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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2005Ernie & the TP
After starting a load of laundry, and calling Mom to check in, I hear this PEEP, PEE PEEEEEEEEE EEEK EEEK. We have had the back porch opened 24/7 for about a week now, so the kitties can enjoy the birds & other critters. I think there's an angry Cardinal out back (Cardinals only do a "peep" kinda sound), so I go & look. Nuttin. I keep hearing that noise. I follow it back into the house.... to the bathroom. I find Ernie sitting on the toilet (lid down so kitties not decide to drink from the dirty water), pawing at the TP. The PEEEPing noise I'm hearing is the sound that the holder makes every time Ernie swats at the TP. The roll of TP is half shredded, and a mound of shredded TP is resting on the (lidded) waste basket underneath it. This was a fresh roll of TP I put out last night. Ernie looks at me with the big innocent Puss-n-Boots eyes he's sooooooo good at, while I laugh & shoo him away. I get my cell phone to take a quick snapshot & send it to DH's cell phone. He messages me back asking "did you have to go that bad?". Ha Ha. NOT! I 'clean up" the roll, sparing what I can, and pitch the rest into the waste basket. When I open it, I see another pile of shredded paper in there. Ernie must have been busy last night, and DH cleaned it up when he got up for work! Anyway, TP roll is now tucked out of reach of kitty-paws (on the wicker 'tower' over the tank), to be placed on the holder only in times of need. At least until Ernie 'forgets' that TP is fun ;) And Ernie is following me around the house now, doing his best 'sulk' and trying to look pathetic and bored since I took his 'toy' away. --? The 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 Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: > After starting a load of laundry, and calling Mom to check in, I hear this > PEEP, PEE PEEEEEEEEE EEEK EEEK. We have had the back porch opened 24/7 for [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > And Ernie is following me around the house now, doing his best 'sulk' and > trying to look pathetic and bored since I took his 'toy' away. Little ratbags. I was just wondering though, if someone invented a TP holder that was cat-resistant, would cat lovers really buy it? It wouldn't be half as entertaining. >> After starting a load of laundry, and calling Mom to check in, I >> hear this PEEP, PEE PEEEEEEEEE EEEK EEEK. We have had the back [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > holder that was cat-resistant, would cat lovers really buy it? It > wouldn't be half as entertaining. They already sell those humungous round covered ones for public restrooms. I'd imagine guests would be surprised to find one of those in someone's house! Jill > >> After starting a load of laundry, and calling Mom to check in, I > >> hear this PEEP, PEE PEEEEEEEEE EEEK EEEK. We have had the back [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Jill Well.... MAYBE it wouldn't be as entertaining, but since Nina had a GREAT time with the TP yesterday while I was at work, I've been tempted to invest in one ANYWAY. Alas, once they get the "TP is fun!" idea, I don't think they outgrow it. Melissa > After starting a load of laundry, and calling Mom to check in, I hear > this PEEP, PEE PEEEEEEEEE EEEK EEEK. We have had the back porch > opened 24/7 for about a week now, so the kitties can enjoy the birds > & other critters. I think there's an angry Cardinal out back > (Cardinals only do a "peep" kinda sound) That's not true. Cardinals can sing beautifully. The "peep" sound is to warn others out of their territory or to signal distress. , so I go & look. Nuttin. I > keep hearing that noise. I follow it back into the house.... to the > bathroom. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > at the TP. The roll of TP is half shredded, and a mound of shredded > TP is resting on the (lidded) waste basket underneath it. LOL Good ol' Ernie! > And Ernie is following me around the house now, doing his best 'sulk' > and trying to look pathetic and bored since I took his 'toy' away. Now watch, he'll go steal the purple puffball from Weebles! Jill > --? > The 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 On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:41:36 GMT, "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> yodeled: >After starting a load of laundry, and calling Mom to check in, I hear this >PEEP, PEE PEEEEEEEEE EEEK EEEK. We have had the back porch opened 24/7 for [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] >email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com >http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep This is a crappy morning for me-- thanks for the bellylaugh! Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com http://community.webshots.com/photo/76978303/320958322zZnwTj > After starting a load of laundry, and calling Mom to check in, I hear > this PEEP, PEE PEEEEEEEEE EEEK EEEK. We have had the back porch [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com > http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep --? The 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 > http://community.webshots.com/photo/76978303/320958322zZnwTj LOL! Ohmygawd, it looks like to had a visit from Sammy, Nina, Hubert, TBKFergus, Mere, and their other kitten friends here in rpca! Hugs, CatNipped > http://community.webshots.com/photo/76978303/320958322zZnwTj Wowsa! He really did have fun with that! Jill > Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: > > http://community.webshots.com/photo/76978303/320958322zZnwTj > > > Wowsa! He really did have fun with that! > > Jill I'm rather glad bitties have grown out of their toilet-paper-wrecking days. :) i've seen that in person so many times..... --Fil > http://community.webshots.com/photo/76978303/320958322zZnwTj Whoa! I had a cat once (Marley) who loved to shred TP, but since him, nothing thank goodness. Though I do find empty rolls around the house - the kittens drag them out of the trash and shred them. ;)  SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in message news:keQ6e.9015$Bb3.8899@attbi_s22 > Anyway, TP roll is now tucked out of reach of kitty-paws (on the wicker > 'tower' over the tank), to be placed on the holder only in times of need. > At least until Ernie 'forgets' that TP is fun ;) > > And Ernie is following me around the house now, doing his best 'sulk' and > trying to look pathetic and bored since I took his 'toy' away.