Machiavellian Misbehaviour- the Excellent Cats Deny Everything

[TheShellBeach]

Clarion call to all the cats from the last thread and a warm welcome to any new ones who want to join us.

He did actually bring in a leaf earlier on.
It had got stuck on his tail.

This is Fudge aka
Fudger
Fudgey baby
Sir Fudgerton
Lord fudgerton
The baby or the bee bee

In this photo my daughter is calling him a squidgy black sausage 😆

Well hello Squidgy Black Sausage Lord Fudgerton! 😸

Hi Fudgie!

Guess what arrived today!

Or like Lassie? I might sometimes pretend that my cats are Lassie when they shout at me. I may have been known to ask them if Timmy is stuck down a well, then I remembered that cats are heartless bastards and would probably just mock Timmy for not being able to jump out of the well.

Congrats @YesItsMeIDontCare and Mr Yes, that is fantastic news!

Hello to all the new cats and their slaves.

Fred sat staring at where his fireplace used to be before the blue and purple shield appeared. He seemed quite despondent, poor little guy.

Oh Rum. Poor old Fred.

There you go, see? All about the leaves.

🤣🤣🤣

Picard, on the doorstep as usual...... and displaying his wonderful tail

......... and Linney, on the seat, possibly helping with the repainting in the garden

@TheShellBeach Picard and Linney look lovely- jealous as we have rain here.
Please do not swallow the bubblegum!

excellent news @YesItsMeIDontCare
So I am reading the thread backwards.

Please do not swallow the bubblegum!

I'm a lost cause with that.

See threads passim.

Really great news @YesItsMeIDontCare!

So pleased @YesItsMeIDontCare! Best news I've heard for a while! The idiot sisters will send love 💕

Great news Yes and Mr Yes. Delighted for you both.

Oh @Breadcat24 we have had that conversation about swallowing bubblegum before. @TheShellBeach is a law unto herself!

I can't remember if we discussed this last time the bubblegum arrived, but did anyone else's grandparents tell them stories of children who died hideous deaths such as swallowing apple seeds and then a tree growing inside them (and killing them), or swallowing bubblegum which blocked their lungs so they suffocated to death. I think there was one about a child diving into the wrong end of a swimming pool and cracking their head open.

Parents rather than grandparents in my case...
My dad told me a story about a lad (friend of a friend of course) diving into a swimming pool (East End of London - late 1920s for added verisimilitude) getting his fingers stuck in a grill at the bottom of the pool and drowning. For years I dived with clenched fists...
And yes - my mum didn't allow us to have bubblegum in case we died some random bubblegum induced horrible death. I just ensured she never saw me with bubblegum 🤣

or swallowing bubblegum which blocked their lungs so they suffocated to death.

Nooooo - it stays in your stomach for 7 years and you starve because you can't eat properly!

Thank you to everyone for the love and good wishes, I really do appreciate it 🥰

I've been swallowing bubblegum for 60 years and I'm still alive.

A very similar thing happened in 2022 in the Canary Islands. This really does happen. I won't link to any of the reports as I find them very distressing.

Although it does appear that it wasn't as a result of "diving" but afterwards getting his hand trapped.

There are also many other examples of this sort of thing happening.

"For years I dived with clenched fists..."

Frankly not a bad idea unless you're an Olympic diver.

I’m reading the thread backwards too!
That is excellent news, @YesItsMeIDontCare , so pleased for you both.
Re cat nicknames, Matt is Mattieboo, or sometimes just Boo or The Boo.
Socks is SocksyKitten because she’s my baby and is scared of her own shadow, although she’s about four.

Vixen has taken possession of the latest Amazon box to arrive. She started by diving under the packing paper and destroying it from below so it looked like some wild crazed animal was trying to break free. She keeps "changing position" which involves circling three times and lying back in the exact same position you started in. Weirdo.

Pets At Home had a catnip kicker with feather at half price today. Thrifty approves. We got it specially for her because she doesn't do a lot of exercise but does go doolally for catnip. She's been chatting about it most of the evening. Meanwhile, Izzy is trying to get a look in.