Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for August 29, 2021

There are very few of us who have mastered the art of eating tacos without making a mess.

Can anybody eat tacos without making a mess?

Tacos? Yes! Shrimp? In the words of Puck when confronted with a pickle, “NOPE. . . . Nope, nope, nope—” (see last panel of the following strip: http://www.breakingcatnews.com/comic/hunting-lessons-are-underway-in-the-living-room/)

Even better than a tuna sandwich. Lots more debris!

Sunday Funday

I admire Burt’s technique in adjusting the squelch just right on their walkie-talkies so their transmissions are loud and clear with a minimum of static (although, of course, there still is some. Wouldn’t be a recon mission without it!).

Everyone wins! I like that!

Spot prawns are in season, I am hoping to score some this week.

That is living dangerously.

I’m not getting the panel 6 “I like living dangerously” reference. What are those black glasses for?

Wow, and I thought the Woman only got cats climbing on her whenever she cooks bacon!

Is that Shark Lupin in the last panel?

I once had “Taconite” for dinner – it was a hard chew, I can tell ya!

A large enough mess from their dinner could be a-taco-lyptic.

“HECK YES” indeed Puck.

I’m definitely hearing “Jaws” theme music in that last panel.

This great cat and that great cat

Sitting by the table

This and that great cats says that

I’m messin’ ‘round because I’m able

Talkin’ ’bout

Hunger

Hunger

Taco Taco all night

C’mon and feed me all the night

C’mon and feed me right

Elvis in panel 6, black glasses and Austin Powers reference, even Looks Like Austin Powers!

I love shrimp and I like tacos but I have never had a shrimp taco. This is making me hungry for tacos so I may have to put the fixings on my shopping list. We haven’t been to Taco Bell in about a year and a half as it’s too messy to eat in the car. Maybe some day they’ll open the fast food dining rooms again.

Oh, the Boy holding Puck in his arms is melting my heart!

Would Georgia share her recipe?

The CN team begins to butter up their potential “allies at the dinner table.” So far, no signs of any green beans or batteries have been sighted.

OT: Marie’s Home!

I didn’t know they had / used Walkie-Talkies!

Love the “Static” whenever they’re in use. :-)

Shrimp? Bleah!

Shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey’s uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There’s pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that’s about it. No waitsaminute. There’s shrimp tacos too.

Making a mess is half the enjoyment, I just might have Shrimp for dinner now!!!

We are getting ready for Ida … and preparing for my surgery on Thursday.

Except for Georgia, who gets to clean up.

Albert A. Cat, because he is a big weirdo, doesn’t like shrimp. He’ll beg for it, because he begs for anything his Man is eating, but then he turns up his nose.

When this old world starts getting me down

Its troubles are just too much for me to face

I click right here and visit this place

And all my cares just drift right into space

BCN is cheerful as can be

And here the world’s sh!t-show can’t bother me

Let me tell you now

When I hear news that’s not this cat beat

I go to where the art is fresh and sweet

I get away from the restless crowds

And all the disease, floods, fires and heat

BCN, the best comic I know

Where you just have to believe to make it so

Let’s have fun at BCN

Where cute creatures put on a show for free

And Georgia shares it all with you & me

I keep a-tellin’ you

Right away when you’re gettin’ a frown

Visit those robber mice, they’re worry-free

And if this world starts getting you down

There’s no room for the blues

At BCN

Everything is all right

(Carole King / Gerry Goffin – Up on the Roof – The Drifters)

Once upon a time in Mexico, without really knowing what we were doing, we drove from Tulum to Punta Allen, a fishing village inside Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve. It was a 30 mile drive down a rough dirt track (I can’t even call it a road) and we were just in an ordinary car (like I said, we didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into). Once there we had the most wonderful shrimp quesadillas with the shrimp sautéed in garlic butter. We’ve tried to make them at home, but it’s not the same as eating them on that beautiful beach.

“High Paw” the Girl, Goldie!

Mmm…shrimp…

Buen provecho.

“Wolf down six bites and throw up in the hallway”.

Hmm, sounds familiar. I have a large male Siamese that does that sort of thing. Thankfully, he doesn’t care much for people food.

I haven’t mastered that art. Soooo Smash the hard shells, put em on a plate load the rest of the stuff on it and eat it with a fork.

Puck is getting a bit more spicy with Elvis and calling out his nonsense. A nice look for such a laid-back cat who tends to put up with the craziness.

BUSTED again, Elvis! 8-D

That’s a big 10-4, BCN!!!

Also – I thought tacos were reserved for Tuesdays, like Tater Tots! :-)

Well, not everyone wins…#treyf

I can’t eat tacos without making a mess!

My family got its first dog when my brother and sister were toddlers. He was an adult from the shelter. My mom would put them on the rug with a small bowl of dry cheerios. She never worried about cleaning up. The dog would wait patiently and take care of everything they left on the rug.

A conversation between Mrs. Malaprop and Lady Mondegreen

Mrs. Malaprop: Looks like I’ll have to go hungry tonight. We’re having skimp tacos.

Lady Mondegreen: But the fishcakes could all be in California, girl.

Mrs. Malaprop: Of course, we could all go out the the Bubble Gum Shrimp Company.

Lady Mondegreen: But beware the Southeast Shore in 1984.

Mrs. Malaprop: Yes. I heard the flooding was so bad they had to evaporate the beach.

Lady Mondegreen: But I can see clearly now, Lorraine has gone.

Mrs. Malaprop: Maybe that was just an optical conclusion.

We had a cat, Meep, (the loudest sound she ever made) who, on the day we rescued her as a kitten, ate six boiled jumbo shrimp that weighed as much as she did.

Now I want shrimp tacos.

Too bad, I was thinking it was going to be shrimp scampi when Puck mentioned the garlic.

Shrimp tacos I’m a little leery of. But I’m leery of any tacos and fish or seafood. Same for burittos. I enjoy tacos and burritos, and I love fish and seafood. But I’ve never been too interested in marrying fish and/or seafood with tacos and/or burritos. I’ve only tried it twice, both out in California in 2014. One time was at an Arbe’s and it was actually good. But the other time my sister suggested one of the local Mexican places she went to from time to time, definately a turn off. Their non-fish items were great, but the fish item I didn’t want to order which she and mom insisted we get for me since I like fish so much was enough to keep me leery of the idea. It was like they went to the local McDonald’s and purchased their fish for the fillet-o-fish sandwich, heated it, and threw it into a tortilla complete with a slice of American cheese. Nasty. Fillet-o-fish is one of the few things I’ll get at McDonald’s if I have to go there, but as a taco or burrito I don’t suggest it.

Everyone does win. I am sure the Boy and the Girl will also “accidentally” drop some shrimp for the good cats of the household.

Shrimp tacos?! I would like some.

Our cousins from Slidell Mississippi are safe in Jackson MS which is further north. But Jackson is predicted to be hit with massive rain tomorrow. We have not reached cousins in bogaloosa.

I love the “live dangerously” panel. Fun image.

This is why I do taco bowls when I make tacos. Or sometimes taco burritos.