Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for December 07, 2020

Aww poor Pucky. He meant well. He was only trying to help.

And Puck becomes a surprise contender on the list of people who solve small problems by turning them into big problems and then blowing them up.

But . . . but . . . that is absolutely not what I was trying to do!

Oh The Horror!! The best little boy going and this mistake happens!

OOPSIE!

Oh poor Pucky!

Not sure what would be worse – a drink that needs Ice (like cranberry juice and stains) or something Hot (like coffee that stains and tastes nasty to clean off the fur)!!!

Accident or on purrpose?

Too close to one edge, to way too close to the other. Looks like it might have gotten hung up on something on the counter that gave it just the slightest jolt and….

Poor Pucky

A glass too close to the edge is doomed. No matter what you do, it will find a way to fling itself, screaming, into the abyss.

Puck, leave renovations to the experts. So you’re not held to blame.

“BLOOD ORANGE! BLOOD ORANGE EVERYWHERE!”

The ABCs of the Orbiverse: 1. Always Blame Cat. 2. Because you can. 3. Cats are magic. ( okay someone, write the rest!)

Not to worry, Puckster; Santa is magic, which means he doesn’t just see what you’re doing, he sees your intent, too.♥

Oh, let he has not “fixed that” cast the first stone. You’re still on the good list, Puck.

Oh it’s not your fault. The blame is all on the hyooman who left the glass by the edge.

crazy kitty do that all time !

I can’t believe I’m saying this about a cartoon strip, but this really makes me anxious for poor little Puck. He’s just trying to help! The only solace I have is that I know there will be a happy end eventually. But for the moment, I just want to hug and soothe him (maybe because we have a veeery similar good-natured but clumsy black male cat)

Hey, that’s just like me! Inanimate objects don’t like me, either!

That last panel is such a stylistic change. What a disaster!

OT. Yen

Poor little well intentioned Pucky….we’ve all been there Puck one way or another. I have been known to try to help assembling something by holding on to the screws and then dropping them so they can roll away and disappear. Sigh.

SPLISH SPLASH Puck will be taking a bath. And sending his shirt to the Magic Cat Clothes Cleaner.

So the dreaded Murphy’s Law has stricken young Puck, looks like the poor kitty turned a glass of juice into total chaos!

Don’t worry Puck, everyone knows you wouldn’t do that on purpose!

But it reminds me of our big ginger-and-white cat – I put my empty glass insulated cup down a bit clumsily, and it fell on its side, rolling slightly – he reached out to just tap it – it flips off the side of the table and lands perfectly on its top, causing it to literally explode, spraying glass bits everywhere. I couldn’t be mad at him – first, because he never knocked things over deliberately – and secondly, I was tickled by his expression of intense interest as the cup disintegrated – if he wore a lab coat, glasses and held a clip-board, it wouldn’t have looked out of character – if he could speak, he would probably have said something like “Fascinating…”

(Miss you, Toffee…)

was the cup trying tokill itself by spilling all of its life juces?

It’s okay, Pucky; we round-headed creatures do stuff like that all the time, too. Liquid can be mopped up much more easily than broken glass. Your heart was in the right place.

Of course it was deliberate, Puck is trying to make Luoin look better by being bad.

This gives pucky “paws” to explain, “I only meant to keept the glass from spilling”

And the woman says, “well, it can’t spill NOW! Since you pre-spilled it!”

And Puck looks up, soulful eyes, small frown on his face, showing his disappointment.

OFF to the treat drawer, for little Puck! The woman knows he didn’t mean it! So I am sure Santa Knows, too!

love the watercolor splash effects :) this comic’s art is so cute

Tonight you screwed up, completely

You gave your help so sweetly

Tonight a look of horror’s in your eyes

Please don’t feel bad tomorrow

Is this a lasting nightmare

Or just a moment’s despair

We do believe the tragic in your sighs

Please – no more anguish tomorrow

Tonight with words unspoken

We all fail, you aren’t the only one

And with the glass unbroken

It’s not the worst we’ve ever done

I’d like you to know that you are

The brightest, kindest star by far

So tell me now and I won’t ask again

Will you forget this tomorrow

We’ll all try again tomorrow

We’ll still love you tomorrow

Santa still loves you tomorrow

(Carole King / Gerry Goffin – Will You Love Me Tomorrow)

Just goes to show that sometimes the best way to help is to leave well enough alone.

I wouldn’t worry in any case. I’m pretty sure ol’ Mr. Claus keeps in mind accidents caused by what was otherwise good intentions such as this when he’s checking that list twice.

Pucky, “Looks like it’s self-care o’clock!”

https://www.zazzle.com/pd/spp/pt-zazzle_holidaypostcard?tdid=9ce534e6-a50d-4fc9-9c9c-b115cf59511b

“SPLASH EVERYWHERE” reminded me of this observation by the great Ogden Nash:

“Either old magic or new math

Into our house has beat a path.

How else could Einstein or Diogenes

Explain this exploit of our progeny’s?

While at the table with his ilk

A child upsets a glass of milk.