//// Reminds me of a story written by Derrick Longden about his cat, Thermal. Thermal got annoyed with Derrick and so went and shredded the toilet paper. The way Derrick worded the story, was "Thermal looked at me, and said "wipe your a$$ on this then!". If you ever get the chance, read the book - it's called "The cat who came in from the cold", by Derrick Longden. Hysterical and a must read for all catslaves! Helen M Did it look something like the series of pix here? http://community.webshots.com/scripts/editPhotos.fcgi?action=showMyPhoto&albumID =255873683&photoID=255883773&security=EkAqeB I caught Rexie in the act (first picture) and the next three are the end result! (I think you just click the -> button at the top of the page to proceed) SignatureShirley B. Reply to: twobutlers@excite.com PIX OF REXIE: http://cards.webshots.com/cp-97658792-LQFd-album/255873683SwWQZJ AND OUR HOMEPAGE: http://jumi-shirley-butler.com > After starting a load of laundry, and calling Mom to check in, I hear this > PEEP, PEE PEEEEEEEEE EEEK EEEK. We have had the back porch opened 24/7 [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com > http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep > Did it look something like the series of pix here? > http://community.webshots.com/scripts/editPhotos.fcgi?action=showMyPhoto&album [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > result! (I think you just click the -> button at the top of the page to > proceed) http://community.webshots.com/photo/255873683/255883773EkAqeB I'm lucky mine have never been interested! We have been very lucky. Once in a blue moon one of our cats has had a go at the TP. But none of them has ever made a habit of it. Not to try and start an old Ann Landers debate, but I find that if I put up the TP so the edge is on the outside we are less likely to leave any tempting hanging bit. Jo > After starting a load of laundry, and calling Mom to check in, I hear this > PEEP, PEE PEEEEEEEEE EEEK EEEK. We have had the back porch opened 24/7 [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com > http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep "Magic Mood Jeep?" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote : > Ernie looks at me with the big innocent Puss-n-Boots eyes he's sooooooo good > at, while I laugh & shoo him away. I get my cell phone to take a quick [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > And Ernie is following me around the house now, doing his best 'sulk' and > trying to look pathetic and bored since I took his 'toy' away. What a cutie. Cheeky likes to shred paper of all kinds. TP is not safe in our house, especially on a roller. For that matter, it's not safe on its own. TP has often been made prey by the Juvies, who will relentlessly hunt it given the chance. Stosh, in his machismo, started this long before his partner in crime came along. Not just any roll would do. It had to be a fresh, new roll, the bigger the better. He was a little scrawny thing when we took him, and he'd go after the rolls of TP, carry them around in his mouth to someplace where he could beat the snot out of it in relative peace. When we tried to put it on the roller, he just got the end and dragged the whole thing all over kingdom come. Brandy, who just idolizes her big bro, learned very quickly to hunt TP, and God help us if we were down to the last roll! We still have to retrieve the paper from a hiding place, full of teeth and claw marks. Blessed be, Baha > After starting a load of laundry, and calling Mom to check in, I hear this > PEEP, PEE PEEEEEEEEE EEEK EEEK. We have had the back porch opened 24/7 for [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com > http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 13:41:36 GMT, "Magic Mood Jeep©" <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote: >After starting a load of laundry, and calling Mom to check in, I hear this >PEEP, PEE PEEEEEEEEE EEEK EEEK. We have had the back porch opened 24/7 for >about a week now, so the kitties can enjoy the birds & other critters. I >think there's an angry Cardinal out back (Cardinals only do a "peep" kinda >sound), so I go & look. Nuttin. I keep hearing that noise. I follow it >back into the house.... to the bathroom. Silver loves to chew paper, but she doesn't seem to associate it with the roll of white stuff that meowmie and daddy use in the bathroom. I've only seen her with it once, when the roll was left dangling - and even then she only pulled off a couple of sheets and took them away to chew on. ~Karen aka Kajikit Crafts, cats, and chocolate - the three essentials of life http://www.kajikitscorner.com *remove 'nospam' to reply Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: > Anyway, TP roll is now tucked out of reach of kitty-paws (on the wicker > 'tower' over the tank), to be placed on the holder only in times of need. > At least until Ernie 'forgets' that TP is fun ;) There is a reason that the TP in the main bathroom isn't on the holder. Pine Cone thinks that he's supposed to use the paper to cover up his litter box leavings, if it is on the holder. Needless to say, this doesn't go over well with the house residents who have to use that room for human purposes. Pam S. >Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Pam S. PC is a real sophsticate. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >>Magic Mood Jeep© wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > PC is a real sophsticate. ;) PC is a self centered, smug, reprobate who's idea of entertainment is to try to snag your hair with one claw as you pass his resting place on top of the cat condo. He also is gearing up for setting sail and has started to boss the other cats around as though they were already at sea. The stinker. Pam S. who's untangled her hair countless times from the evil PC claw
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