You don't have kids do you Marcia   happens very Christmas morning you spend
hours buying the perfect gift for them wrapping it  putting it together and
they end up playing with the boxes

Cats are just like kids but worse on the spoiled factor

No, not the box - he's only interested in plastic bags or bubble wrap.
DH took the bouncy thing off the door and trailed it along the
floorboards, but it was like watching paint dry, by the time he'd
decided to attack, DH's hand was falling asleep, but at least he made
the effort.  I dread to think what would happen if had to hunt his food
for real, DH says that when I lived in my old place and Otis brought in
a piegon off the balcony, it was already dead!  He just sits and stares
at birds for about 15 minutes while he figures out they're not going to
drop into his mouth, he did once catch a baby mouse though, brave boy!
And the odd moth, or small fly, he's not keen on spiders though,
sometimes I think his eyesight isn't all that good as he's never been
interested in creepy crawlies, only flying things, or is that normal?

I have a theory that most cat accoutrements are designed to appeal to cat
slaves, not to our masters themselves.  I always see the cutest things in
PetsMart that I just *know* my masters will love - then get it home, after
spending a fortune on it, to have it totally ignored!

I have a lovely wicker basket that I bought to put something in.  Huey, Pine
Cone, and Sonya like it very much.  Meanwhile, The pens and pencils that I
bought it for (I remembered) sit in plastic boxes, a lot of plastic boxes.
I thought about buying another wicker basket to put my pens and pencils in,
but I have cats that don't sleep in the wicker basket the three have taken
over, and they would probably like a new one to take over.  PC LOVES boxes,
bags, and wicker baskets of all kinds.  He takes them over as fast as he
can.

Pam S. who also loves wicker boxes and baskets

We got a new tv and John moved the entertainment unit away from the
wall to fit it in - and lo and behold, behind the unit were ALL the
missing cat toys from the last year! Even the grey furry mousey that
they loved so much and that disappeared inside a week never to be seen
again...

When it comes to places to sleep they have cheap tastes... we bought
them a furry basket and Silver peed on it (gee, thanks Silver!) so we
had to toss it out... we got them a cat teepee and they only used it
for a few weeks and then never again... they took over a cane basket
that we were given as a wedding present, but after I washed the liner
a few times they lost interest in that too. But they never lose
interest in cardboard boxes! Right now their favourite box is sitting
on my craft desk - it's a mailing box my mother sent me, and it's full
of paper scraps that I was meant to make cards with, which seems to
make a cosy nest for them! (oh darn it, I just realised that while
they're taking it in turns to sleep on the paper, they're putting cat
dander all over it!)