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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2005Samson hates peppermint
Have you ever seen a cat recoil and look totally horrified from just a smell? It's so funny! Samson does it every time I try to pick him up right after I brush my teeth, or if I have just chewed a Rolaids, or had a starlight mint! He absolutely detests the scent of peppermint. It is especially funny if he is standing on his hind legs and begging with his eyes to be picked up like a human toddler does, then I bend down and breathe in his direction, and immediately he changes his mind, backs up slightly, and looks at me in horror. Debra in VA LOL! YES! Comet (RB) would always screw up her muzzle whenever I tried to entice her to play with catnip toys. She would leap away, then run off! Marietta, OTHO, is a total 'niphead! Gennie > Have you ever seen a cat recoil and look totally horrified from just a > smell? It's so funny! Samson does it every time I try to pick him up [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > mind, backs up slightly, and looks at me in horror. > Debra in VA Mine do that too. I guess they have a different definition of dragon breath! ;> Hugs, CatNipped On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 11:11:00 -0500, "CatNipped" >Mine do that too. I guess they have a different definition of dragon >breath! ;> > >Hugs, >CatNipped Ha Ha! I guess they do! Debra in VA > On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 11:11:00 -0500, "CatNipped" > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Ha Ha! I guess they do! > Debra in VA LOL, that reminds me of the Gary Larson Far Side comic with two dragons in bed, one with her back to the other. The first dragon is saying "I'm sorry Irwin, it's your breath--it's fresh and minty." Melissa >> On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 11:11:00 -0500, "CatNipped" >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Melissa BWAHAHAHAHA! God I loved The Far Side. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >LOL, that reminds me of the Gary Larson Far Side comic with two dragons in >bed, one with her back to the other. The first dragon is saying "I'm sorry >Irwin, it's your breath--it's fresh and minty." > >Melissa That should have had a beverage warning! Debra in VA >>LOL, that reminds me of the Gary Larson Far Side comic with two dragons in >>bed, one with her back to the other. The first dragon is saying "I'm sorry [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >That should have had a beverage warning! >Debra in VA Reminds me of another Far Side-- A bunch of lions are chowing down on some unfortunate hoofed beast, and one of them says brightly, "Hey, Sid, remember when we were all gathered around the kill like this, and someone told a leopard joke, and you laughed so hard an antler came out your nose?" Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >>>LOL, that reminds me of the Gary Larson Far Side comic with two dragons in >>>bed, one with her back to the other. The first dragon is saying "I'm sorry [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >gathered around the kill like this, and someone told a leopard joke, >and you laughed so hard an antler came out your nose?" My mother never really got the knack of seasoning food, but she was very fond of adding ketchup to her meat at the dinner table. She used it nearly every meal. She was not amused when, at the dinner table, I once told her about a Far Side cartoon where a group of hyenas are gathered around a dead and very swollen antelope. One of the hyenas says, "Whooee! This one's been here a while. Good thing we brought plenty of catchup."  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 >>>>LOL, that reminds me of the Gary Larson Far Side comic with two dragons in >>>>bed, one with her back to the other. The first dragon is saying "I'm sorry [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >says, "Whooee! This one's been here a while. Good thing we brought >plenty of catchup." LOL. The thing I really like about the one I posted was not so much the antler out the nose, but the detail that lions were gathered around a kill, telling *leopard jokes.* Or course, lions tell leopard jokes. What else? ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >My mother never really got the knack of seasoning food, but she was >very fond of adding ketchup to her meat at the dinner table. She used [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >says, "Whooee! This one's been here a while. Good thing we brought >plenty of catchup." Hmmm... I wonder what interpretation Dr. Freud would make on my having misspelled ketchup when I quoted the cartoon? 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 >Reminds me of another Far Side-- >A bunch of lions are chowing down on some unfortunate hoofed beast, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Theresa Too funny! Debra in VA >>Reminds me of another Far Side-- >>A bunch of lions are chowing down on some unfortunate hoofed beast, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >Too funny! >Debra in VA Maybe I should have labeled this "Antelope Warning" ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >>> Reminds me of another Far Side-- >>> A bunch of lions are chowing down on some unfortunate hoofed beast, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Maybe I should have labeled this "Antelope Warning" ;) Maybe we should replace "Beverage Warning" with "Antelope Warning" and confuse the hell out of people that don't know what it means. ;-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. > >>> Reminds me of another Far Side-- > >>> A bunch of lions are chowing down on some unfortunate hoofed beast, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Maybe we should replace "Beverage Warning" with "Antelope Warning" and > confuse the hell out of people that don't know what it means. ;-) Or start combining warnings. When I was last at Fort Huachuchua [1], a little past the main gate were two "Slow" signs: "DEER CROSSING" "TANK CROSSING" [1] This base is not in the middle of nowhere. It is said, however, that if you stand on top of the officers' club, you will see the middle of nowhere [2] [2] And a great deal of incredibly beautiful desert