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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2004The Cherry Bandit Rides Again
A summer tradition: the first yummy Bing cherries. We bring them home, and I put them in a colander in the sink to wash them. Not only are cherries delicious, but they are the most coveted cat toys. They smell great, they are a perfect size and weight, and they have-- tails!!!!! Every summer, since Stinky came to me, it's been the same. He goes to the sink, and **very carefully grabs one cherry by the stem, and walks around for awhile, with the cherry dangling out of his mouth by the stem. This is very naughty behavior, of course, but it just cracks me up too much. I am just a lousy disciplinarian. Eventually, he gets down to the real business-- whacking the little projectile all over the place. Whee! It really travels, too! Eventually, it rolls under the sofa, or a radiator. Poor Stinky, cherry's gone. But wait, there are still plenty more in the sink. Go back to the sink, and repeat from **. ;) Epilogue: It is a couple of weeks later, and I am cleaning, and moving furniture, and reaching under stuff, and I rediscover the lost little, shriveled up cherries that he poked under the furniture and forgot about. ;) Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ > A summer tradition: the first yummy Bing cherries. We bring them > home, and I put them in a colander in the sink to wash them. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > little, shriveled up cherries that he poked under the furniture and > forgot about. ;) Cherry juice STAINS so bad!! Do they pulverize it? (Don't let them eat the pits!) Ah yes - what fun cats have with FOOD! But on another note - when we got a new fridge a few years ago, we found 6 (!!!!) of the pom-pom toys (I call 'em puffballs) underneath the old one when we moved it out. They were fairly dirty, so DH washed them off in bathroom sink, and left them on the toilet tank to dry. After a few ours, I notice that there were only 3 up there. Of course, I asked DH if he'd moved any of them or gave any to Tennessee - nope. ????????????????????????????????????????????<----That pretty much sums up the look on my face at that time. THEN Tennessee comes into bathroom just as I finish my business, and up on the toilet seat, and snags a puffball from the tank, running off to the kitchen with it. Not sure where the other 3 wound up at, since new fridge is lower and they won't fit under there unless by force! I looked under the stove - nope, only fuzzy stuff under there are of the dust-bunny variety, not puffball. More ?????????????????????????? on my face. I find one under the sofa (not like he couldn't go under there and get it - bugger hides under there during thunderstorms, one in one of my sneakers and another under the dresser. I put them & ones remaining on toilet tank away so that he HAD to retrieve the one he was playing with & not just be lazy & go get another one. Another funny cat-toy story: Saw Ivy (RB) plying with a twisty (the paper/plastic coated wire twist ties used to seal bread wrappers or to bind cords on electrical products) in the bath tub. Took twisty out of tub and threw it down the hall. Ivy went chasing it - few seconds later here comes Ivy, carrying twisty and hops back into tub to play with her prized toy. Seems she discovered that they can't 'escape' from her when in the tub ;)  SignatureThe ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)? email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep > A summer tradition: the first yummy Bing cherries. We bring them > home, and I put them in a colander in the sink to wash them. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 18:45:55 GMT, "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote: >Ah yes - what fun cats have with FOOD! > >But on another note - when we got a new fridge a few years ago, we found 6 >(!!!!) of the pom-pom toys (I call 'em puffballs) underneath the old one >when we moved it out. <SNIP> Only SIX?!?! Last week the fridge quit on me, and when I opulled it out there must have been 50 soda bottle caps. Sammy loves to play cap hockey on the linoleum floor, and guess the fridge is one goal. The other goal is at the other end of the room, in the closet with the water heater. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 18:45:55 GMT, "Magic Mood Jeep©" ><nobody@nowhere.net> wrote: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >other goal is at the other end of the room, in the closet with the >water heater. Bottle caps. Plastic milk bottle caps. Twist ties. Couple missing lipsticks and makeup brushes. He really loves to swipe the basting brush too. And of course, an assortment of fur mice. But the cherries make a great picture, hanging out of his mouth. He sort of swings them around by the stem to get a kind of spin on them. ;) Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ > But the cherries make a great picture, hanging out of his mouth. He > sort of swings them around by the stem to get a kind of spin on them. > ;) To the tune of "The Stripper" by David Rose and his Orchestra. :) http://tinyurl.com/2cmlu (scroll down for audio clip) Joyce >Only SIX?!?! Last week the fridge quit on me, and when I opulled it >out there must have been 50 soda bottle caps. Sammy loves to play cap >hockey on the linoleum floor, and guess the fridge is one goal. The >other goal is at the other end of the room, in the closet with the >water heater. I heard a comedian describe how his cat would bat his son's action figures underneath the appliances. He went on to describe the place under the stove as a "POW Camp for GI Joes". Sherry sriddles@aol.comkitty (Sherry ) had some very interesting things to say about Re: The Cherry Bandit Rides Again: >I heard a comedian describe how his cat would bat his son's action figures >underneath the appliances. He went on to describe the place under the stove as >a "POW Camp for GI Joes". I love that routine, performed by Bill Engvall. He also talks about what his son does to his daughter's Barbies, and how he says to himself, "Now there's a serial killer in training", and I always get a chuckle out of that line. [Yes, I know real serial murderers are not funny. I simply have a sense of humor that goes beyond twisted and can fairly be described as sprained.] Signature"Don't mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing (or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL > Only SIX?!?! Last week the fridge quit on me, and when I opulled it > out there must have been 50 soda bottle caps. Sammy loves to play cap > hockey on the linoleum floor, and guess the fridge is one goal. The > other goal is at the other end of the room, in the closet with the > water heater. All this reminds me of the "Annie the Cat" videos. Go to http://www.zefrank.com/annie/navigation.html and choose "Imagination". The other ones are hilarious, as well. Make sure to read the description before you watch a video. The video repeats itself constantly, so you won't miss anything while you're reading. