Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for June 04, 2021

Probably the safest place for the poor little guy, honestly.

It seems like it is going a bit fast, maybe it should slow down. Though after having Lupin jump on it, I can see why it might not want to go too slow.

Goldie and Lupin, partners in crime! And yes, Tortimer will get stuck under couch many times.

And he has deceived everyone. He is not stuck. He is under the couch collecting the most valuable resource for the Skynet: cat hair dust bunnies.

Is anyone else reminded of a pinball machine?

Don’t understand the draw that the robot vacuums have on people. They bump into things, legs of most furniture create a problem, can’t go under couchs, and how do they get into corners.

Some of Lupin’s chaotic energy has rubbed off on poor Tortimer! In panel 2 is he questioning his entire existence?

It doesn’t take a detective to work out who’s going to be Tortimer’s second biggest threat…

At least Lupin and Goldie are having fun!

Cats and Roombas :-)

Wants to snuggle with Goldie ;-)

https://i.imgur.com/plZ2gCQ.mp4

Rescuing from under furniture ;-)

https://i.imgur.com/ZHxyVSP.mp4

Round, and Round we go!

https://i.imgur.com/I4gyVcy.mp4

It’s the Only way to travel!

https://i.imgur.com/QZzgbRE.mp4

Not Tor Tim Mer?

And here’s a cute kitty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLyWbm7ZNM0&t=110s

This is one of a series made by a group of Turkish vets. English subtitles for what the people say. They sometimes put Turkish subtitles for the cats (with asterisks in words that would have a Turkish TV editor leaning on the bleep button) but they don’t need them. It is very clear what the cats are saying.

Awwww, the little fangs! ❤ Lupin and Goldie seemed to have found a sporty common ground in the fourth panel. Lupin’s little swipe at Tortimer is so darling!

Tortimer is a brilliant name. Lupin and Goldie finding common interests is priceless.

Oh no. It has found itself a new secret underground lair. Now it will start making a secret weapon down there and take over the world!

Oh, he’ll fit right in.

Duel action butt wiggle.

Tortimer sounds too much like Tormentor. or maybe Tor-min-a-tor.

Ooh, ooh-ooh

I’ll keep working my way thru the room, babe

With a brrrr-ing spin inside

Yeah, I’m working my way ’cross the rug, babe

Before my battery can die

I’ve got to find my way (Do-do, do-do-do)

Been cleanin’ every day (Do-do, do-do-do)

beep! beep! beep! beep! hey!

(Sandy Linzer / Denny Randell – working my way back to you – the spinners)

I named my robot turtle.. Bump.

Lupin in panel 3… here we go again

“Error. One. Move Roomba to new location. Then press CLEAN to restart. Please open the iRobot app for help.”

https://homeplix.com/roomba-error-codes/

Katy Perry and Kitty Purry: Roar

I’m used to running all around the room

Dust bunnies and cat hair meet their doom!

I don’t run quietly!

Or bump politely!

I know I must make friends with all the cats,

And maybe the Woman will make me a hat,

I know we’ll get along,

Together we’ll be strong!

…….

I run around, pick debris up

And navigate where I must stop

I make new friends with kids and cats

And put up with Lupin’s paw bat!

…….

I have the the eye of the robo, a vacuum!

Dust bunnies, meet your doom!

‘Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me Brrrr!

Louder, louder than a Swiffer!

And you’re gonna hear me Brrr!

Brr-rrr-rrr-rrr-rrr-rrr-rrr-rrr!

Brr-rrr-rrr-rrr-rrr-rrr-rrr-rrr!

Brr-rrr-rrr-rrr-rrr-rrr-rrr-rrr!

You’re gonna hear me Brr!

Getting stuck happens. One must monitor the little darlings, until their little mini-computers maps their path around the apartment. Robbie the Robot and Shark the Robot had to go through the same lessons until they ‘got it’. Now, Robbie just gets stuck in corners. LOL.

Just thinking…Tortimer wouldn’t fit under my couch.

For the heck of it, I just went to look at reviews and costs for robot vacuums. Oh my cat, those are expensive! I don’t know what I was expecting, but certainly not an average of $500.00.

My wife Marie is right, I am always half-off the cost for most things.

I want to know what’s going to happen when Tortimer and MamaVac meet “face to face” (roller to roller?).

It may lose its bearings.

One of the advantages of following Georgia on Facebook is we have seen Tortimer in action.

Playful happy Goldie fangs!

It’s a navigation principle known as random walk with direction change on contact. As you see here, not full=proof.

Yesterday SunflowerGirl100 said, “Facebook posting by Georgia showing Tortimer in action.” Can somebody provide a link? Pretty please. :)

Georgia said on facebook: " The beginning of this story arc was close to real life; after adopting Goldie it felt like we had a LOT of cat hair. Tortimer has been so helpful to just sort of “reset” the floor each night. He is an iRobot Roomba (I avoided brand names in the comic, but we’ve had great luck with him, so I thought I’d mention it here if it could help!)"

It’s National Hug Your Cat Day…but for the more fortunate among us, every day is Hug Your Cat Day!

https://www.comicskingdom.com/mutts/2021-06-04

We have a Neato robot vacuum that uses a laser to “see” around the house…rather than the kind that just bumps into stuff to find its way around. Yet, it still manages to get itself stuck in weird places.

Robot vacuum = cat terrifier/cat toy

And this is why I don’t have a robot vacuum.

the sly tortimer chases its prey,the dust rabbit

Partner has a Roomba that seems to do well, but then he has no cats in his house. Unlike Tortimer, this one has no endearing qualities. It seems to have an annoying fondness for getting around my feet and does not respond to “get away from me, you little @#$%&*!” So far I’ve refrained from giving the thing a foot-based course correction…but then Partner has also learned not to activate it when I’m around.

We raised the legs on the furniture that our robot got stuck trying to go under and put the fuzzy side of Velcro strips around the base about two thirds of way around to keep it from scratching baseboards and chair legs. It’s all good now. If you have pets that shed, these robot vacuums are the best. I’m always surprised how much cat hair mine picks up every day.

I wonder if Tortimer can retrieve some of the lost cat toys while he’s under the couch.

The fangs! I love this arc :)

I was startled to find that the first notification when I signed in this afternoon was from @skykey! I went back to check thinking that maybe somebody else had made a new comment to that old thread but the bots attributed it to @skykey because he had been the first to reply, but there were no new comments in the past almost 3 years.

Rereading the whole thread was so bittersweet because there were names of so many people who have since stopped posting. For those new to the comments section, @skykey entertained us with the ongoing telenovella about The Adventures of Tre-C and Megan. His sudden and unexpected death left us all stunned and saddened.

I don’t believe I’ve seen Goldie’s fangs before. Very attractive.

Oh my gouda! According to my local news site, it’s National Cheese Day! I’d cheddar brie making some cheesy potatoes!

Thanks for the pronunciation, Burt.

THOSE FANGS!!!!!!!!!!

Aww :)

Hope y’all are doing well :) – Asking for prayers and purrs it been a week :)

Endless fun for the kitties.