“Is it bigger than a breadbox?” There are 8 questions in the strip, so only 12 to go. (Although I might expect someone today to ask “What’s a breadbox?”)
And “where it should be” means "where I can find the @#$%& thing, not “hidden away at the back of a cupboard so that I have to bend down and move five other *&<§£¶ ^!!! things before I can even see it”.
OMC! So now being better after 1.5 years of hip issues and trying to get things back in order this really speaks to me. I can’t tell you how many times lately I can’t find things and then remember to look where it is supposed to be….and yes, that’s where it is. A good problem to have, granted, but it always feels silly!
Please note it is all the MEN of the house who can’t find anything that is in its rightful place. They leave items anywhere they please and expect them to stay out of place. But then they expect women to find them instantly later when the items are “lost.”
Spring cleaning more often meant that my toolbox was much lighter and that what I needed was spread over the entire house in various drawers and under various pieces of furniture. But the kitchen counter and dining table were still covered in 6" of crap – none of it mine.
I have no idea how many vegetable peelers I have bought over the years. I can never find one. Ever. I ended up buying another one day before yesterday. The same with clipboards. They always seem to vanish and I have thrown away maybe one that was broken.
Romeo update: Thank you all SO MUCH for your comments and suggestions. He’s finally eating the medicated canned food. I mixed it with his regular food and then bribe him with treats to finish the last of it. He’s drinking ok, but I wish he’d drink more. We’re working on that. His urine is still small clumps so I’m going to take him in this week for the washing out procedure the vet recommended.
I did some research and it turns out that the vitamin C therapy someone recommended in my last comment is actually very effective. There are studies and everything. So I ordered some (hard to find the right kind in a pandemic!). Thank you forever to the person who clued me in to that!
I have hopes that we can get a handle on this and that Romeo will be ok. Thank you to everyone! This is the best community ever!
I was the family indexer of where things were for many years. Now, I live alone and can’t find a dang thing. My new rule of thumb is, after I find what I’m looking for, I put it in the first place I looked because that seemed the logical spot for it to be. The method works surprisingly well.
I can’ decide if the best part of this episode is the sight of Elvis putting his cat bed back in the middle of the hallway, or Lupin helping to make the bed.
One of the kids has been storing his laptop on the kitchen table lately. Another of the kids took the laptop off the table (because the cats kept napping on it) and put it in a cabinet, then made a note on the white board on the fridge: Your laptop is in a cabinet above the futon!
Le'letha Premium Member about 4 years ago
Everything right where it should be – especially Lupin under the bedsheets!
dmah Premium Member about 4 years ago
Keeping bread in the Dreadbox is silly …
fullmoondeb Premium Member about 4 years ago
SUNDAY FUNDAY TIME!
Megan.naughton Premium Member about 4 years ago
I mean really, how is anyone supposed to find anything? What were you thinking?? Hahaha
Strob Premium Member about 4 years ago
“Is it bigger than a breadbox?” There are 8 questions in the strip, so only 12 to go. (Although I might expect someone today to ask “What’s a breadbox?”)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Questions
saobadao about 4 years ago
Their are three misteakes in this sentence. What are they?
DennisinSeattle Premium Member about 4 years ago
The Woman felt pretty smug through the first six panels, then began to weaken. Elvis is doing his part to restore the natural entropy level.
Aspen_Bell about 4 years ago
So that’s what happened to Pengo! Bet you a nickel.
WelshRat Premium Member about 4 years ago
And Lupin’s in the special catbox.
Sue Ellen about 4 years ago
Woman, how dare you put things where they logically belong! How do you expect anybody to find anything?
Robin Harwood about 4 years ago
I see The Woman is cleaning under Lupin’s coffee mug.
Robin Harwood about 4 years ago
And “where it should be” means "where I can find the @#$%& thing, not “hidden away at the back of a cupboard so that I have to bend down and move five other *&<§£¶ ^!!! things before I can even see it”.
Jungle Empress about 4 years ago
Everything was so organized, Woman! Why do you insist on moving things?!
