Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for July 11, 2021

Hiccupotamus – The Greek god of . . . well, hiccups, I guess.

Burt, as ever, you’re not wrong.

Now, surely Puck would not attempt to steal Elvis’ drama, especially since Puck does not especially care for drama himself. This must simply be a case of contagious hiccups.

I’d love to offer some sympathy, Elvis, but first I need to make a quick trip to the other room so I can…bwa ha ha…Sorry, I just couldn’t hold it in any longer.

Poor woman. She finally thought she could have a few quiet moments to read.

I love Lupin’s little grin in the first panel. You can just see the “Elvis has the hiccups. And, being Elvis, he is treating them as a World Ending Calamity. Over to you, Puck.” And Elvis’s “THEY’RE GONE! PRAISE CAT! hic …Seriously?” I know that feeling, Elvis.

“ I’ve never seen Paris in the spring “ cracks me up

“I’ve never see Paris in the – hic- spring!” OMG I’m dying!

Hmm. Georgia draws so much from real events, wonder who had the hiccups in the family. Hiccups are funny but can be very serious.

Truman, one of our bottle babies, ended up with the hiccups after his bottle this morning. Poor Clara couldn’t figure out what was going on lol. She has enough trouble figuring those loud things out without adding hiccups into the mix. (Truman was both pitiful and adorable.)

Once hiccups start, you are doomed.

There are plenty of folk remedies. They don’t do much for the hiccups, but they entertain the sufferer’s friends.

“No need to be dramatic.”

?

This sentence does not make sense.

Cats hiccup? None of mine ever did.

A Pucchic victory there, Elvis.

It really is the worst when you think they are finally gone and then there’s a late blooming hic !!!

That’s hiccups for you. When you think they are gone they go to someone else (and possibly leave a bit behind on you).

Sunday Funday

I don’t think Paris was a god—oh, wait, not that Paris. Curse you, Hiccupotamus!

(giggle)

DRTBs x 2. Elvis’s Double Rear Toe Beans in consecutive panels!

Sure, the hiccups vanish but now the woman is maybe blind in one eye.

Such a cute Elbiss in the fifth panel.

Now I have hiccups!!

The paw in the eye is a nice touch.

Hic? Has you been drinking, Elvis?

Oh, I forgot to

“AWWWWWWWWWW”

Poor Pucky in that last panel looks so defeated :(

Don’t forgets to celebrates saying Hic Hic Hooray when them hiccups are gone.

Are cat hiccups contagious like yawning is?

I’ve never seen Paris in any season. I was in Toulon once for a few days.

I have yet to leave the hemisphere. I’ve visited several countries, though.

Cole Porter: I Love Paris

Every time I look down sometimes I must frown

Though I try to be dignified.

But I can’t tolerate, having hiccups of late,

They sometimes take me by surprise.

…….

I get hiccups in the springtime

I don’t like hiccups at all,

I have yet to visit Paris when it drizzles,

Oh, wait! Did my hiccups just fizzle?

…….

Puck: Looks like hiccups are contagious!

It’s a bother, that’s for sure!

No mistakin’, maybe a slice of ham or bacon,

Will make the hiccups disappear!

Never seen cat hiccups, but small cat-sized burps are pretty cute.

Elvis held like a baby with rear feet and toe beans in the air…!!! I will be squeeeeeeeing all day!!! Scaeva, you cannot rain on this parade – Adorable held-upside-down toe beans (AHUDTB) are epic!

There is so much, literally, to unpack for this strip. However, I have to say I blew coffee on the screen when I read: “I’ve never seen Paris in the hc spring.”

In an otherwise Bleahh week, this strip has me grinning from ear to ear like an idiot. Thank you so much, Georgia.

I just get three hiccups at a time. Never less. Never more.

“Sweet mystery of life, at last I’ve found you!”

Never seen Paris in the Spring? You need to book a trip on the Starship Voyager. Oh, wait! Nebbermind…..

Don’t tell him that one person got stuck hiccuping their whole liges

Last weekend my partner (freshly home from rehab after breaking his hip 6/12) had hiccups pretty solid for a day and a half. He now has muscle relaxants for that. They are not one hundred percent effective.