The glass held half a pint when filled

And half a gallon when it spilled."

8-)

Oh, that look on Puck’s face!

Time to alert the Coal Elf Brigade. They will initiate a review of the circumstances.

LOL

Poor Puck! Will he spend the rest of this time until Christmas worried that he is now on the Naughty List? He needs a hug and a scratch under the chin.

“Annnnd, NEGATIVE 1 POINT for Puck! …”

Better luck, next time, Pucky!! :)

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Beatrixia: I’m going to the Great Pyramid to organize the latest archives. Be back in a few hours.

Puckmosis: OK. Have a safe trip. Is Kara taking you?

Beatrixia: Yes. It’s Hump Day even on a Monday.

Later, at the Great Pyramid

Beatrixia: That’s odd, my pile of archives are gone! What could’ve happened to them? Maybe I put them in the other room. Wait, what?

On the way back to the Palace

Beatrixia: And there they were, all filed and organized just the way I would have done it. Only I didn’t do it.

Kara: And you’re sure no one else could have organized them?

Beatrixia: Yes. Elvis-Anum, Puckmosis, and Lupinium knew my system, but who had time to go to the Great Pyramid?

Meanwhile, back at the Palace

Puckmosis: Elvis-Anum left out a bottle of ink on the edge of his desk. I’ll just move it to a safe place. Oh, no! What do I do now?

I had a kitten who tried to retrieve ice cubes out of a glass. It was very cute until the first time she knocked over the glass.

Puck’s horrified face is great artwise, but I feel bad for him to be sure.

We had one who liked to pitch the mail. She was precise and delicate. One envelope at a time. She loved to watch them sail to the floor.

Strange how gentle the little paw push, regardless of the cat’s intentions.

It depends on whether the list is based on intent or on results

We do not leave any container, full or not, around where a cat can push it over and edge. No fun for the cats, but no broken glass or ceramic for the humans.

Today is:

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: What we should most remember about this day are the errors in judgement that made the attack so devastating. These are well documented in At Dawn We Slept by Gordon W. Prange, the best and most balanced account. Pay no attention to historical revisionists and their various agendas. We owe that to all those who served in WWII.

Letter Writing Day: There was a discussion of cursive writing in the comments recently. When I learned penmanship, I and others my age thought the name was a euphemism for !$&%$‡fl‚$#@&!-ive. Perhaps that is why it is mostly moribund. It would be nice if high school graduates could write legibly, instead of something that causes a sympathetic reaction: “Gee, I’m sorry your pet worm died, and in such agony!”

Walt Disney Day: I have mixed feelings about Mr. Disney—Mickey Mouse is a mild derogatory in my vocabulary, and I’m not all that fond of Donald Duck, either. But I have a lot of happy memories from childhood for which he was responsible. While he is now somewhat controversial, only people who do things get criticized, and he did bring animation into the mainstream.

National Cotton Candy Day: Finally, a lighthearted topic that is also a sticky issue … This stuff is the best way I know to get a kid attached to anything: dirt, leaves, grass, bugs, and miscellaneous detritus. On a hot, sticky day at some amusement, it is a near perfect way to keep a kid from straying—just place him or her against an immovable object and they stick fast. Purveyors of this … stuff … should be required to issue a box of wet wipes with every sale.

OH NO!! Well it’s the thought that counts right Puck? Of course Santa will realize it was an accident.

Oh no!

And the horror is that Puck succeeded in pushing the glass away from the edge. And it did not fall over the edge. The glass tipped over, but did fall off of the table. Splash everywhere. The horror.

Off Topic Post

Oh Puck. You poor dear, sweet, tripod kitty. Trying to be so helpful and ending up being more naughty. Hopefully Santa can also see into your head and heart and see you were trying to help rather than be naughty.

At least he didn’t knock it onto the floor.

A question just occurred to me as I’m looking at this comic. Does Puck hold the mic with his back foot?

Oh, poor Pucky! He’s trying so hard to be the good boy we know him to be. Also: BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

Channeling your best Howard Cosell voice…

“Down goes Frazah!!”

“Down goes Frazah!!!”

The greatest boxing call ever!

So, Lupin gets blamed and Puck goes through extreme angst, does he tell or doesn’t he? Santa knows…

PANIC, PANIC, PANIC!!!

Also I love the face that puck makes when the glass falls over, that is the perfect capture of, “WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!” and “OH NO WHAT WILL I DOOOOO!!!”

It almost looks like splatter paint in that final panel, does anyone else think the same?

Just remembered, today is Dec 7th, so 79 years ago was pearl harbor, I hope that anyone who has lost or known someone who has suffered from events that occurred afterwards has people to be comforted by and I hope that we will remember the tragedy of the following war.

CLEANUP ON AISLE PUCKY!!!

Poor Puck, he will feel so bad about this and cause a lot of worry for him. Hugs to you Puck!

No good deed goes unpunished

No worries, Puck, you meant well.

Dear Santa, let me explain….

Hopefully Santa will take into account Puck’s good intentions.

The ultimate backfire

I have now read all of Breaking Cat News!