OliveO'Sudden about 4 years ago
Elvis looks righteously indignant in the final panel.♥
shirins Premium Member about 4 years ago
OMC! So now being better after 1.5 years of hip issues and trying to get things back in order this really speaks to me. I can’t tell you how many times lately I can’t find things and then remember to look where it is supposed to be….and yes, that’s where it is. A good problem to have, granted, but it always feels silly!
shirins Premium Member about 4 years ago
OT: Nushi and Shirin
Kitty Katz about 4 years ago
Pete Seeger asks: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Where has Elvis’ cat bed gone?
Long time napping
Where has Elvis’s cat bed gone?
Long time ago.
Where has Elvis’s cat bed gone?
Woman moved it, Spring Cleaning’s done?
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
…….
Where have the Man’s boots now gone?
Long time hiking
Where have the Man’s boots now gone?
Long time ago,
Where have the Man’s boots now gone?
In the closet, where they belong!
How could he find them there?
How could he find them there?
…….
Where have the Boy’s books now gone?
Long time reading
Where have the Boy’s books now gone?
Long time ago,
Where have the Boy’s books now gone?
On the bookshelf, every one!
How can he reach them there?
How can he reach them there?
…….
Where have the Man’s tools all gone?
Long time working,
Where have the Man’s tools all gone?
Long time ago,
Where have the Man’s tools all gone,
In the toolbox, every one!
How can he make repairs?
How can he make repairs?
…….
Where have the Boy’s blocks all gone?
Long time playing,
Where have the Boy’s blocks all gone?
Long time ago,
Where have the Boy’s blocks all gone?
In the toybox, every one!
How can he find them there?
How can he find them there?
…….
Tell me where Lupin has gone
Long time playing,
Tell me where Lupin has gone
Long time ago,
Tell me where Lupin has gone
I don’t know, but bead spread’s on
How can we find him now?
How can we find him now?
…….
Tell my why Elvis has gone,
In the Woman’s closet,
Tell me why Elvis has gone,
Where her shoes go,
Tell me what Elvis will do
When he finds all of Woman’s shoes?
You really don’t want to know!
You really don’t want to know!
kangtourcat about 4 years ago
It’s great, Elvis is pushing it back where it was. I like sameness too and this week Carmela wants to rearrange rooms.
Biskits about 4 years ago
Please note it is all the MEN of the house who can’t find anything that is in its rightful place. They leave items anywhere they please and expect them to stay out of place. But then they expect women to find them instantly later when the items are “lost.”
catmom1360 about 4 years ago
Elvis pushing his bed back made me laugh out loud.
catmom1360 about 4 years ago
If the Boy says, Where’s me blocks and where’s me toys, in an Irish accent It sounds correct. Try it.
Gent about 4 years ago
Everything missing, eh? Especially a particular penguin? Now we know whodunnit!
andycat Premium Member about 4 years ago
I’ve had two cats who were probably interior decorators in their former lives, and their ghosts are influencing our sixth.
cat19632001 about 4 years ago
Burt’s Public Service Message is short and succinct.
!!ǝlɐ⅁ Premium Member about 4 years ago
Where’s the yeast? In the panic-baking-breadbox?
Major Matt Mason Premium Member about 4 years ago
WHAR’S MAH RUSTY HORSESHOE! Oops, wrong show. ;-)
Michael G. about 4 years ago
A couple of days is all it should take, no?
crazymom34_2000 about 4 years ago
Hahahaha! Oh that’s just so true!!!
asrialfeeple about 4 years ago
Where is Pingu?
cat19632001 about 4 years ago
Something Must Be Done and Elvis is Doing It.
cat19632001 about 4 years ago
The Woman is to the point of speaking in ALL CAPS.
jonesbeltone about 4 years ago
Super Mom!
cat19632001 about 4 years ago
Once Lupin gets trapped under the tucked in bed sheet, is he the kind of cat to
1) flip out and thrash around to get loose.
2) stay put and enjoy his nap.
3) slowly creep across the mattress looking for an escape route.
4) play pawsies through the sheet with the Woman.