scenery. Pearl gags if she smells something she doesn't like. > Have you ever seen a cat recoil and look totally horrified from just a > smell? It's so funny! Samson does it every time I try to pick him up [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > mind, backs up slightly, and looks at me in horror. > Debra in VA >Pearl gags if she smells something she doesn't like. That's a hair trigger gag reflex. How is she? Doing better I hope. Debra in VA > >Pearl gags if she smells something she doesn't like. > > That's a hair trigger gag reflex. How is she? Doing better I hope. > Debra in VA She seems to be doing better (other than her gas!). Much perkier and even playing a bit. >> >Pearl gags if she smells something she doesn't like. >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >She seems to be doing better (other than her gas!). Much perkier and even >playing a bit. That's good to hear. Debra in VA >Have you ever seen a cat recoil and look totally horrified from just a >smell? It's so funny! Samson does it every time I try to pick him up [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >mind, backs up slightly, and looks at me in horror. >Debra in VA Yes-- but not from peppermint. Stinky luuuuuuuuuuurvs peppermint. When I've just brushed my teeth, or rinsed, he has sometimes tried to pry my mouth open to get at whatever smells so yummy. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > Have you ever seen a cat recoil and look totally horrified from just a > smell? It's so funny! Samson does it every time I try to pick him up [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > mind, backs up slightly, and looks at me in horror. > Debra in VA Peppermint: The scrunched-up face that says EEEEEIIIIIIIUUUUUUUWWWWWW! David lollol > Have you ever seen a cat recoil and look totally horrified from just a > smell? It's so funny! Samson does it every time I try to pick him up [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > mind, backs up slightly, and looks at me in horror. > Debra in VA > Have you ever seen a cat recoil and look totally horrified from just a > smell? It's so funny! Samson does it every time I try to pick him up [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > mind, backs up slightly, and looks at me in horror. > Debra in VA Strangely enough I got some free mints in the post and when I ate them Boyfriend was all over me, sniffing my mouth. He loved the smell/taste of mint. Tweed >> Have you ever seen a cat recoil and look totally horrified from just a >> smell? It's so funny! Samson does it every time I try to pick him up [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Tweed I'm starting to think BF and Stinky are long-lost brothers-- Stinky loves the scent, too. When he was a little fellow, after I rinsed my mouth, he would sometimes try to pry my mouth open so he could sniff my minty breath. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >>> Have you ever seen a cat recoil and look totally horrified from just a >>> smell? It's so funny! Samson does it every time I try to pick him up [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > mouth, he would sometimes try to pry my mouth open so he could sniff > my minty breath. ;) When you post about Stinky, his ways and temperament, I think about how BF is similar in a lot of ways. Not one ounce of bad temper ever, a very kind and polite gentlecat. Even an unexpected encounter yesterday with "the enemy" the black cat from two houses away did not make BF become aggressive. Boyfie accidentally flushed him out from some long grass where he was sleeping next door, I saw it because I was weeding. TE was annoyed. He is a very large all black kitty and he came towards Boyfriend with murder in his eyes. BF watched him approach and sat down facing him. Gave him the ear. This totally flummoxed The Enemy who wanted to fight. He stood in front of BF giving his best I can kill you with one fell swoop impression. No response. Just the ear again. Boyfie still sat looking towards TE in quite a friendly way. A very confused black cat turned around and crept away in that slow motion way that always amuses me. It's like "if I go away very, very slowly, one step every 10 seconds, you won't notice that I gave in first!" Game, set and match to my gentle boy. Tweed > >>> Have you ever seen a cat recoil and look totally horrified from just a > >>> smell? It's so funny! Samson does it every time I try to pick him up [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > Tweed YAY Boyfriend! It seems he's learned the Gandhi method of conflict resolution - good on him! Hugs, CatNipped >When you post about Stinky, his ways and temperament, I think about how BF >is similar in a lot of ways. Not one ounce of bad temper ever, a very kind [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >Tweed Tweed, that reminds me of the way Robin acted when Djoser was trying to intimidate him. Robin just sat and gave him his happy look while Djoser just got madder. But he couldn't start a fight unless Robin reacted the right way, so he had to slink off muttering threats! Now they are good friends. Go figure. -- CATherine >>TE was annoyed. He is a very large all black kitty and he came towards >>Boyfriend with murder in his eyes. BF watched him approach and sat down [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >reacted the right way, so he had to slink off muttering threats! Now >they are good friends. Go figure. That's the stage Sammy and Spot are at now. Although, I think it has more to do with Sammy wanting to rough house and Spot not knowing if she wants to fight or play. Anyway, so far Sammy gives chase until she's got Spotty cornered somewhere, then Spotty lays down and insults Sammy until Sammy does the slow motion walking away bit. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) 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 >> Have you ever seen a cat recoil and look totally horrified from just a >> smell? It's so funny! Samson does it every time I try to pick him up [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Tweed I thought cats loved any kind of mint. I even have to be careful using Vicks and Carmex! How does Samson react to catnip? Some cats don't like it. -- CATherine |
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