Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for May 06, 2023

Well, the Man is not wrong. The cats did stop begging.

The boys look like secret service agents. Probably because the woman is giving them Secret Service. Shame they’re not C.I.B, Cats In Black, they could wipe the Man’s memory of their secret service!Or maybe they are???

The man looks well fed. That bucket was big enough to feed the family. How can he deny the good boys a little treat?

Sorry, Woman. Your innocence face just isn’t as convincing as the boys’ innocence faces.

I love seeing them in dark glasses when clandestine activities are involved.

“Move along.”

That got me laughing.

I knew the Woman wouldn’t be able to resist those faces from yeasterday. It was great seeing this storyline again, there were some parts I had remember, and some that I had forgotten. I can’t wait to see what we get next week.

Here come the CI|B! Cats In Black, sometimes called the CIBble squad!

That’s right Elvis. Keep em moving.

It would have been funnier if the man was the one feeding them discretely…

What no Mews Report on this underhanded under-the-table underworld activities?

OT: My discounted mug from Zazzle arrived today. It’s the “Everybody Reads” design. On the site, I couldn’t see some of the details, such as all four of the Robber Mice with Baba Mouse reading their own little books. Even Buzzy Mouse has a tiny book.

Nothing to see here, mmf, mmf. Move right along, folks, nom nom nom. Keep moving, let’s go, chomp, mmm, mmmf…

I knew it! The sad eyes are kryptonite. She folded like a cheap suit.

We had a family Black Lab who would pull the sad brown eyes routine. “I’m a poor starving dog from Ethiopia.” It was devastatingly effective.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Beatrixia: This was a lovely evening. Now time to find an impossibly tiny box.

Iggy: Yeah, I want to get an early start tomorrow. The Red Planet Spider is coming into harbor soon. I want to have the guitar all ready for my cousin Ziggy.

Elvis-Anum: I understand the apprentice project is not quite over. There is still the Breakfast Project tomorrow.

Puckmosis: I hope there will be ham and bacon entrees available.

Lupinium: It wouldn’t be breakfast without them.

Bea: Has anyone seen Ora Z?

Puckmosis: She was helping Thomios clean up in the kitchen.

Elvis-Anum: Oh no! She could be getting into all kinds of mischief.

Puckmosis: Don’t worry. She’s been running around for awhile now. I think I know what she’s doing.

Ora Z: ZZZZzzzzzz….

The Chicken is out of the nest…Rodger that…The Chicken is out of the nest…over!

Where is a neuralyzer when you need one?

That’s what my cats say when I give them treats!

I’ll admit to this action at lunch time. However, you should see the ‘look’ when I only have peanut butter to offer!

At least the Woman isn’t giving them green beans or batteries.

I’ve snuck bits of shrimp, ham or bacon to Roy during dinner when my wife isn’t looking! I won’t deny my bitty boy his treats, he’s earned them by being a perfect friend and companion.

Yeah, that’s basically what my mother does too. :P

Good for you woman! A little compassion (and chicken) is never wrong!

Who’s filming?

Subtle, Woman. As long as all good boys get chicken, everything will be fine.

The Man would appear to have an enormous belly full of chicken-goodness in the first panel!

Oh, when big eyes bear down and Woman’s steely resolve goes poof

’Cause her soul gets so torn that she just cannot remain aloof

Under the table, where Man can’t see, yeah

Secret mission with my agents is where I’ll be

Under the table, until food is gone

(Under the table) We’ll be havin’ some yum

(Under the table) Woman sharin’ above

(Under the table) We’ll be feelin’ the love

(Under the table) Yeah (ssshh!)

- Arthur Resnick / Kenny Young – Under the Boardwalk – The Drifters

I have been known to place an order for extra nuggets or strips or chicken fingers or whatever and when asked I have replied, “Chicken tax. It’s like the cheese tax.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iACWVSFGLEA

My cat Eddie will keep patting my arm until I give him something from my plate. He doesn’t really want it but I must give it.

You’re a fake, Elvis. Where’s your fedora?

My poor cat Peppy always wants to know what food is. She will sing yesterday’s sad song. She can never get enough. In fact, she has never been fed in her entire life.

They’re on a mission from Cat.

There are cats who lead nine lives of hunger

So every food they see they try to plunder

With every move they make

Another bite they take

Odds are there won’t be food left tomorrow

Secret agent cats, secret agent cats

She’s given you a nugget

While you play your hunger games

Secret agent cats

- P. F. Sloan / Steve Barri – Secret Agent Man – Johnny Rivers

So many human foods are poisonous to cats and dogs. It’s best to feed them proper foods designed for them.

The boys sure are rocking those shades. Color me impressed.

I have promised 8-ball that I will always share with him if it’s something safe for him to have.

OT: Jojo’s Day Got Off to a Poor Start

I got the notice from the Vet that it was time for Jojo’s annual appointment and mani pedi. So I called the office yesterday, and they said there was an opening available Saturday morning. So this morning as Jojo has her treats in her carrier, I zip up said carrier. She is not pleased, and meows her displeasure in the time it takes to go to the vet’s (About 15 min.). Fortunately, the appointment didn’t take long. Jojo is healthy, although she could stand to lose a half pound. I gotta watch the treats from now on. For me as well.

Then we came home and all is forgiven. Except not as many treats..

Always check ingredients.

The house I lived in when I was in high school had a living/dining room, & the couch backed up to the dining area. Mom’s boss Sam used to perch on the back of the couch overlooking the dining table, & my dad, who sat at that end of the table, would always tell us in this best Klingon voice: DON’T. FEED. THE CAT." Then he’d turn around & slyly offer a bit of meat from his plate to Sam, with a quiet “Here, dummy…”

A couple of times Sam got outside & went missing for several weeks. Guess who coaxed him back inside with a can of his favorite gushyf00dz both times…

Dad really was an old softie, even if he never liked to let on! 8-D

All those sunglasses. Are they on a mission from God? And where’s their Dodge Monaco?

Jasper and his Big Kitty Eyes would teleport to my side whenever I was cooking meat, especially hamburger. I always had to set aside several little raw meatballs just for him.

I love the Man’s “Wait just a minute” face in panel two.

I agree with Elvis. Nothing to see here. Just an ordinary family having an ordinary take out dinner and proceeding to share everything with all the ordinary pets. Like every normal ordinary household. Nothing to see here – no news. (I’m including all fur babies – I have an Aussie who’s put on at least 5 lbs since I retired – sigh)

You ate a little too much there, Man.

Cats In Black… sounds like a whole new series!

If Breaking Cat News was a movie, what actors and actresses would you choose to voice the cats?

So, Kentucky Derby winner: Mage! His owners are from Venezuela and all of his family who could come, did! I’m talking nieces, nephews, cousins! Whew!

Mage was a “Come from waaaayy in the back” for his win!

My dad just got hit in the face by a june bug.

OT-another update on Salem from Sheila

Is The Woman expecting The Girl, or is her figure a trick of perspective?

Missed an opportunity here for a parody of (I Wear My) “Sunglasses At Night” by Corey Hart