Display about 4 years ago
Spring cleaning more often meant that my toolbox was much lighter and that what I needed was spread over the entire house in various drawers and under various pieces of furniture. But the kitchen counter and dining table were still covered in 6" of crap – none of it mine.
scyphi26 about 4 years ago
Just goes to show, one person’s mess is another person’s organized chaos which they really don’t appreciate people trying to “clean up.”
ladykat about 4 years ago
Oh my, spring cleaning!!! I expect bitter complaints from Paul, as I have cleaned and tidied.
Off Topic, Paul continues to do well. I expect to hear today when he will be released.
SunflowerGirl100 about 4 years ago
I love, love, love Elvis indignantly pushing his cat bed back into the hall!!!
tremor3258 about 4 years ago
Can’t tell if Man being glib in last one with that grin, but funny either way
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member about 4 years ago
I’da thought that by now she’d have a half dozen, or so, loaves in the freezer.
mistercatworks about 4 years ago
I used to have an eidetic memory for where I left things. I could actually visualize “far right corner of desk”. Then I got married…
willie_mctell about 4 years ago
Lupin helps with bed making. Organization is in the eye of the beholder.
Font Lady Premium Member about 4 years ago
I have no idea how many vegetable peelers I have bought over the years. I can never find one. Ever. I ended up buying another one day before yesterday. The same with clipboards. They always seem to vanish and I have thrown away maybe one that was broken.
mirabai305 about 4 years ago
Romeo update: Thank you all SO MUCH for your comments and suggestions. He’s finally eating the medicated canned food. I mixed it with his regular food and then bribe him with treats to finish the last of it. He’s drinking ok, but I wish he’d drink more. We’re working on that. His urine is still small clumps so I’m going to take him in this week for the washing out procedure the vet recommended.
I did some research and it turns out that the vitamin C therapy someone recommended in my last comment is actually very effective. There are studies and everything. So I ordered some (hard to find the right kind in a pandemic!). Thank you forever to the person who clued me in to that!
I have hopes that we can get a handle on this and that Romeo will be ok. Thank you to everyone! This is the best community ever!
about 4 years ago
I’m glad Elvis found his cat bed.
scaeva Premium Member about 4 years ago
Okay, yoga practitioners, today is your day! It’s Pretzel Day! So go tie yourself in knots while we watch and kibitz …
Pretzel Day. Only thing I want to know is: Where’s the beer?
scaeva Premium Member about 4 years ago
Love Elvis in this one, and Lupin getting made into the bed. And people put some very strange things in breadboxes.
marilynnbyerly about 4 years ago
I was the family indexer of where things were for many years. Now, I live alone and can’t find a dang thing. My new rule of thumb is, after I find what I’m looking for, I put it in the first place I looked because that seemed the logical spot for it to be. The method works surprisingly well.
dadoctah about 4 years ago
A place for everything, and everything in some other place.
Natarose about 4 years ago
poor Georgia! I understand everyone else’s dilemma as well. When my mom visits, I have to ask her where she put everything.
knight1192a about 4 years ago
I’m trying to decide if the woman looks angry at the man’s question in the last panel or if she’s suddenly realizing she threw out the bread.
maggijoseph Premium Member about 4 years ago
The woman is on a tear and Nothing is safe from being put where it belongs! Except for Elvis’s bed, of course.
daswaff about 4 years ago
One Serious Cat about 4 years ago
Elvis and his Elbows of Indignation!
vlbrown Premium Member about 4 years ago
I can’ decide if the best part of this episode is the sight of Elvis putting his cat bed back in the middle of the hallway, or Lupin helping to make the bed.
Mx Crazy Cat Person about 4 years ago
You go Elbiff, put that bed back where everyone can find it!
ChristineFoxdale about 4 years ago
The 2 phrases that strike terror in this household are : “It’s in a box – somewhere.” and “I put it in a safe place.”
I’m still looking for some of those things in ‘safe places’.
Taracinablue about 4 years ago
My work sells a sign that says “Please don’t clean up my mess. You’ll confuse me and screw up my world.”
Fennec! at the Disco 26 days ago
One of the kids has been storing his laptop on the kitchen table lately. Another of the kids took the laptop off the table (because the cats kept napping on it) and put it in a cabinet, then made a note on the white board on the fridge: Your laptop is in a cabinet above the futon!