Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for June 10, 2022

Such a lovely Lupin! And that delighted little “Me? Ooh! It’s me!” face. I love it.

Lupin doesn’t mind that the roofer thinks he’s a girl! He just likes being told he’s pretty !

I talk like that to Foxy every day! I bet she thinks her name is Sugarplum.

He’s a boy. Don’t they know he’s a boy?

Lupin can read human whiskers as well.

Whyever do I get the feeling the roofer’s chatter is taken from real life?

Shame our kitties didn’t get the chance to be fawned over by the roofers when our roof was done. The way the house is set up, the best view of a cat would’ve been into my room, and Sparky spent all the time the roof was going Bang as far from the noise as possible. And that was HER window.

If that roofer wants to impress Lupin, he needs to give him the Slow Blink …

That roofer may be laying it on a bit thick…

Close your eyes

Have no fear

The roofer’s break is done

He’s having fun just to see you here

Beautiful, beautiful, beautifulBeautiful boy

Beautiful, beautiful, beautifulBeautiful boy

Before you go through the roof

Say a little “Hey ya!”

Every day in every way, the leak’s getting better and better

Beautiful, beautiful, beautifulBeautiful boy

Beautiful, beautiful, beautifulBeautiful boy

Out on the rooftop hammerin’ away

I can hardly wait

To see you deserved your wage

But I guess we’ll both just have to be patient

‘Cause it’s a long way to go

A hard row to hoe

Yes, it’s a long way to go

But in the meantime

Before you nail your feet

Take my advice

Leaks is what happens to your roof while time crunches it whith hail and ice

Beautiful, beautiful, beautifulBeautiful boy

(Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) / John Lennon)

Apparently the roofers don’t see Lupin’s masculine attire; however, they do know a gorgeous cat when they see one.

He feels pretty

Oh, so pretty

He feels pretty, and giddy, I’d say

And I pity

Any cat who isn’t him today

He feels charming

Oh, so charming

It’s alarming how charming he feels

And so pretty

That I can hardly believe he’s for realz

Such a pretty face

Such Lupin finesse

Such a pretty smile

Such a pretty kitty!

- Stephen Sondheim / Leonard Bernstein – I Feel Pretty

Come to think of it, I know some people who address all cats as girls and all dogs as boys. Apparently the people who do so failed biology in school lol

Yesterday, with his lower face covered. I thought this roofer to be female. I was giving props to Georgia. But I guess she has to tell it as it happened.

But…Lupin’s a boy. Don’t they know he’s a boy?

(Sorry, Puck!)

Lupin Love is everywhere! <3

I thought Puck was the mommy cat. ;-)

♪"Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady

Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady

Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady

Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady"♫

If I’m not told, I can’t tell a boy from a girl cat unless I look at their exclamation mark ;) So far, I don’t think the roofer’s done that. Lupin can’t hear them though and doesn’t care as long as they’re paying attention to him so it’s all good.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Thomios: Do we have everything ready for the Bell Ringer Stakes tomorrow?

Sue Chef: Just about. Agnes-Ata said the Royal Procurers are going, uh, “Shopping” for the cheese and honey snacks.

Thomios: Then I think we’ll be ready.

At the Royal Paddock

Lupinium: That was a good run, Avenger. I think we’re all ready for tomorrow’s race.

Avenger: I know you want to win the bell to replace the one Elvis-Anum took from you.

Lupinium: Who are those cats on the clubhouse roof?

Avenger: Oh, those are Burt-Ra’s crew finishing up some roof repairs. But they’ll be done in time for the race.

At the water front

Violet-Ifa: We’re shopping for fish for tomorrow’s events. Do you have any?

Freshwater Cat: Sure do. We have an extra creel full of Nile Tilapia. Just remember to return the basket when you’re done stealing it.

Back at the Royal Kitchen

Thomios: Looks like we can get started.

New cat enters

New Cat: Need an extra set of paws?

Thomios: Uncle Floof!

I know we are all talking about the incorrect gendering, but I think those are just wonderful compliments to get no matter what. You are right, Lupin, about time someone noticed your great beauty. I do predict Goldie envy, though.

OT: Update on Husband

Not unlike Kyra Sedgwick’s character – Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on The Closer.

She always referred to her first cat (Kitty), who was female and gave birth to kittens, as “He/Him”.

Then, after Kitty crossed over the RB, and her husband adopted a male kitten (Joel), she usually would call Joel “Her”.

Well, remember when the Children labeled Dad Cat and Mom Cat.

Aw… angel-face…

and not getting upset at being called “lady” like Puck did….

ABBA: Angel Eyes

Lunch time, I was sitting on the scaffold with a sandwich

And I saw a cute white kitty looking out the widow

And the look the kitty gave made me smile

Cause she was such pretty little cat,

Ah, ha, ha

And I thought maybe I should show her to my friends

Ah, ha, ha

And the cuteness never ends!

…….

Look into her Angel Eyes

One look and you’re hypnotized

She’ll steal your heart and you will be filled with such joy!

Look into her Angel Eyes

What’s that? You mean he’s a boy?

No matter, he’s as pretty as they come

He’ll get you with those Angel Eyes,

For sure, for sure!

I’ve yet to see a cat care what anyone called them… unless they were called late to dinner.

There was a little book I got years ago called “How to tell if you’re a grownup yet” by Cornelia Ravenal. It gives a bunch of examples of how to tell you were a “grownup” or “mere adult”. On that basis my guess is that people who are big fans of BCN are chronologically adults but only grownups when they have to be.

Awww! I really like these “pretty” Lupin appreciating roofers!

I sure hope the roofing job is a fixed-price contract. These guys are bound to spot more adorable cats soon – cats with little microphones.

I can’t belive he thinks Lupin is a boy.

How long before “li’l angel face” has finagled his way into one of those harnesses?

My youngest Beauty cat just turned one year old this week. I will do her portraits this weekend. She is loving and cuddly too. Thank you, Susanna in the Orb, for sharing your name with Purrbodys Susanna.

That guy needs to get his eyes checked.

That face in the third panel is pure artistic genius—and would melt a stone heart.

O.T. Thanks for all the good thoughts about my booster reaction! I finally decided that I’d had enough of that “immune response” after 24 hours and popped some acetaminophen, so I do thankfully feel some better today, maybe tomorrow will be back to normal. Now I see that Moderna has a “new and improved” booster with many times more protection ready for approval. I suppose I’ll take that one too when it becomes available, but hope the reaction will not be multiplied by the the increased protection! And I hope all y’all have a great weekend!

As my mentor, (avatar, hint, hint,) often said, “I’m so pretty, I am. I am.”

I don’t doubt that Lupin was the kitty that was the hit with the roofers.

My Dad called all cats “she”, even the ones he knew were boys. I think it’s just a habit he grew up with. Don’t know if it was generational, he was born in 1928.

This just in, Lupin need to work on his lip reading skills.

Beauty transcends gender. Lupin know how to accept adoration.

OT: Proof that the Smothers Comedy Brothers were ahead of their time. I just ran across the following—not a joke—headline:

Two rescued from chocolate-filled tank at candy factory in Pennsylvania

Without further ado…

I fell in a vat of chocolate

I fell in a vat of chocolate

What’d you do when you fell in the chocolate?

Lolly doo-dum, lolly doo-dum-day

Well, I fell in a vat of chocolate

I just fell in a vat of chocolate…

The full lyrics are available online.and there’s YT:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSmqYSVVpTM

That’s hilarious!

I can remember when parakeets were desired pets, and owners tried to get them to repeat, “Pretty boy or Pretty Petey.”