Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for September 29, 2022

Elvis is a heater hog! I can’t blame him. It got chilly enough here today that I finally turned my furnace on. I sure hope that’s one of those heaters that automatically turns off when it is tipped over!

I love that Beatrix is tucked in the crook of the man’s arm. Does she remember he was the one who brought her in from the void?

Cats dangerously close to a space heater or fireplace? Please, let’s try to keep this story within the realm of possibilities.

Everyone knows cats would only do such a thing on a day ending in “Y”

The heater is not happy about this development!

I see the Woman has broken out the Hallowe’en decorations already!

I see cups of cocoa….and that space heater has one scary look.

Lupin is right behind something mildly dangerous and Elvis is right below it. this cannot end well. I’d also like to thank this fandom once again for being super chill, not minding my long posts, ocasinally sketchy grammar or somehow getting Elvis and Lupin mixed up in my brain because it’s a void from which no light can escape.

Cats who get too close to the heater risk fiery doom.

I’m waiting on my sauna blanket. Come join me, Elvis.

Bea, of course, has the best spot in the room.

Down here in Mesa, Arizona, it’s still getting up to 100 degrees. My space heater won’t come out until mid November.

I love how the space heater has a face with an expression that says, “Oh my! These beings need heat!” ❤️ Ours has a gaping mouth shaped like an “O”!

The space heater looks distressed about its current situation!

Here in the U.K. gas and electricity prices have quadrupled in the last year. No one is turning anything on.

“Tip it over this way.” LOL!!! She doesn’t understand… I’ve had the furnace on periodically this week. It’s been in the 40’s when I’ve gotten up. That’s too cold for us. Loaner Cat’s been spending her time in my lap on the fuzzy blanket and Murphy’s been under a blanket on the couch because of his alopecia. The Blue Dobes are notorious for that. At this rate, we’ll be ‘firing up’ the fireplace soon. Now that hubs has had his knee replaced, he can split wood again so we’re on the hunt. :) We don’t have enough stacked to carry us through more than about half the winter right now.

OT…good news

Pucky heating his little posterior is so cute.

Awww, Buzzy Mouse looks happy to see the heater.

It must be cold if Safety Inspector Elvis is in front of the heater. He’s usually the first to point out all of th danger!

OT: Prayers to SW Florida

I love the bat pillow! I have some fabric just like that. Do I need another pillow…?

OT:

I used to have to sleep right next to the space heater in order to be comfortably. I lived in constant fear of accidentally burning myself in my sleep. I love Beatrix poking out from behind the Man’s arm, she is the coziest of all (or perhaps she’s spying so she can do some sleuthing while the other cats sleep).

OT bad news:

This just in “do not tip heater”!

I thunk i would like to move somewhere, where heaters are important, it rains, and things are green

This is just so sweet. I am warmed just by looking at it.

I Made this up Myself

Gather around the space heater

On a cold and windy night

Under a fleecy blanket

With hot chocolate, what a delight

Gather much too close for safety

Keeping dangerously warm

Let’s sit and tell scary stories

No need for alarm!

Lupin, don’t you dare tip that heater! It is angry already! Goldie, don’t egg Lupin on, he can get into enough trouble on his own!

The space heater for my bedroom sits securely on an elevated wooden table. Fortunately, my cat prefers to burrow under the covers for warmth, at which point I call her a “blanket lump”.

I love that space heater! It gave a very atmospheric vibe to that series of spooky “campfire” stories from a few years back! I loved all of them, but I have a particular fondness for the were-floof tale!

https://www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat-news/2018/10/07

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Uh oh.

Kitten sitting Bea. AWWWWWWW

OOOHHHH, look at Bea!!!!!

How do orb members share their private email addresses with other orbsters?

My cats double as organic space heaters, don’t yours?

Cuddle time for the humans!!!!!

My space heaters are the Danes. Cats pile on top of them or me. I like sleeping with the icicles on the inside of the windows but the poor fuzzy butts like it much warmer. Each dog has their own thick fuzzy blanket, as do I because they are cover stealers. The cats then pick which cover they want to sleep under mine or one of the boys.

I was so touched by today’s toon that I ordered 2 mini space heaters.

No! I have a horror of space heaters. Especially tipped ones!

A friend’s apartment building was burned down by a space heater, and then, incredibly, I almost burned my place down with one. Mine was actually turned off (hadn’t been used in days) when it got tipped and switched itself on.

ot we got a new heater but whenever I turn it on my sister pulls out the cord and it makes me really mad because I keep telling her that it the cord breaks then you could get an electrical shock. Pull it out by the plug not the cord.

Space heater, kitties in PJs, two days to October. Looks like Georgia is setting up for another kitty scary story telling session.

Report from our dogsitter after a Christmas trip was that our pair competed to be closest to her woodstove.

Beatrix is in her jammies!

Is it just me, or does the space heater look like Edvard Munch’s painting “The Scream”?

Space heater? So that them spaceships can stays warm?

I only wish I needed the space heater! Here in the PNW temps are still hitting the 80s

Fortunately, modern heaters have tip turn-off switches for this situation.

When I first brought out my quart rod heater (which I don’t think you can get anymore), my cat was ecstatically happy with my godlike powers to make heat instantly. It took some insistent training to prevent tail singes

Beatrix has found heated massage furniture. Clever kitten.

Why does the man and woman need a space heater? They both have body heat they can share.

I remember the space heaters from the late 1940s and 1950s. Those things were scary. I once cooked a hot dog with one. Took about fifteen minutes.

Kittens are a delight. They have very soft fur as well. It’s fun to kitten-sit.