Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for February 02, 2024

I’m with Iggy. This is ENTRAPMENT! I don’t think Lupin’s Raven idea is helping, so I say we forgive Iggy, give him lot’s of cuddles and tell him not to do it again.

The guilty party confesses!

(And then brings up a valid point! Why are they shaped like a scratching post? Entrapment?)

Iggy! Buddy! It’s OK! The Big Red Couch has survived worse. The Woman knows to get you a scratching post now!

Does losing a whisker really cause cats pain? I mean losing one naturally, not having it pulled out or cut.

Interesting when the first two commenter both think the same thing simultaneously. It smells like a conspiracy to me! Why do the People do this to poor, innocent cats/kittens/small cats?

I think we need a full-scale investigation! If there isn’t some kind of feline equivalent to 60 Minutes, there needs to be!

Also, kudos to the Orbster who asked the writing desk riddle last week! You are on Georgia’s wavelength and that’s a pretty cool place to be!

Anyone who tries fighting a raven will be doomed for evermore.

I’m confused. Is Lupin answering Goldie’s question by saying he couldn’t catch a raven so obviously he meant a writing desk? Or am I missing another Wonderland reference?

OT – Breaking new ground (for me at least).

When I was just a kitten

My Mama told me, Son

Always be a good cat

Don’t claw the furniture

But I scratched the family sofa

Just to watch it shred

Now I’m stuck in Kitty Prison

With just a cold floor for my bed

Folsom Prison Blues -Johnny Cash

Sara is my scratcher. But she only goes after the woodwork around my front door. I figure that’s a fair trade off for not destroying the furniture. Gracie has a cardboard thing inserted on carpet, a bit of a cat playground/sleeping pad she really likes to scratch.

Such anguish. Iggy isn’t a bad boy and can learn.

One answer to “Why is a raven like a writing desk?” is that Edgar Allen Poe wrote on both.

Someone console the guilty!

For the “Raven Maniacs” among us, here are a few answers to this eternal question from the writing desks of illustrious authors.

LEWIS CARROLL himself proposed an answer in the 1897 final revision of Alice’s Adventures. “Because it can produce a few notes, though they are very flat; and it is never put with the wrong end in front!” (The early issues of the revision spell “never” as “nevar”, i.e., “raven" spelled backwards…with the wrong end in front.)

Martin Gardner, in More Annotated Alice (1990) gave two possible answers, sent in by readers: “both have quills dipped in ink” and “because it slopes with a flap”.

In 1991, The Spectator held a competition for new answers, among the prize winners were: “because one has flapping fits and the other fitting flaps”; “because one is good for writing books and the other better for biting rooks”; and “because a writing desk is a rest for pens and a raven is a pest for wrens”.

….The above, thanks to (Dr) Selwyn Goodacre, Editor, Journal of the Lewis Carroll Society, Swadlincote, Derbyshire.

Other good answers have included:

BECAUSE there is a “b” in both. — Jane Carnall, Edinburgh

Because they are both used to carri-on de-composition. — David Cottis, London

Poor Iggy! He’s so distressed.

The conversation has turned stark, raven mad…

This arc is making me think of a photo I saw recent a few months ago. It was of a post for a staircase that had most of the wood scratched away. A cat was visible in the background. The picture was titled, “Artist with his Greatest Work.”

No no no you little fool. Not says anything to anyones. Just leaves it to your lawyer to handles. Bearister Bear will never lets ya down. Me will proves it them steenky mice who be the vandal criminals. You was not even there dureeng time of crime. See this is your ticket to tumbuktoo that you was goes to. Them mice is leave trails of evidence wherever they is goes. Lotsa footpreents and ureenes and excreta found all around. We gots eenough evidence against em. Those mangy mices is toast now.

Eh no big deals, little cat. You cats is always been clawing theengs and pushing theengs off tables since ages. If no belief that then sees this breaking cat mews report from back in February 1949.

https://www.GoComics.Com/bozo/2024/02/02

Seems Iggy’s always looking guilty whenever anything happens. Makes one wonder about his early background. Was he traumatized as a real smol kitten? Does he think that whenever anyone (adults) calls him he’s automatically in trouble? How much do we know about his tiny kittenhood?

Maybe reading too much into things but I really like Iggy. He’s a dear for sure and it hurts to see him so.

BTW – speaking of Trouble – how is Trouble? Haven’t seen much on him lately.

Poor Iggy. We alll knew he was the culprit . Betrayed by his frightened litte face in picture 3 on 31 Jan. Iggy it is ok, as one great cat scholar and behaviouralist writes, you can always tell that a cat lives in a household by the subtle claw marks let alone copious amouts of fur on every surface. The woman will forgive you.

I love Puck’s eyebrows and look at Iggy and Goldie’s head turn in panel 2, as they both come to the (long, drawn out) conclusion of Igggggy?

A raven and a writing desk are alike, in that they both produce flat notes

“Nevermore!” :)

This reminds me of when I discovered my beloved Burnie (long gone, still missed) was using the cross beam under the dining room table as a scratching post. Rather than fight my little fur-covered bowling ball over it, I simply wrapped the beam in sisal rope and let her enjoy herself!

Edgar Allan Poe: The Writing Desk, uh Raven

Once upon a July dreary, while I pondered weak and weary

Needing a cuppa tea or coffee, maybe with a scone or more

Soon I opened up a window, knowing nothing rhymes with window

As I turned to sit down I knew something or someone flew in,

’Tis some lightning bug or insect flying to the light, there Rules!

The bug said, “Hello, I’m Jules!”

…….

The July Bug, bringing chaos, and I should be used to chaos

What with Iggy, Ora Z and Lupin running around the tables and floor

Jules said, "It’s a lovely day, I believe I’ll join the fray,

Just go about your business and forget that I am here!

