Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for May 24, 2021

I had no idea that Lupin could do Groucho’s voice so well!

My son loves vacuum cleaners. From the room a to the Dyson he is all in!

I know exactly how she feels! And it’s all me and my partner’s hair. ;p

Careful, Lupin, or she’ll take you to the woodshed!

I feel this. Between a preschooler and a dog and a cat and a husband AND a front yard full of pine trees, I just gave up. Got a roomba. Her name is Rosie and she’s by far the most treasured member of the family.

Neither Puck nor Lupin are hiding under the bed, so the truce with Mama Vac must be holding. I hope Baby Vac is doing well.

And now she’ll have duck feathers to clean up too.

Aw, I feel really bad for the Woman. Tough seeing her so stressed. It’s gonna be OK, Woman. Take a break. Cat hair is not the end of the world.

I think that when you are stressed, Groucho or someone similar is exactly what you need.

Pucky is so sweet, always ready with a caring paw.

Don’t be Groucho when they’re getting Grouchy.

Do I see a roomba in someone’s near future?

Lupin, I mustache that you take this seriously.

I’m so glad I live in an age with bag-less vacuums. Every piece of the canister—the dirt cup and the filter—on my vacuum can be removed, taken apart, and washed. I remember the bad ol’ days of having to try to find and buy the right bag for your vacuum (and eventually discovering that they’ve been discontinued in stores and I’d have to order them from the U.S.!), and it’s better living here, in the future.♥

And people wonder why we have maid service.

I’ve probably done this gag here before, but it’s been a while, so….

I named my cat Nature. She abhors the vacuum.

From Puck’s reaction, it would appear that Lupin has done his Grouch imitation before.

It’s surprising how much dirt, dust and hair one pet can generate, let alone three pets, two kids and two adults! Thank heaven for Swiffer sweepers for my hardwood floors. That’s an every day thing so I only have to vacuum three times a week *insert eye roll

LUPIN: “I love the art in this strip. Art is art, isn’t it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like apple sauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does.”

WOMAN: * cries *

A week of Lupin-Groucho is just what we need!

Here comes the Roomba !! :-)

Oh the cathairstrophe!

And this reminds me. I gots to cleans me bear cave. Wait, what’s this. I never knews I gots me a new fur bed.

Cat lovers know that cat hair is both a condiment and a fashion statement.

Swordfish.

http://10billioncanons.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/1099626125.jpg

You bet your life!

You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, hon.

I know how she feels. We have one room with carpet. Black carpet. That’s the room Albert A. Cat has claimed for himself. The white cat. Every morning when Albert’s Man takes him downstairs for breakfast, I get out the vacuum cleaner.

Yum Yum was rubbing up against my face and got hair up my nose, which is now very itchy.

My cats don’t mind my roomba…the only way I can keep up with the cat hair tumble weeds I get during shedding season (like now) Just wish one would try and ride it once…

Sphynxes?

Note how Puck identifies with the Woman and says “when we’re stressed.”

To lead a better life, she needs less cleanin’ strife

Hair, markin’ each day of her year

Changin’ her life with the piles of cat shed

Nobody can deny that there’s lots of it there

There, running Ma Vac through cat hair

Constantly thinking how bad it can be

She started freakin’

But she doesn’t know Groucho’s there

I want him everywhere

And if he’s beside me

I know I need never care

But to love him is to have fur everywhere

Knowin’ that love includes hair

Groucho makes sure that the fur always flies

And though I like his disguise

Also like when he’s bare-ly there

He will be there, and everywhere

Hair, there and everywhere

(John Lennon / Paul McCartney – here there and everywhere)

Hey kid, wanna shred some plants….?

A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.

- Groucho Marx

Oh my! Look what I just found at my bulk buy store! LOL

https://2brothersfoods.com/cereals-n-grains/lupin-flakes

Three of our cats fight to ride the Roomba.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Queen Catshepsut the Golden: So, you want to explore the oasis near Afar to see if there is a pyramid there.

Beatrixia: Yes, Your Majesty. I understand Kara and Vann’s friends, Humphrey and Lauren are available for the trip.

The Queen: Fine. And be sure to take some gems and gold to Queen Mags for her trash treasury.

Elvis-Anum: We certainly will, Your Majesty. Do we have enough Nommy Nom Spider Treats to take along?

The Queen: Feel free to take as many as you want. Arachna says the locusts have another plague scheduled for this week.

Puckmosis: Do we have any idea where we are going to look?

Violet-Ifa: I plan to consult the archives in the Afar Public Library and Koffee Shop.

Adobe-Style: I can help you there.

Perhaps the man will learn to run the vacuum.

You don’t vacuum everyday do you? I only vacuum twice a week must be lot of stress. I can relate to that tho, I mean It’s hard work to you know. I have clean up after my Cat, Dog and bird mostly done by my sister and brother, but I know how she feels! My vacuum broke once but we got it fixed! If you have a small house then you don’t have to do that much cleaning :) but say me for an example, I have a single house which makes it harder to clean, but when we first bought we never realized that LoL xD ummm have a good Monday :)

It’s my mom’s birthday today!

Overwhelmed by vacuuming? Why an eight-year-old child could figure out a solution.

Somebody go find me an eight-year-old child, I can’t figure this out at all.

Lupin doesn’t do Groucho well.

LUUUUUUUUUUUUPINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN YOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUU JJJJJJJJEEEEEEEEEEEEERKEY JECKEY FACE

“How much fur do you think we can shed?”

The human species hasn’t invented a number that big, yet.

