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Cats are never sorry

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learieonthewildmoor · 28/02/2024 02:47

I sometimes think cats are a bit like emotionally abusive partners, only furry and lovable.
Just brought a live mouse into the house and let it go? Not sorry.
Just swiped the third glass jar off the bench? Not sorry.
I’ve seen dogs be very contrite, but cats really don’t care if you’ve got a problem.
Here is Cat Two relaxing after not catching the mouse and wondering what my problem is. Wondering, but not caring.

Cats are never sorry
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AliceOlive · 28/02/2024 11:04

TheGoddessFrigg · 28/02/2024 09:44

ON MY BIRTHDAY I could smell something awful in the sitting room. I moved the sofa and underneath was a very large very dead RAT. My cat Omar had a very bad habit of bringing in rodents and then getting bored and just leaving them.

“Happy Birthday, Mom! Why aren’t you grateful?”

Julianne65 · 28/02/2024 11:12

Spent ages carefully cleaning the kitchen worktops that she is not allowed on. Immediately sat on the wooden chopping board! Not sorry.

Peed in an old Amazon box I forgot to take out to the recycling. Clearly my fault and not sorry.

AliceOlive · 28/02/2024 11:23

Julianne65 · 28/02/2024 11:12

Spent ages carefully cleaning the kitchen worktops that she is not allowed on. Immediately sat on the wooden chopping board! Not sorry.

Peed in an old Amazon box I forgot to take out to the recycling. Clearly my fault and not sorry.

My friend’s cat pees on any clutter. He does not care for it.

He also used to pee on shoes or purses left sitting around by guests. Guests learned to hang their purses and put their shoes in the closet.

They have a mail slot and learned to pick up the mail quickly. He doesn’t like mail on the floor.

Not sorry and has proven he will do it again and again until everyone learns the rules.

Anniegetyourgun · 28/02/2024 12:21

sabrina2008 · 28/02/2024 07:59

could you do it please

Hi Sabrina, sorry I took a little while to send the report (went out shopping and didn't see your request for a bit). Hopefully MN will get it moved for you shortly.

Gatorpickle · 28/02/2024 12:41

Iamnotawinp · 28/02/2024 10:03

We used to have a female dog and male cat, both passed, bless them.

I played a game with my Dd over which famous person they would be if the turned human. They did have their own proper pet names. names.

we decided that cat would be a young Brad Pitt. Just getting along on his looks alone. No need to be kind or friendly. It was just an honour if he was in the same room with him. Bow down and worship his highness. (Obviously I don’t know what Brad Pitt is really like.

And my dog was Sandra Bullock, pretty but a bit goofy. Friendly, helpful and funny. Sunny and just lovely. I do know the actress was cheated on by her husband. So although she’s rich, famous and beautiful she still was cheated on.

It made for some lovely conversations with my adult daughter.

”Sandra bullock has just rolled in some fox poo”, “Brad Pitt has been beaten up by the neighbours cat, and is now hiding/sulking in the cellar”.

That reminds me of a conversation I had with a friend years ago.

Friend: Arrives, breathless, to meet me at the cinema. As we go in, she says "Sorry I'm late. Kim Il-Sung was on the roof of my house and just beat up Gavroche {her cat}. (Sorry - square brackets not working.)

Me: Say wut. What was Kim Il-Sung doing on the roof of your house?

Friend: I'll explain after the film is over.

Gatorpickle · 28/02/2024 12:41

(Sorry I forgot the quotes around my part of the conversation and my friend's response.)

ilovesooty · 28/02/2024 12:45

SussexBonfireViking · 28/02/2024 09:53

Diego brings in frogs, mice, squirrels etc and tends to let them go so Wikkit can eat them.

D once brought in (or tried to) a pigeon through the catflap

Brought in a live pigeon through the cat flap

Brought in a dead pigeon through the cat flap and started to eat it.

He'll be 11 months old on Friday

Not sorry.

Cats are never sorry
Julianne65 · 28/02/2024 13:33

ilovesooty · 28/02/2024 12:45

Brought in a live pigeon through the cat flap

Brought in a dead pigeon through the cat flap and started to eat it.

He'll be 11 months old on Friday

Not sorry.

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I like that you have commissioned a sculpture of him.

ilovesooty · 28/02/2024 17:00

Julianne65 · 28/02/2024 13:33

I like that you have commissioned a sculpture of him.