My hippo has the hiccups

and his hiccups shake the ground.

The floor is always rumbling

when my hippo is around.

I bought him at the pet store

But I missed a small detail.

I didn’t see the sign said:

“Hiccupotamus for sale.”

Do cats get hiccups? I’ve never known one that did.

We’ll always have Paris.

Oh no! They’re contagious! Get the masks!

Elbiff, for why you smite the woman who loves you in the eye?

Before an especially onerous Physics final exam in college, I had hiccups for three days. I went to the doctor and told him I had psychosomatic hiccups. He gave me valium. I went home, took one. When the pictures on the wall went 3-D, I realized I would not be able to study in Wonderland. So, I just hiccupped for three days. Sure enough, sometime in the middle of the test, the hiccups went away. (I passed.)

I see Elvis’ angst a-rising

I see trouble on the way

I see Elvis is frightened

I see bad times today

It’s such an ugly sight

Well it’s bound to cause him strife

There are hiccups on the rise

Elvis is in no mood for joking

He thinks the end is coming soon

I feel his pain over flowing

I hear his voice of fear and ruin

Well will hiccups stop tonight

Or are they bound to last 9 lives

There’s bad hiccups on the rise, all right

Hope Elvis can keep it together

This has thrown him for a loop

Looks like the Woman’s in for nasty pressure

One eye is taken from a boop

Well don’t go ‘round makin’ light

‘Cause they’re bound to end tonight

Then be poor Pucky’s bad surprise

(John C. Fogerty – Bad Moon Rising)

So funny.. I was watching one of the kitten rescue feeds the other night, and one of the little beans was hiccuping in their sleep! LOL!

The Woman rarely gets irritated, as in the last frame

Slow down, don’t eat so fast

You got to make your mealtime last

No scarfing down the kibble clones

Makin’ digestion go unsmoothly

Ba da-da da-da da-da, hic-ing rudely

by Paul Simon, The 59th Street Bridge Song

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Elvis-Anum: What a time (hic) to get hiccups! I’m supposed to give my report to the Queen (hic) in just a short while!

Beatrixia: Try holding your breath. That sometimes works.

Elvis-Anum: Alright. I’m holding my breath (hic). Not working.

Lupinium Leaps In

Elvis-Anum: Gah! You didn’t have to startle me like that!

Lupinium: Looks like I got rid of your hiccups!

Elvis-Anum: Hey, that’s right!

Puckmosis: Now I’ve (hic) got them!

Enter Thomios

Thomios: Lunchtime! Cats with hiccups get first dibs!

Puckmosis: Oh bother, what a time to get over hiccups!

I didn’t know the hiccups could spread O.o

I had no idea that cats got the hiccups

I’ve never heard a cat hiccup, and I hope I never do, but I can only imagine how cute it sounds.

What’s the record, 56 years? Will have to look that up.

They were going to have to take Elvis to the vet in the hiccup truck, but now it will be Puck unless he can get rid of them by giving them to Lupin.

Obviously Elvis has a bucket list, and Paris is at the top of the list. Georgia, if you’re reading comments today, I’d like to put in a request for a future Sunday small painting of the top bucket list items for all the cats, mice, and dog! Pretty please with sugar on it?

Elvis NOT being dramatic? HOW IS SUCH A THING EVEN POSSIBLE?!?!?!? WHO COULD BARELY EVEN CONCEIVE OF SUCH A THING?!?!?

Poor little Pucky, he caught the hiccups.

Its okay Elvis, I haven’t seen Paris in the spring either, only in the middle of winter.

Hiccups strike when you least expect it.

I get hiccups from fresh bread that has no toppings on it.

The cursed hiccup! Nooooooooo!

Erudite hiccups: hic! haec! hoc!

Aw, poor Puck. I personally hate hiccups—they hurt after a while. I’ve learned, if I realize they’re starting, deep breaths can sometimes head them off at the pass.

I have to be careful when my cats get the hiccups. It usually leads to vomiting.

Cats can get the hiccups?