Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for July 30, 2018

LOl – That’s me too Woman. The cats hone in on something and that is how I know there’s a fly/spider/wasp/moth/whatever in the house.

Somebody put a book over that vase- quick!

A SPECIAL REPORT BROUGHT TO YOU BY BCN: LIVE ON THE AIR AS IT HAPPENS – I love the ears perked by the table but shouldn’t Lupin be the one with “eyes” on it? Brrrtzzz And will we have a countdown clock like when Elvis was missing?

Thwarted? Don’t count on it yet. Jules is still buzzing.

This also looks familiar. Whenever I see Blossom crouched in certain spots, I suspect she’s seen a bug and is waiting for it to show up again, like she’s guarding the area. We call it her Bug Patrol!

So Man … how was the first day at work? Were you stuck doing all the HR nonsense all day, did you meet your colleagues, do you have free parking?

Is Puck holding a microphone up at the edge of the table?

Is the July bug going to crack up?

Or crack the vase when the buzzing jiggles it off the table?

Where is The Toddler watching in glee?

Of course there is a way to break a vase! Several ways, actually.

Hopefully he doesn’t break loose.

“Now,” Tre-C thought, “we’re close. Very close.” Her mind went back, over the last year and more, and she trembled- her rocky birth, her fear, the aloneness. Then the recovery by the Old Man, the wonderful comfort of the Woman. The first taste of solid food and of cold milk. What motivated her to leave this? And her kin- what happened to her brother and sister? She found, for just a moment, she could not focus. “Is mom still in the neighborhood? Is she ok? If I find her, what do I say?”

Tre-C was still lost in a field of memories when she heard a crunch of dry grass behind her. It was Megan, jumping off the back fence. She saw Jet look up and nod, then go back to her kibble. Tre-C then knew that Megan had spoken with her, and possibly others. “Who else?” the tabby thought, and bounded over the tall weeds in the yard. “Hah!” the Old Man exclaimed; “You should see this- Tre-C’s playing with that Tuxedo…”

Oh, it’s so familiar! But we have only May Bugs. But Murka hasn’t see them yet, only flies, which she’s perfectly catches and eats. Pussya soecializes in some bigger prey: bugs, butterflies, bees, birds.

Was the baby’s cradle/bassinet in the living room, or is Elvis’s swat strong enough to knock Jules from the baby’s room to the living room?

They have no idea how much they owe to Good Boy Elvis.

BCN VASE WATCH: Second-452-‘We are still holding watch over the hide out of a known, criminal, Jules the July bug…reports say he’s been quiet for over 10 seconds now…local authorities have been alerted, but they appear to be confused about the current situation…’

I love it when the Woman wears this hair style—she looks so much like Audrey Hepburn, but much more beautiful. :-)

There’s something happening here

What it is ain’t exactly clear

There’s a vase with a July bug there

There’s a Siamese, you better beware!

I think it’s time to stop, Jules,

You have found

Bug the little girl, you’ll get slapped around!

Siamese are seldom pleased,

But bug their people,

You might get seized,

Feel free to fly through the door,

But you just might get more than you ever bargained for!

I think it’s time to stop, Jules,

You have found,

Bug the little girl, you’ll get slapped around!

Buffalo Springfield: For What It’s Worth

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If I ever wanted to know what was going on, I just had to follow the cats.

Dearest Mega Orbsters!!! Yesterday my question about avatars elicited a flood of tremendously fascinating responses!

As Hedgehog suggested, I’d like to extend the invitation today for more orbsters to share the stories of their avatars. Any anyone from yesterday who forgot to add something; now is your moment!

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(Georgia, you’re a whiz at bringing such fine folks together!)

Love, boops & buzzes!!! >^.,.^<

Good evening and welcome to today’s match between The Prince of Pounce, The Duke of Puke, The Siamese You cannot Please, Mommy’s Special Boy, Elvis, and Jules, The Calendar Challenged, but still kind of cute with those goggles & scarf, June Bug. I’m Howard Catsell, your swat-by-swat announcer with Ferdie Catcheco your color commentator. And we have an unexpected development in tonight’s match, Elvis has just knocked Jules out of The Baby’s ring of protection and into the Ming Dynasty vase that The Man inherited from his Great, Great, Great Aunt Felicity. How will this match continue?? Ferdie, can you try to get an interview with Elvis or his Trainers, Lupin & Puck?? While we wait for Ferdie to get over to the table, let’s review the combatant’s three options. Keep watching for forever… or at least until dinner time, break the vase, or something no self-respecting cat ever wants to do, rely on their humans for help.From this Announcer’s perspective, the only clear way right now is to break the vase, but GGG Aunt Felicity swore she would box The Man’s ears if he ever broke it. How she was ever going to attach boxes to his ears is not known but doubtless she knew that secret and also the secret of how to freeze his face if he ever made that face at her again. But, is there a chance that she lost those powers now that she had passed over to “The Other Side”? OR, have her powers increased?? Do these threats apply only to The Man or do they include whoever happens to own him at the time of the breakage? For Cat’s sake, is it worth taking the chance??Back to the match where we are still at a standstill & we’re still waiting for Ferdie to find his way to the living room (no, no, NO, a left Ferdie, not a right!). That Ferdie’s sense of direction was ne… OH MY CAT, The People are spying on the proceedings! What have they seen…..do they dare interfere?? How is this all going to end?? Don’t change that cat channel!!

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Love the last panel such a unique setup :)

if there’s something wrong in your living room

Who ya gonna call (Bug busters)

If there’s something weird an it ain’t no good

Who ya gonna call (Bug busters)

Oh wow, he’s still in thre? he must be getting tired of buzzing by now!

It’s always fun when the cats of the house all are interested in the same place.

It reminds me of the lady who called my brother’s office (he was a veterinarian for the county) to ask what to do about a snake she had caught a glimpse of in her house, but that she could no longer see. She was concerned that it might somehow harm her or her cats. He assured her that it had probably already left the house, but if it hadn’t, even if she didn’t know where it was, her cats knew exactly where it was. So, he told her, watch them and see if there is a place that they are either very interested in, or that they are now avoiding like the plague. She didn’t call back, so apparently the snake was gone.

That, or she fled with the cats and burned the house down.

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Good morning and happy Monday/Funday, orbsters and orbabies!

At our house lately this vigilant pose by the cat indicates mouse instead of bug. A mouse which the cat does not catch!

I realize this is a young couple with 3 cats and 2 small children, but I really hope that vase doesn’t have huge monetary or sentimental value!

I always loved the Kliban cartoon of a cat staring at an empty corner and imagining an empty corner.

“Man”, you might wish you had just worked late.

I love that the Man asks the Woman “how was your day”… and not “what have you done today.” He’s a keeper that one.

Those 3 pairs of ears at the table. Way way too cute. That is a “take a pic” moment if there ever was one!

We interrupt our normal BCN New for this Breaking News. Our team will stay with this story all night, if need be. Back to our Reporters on the scene….

All hail the almighty vase!It gave life to us!Now we hail the vase!Random chants