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To think cats are not pets, more fluffy forms of torture.

129 replies

Tiggywinklespinny · 29/04/2014 04:58

4.15am every bloody morning for the last week..she's taking the piss. It's survival of the fittest, who can crack first. She repeatedly paws at the things on my bedside table until they fall on the floor, pulls the lamp cord and walks all over you purring.

I have made the mistake of opening one eye to find myself being eyeballed and it's game over. Tiggy 0 bastard cat 1

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ComposHat · 30/04/2014 08:29

gordy that'd be good. I suspect Poppy would be a nightmare guest as she's a bit of a talker. I also don't fancy the journey down from Edinburgh with her. I still have extensive scratches from the last time I tried to fet her in her box.

Tabby1963 · 30/04/2014 16:07

Samu2, love that naughty cat pic.

Ohwhatfuckery - very clever video, I've shared it on my fb.

Cosikitty - a dog crate? Well there's an idea. As long as no one tells my two that it is a 'dog' crate, that is...

IrianofWay · 30/04/2014 16:18

My two cats had some of the the arrogance knocked out of them last night. I took dog for a walk and they started out coming with us. One or other of them have done this in the past but chickened out about half way up our road. But there were two of them tonight so they were bolder. I picked them up and took them home once but they followed me again. So I left them to it. There they were trotting along tails up, looking increasingly nervous but no wanting to lose face with each other. We rounded the corner at the end of the road and came face to face with Family Rottweiler - three of them on leads! One look and both cats had tails like bushes and disappeared like smoke through a gate. I looked back a minute or so later and there was one furry black face peering at us from the safety of the top of a wall. And when dog and I came back one of them jumped down and trotted back home with us.

They remind me of the two possums in Ice Age 2.

emms1981 · 30/04/2014 19:05

I just bought a 2nd hand sofa and 5mins after having it my cat decided it was her new scratching post

kaizen · 30/04/2014 20:23

ohwhatfuckery that video is brilliant. Thanks Grin

borisgudanov · 30/04/2014 21:33

YABU to think the cat is your pet. It's the other way round. Get back in line.

Deathraystare · 01/05/2014 08:39

YABVU - you should be up, dressed and ready to play with or feed the cat. Know your place, human!

FTRsGotAShinyNewNN · 01/05/2014 10:03

I have 3, 2 Siamese and 1 SiameseX, they are both massively intelligent and startlingly stupid all at the same time.
Boy cat likes to lie on the side of the bath while I'm in it and look at me in disgust every time his tail dips in as though I've done it Hmm
He also likes to drink the bath water, after he inevitably falls in he will climb in to the sink and look at me aghast as if to say 'how could you!'
Girl cat is a giant tart and as soon as you look at her she rolls over and shows you the goods, the brazen hussy loves nothing more than a belly scratch.
And then there's the furry terrorist, small, perfectly formed, almost 2 years old and still hasn't discovered her full meow and the little bastard is a horror, she opens doors for the other 2, gets in the fridge to forage for snacks and generally causes a massive nuisance Hmm
On a positive note, they're locked in the kitchen over night Smile

nickymanchester · 01/05/2014 13:56

I love the ''Simon's Cat'' channel on youtube. In this one the cat ends up resorting to a baseball bat to wake up it's owner:-

and there is also another channel that I like called ignoramusky taht has a lot of great videos. I particularly like this one called ''Cat Special Forces'' and the ending where a kitten slides down a rope is just so cute:-

Tiggywinklespinny · 02/05/2014 04:57

Here we go again..shut cat out of bedroom and as payback for the first time in months she's used her litter tray and now even 2 floors up I can smell it. Bitch.

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stealthsquiggle · 02/05/2014 09:30

Cats are so not in my good books today. Ours seem to have decided that it is time the human staff learned to hunt (hunting to Sainsburys and coming home with large quantities of cat food apparently doesn't count) and that we need some easy targets to practice on.

Last night we had half-dead mouse which DH had to dispatch. This morning there was 'in shock but apparently still with all limbs functioning' mouse which DH took outside and released, and I was just having a cup of coffee when I met mouse #3, apparently alive and well and planning on setting up home under the fridge. I have dragged the cats out of their preferred snugly spots on DC's beds, and shut them out in the kitchen to deal with it. They are not happy, but then neither am I.

