Ten Cats by Graham Harrop for January 12, 2022

Wednesday Felines!

WFBV!#1

https://i.imgur.com/TM4DUHT.mp4

WFBV!#2 – Two Feet Short!

https://i.imgur.com/yKABupq.mp4

WFBV!#3

https://i.imgur.com/F6wCWRN.mp4

WFBV!#4 – Sound

https://i.imgur.com/isAEibw.mp4

WFBV!#5

https://i.imgur.com/RQe8N7C.mp4

WF!#1

https://i.imgur.com/l6S9PxA.jpg

WF!#2

https://i.imgur.com/z8haBlx.jpg

WF!#3

https://i.imgur.com/S1D11yD.jpg

WF!#4

https://i.imgur.com/Q6Bpa4i.jpg

WF!#5

https://i.imgur.com/NrixGcu.jpg

WF!#6

https://i.imgur.com/5JhfyAX.jpg

WF!#7

https://i.imgur.com/chMDRvn.jpg

WF!#8

https://i.imgur.com/QmIMc6o.jpg

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Wombat Wednesday!!

WW!!#1

https://i.imgur.com/eDPz0k7.mp4

WW!!#2

https://i.imgur.com/K7nuUWg.jpg

WW!!#3

https://i.imgur.com/UOqk3dd.jpg

WW!!#4

https://i.imgur.com/Vopx3j9.jpg

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Bonus Wednesday Bunnies!!

BWBV!#1

https://i.imgur.com/R47Ou86.mp4

BWB!#1

https://i.imgur.com/wHIHM4U.jpg

BWB!#2

https://i.imgur.com/OeCMyDb.jpg

BWB!#3

https://i.imgur.com/R0FQQ86.jpg

BWB!#4

https://i.imgur.com/h2o19xE.jpg

Graham, we know that you have to do what is right for you. If you need to cut back, I think all of us Crackers can understand. We will miss the original strips, of course. But you have earned a relaxing retirement.

At my age, I’ve forgotten the early strips, Graham! Well always be here loving our 10 kitties.

Scroll down and you can see Graham is a busy guy!

Will whomever posted the real names of our family here do so again. I can’t find my list.

:*(

Graham, post older strips. I, and others, may have missed some.

We surely understand why you need to produce fewer new strips. I agree with others here that it would be nice to see the earlier strips repeated. As long as you’re still here with Annie and the cats, we Graham Crackers will be happy.

Today is:

National Pharmacists Day

National Marzipan Day

Kiss A Ginger Day. Sadly, since Fluffy (my avatar) died, I don’t have any ginger cats.

National Curried Chicken Day

Thank you for an enjoyable strip! Love Annie, all the cats and the other characters. Re “creating new strips on a less regular basis”—Was watching a “Murder She Wrote” Cabot Cove-set episode (S5, E21) last night, Dr. Hazlitt reminds Jessica that they’ve both reached a time in their lives when they don’t “ought to have to rev the engine as hard as we used to ….” Good advice for a lot of us!

Just for fun, here is something I posted yesterday on Facebook.

Let’s play bad news/good news.Bad news. When I went in my bathroom last night. I discovered the toilet was leaking. Or, actually, it was the pipe that brings the water to the toilet.Good news. My toilet has a shut off valve.Bad news. I turned off that valve, but the leak was right below the valve, so it continued to leak.Good news. There is a shut off valve in the basement. Bad news. I couldn’t turn it off. And Superman wasn’t available to turn it off for me,Good news. Wrapping a rag around the leak at least kept the water from spraying the wall.Bad news. It didn’t really address the problemGood news. I was able to get a plumber to get here this morning.Bad news. The problem was a lot bigger than just the leak at the toilet. Big problem in the basement, the plumber told me. It required having the village shut water off to my house. Until they could do that, my plumber went to do another job.Good news. The village was prompt in turning off my water.Bad news. Having no water in the house really sucks.Good news. I was able to fill some jugs with water before I lost all water to my house so I was at least able to wash my hands. I even got enough water to water my plants.Bad news. The plumber would take another couple hours before he’d be back. That meant he wouldn’t be back until after I went to work,Good news. I just happened to request (and was approved) paid time off this week, so I had the day off. The plumber returned in the afternoon, and he fixed all my problems in the bathroom and in the basement.Bad news. He was here quite a while so I can expect a sizeable bill coming in the mail.Good news. Whatever it costs, I know I have enough money to cover it. (more coming).