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki Marina, these are funny! I've never seen these before! Christine > > Only SIX?!?! Last week the fridge quit on me, and when I opulled it > > out there must have been 50 soda bottle caps. Sammy loves to play cap [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > you watch a video. The video repeats itself constantly, so you won't miss > anything while you're reading. >> Only SIX?!?! Last week the fridge quit on me, and when I opulled it >> out there must have been 50 soda bottle caps. Sammy loves to play cap [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >you watch a video. The video repeats itself constantly, so you won't miss >anything while you're reading. OMG, I LMAO. I love the one where she walks around under the box. Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ >>> Only SIX?!?! Last week the fridge quit on me, and when I opulled it >>> out there must have been 50 soda bottle caps. Sammy loves to play cap [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >OMG, I LMAO. I love the one where she walks around under the box. PS Stinky does the shower curtain thing, too. In fact, he sits outside and pokes at my legs through the curtain while I'm showering. Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ >>>> Only SIX?!?! Last week the fridge quit on me, and when I opulled >>>> it out there must have been 50 soda bottle caps. Sammy loves to [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >outside and pokes at my legs through the curtain while I'm >showering. My former cat, Annabel Lee, would keep peering around the corner of the shower curtain as if she couldn't believe that I was voluntarily getting wet. My current cat, Cinders, doesn't peek around the curtain, but she will pace back and forth, meowing constantly, during the entire time that I am in the shower. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria >>All this reminds me of the "Annie the Cat" videos. Go to >>http://www.zefrank.com/annie/navigation.html > OMG, I LMAO. I love the one where she walks around under the box. I liked the one where the guy was fetching the toy for the cat. :) Joyce How funny! I'll have to try this with Mithu. He loves to play with grapes, possibly because they roll and bounce irregularly. I'm sure he'll appreciate the tails on the cherries. -Caroline S. > A summer tradition: the first yummy Bing cherries. We bring them > home, and I put them in a colander in the sink to wash them. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ >How funny! I'll have to try this with Mithu. He loves to play with grapes, >possibly because they roll and bounce irregularly. I'm sure he'll appreciate >the tails on the cherries. >-Caroline S. Olives are good cat toys too. Suz Macmoosette Thank Heavens There's Only One =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= =^..^= Waiting for inspiration. Please hold while I contemplate my navel. |\__/| (=':'=) (")_(") > >How funny! I'll have to try this with Mithu. He loves to play with > >grapes, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > > Olives are good cat toys too. I dropped a jalapeno, before I had trimmed it, and Rhonda gave chase. I suppose it's vaguely mouse-shaped, although AFAIK she's never seen one. When she bit it, however, it apparently bit back, and considerable fuss and counterattacks ensued until the jalapeno escaped under the refrigerator. > It is a couple of weeks later, and I am cleaning, and moving > furniture, and reaching under stuff, and I rediscover the lost > little, shriveled up cherries that he poked under the furniture and > forgot about. ;) At least you didn't discover them a little sooner, when they were all moldy and rotten! I feel your pain - Licorice does the exact same thing. Except he does it when I'm not looking, so disciplining him isn't even an option. Joyce Tooo cute! A picture of this would be a hoot! Christine > A summer tradition: the first yummy Bing cherries. We bring them > home, and I put them in a colander in the sink to wash them. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Kreisleriana <kreisleriana2@yahoo.com> wrote in message SNIP> > Not only are cherries delicious, but they are the most coveted cat > toys. They smell great, they are a perfect size and weight, and they [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > cracks me up too much. I am just a lousy disciplinarian. >SNIP LOL!! I can just see the cat slinking around the household, holding a cherry by the stem. =o) You're not the only lax disciplinarian around here, I'll bet. Melissa >Kreisleriana <kreisleriana2@yahoo.com> wrote in message SNIP> >> Not only are cherries delicious, but they are the most coveted cat [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >LOL!! I can just see the cat slinking around the household, holding a >cherry by the stem. =o) He doesn't exactly slink. It's more of a swagger. ;) Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ > Epilogue: > It is a couple of weeks later, and I am cleaning, and moving > furniture, and reaching under stuff, and I rediscover the lost > little, shriveled up cherries that he poked under the furniture and > forgot about. ;) LOL! At least shrivelled-up cherries isn't so bad. Nikki has a bad habit of hiding herring heads under furniture. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki >> Epilogue: >> It is a couple of weeks later, and I am cleaning, and moving [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >LOL! At least shrivelled-up cherries isn't so bad. Nikki has a bad habit of >hiding herring heads under furniture. Ewww! You win! Theresa My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Some people said things, and then:- Kreisleriana added >>LOL! At least shrivelled-up cherries isn't so bad. Nikki has a bad habit of >>hiding herring heads under furniture. > >Ewww! You win! Dead frogs are even worse! Honest. Far stinkier than the remains of half eaten mice or birds. SignatureRichard, whose Squeaky Chair can be seen at www.squeaky.demon.co.uk " " -- Marcel Marceau |
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