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That's the ashes of my previous cat. 😍

Laurama91 · 28/02/2024 17:24

My indoor/harness trained garden cat managed to get out his harness into next doors. We couldn't get in without climbing the fence so we tried for half an hour to get him back through the gap he went through. Gave in, my partner climbed the fence, went to pick him up and he came back himself through the gap. My partner was annoyed, I found it funny but also didn't have to jump a fence 😂

DaftFlerken · 28/02/2024 17:29

SussexBonfireViking · 28/02/2024 09:40

I'm currently on antibiotics due to this little (huge) fucker clamping on to my hand on Sunday.

Had to virtually punch him to get him to let go.

We were playing so I don't blame him or hold it against him

I found a swift hard blow tends to make my furry demon let go. blow as in pppfffff rather than hit

SussexBonfireViking · 28/02/2024 18:05

DaftFlerken · 28/02/2024 17:29

I found a swift hard blow tends to make my furry demon let go. blow as in pppfffff rather than hit

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Idiot that I am, we were playing and he was inside a washing basket, so limited space.

He's a good boy mostly so I don't blame him

ilovesooty · 28/02/2024 21:03

I've found the only thing the naughty kitten takes any notice of is if I hiss at him like a mummy cat.

Tilllly · 28/02/2024 21:57

Heard a funny noise behind me
Cat no 3 crunching up a baby rabbit on the dining room table

Not remotely sorry

Worst thing ever - dropped a LIVE rodent on me as I slept....

Not sorry and confused at my lack of appreciation

OldTinHat · 28/02/2024 22:00

@learieonthewildmoor That's an evil scowl with a curse aimed your way, if I've ever seen one!

I'll stick with dogs and their looks of shame...

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learieonthewildmoor · 28/02/2024 23:44

OldTinHat: she is actually quite timid and a sweet girl, but looks like she is planning your demise in every photo.

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Tilllly · 29/02/2024 02:42

learieonthewildmoor · 28/02/2024 23:44

OldTinHat: she is actually quite timid and a sweet girl, but looks like she is planning your demise in every photo.

My son says that's why they knead you - they're checking your vital organs for weak spots

AliceOlive · 29/02/2024 03:37

SussexBonfireViking · 28/02/2024 09:52

Thank you

My husband is most upset as he was hoping the bite would turn me into (Michelle Pfieffer) Catwoman!

These are my other 2, black one is Diego, black and white is 17yr old Wikkit, and the fat tabby is Laszlo

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All so beautiful!

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learieonthewildmoor · 29/02/2024 05:05

I suspected this would be a widespread phenomenon 😄
The posters suggesting it’s the overlord/servant dynamic are on to it.

A friend is providing food to a stray kitten and reports the kitten is very much “shouldn’t you be hurrying up with that, underling?”

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WandaWonder · 29/02/2024 05:09

learieonthewildmoor · 29/02/2024 05:05

I suspected this would be a widespread phenomenon 😄
The posters suggesting it’s the overlord/servant dynamic are on to it.

A friend is providing food to a stray kitten and reports the kitten is very much “shouldn’t you be hurrying up with that, underling?”

I am wondering if people go into the sitting room very quiet in the middle of ther night will they catch cat conferences happening on virtual catbook of staging meetings to take over the world

or are cats too smart to get caught

FootOnTheGas · 29/02/2024 05:25

Happily rolling around in the road, sunning himself whilst causing a tailback of traffic, cheerfully sharpening his claws on my wallpaper right in front of me, making a nuisance of himself at the neighbours BBQ, dropping a dead mouse on my chest whilst I'm sleeping, jumping up and knocking my new seedlings off the windowsill, making holes in net curtains whilst chasing a moth. He couldn't give a toss, l should be honoured he graces me with his company !

TroysMammy · 29/02/2024 05:50

Decided he wanted to eat the pastry off a cooling corner beef pie, not sorry by any means.

LilacCrab · 29/02/2024 06:50

Cat lookd furious at you for your poor hunt skills and reflexes in catching the mouse and glasses. Probably wondering how you will ever survive without her.

Allergictoironing · 29/02/2024 06:53

WandaWonder · 29/02/2024 05:09

I am wondering if people go into the sitting room very quiet in the middle of ther night will they catch cat conferences happening on virtual catbook of staging meetings to take over the world

or are cats too smart to get caught

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What do you mean "staging meetings to take over the world"? I thought they already did...

reallyworriedjobhunter · 29/02/2024 08:09

My cat rings the doorbell. At 4am. Were you asleep? Not at all sorry.