Thanks to everyone for their words of comfort yesterday about my friend, Julia. In another bad news/good news. I’d say the good news is that I did not get a call yesterday saying that she has died. Bad news, I did not hear how she is doing. And with her serious condition and with stupid COVID raising its ugly head again, I doubt anyone aside from her immediate family will be allowed to visit her (if they even allow family to visit). If I don’t hear from my other friend, Linda or from Julia’s son, Mark, soon I may have to call Julia’s house (Mark lives with her) and ask how she is.

If things don’t go as I would like and she doesn’t live, I hope her passing will be peaceful and painless. That might be the most I can hope for at this point.

They will be missed!

Could my birthday get any worse? Less 10 Cats is still better than none, and despite it being 2 degrees Fahrenheit I have to pull 300 feet of well pipe out of the ground by hand after a day of work to find out why we have no water on the property and get it fixed before nightfall.

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Thank you for all the Ten Cats cartoons—marvelous stuff, always drawn and written just right! I knew they’d never get out of that warehouse . .

Hi Graham. Congratulations on your first decade. I hope for many more years to come. I have always loved your strip and as a true dog lover even I can come to love your kitties here with a deep affection. I really don’t mind any re runs as any of the strips are a pleasure for me to read. Please keep them coming. Thank you for bring me into your wonderful world of Ten Cats and for bringing a little bit of sunshine into my day. ☺☺♥♥☺☺♥♥

I’ll still be here Mr. Harrop.

Even Chesney agrees with a break, congratulations!

Thank YOU for bringing us the kitties, Mr. Harrop. And thank you for the Christmas miracle saving of the warehouse. Annie and the kitties will be forever young for us. We will enjoy the reruns and will so look forward to the occasional new ones! All good wishes to you!

My cat Jack and I hate to see you go, Graham. I have to read the Ten Cats strip to him every morning or he won’t move his butt off my keyboard.

And ya know, most of us won’t even know if you’ve written a new strip or not! Enjoy!! We love each and every one of the cats, AND the strip!!

And, yes, not only the ten cats make us happy, but Annie’s sparkle is always a delight.

I feared this day was coming all too soon.

I hate to see one of the few wholesome comic strips that the whole family can appreciate disappear (or semi-disappear). Thanks for the wonderful memories of our feline friends!

Thanks Graham! As a life long dog lover and most recently now a willing ginger-kitty servant here in my sixties, Chesney’s antics have given me a sense of how lucky I am to care for a kitty who shows me love rather than disdain! But seriously, Annie and her kitties have long been a bright spot and I look forward to enjoying whatever you choose to share- Happy Retirement!

Graham, have a great retirement, or semi-retirement :-D! Thank you for all the years, and I will be here, re-runs or new! I never tire of this comic and I love my little Oliver (and all of them!) :-) Take care, Graham!

I have tears in my eyes! I’m not sure why…. I will enjoy the reruns and I know you will be checking in. It just makes me a little sad. <3

This is such a great strip. Wonderful characters and wonderful adventures have given us so much joy. Thank you Graham you’re the highlight of our day. Bless you!!!

Thank you for your work. Looking forward to the future.

Did anyone get beyond Grahams scary note? Annies sparky wells are a nice touch!

You, Lynn and Lennie. I look forward to the reruns, since I haven’t been following since the beginning. I’m glad that Larry’s Motley is still being run (missing Kit ‘n’ Carlyle). Wonder if there are any new cartoonists who feature cats?

Going to miss you but looking forward to the new ones.

Graham, I have thoroughly enjoy Ten Cats. I look forward to reading the reruns plus new content.

I discovered this strip just a few years ago and it quickly became my favorite strip. I’ll look forward to any reruns and also new ones. I’ve also enjoyed the people who also read this strip (also Breaking Cat News). It’s one of the few places on the internet where people are concerned about others. Will continue to check in every day

Thanks for letting us fans know. I came late to Ten Cats so I will enjoy the reruns like new ! Purrs !

But The Kitties!!!!!!!!

Great pictures today. :)

Congratulations on ten years, Graham. Always look forward to reading Ten Cats, whether it’s new or old. On another note, saw five juncos and three golden crowned kinglets while out walking today.

I just found this strip a few months ago! I do hope that you will return often. At least I have 10 years of strips I haven’t seen yet.

Graham, please don’t leave us!! I save Ten Cats as my last comic of the day – it always makes me laugh – or tear up over Oliver. Reconsider??

Bring on the reruns! I started late!