Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for June 17, 2020

I used to send myself surprises, but then package tracking became endemic. Now I obsessively stalk packages and hit “refresh” unrealistically often.

Woman, how can you forget about a heggie veggie scrubbrush??

I am sure she had a good reason to order the heggie veggie scrubbrush, if only she could remember it.

A hedgehog-shaped vegetable scrub brush? I suppose that falls into the “It seemed so cute at the time, and had free shipping!” category…

(At least that would be the likely reason one would show up in my kitchen; it would then end up in the workshop because it happened to be shaped just right for that parts cleaning job…)

I just found out that Bob the Street Cat (James Bowen’s other furry half) passed over the Rainbow Bridge…. my heart is broken.

Loving Elvis’s critical eye on that brush!

This is what I want to see from BCN. Factual, informative, reporting, that brings us up to date with the events of the real world and educates us on its workings.

Not that soppy soap fantasy.

I wonder if Elvis is thinking that this whatever-it-is might just make a perfect pouncing practice target.

Elvis, that is not your new t… oh, wait. Cat. Of course it is. (Is a box fragile if Puck can jump on it?)

I like hedgehogs. My cats favorite toy is a two inch hedgehog that you can put catnip in its belly. They have three.

I wonder what “Georgia Dunn” sent the family in that box Puck just leapt from. He’s the best climber, you know.

That “Hedgie Veggie Scrub Brush” looks like something you could order from a late night commercial like the “Shamwow” that that dude Vince was pitching about a decade ago or the “Snuggie” that looks like a rip-off of Obi Wan’s robe nbut still look s comfortable none the less…………

I want a Heggie Veggie Scrubbrush

Off-Topic Request for prayers and other forms of energy/good wishes.

I need a Heggie Veggie Scrubbrush! Father’s day is coming up…Just saying…

The last thing I need right now is another gadget.

I found this hedgehog brush, but I will pass. Just sending for those who might need 3000 brushes (minimum order)

https://hansenhsk.en.made-in-china.com/product/wBiEzpYOsnTt/China-Hedgehog-Vegetable-and-Fruit-Cleaning-Brush-Scrubber-Hsk-G003.html

I need a really big, prepaid box to send back all the other boxes.

My better half is sorting through the vast assortment of tools in the garage right now and finding things neither of us can remember buying.

“This socket set – yours or mine? I don’t remember buying it.”

The entire economy relies on forgotten ordering. Its not like we need all of us for a subsistence economy.

So, I wonder if the heggie brush came from TAG? They do adorable animal themed kitchen wares. Looks exactly like something they would offer, (and I would surprise myself with.) On another note, my recent BCN Zazzle order split the mugs from the Pucky notebook and RCO magnet, and I forgot about the second package since it came in the mail! Best surprises are BCN surprises!!

A friend Ambien orders weird stuff then sends it to friends. I got a rubber chicken from him. It was wearing a yellow and black striped bathing suit and when pressed said “Cheap! Cheap! Beer! Beer!” It scared the cats.

Books are always the best surprises. can’t wait for my Elvis books!

…and now I want a Hedgie Veggie Scrub Brush

Quarantine anxiety shopping means that I have surprised myself with things I forgot I ordered a couple of times in the last two months…

“Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in boxes from stores that went out of business twenty years ago.”

(Erma Bombeck)

Sweet memories of Christmases long ago.

OMC, now I have to have a Hedge Veggie Scrub Brush!! (loses self in 4 hours of eBay, Amazon, & Etsy searches…)

Boxed into a corner.

Today is Tesselation Day—so I hope you are in Escherian shape.

Come on and

Tesselate!

Tesselate!

An’ do it to the music!

Actually, that’s what computer graphics types, especially those working in 3D, do all day. Quilters and knitters frequently do it. Geologists and crystalographers do it constantly. Tesselation is based on the mathematics of symmetry. There are only seventeen planar symmetry groups, but two-hundred-thirty space symmetry groups. From this point on, it becomes almost mind-numbingly complex, especially when one gets into non-Euclidean geometry.

Tesselations are surprisingly common in nature, especially in biology. The retinas in your eyes are an example. So in effect, we all tesselate. Music optional, unless you are “on the tiles.”

Brushart Bristle Brush Hedgehog Stick, $9.99https://www.songbirdgarden.com/store/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=21243

I’ve given up hope that this one will make it into the newspaper format because the children are getting a bit old for a stroller, but it remains my favorite BCN box adventure:

http://www.breakingcatnews.com/comic/theres-a-great-big-box-in-the-living-room/

Other box related blasts from the past:

http://www.breakingcatnews.com/comic/the-people-are-building-box-forts/

http://www.breakingcatnews.com/comic/theres-a-box-with-a-towel-inside-it-on-the-kitchen-table/

That is such a cute scrub brush!

Puck toe beans!

I’m sure her Woman is delighted to have Beatrix’s help in sending out those boxes. Her Woman just needs to make sure that Beatrix isn’t accidentally in one of those boxes when it gets sealed up.

I have got to get one of those!

When was the last time anyone heard about Paul?

This post reminded of a week ago or so…/Users/davidthompson/Desktop/Thank you, Jesus, the spiders dead.jpg

From Abba: Super Trooper

I was sick and tired of boring veggies

When I saw it last night on TV

All I do is scrub them ‘till they’re clean

Wishing every carrot was the last one

So imagine I was glad to place my order

Suddenly I feel all right

(And suddenly it’s gonna be)

And it’s gonna be so different

When I make my salad tonight!

…….

Tonight Hedgie Veggie brush is gonna find me

Scrubbing like the sun

Smiling, having fun

Getting my fresh soup all done

Tonight the Hedgie Veggie Brush will now remind me

Fresh and healthy food

Like I always do

But sometimes I need some junk food!

OT Japanese cow clock – I looked on Ebay and found people selling this clock at anywhere between $249 and $998. I imagine whoever ended up with my sister’s clock made a pretty penny off of it.

OT: Spud

I just happened to by on Zazzle and I saw that through today you can get 30% off The Yellow Fuzzy Blanket if you were thinking of purchasing it. It seems like someone here purchased one but I don’t remember if they gave a review of it.

For people trying to get rid of Stuff, and who have boxes around:

https://www.givebackbox.com/login

You may have to poke around to figure out how to create an account (I did it so long ago I’ve forgotten).

What it is, you can generate and print out a pre-paid label for UPS or FedEx (they seem to randomly choose one or the other) for one of the resale entities (mine usually end up to Goodwill – in Maryland [I’m in Illinois], go figure). You pick a box, fill it up with Stuff, tape on the label and take it to a drop-off point. You can also enter a list of what you donated at the site, with an estimated value, and print that out for tax deduction.

Just be sure to scribble over any other labels, barcodes, or routing stickers. So, rather than throwing out those clothes that (for mysterious reasons) no longer fit in the waist, or the catfood bowls that you’ve replaced with shallow plates, or “oh, my gawd, not another Red Rose figurine”, or miscellaneous Cr*p that you’ve finally admitted you’re not going to find a use for, put it in a box and Set It Free!