pucky!

What the what

Today in St. Louis, we are having a heat-warning issued. The forecast is for +95’ (F) with high humidity and an Orange Air Quality day….only one grade worse, and that would be a Red Air Quality day. All that is missing from this 5th circle of hell is a plague of locusts.

St. Louis, all the heat, all the humidity, all the bad air – No ocean or lake, just a really muddy river: To thick to drink, to thin to plow.

When I retire, I really want to live in Maine. I have a picture over my desk to gaze at. I don’t even have to be on the ocean, just get me the heck out of this biblical weather nightmare that is the mid-west.

The Woman could go lie in a tub of cool water …

Kiddie pools really come in handy at times like those

They need to go downstairs to the break room. The basements of old houses are usually comfortably cool.

Oh my – Puck in a bad mood is a rare sight. I sympathize with him and the Woman.

Like the ice pop in her hand.

I thought we were covered with leather.

Humidity—it does things to people.

“You’re like a little hot water bottle covered in fur.” Love that line.

And TINY HISS. Too Cute! ;-)

How can Goldie and Elvis stand to be under a blanket!???!

I read a Scientific American article (yes, I am one of those people) which compared a snow-melting lotus plant at one watt of power to a cat which radiates an average of 10 watts of power. By my own calculations, a human being would emit at least 150 watts (unless you’re a dim bulb). Hence the well-known wintry cat expression, “It was a two-person night”. :)

The Meese and I

Queen Goldie: Bea, we are having a banquet tonight to bring attention to our cause of finding homeless kittens (and cats) a furrever home. Can you talk to Chef Tommy?

Bea: Yes, Your Majesty. And I know of an artist who can help with the decorations. But will we have enough volunteers to serve the dinner?

Queen Goldie: Don’t worry. Many of the kittens have already volunteered to help out.

Bea: Oh, wonderful. I’ll go to the kitchen and speak to Chef Tommy!

At the kitchen

Chef Tommy: Tell Their Majesties I’ll do them proud. But it will take a bit of planning.

Bea: Want to tell me about it?

Chef Tommy: (A Puzzlement)

When I learned to cook

The kitchen was a simpler place

Just a few meat dishes

And a few of fishes

Now I am a chef;

The kitchen’s changed a lot

We need some veggies, too

Some dishes cold, some hot!

…….

There are times I almost think

There’s more to cooking than I’ll ever know

Very often find confusion

In techniques I learned so long ago!

In my head are recipes

That, as a student, I have studied to procure

There are many recipes

Of which I wish I was more certain I was sure!

Beatix: Don’t worry, Chef Tommy. I know you’ll do fine.

Chef Tommy: Count on it!

Oh no! Things must be dire if sweet Puck is giving tiny hisses!

Now you’ve done it, Woman.

Today is Chocolate with Almonds Day. I told you you’d like it. I’m nuts about weapons grade dark chocolate with almonds (rimshot!) Now I want some, but it’s a bit early in the day—and I over-indulged on Grand Marnier Chocolate Pecans yesterday. You can stop drooling now.

Wishing all of you a Chocolate Almond filled day!

What are your favorite nuts in chocolate?

When I was younger, I liked hot weather and hated the cold. These days, my comfort zone is very narrow but I lean more toward cooler weather as too much heat makes it harder for me to breathe. Where can I go where the daily high is 70°F, rain or shine? ; )

Womanly toe beans upside of a furred feline fundament in, 3,2 … >:-)

Pucks maaadd

OT: Different day, different crisis…

Puck hissed?!

While vinyl seats have fallen by the wayside, I’d love to get my abused hands on the engineer who decided almost every car steering wheel made in the last 20 years had to be charcoal grey and a thin coat of vinyl-like substance over solid steel. When you drive a fishbowl like mine (Vibe), the sun is always shining on the steering wheel.

Doesn’t Puck sound like the Hulk just before he changes?

The Mrs and our girls have red hair that misbehaves that way. Every time we have visited hot, humid areas they always praise our life on the West Coast. That and all their hair products. I knew there was such a thing as moisturizer, but never anything like a hair moisturizer.

I have no words

Team Pucky here. How dare the woman impugn Pucky! “Sitting over there like she’s made of ice or something!” Love love love his dignified little hissy fit!

GASP, guys guys!! I just realized something! its July, ergo the JULY BUG WILL RETURN. (dramatic music!)

Jasper my 190lb radiator insists on sleeping on top of me no matter the temperature. Recently I’ve wondered if hell is cooler than sleeping with Jasper.

Hey, Georgia! Hope you & your ever growing family are doing well these days. We were talking about forgiveness yesterday since that was what was on Scaeva’s calendar. Several of us want justice for Lupin; we’re hoping for an apology from Goldie for stealing his tape recorder. this is a little reminder that that’s still unresolved in case it slipped your mind with all of this craziness going on. thanks for listening! would love to see how you drew Pucky today! Stay safe, cool, & calm! WE ALL LOVE YOU DEARLY!

Well somebody’s got knots in his fur today. LOL. Katie is a lapcat today. Fortunately the ACs are running. The good news is that Katie has passed bed making 101 with flying colors.

UH OH, PUCK’S GONE POSTAL!

For some reason today’s strip is reminding me of the original Ghostbusters “Dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria!”

Oh no. The humidity is making Pucky a little grumpy. Pucky is still super cute.

Oh man. Sweet little Puck is about to throw down!! with his tiny hiss, lol.

“Sitting over there like you’re made of ice or something!” Indignant, cranky Puck is tooooooo funny!

Woman: Your like a little hot water bottle Puck: WHAT?! I’ve never been so insulted!!!

Next thing you know, they’ll have moved to a trailer park.

My cat and I have been having this conversation for a week now. We don’t have air conditioning.

When I first moved to FL with Natasha and Ash (the two I had before the two in the pic, I think those two watch over me) I couldn’t afford to use the window HVAC. Natasha and Ash, unlike Vlad and Sebastian, would want my lap during the summers hot and humid heat. They didn’t care, they wanted my lap. I would let them be on there for a bit then show them off. And for their last 4 years of their lives, that’s the way they were. Wanting my lap, no matter how hot it got. Miss those two very much.

Ah, the fun of having a furry hot water bottle who just wants to snuggle when the weather’s stinking hot. Most of our snugglebugs keep their snuggling to a minimum when the weather’s hot (want to snuggle, then leave when they get too warm), one of our cats was a bit different. As Chessie aged, she became happiest when Parked On A Lap. She would sit next to us when the weather was hot. Then her last few years, she wanted on a lap ALL THE TIME. Even in summer. Not too much of a problem ordinarily, but Chessie was a wee bit incontinent and was only allowed on laps if there was a blanket between the person and cat. But we made the sacrifice for our little old lady, and she was happy.

Rosie actually doesn’t feel hot when she snuggles up in the summer. Her fur actually feels cool – amazing.

Our Pennsylvania family adopted 2 Chessie-lookalikes today. They are so adorable!

A … heated debate?

I snip and paste my favorite panels to use as screen wallpaper. The last panel in this strip is my latest!

Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!