The Woman has a “Calgon! Take me away!” moment, and Lupin does an old time comedy riff! …

It’s like Sunday’s installment with the plant! … The last panel reminded me of Toonces. The Cat Who Could Drive A Car! …

Ms. Dunn has pulled out all the stops for comedy this time!! … :) !

Get ready to *Rooooooommmbaaaaaa!"

Can one rumba with a Roomba? Probably not wise …

Trixie Update:

Lisa has gone to bed early because she has an MD appointment at 7:00 am. (Good grief, what is wrong with the “morning people”?) I am up late preparing eBay listings for fun and profit.

I finally call it a night and head upstairs. In the dim light I see Shadow stretched out in the very center of my side of the bed. Typical slug like behavior. And there is Trixie on the headboard, giving me a “look”. I guess I woke the little princess.

I go into the bathroom for my old person before bed last call. When I return minutes later, what do I find?

Trixie is on the bed just below my pillow, stretched out for the rest of her nap. How do we play this. “Awwww, that’s so cute”. Or, “Get out of my spot you greedy slug”. I compromise.

Part of the late night routine is my bottle of Mexican coke while reading. Yes, yes, I know. GASP. Caffeine before bed. GASP. Put a sock in it. I’m old and cranky and I want my Coke.

So I sit down on the bed right next to Trixie, cross legged, and sort of push a little. She’s not moving. Okay, I’ve got time, pussycat. I sit, reading my Kindle, sipping my coke.

After a few minutes I hear…..tiny little snores. She’s sleeping. The horrible feral vicious monster cat is friggin’ sleeping, crushed up against me. “Awwww, that’s so cute”. Dang it. What do I do now?

Shadow has decided to shift to another spot, so part of the problem is solved. I slide under the covers and settle in. Trixie stretches a bit and settles back in. Right next to me, snuggled in between my ribs and my arm. And soon there are little kitty snores again.

Life is good in the castle. Even for the horrible feral vicious monster cat.

I addressed almost this exact issue in my last blog. I feel like our one area of carpeting has grown into a clowder of cats! https://wordpress.com/post/debiszoo.com/1382

I see a robot vacuum in her future.

Maybe a Grouch mustache that did not shed so much would be a good idea. :)

I use a vacuum cleaner with a HEPA filter. There’s no point vacuuming the same dust over and over.

Ghost Cat Update: Foxy always paws at my covers to wake me to scritch her which she requires before she can eat. This morning she did that a couple of times. A bit later I woke up and felt it again. Good morning, Foxy. Reached out to scritch her and there was nothing there. Looked up and she was snoozing on her poof palace bookcase. Well, good morning, Meimei, you little pirate.

OT:

Breaking Human News! The Public Libraries are reopened in New Jersey, closed since April 2020. Yeah !!!

I have to empty the canister after every room. Did you know vacuums do not vacuum up mulberry stains?

There is always time for Grocho, Puck!

Anyone familiar with cats knows they can cause hairy situations. And let me just state that Lupin’s Groucho impersonation is pawsome.

We feel your pain, Woman.

Pucky is in full protective mode. The eyebrows tell us all we need to know.

Lupin tries but it doesn’t always work. I see it like this: Lupin would probably like Groucho when he is stressed so he is helping how he would like to be helped.

So, you’re saying you’re a Marxist…:lol:

Oh My, all of the above!!! I feel the same, woman X

I watch Carol Burnett outtakes

I vacuumed this morning…and now it has to be done again

Two years ago I had a co-worker that really wanted a Slytherin scarf like the one I had knitted for the teacher we worked with. Unfortunately she is extremely allergic to cat hair so I ended up knitting one for her in my car. I then used up maybe half a lint roller on it to make sure it didn’t have any wandering cat hairs. She loves it. So do her daughters. Occasionally, they even let her wear it.

Georgia, I can’t tell you how much I feel your pain!

Eddie Izzard when I’m stressed!

Hey Orbsters. I try to keep the personal on the QT since you don’t need the added bummer, but I could use some orb energy. I just returned home from a week at Olympia’s Providence St. Peter’s hospital, home of the MOST amazing nursing staff on the face of the Earth. This amazing staff helping me through having open-heart surgery, a triple by-pass. The road for recovery is long and full of potholes, and I could really use a nudge away from a few of those holes.On the plus side, the staff at the hospital is TRULY TRULY amazing. From Doctor Who humor in surgery prep, to unobtrusive aide in areas too embarrassing to ask for help in, professionalism, amazing senses of humor, incredible skill, and bravery, the men and women who staff this hospital are incredible. I didn’t meet one person there who didn’t seem genuinely to care about me, about others. Everyone was quick and on-task. It gave me an appreciation of these people that is just boundless. Many were the much-slandered Millennials diving in to aid in some of the most difficult areas. (I tell you, when a 20-something attractive girl can help you pee for the first time after surgery without it being embarrassing, awkward or in any way “sexualized” it is beyond words)The tape from the dressings attacked my skin, so there are basically chemical burns around the incisions. I bled more than normal, so more fluid was added than usual, meaning I am more swollen that normal. I apparently freaked out coming out of anesthesia, so I came out of sedation fully manacled to the bed, with a throat tube in. I couldn’t see, talk, whistle, tap my hands, anything, to indicate that a misplaced feeding tube was basically drowning me. Fortunately, that got fixed fairly quickly. But feeling like you are drowning with no way to call for help is a new form of terror I hope to NEVER experience again. (FYI this is basically what “waterboarding” is, so don’t EVER make light of that torture technique) (MORE)