Nothing will get done tonight, that has become very clear!

I think I’ll have a glass of iced tea and retire without fear!

…….

The July Bug, though beguiling, still is flying Still is flying!

Bring his own kind of chaos with Lupin, Igs, and Ora Z!

I reflect that all is not lost, it will not be long ’til August

When the mayhem settles down to a bit of a dull roar

I reflect that I can’t complain, I know I will not be bored!

Chaos reigns forevermore!

Nice!

Awwwwww! Poor Iggy! I know you’re a cartoon, but I wanna hug you!

Your Honor, may it please the court,

My client, Mr. Ignatious A. Cat, is truly remorseful for his actions. He is a victim of circumstance. The arm of the couch does indeed look like a scratching post. What is a poor kitten to do? I ask you, what is a poor… one-eyed…orphaned…kitten to do?

The Defense rests.

I can’t stand that poor anguished face!! All my kids are scratchers unfortunately and I’ve never seen a bit of remorse from them.

Lupin double pawed Toe Beans!

Lupin is entertaining and hilarious, but poor Iggy looks so sad.

Goldie: Now, young kitten — you are accused of clawing on three counts — clawing by thought, clawing by word, clawing by deed, and clawing by action — four counts. Do you confess?

Iggy: I don’t understand what I’m accused of.

Goldie: Ha! Then we’ll make you understand! Puck! Fetch…THE CUSHIONS!

[JARRING CHORD]

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Puckmosis: It’s almost sunrise. Time to pay a visit to our favorite groundhog, Phil-Adelph.

Elvis-Anum: Who all is coming along?

Puck: There’s Bea, Iggy, and Sue Chef, and you and me.

Elvis: What about Lupinium?

Puck: He and Ora Z are staying behind to do their musical presentation.

At Phil-Adelph’s Burrow

Phil: (Yawning) Ah, is it that time of year again?

Puck: Yep, it’s your day.

Phil: Well, now let’s see, it’s cloudy and I don’t see my shadow.

Sue Chef: Great! I’ll tell Thomios we need to make a Chocolate Everything dessert buffet. Oh, and he brought you a basket of berries and grasses for your enjoyment.

Phil: Now isn’t that nice. I think I’ll have a bit of breakfast before I resume my nap.

Bea: Have a nice nap. See you in the spring!

Here’s a riddle for you: when presented with a BCN panel containing both a sobbing Iggy and Lupin double toebeans, do you go all misty-eyed for Iggy, or all delighted squealing for toebeans? My answer is Iggy. My desire to comfort and cuddle him was so strong, it squelched my squeee.

Nooo not Iggy!!! I was hoping it’d be one of the robber mice…

Poor Iggy!! Don’t worry, these are good humans

Oh poor Iggy! It was an honest mistake!

Poor Iggy! He’s just a baby!

Oh come on, at least there is more to the plot on an old rerun of Perry Mason. Where is the tension, the angst, the suspense. Where is the previously unknown evidence, leading to a show down between good and evil, where in evil crumbles into a sobbing heap of jelly, trying to explain away their misdeed?

Georgia, as an artist you are superb, however as a mystery writer, you need more practice more.

What’s a poor cat to do, when the world is set against him?

Poor Iggy! He was deceived by the sofa in chameleon mode, it wasn’t his fault!

If anyone of the cast was going to channel the Mad Hatter it would have to be Lupin.

Indeed, Lupin, both are unanswerable questions.

Aw, poor, sweet Iggy feels so bad.

Hopefully, he will never do it again.

Raven question? They both have bills

Inspired.

I’ve had cats from 1971 and have found only ONE whisker. Weird, isn’t it? By the way my first cat was named Sui and would come running if I called like people do who work with pigs. My new neighbor at the time thought I had a pet pig.

Everything’s going to be all right, Iggy. You are not in trouble.

I did think Iggy looked guilty in an early panel of this story. I didnt want him to be the guilty one, so I attributed his look as being empathy for the couch.

Stop bullying the child!

I knew it was Iggy, he’s been looking anxious from the beginning. Thanks for suggestions yesterday re still missing emails of comics I follow. Will check finto it today.

With years of cats and 6 of them now I am shocked that this was the first time the couch was scratched.

If you’ve been viewing my BCN Finder (taken over from Bill Jackson), I’ve expanded the “Other People” and “Wildlife” columns. Each has, instead of just a ‘*’, the name/names (or species, for Wildlife) in that particular strip. It’s still at:

https://1drv.Ms/x/s!An9pwhvpnYLqjLYw1HyY0Ew2E8HVEg

Oh noes! Iggy is crying! He needs cuddles stat!

Awww, poor Iggy’s crying just tears at the heartstrings…

So this morning I had an extra dreamsicle tuxie in the yard. He was very hungry! Definitely a tom, maybe 2 years old. In honor of the day, I’m calling him Phil.

Poor baby. I have a scratching post up again the sofa, so they only THINK that they are.

Sweet naptime buddies! Elvis, Puck, Ora Zella:

tiktok.Com/@breakingcatnews/video/7330751923735366955

Poor Iggy! Come on cats, someone comfort the little guy! It was only a stupid sofa!

As long as we are asking imponderables, “Why a duck?”

Poor Iggy.

I bet tomorrow is about forgiveness. Lupin and Goldie are already making light of the situation when it’s sweet little Iggy.

Poor Iggy. Now he’s scared of whatever retribution may come.

nun like sum funny cats comics & a cart 2 brighten my mood .

Lol, poor guilty boy; he crumbled like a leaf

Poor Iggy looks so distressed, and then there is Lupin cheering him on.