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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:30 PM
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I've warned the cats and warned them.
The next time they puke on the furniture or the carpet, I can't be held accountable for my response.
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PermanentRevolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:31 PM
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1. But they're puking LOVE all over your house...
It's 'cause they care!
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:37 PM
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5. No two creatures could possibly generate so much love
I'll send a barrel of it your way, in the spirit of sharing.
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PermanentRevolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:42 PM
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10. Their hearts and stomachs are bottomless pits of joy
But, I'll pass. My two furry babies keep me in all the love I can handle...
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:34 PM
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2. So puke in the catbox and their bowls.
What's the problem? :shrug:
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:36 PM
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4. Way ahead of you
But it hasn't helped.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:46 PM
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15. I'm pleased to have confirmation that you're on the ball about this
Edited on Tue Oct-14-08 11:47 PM by Peake
but am now greatly concerned by the escalation seen in their recent activity...I've got your back, but I don't know what to do. Game over man, game over..
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:47 PM
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16. Watching Aliens, are we?
That's the only role in which Bill Paxton doesn't make me want to nuke the theater from orbit.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:48 PM
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18. "Watching Aliens, are we?"
Mostly.

:rofl:
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:34 PM
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3. Cats...
can't reason with the egocentric little bastards;)
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:38 PM
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6. Well, you can, in a way
But you can't talk about your methods here in the Lounge, or you'll be called all sorts of names.
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:41 PM
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9. I parent the but tutcher...
my cat knows true torture;)
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LisaL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:45 PM
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13. You must be so proud.
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:48 PM
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17. Was that snark?
oh my...
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LisaL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:49 PM
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19. Nope.
You've got a very talented child there.
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mcctatas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:50 PM
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20. Sorry...
lack of sleep sets my outrage meter to ping prematurely;) He is definitely something all right...
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LisaL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:51 PM
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22. Don't tutch the but. That's a classic.
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LisaL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:39 PM
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7. Be greatful they don't pee all over the house.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:41 PM
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8. I suppose that's something
But would it kill them to puke on the tile every now and then?!?
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LisaL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:43 PM
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11. You have to catch them just as they are about to puke,
grab them and take them over the tile.
That's the only thing that works.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:45 PM
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12. Do I actually have to pick them up?
Or is the judicious application of a foot acceptable?
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LisaL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:46 PM
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14. You haven't got much time at that point. You got to pick them up.
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pookieblue Donating Member (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:50 PM
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21. now you know that won't work...
they have to puke somewhere, where they know you will have to step in it. it's a rule somewhere... passed down through the generations of all house cats...
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reyd reid reed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:51 PM
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23. When they first hunch over
and get that "I'm gonna gak all over this here rug" look on their face...slide a piece of paper under them. They'll either 1. Gak on that, or 2. Run, which will disrupt their gak reflex.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:54 PM
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24. Damn those stupid Pharoahs!
Why did they have to domesticate cats, of all things?!?
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-14-08 11:57 PM
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25. I'm gonna gloat here.
I adopted my Madimi from a shelter back in early March, and to date, she has never puked. I'm AMAZED.

My last cat, Marlowe, was a champion horker, and my ex-SO's cat Digory liked to use it as a way to wake us up in the middle of the night. If we were sober and not too exhausted, one of us would hear the horking and wake up in time to kick him off the bed before he yakked on our feet. If not....:scared:
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 12:09 AM
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26. LOL! Aren't cats just delightful?
I have two cats, and every thing is fine as long as I remember the "rules". I just laugh about it and accommodate their wishes, usually. I think it is funny, LOL!

I do have one "problem child" cat that needs to get put in his place once in a while. And he is the one I would never part with, because he'd never be able to adjust. He still thinks I am his mother, and I would never abandon him. Even though he is a little poop head.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 12:37 AM
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27. They're fluffly little miracles, that's for sure
And what's with the burst of affection they feel right after making a supernaturally fetid deposit in the litter box? It's like they do their business and then immediately have to run to you to express their love.

:puke: (on the tile, of course)
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-15-08 01:12 AM
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28. ROTFLOL!
Now, I don't get lovin' from my cats after they take a dump. But I am so glad to hear that your cat, he or she, cares so much to express so much love after the fact. LOL!

I get a visit from my problem child cat every night. He just crawls onto my hip or leg, and I just talk to him, pat him on the head, and sleep through it. Once in a while, when he is really feeling insecure, he sleeps on my neck or head.

When he does that, I do wake up and talk to him and give him lots of TLC. Cause I KNOW that means he is upset about something. And needs some reassurance.
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