Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for January 05, 2023

. . . and Lupin. Hey! he’s in a class by himself!

One whole lamp! I think that that might be a little too much. Even for lupin.

I WANT TO SEE THE ROOMS IN THE “NEW” APARTMENTS! I WANT TO SEE THE DOWNSTAIRS APARTMENT! AND I WANT TO SEE THEM NOW!

Sorry for shouting. I’ve lost all my patience again.

Shocking!

Lupin has become aware that he is immortal in the comics. WARNING LUPIN HAS BECOME AWARE.

OT:Missing Orbster

I just don’t understand what they are doing with the additional rooms. Are they just expanding the existing apartments or is one new three-story apartment? Lupin, Puck, Elvis, I want some diagrams!

The lamps are doomed.

I thought he knocked over lamps, not that he ate them. Can’t imagine a lamp being tasty no matter how hungryhe is.

Elvis is so accurate. ❤️

Lupin, you do not need to chomp the lamps!

It’s nice that Elvis is concerned for his little idiot… I mean brother.

Electrifying, Lupin! But be aware or it goes…“Wham!”

Somehow he told me

“Boy, every lamp he wants is every lamp he eats”…

I love Lupin’s affronted face.

Okay, “three reasonable cats and Lupin” made me giggle.

Hell, a lamp roast, what’cha knowing

We’ve come to watch a fluff tail growin’

Ain’t you got no volts for me?

Doo-ait-n-doo-doo, feel electroconvulsives

Ba da-da da-da da-da, feel electroconvulsives…

(The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) / Simon & Garfunkel)

https://www.gocomics.com/offthemark/2023/01/05

And yooooou, light up my life! I’ll eat yoooou up, and hork you out!

That is so Lupin. Elvis has a point about 100s wiring. It could end anyone.

Comedy gold.. it’s also nice that with all the needling Lupin does to Elvis, he gets one back… and entirely reasonably at that. I mean sure glass houses and all that (To quote the dignified boy himself “Gimme them death noodles”) but Lupin probably WOULD die horribly were the man not taking these percautions and he knows it.

Interesting to see Elvis’ view of his cohabitants. I have never seen Lupin try to eat a lamp, but he is definitely the “try anything once” sort. Hopefully this will open the door to cats going in the addition.

… Ah, he likes bread and butter

Ah, he likes volts and amps

Ah, says Elvis won’t impede him

As he chomps on all the lamps

… Well, he woke up early one Friday

Saw much to his surprise

The old electric wire

Fixed by the lovin’ Man

… No more fluffernutter

Ah, no more volts and amps

No more shocks from his light eating

Ah, he’s still a live-wire scamp

- Jay Turnbow / Larry Parks – Bread and Butter – The Newbeats

Tweets from Dr. Scuttles!

Includes lots of emojis which won’t post here…

Jan. 4

A new year, the same me. What cryptids are you hoping to spot in the coming 12 months? I dearly hope to glimpse a jackalope. Just once. [praying hands]

[deer] + [rabbit] = [smiley face]

I do not understand these fangled tech-pictures. I suppose now I can no longer text “I’m on the case! [Groucho face]” (but I still will! Hercule Poirot would not be thwarted, nor will I! [Groucho face])

My friend Wicket claims this emoji [Groucho face] does not mean “detective”?? I’m at a loss, that’s the emoji for the famed Hercule Poirot, is it not?

[Groucho face][Groucho face][Groucho face]

Remember kids, don’t eat lamps!

Lupin did such a marvelous job of acting in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Now THAT was a major Poof incident.

“…two small cats, three reasonable cats, and Lupin….” LOL!

FWIW, though, early 1900s electrical wiring — like ‘knob and tube’ wiring — is actually safer than modern wiring. Early electric plants involved a great deal more ‘design paranoia’ because electricity was new — keeping the positive and negative wires 4-5 inches apart was a result of extreme caution that proved to be unnecessary. When I had an electrician come in to replace a few left over circuits in an old house, she explained this to me as she worked on those circuits without even turning off the breakers. =8-o

Any lamp you want, as long as it’s off, and unplugged, and also no, Lupin, no lamps for you. Stick with staring into them.

From Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: Candy Man

Who can take a lamp stand?

Knock it to the floor?

Take a bite of the lampshade and then run right through the door?

The Lupin can

The Lupin cat can

The Lupin cat can because he is a Cat of Adventure and he knows it’s all good!

…….

Who can create chaos?

Make it all seem nice?

Leave a wake of ruin without even thinking twice?

The Lupin can

The Lupin cat can

The Lupin cat can because he is a Cat of Adventure and he knows it’s all good!

…….

The Lupin cat runs, has a lot of fun

Knocks everything to the floor, it

Just like a tornado, even more, it

But we all forgive him for it!

…….

Who can hide by white walls?

Walk around unseen?

Sneak up when unexpected with a Thwump it’s really keen!

The Lupin can

The Lupin cat can

The Lupin cat can because he is a Cat of Adventure and he knows it’s all good!

Mouse, thank Cat, seems to have lost her taste for power cables, USB cables, etc…

“Three reasonable cats”……. LOL!

All the CATegories.

I thought the idea was to knock over lamps.

“And Lupin” LOL!

Having grown up in an old house built in the early 1900s, I can picture the non-Polarized & non-Grounded outlets in the baseboard near the floor (or IN the floor); the triple-tap plugs or extension cords in some; and the fabric-wrapped cords on the old lamps.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Puckmosis: Looks like the Artisans’ work is just about complete.

Maat-Tilda: Now we need to rig the sails.

Elvis-Anum: The crew should be able to do that, right?

Tillie: Yes, but they could use a little help.

Puckmosis: Iggy’s a sailor, I’m sure he would be glad to help.

Beatrixia: And don’t forget you have an expert climber. Two, actually.

Elvis-Anum: We just have to make sure Ora Z doesn’t get too carried away.

Good call, Man.

OT: Hitting the road…

Just love Elvis’ absolutely deadpan (and very dignified) face.

That’s right Elvis, say what needs to be said about the Tiny Horse. Gotta love Mr. Chaos’ reaction.

“I’ll eat any lamp I want?” Really, Lupin? You’re just proving the People are quite right to take these precautions!

He’s only looking out for you, Lupin.

We would like to thank everyone for their comments on the loss of Yoko. The outpouring of sympathy and condolences are overwhelming. The Orbsters have created a support group that is truly amazing and caring. Once again thank you.

My first and probably only laugh of the day. OT Floyd update.

Lupin: “Second of all, I only ate that lamp so I could briefly see my skeleton from the outside!”

“Safety proofing” seems like the wrong way to go about it. Uncle Fester would like a safety proof house though.

Happy Twelfthnight everyone!

Following that link to Twitter, it appears she posted on Dec 4.

For those in California, be VERY, VERY, VERY CAREFUL!!!!

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/04/weather/severe-storm-tornado-threat-south-wednesday/index.html

Might not even have to chew the 1900s wiring for it to kill Lupin. Now 1980s wiring…..

I have toilet paper inside rolls on the cord of my clock in the bedroom. Vlad decided to give it a try when he was a baby.

Often I save those rolls on the “got to be good for something” principle.