SecretNutellaFix · 02/05/2014 09:47

My GirlCat afford plenty of comedy moments now the weather has warmed up.

Her favourite perch in summer is the small window in the living room. Now, she's a tiny little thing- all bones and fur so you'd think she fits there nicely.

Not a chance- she falls off on a regular basis and the look she gives at anyone who dares snigger is terrifying.

Yesterday was spectacular. She fell off the windowsill, nearly totally missing the storage box underneath and falling partly into the rubbish bin and she managed to grab the arm of the chair that was close by.

stealthsquiggle · 02/05/2014 10:24

I think I may have said something about being impressed if the cats could get into the DC's attic rooms. Ha. BoyCat kept reappearing, having been shut out to deal with aforementioned mouse, and I couldn't work out how. It turns out he can stroll casually up the long sloping roof to DD's dormer window. DD (a) doesn't like cats in her room at night and (b) likes to sleep with the window open. Sigh.

PrincessBabyCat · 02/05/2014 10:31

I don't trust cats. Or cat people. Grin

Vintagecakeisstillnice · 02/05/2014 16:49

My Girlcat is in the good books at the minute.

She just pissed all over a UKIP leaflet that was pushed through the door.
I even started a thead in Chat I'm so proud.

Tabby1963 · 02/05/2014 17:13

Ohwhatfuckery, I've watched that video a few times, my fave bit is where the cat bemoans about 'the authorities' not holding the door open for long enough.

Our front door opens onto the living room and to get our attention the cat will scratch the carpet. We then debate as to (a) who will have to get up and disentangle themselves from their laptop to open door and (b) whether said cat will actually want to go out. There is silence and breath held in wondering expectation as door is slowly opened. What will happen? Will cat saunter out coolly? Will he stretch slowly, turn tail and walk back towards kitchen, tail twitching? Will he run out because he actually does need a wee? That's as exciting as it gets in our house Grin.

kaizen · 02/05/2014 19:05

I love the video bit where the cat is going "sing the song of my people" at the bedroom door at 3am, as the Authorities have "clearly left me here to die". Genius Grin

Ohwhatfuckeryisthis · 02/05/2014 20:00

I am the only one in so Twat cat has decided he will honour me by lying on my chest with his stinky cat breath in my nose, one leg on each of my shoulders. He is unhappy that I am moving to type. Last night he stole a rib off ds plate.

stealthsquiggle · 02/05/2014 23:19

Mouse is alive and well and setting up home under the fridge Angry. In the process of failing to get it out, we did find the stash of Lego mini figures and runner bean seeds and my favourite necklace, all of which the cats had nicked and hiddenAngryAngry.

catsofa · 02/05/2014 23:51

In bed with me last night, snoring right down under the covers, mine very suddenly jumped up and out, accidentally catching and SCRATCHING MY NIPPLE. After "OUCH" my first thought was to be worried that I'd frightened her by screaming!

Dwerf · 03/05/2014 00:04

Bitchcat and Stupiddog had enough of a truce to share the sofa the other night, Bitchcat on a beanbag on the top, and Stupiddog laid on the seat, legs akimbo. Bitchcat shifted on the beanbag, gravity shifted all the beans and dumped Bitchcat into Stupiddog's lap.

Dog and cat both had a moment of stunned 'let's pretend this isn't happening' before Bitchcat yowled, spat at Stupiddog and fucked off with her tail in the air. Because obviously it was the dog's fault.

Caitlin17 · 03/05/2014 00:36

OnlyLovers you asked"This might be a stupid question, but can you shut your bedroom door?"

What do you think? Given the average cat's unerring ability to find itself on the wrong side of a door. We have 4 furry alarm clocks who go off around 6.30 most mornings.

Caitlin17 · 03/05/2014 00:59

Jack in the tumble drier. He loves going in when there's some nice warm clean clothes.

To think cats are not pets, more fluffy forms of torture.
JakeBullet · 03/05/2014 06:42

LOL at Dwerf.. Gotta love the ability of cats to blame everyone in the vicinity when it is clearly their fault.

thebodylovesspring · 03/05/2014 10:17

Loving the cat pictures and videos.

Our cats basically are in charge of everyone and everything in the house/garden. That's it really.