Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for August 17, 2021

You’re outnumbered, Man. The only safe place to eat that sandwich might have been in a locked bathroom, and it’s too late now.

Good one, Goldie! :D You pulled a fast one! Tell us all about the tuna fish sandwich! Is it tuna? Can you confirm?

What the Man needs is a decoy tuna sandwich …

The Man didn’t stand a chance!

Love the chomp.

Boys, you lost sight of the goal; whereas Goldie never took her eyes off the prize! Man, you never had a chance!

This is exactly what it was like trying to eat a fish sandwich around Meimei the Pirate Queen (my avatar). Didn’t matter if you put a spoonful and all the juice in her dish. She wants what you’ve got.

The Paparazzi is brutal

Man needs lessons in being an alpha.

Puck may not have gotten anything out of the Man, but Goldie sure did!

No, it’s not tuna fish. It’s chicken.

(of the sea)

Score one for Goldie. Most of my cats like tuna when it is out of the can with spring water but after it is mixed into a tuna salad with mayo or Miracle Whip, celery, pimento, etc…. the interest goes away except for the tuna water which they go nuts for and then it is every cat for his/her self!!

Ah hahahahahahaha!

Goldie fish ambush!

Ot: Car update…

Goldie for the win!

Cats to the right of me, cats to the left of me, into the jaws of Goldie!

You get indigestion when cats try to get your food.

Not completely OT: Black Cat Appreciation Day!!!!!

Seriously, what did The Man expect?

Gent, I’ll be glad to see your argument. And I’ll keep presenting Knox’s.

That is my house whenever I open a pack of PF Tea Biscuits lol!

It’s no better fighting Roy for last night’s Veal chops, or steak or lamb of chicken or fish. The only food he does not want to steal is take out or cold meals, save for the milk in my cereal.

You should have chewed faster, Man.

The man made a rookie mistake. When making tuna sandwiches, drain the tuna juice or whatever into multiple dishes. scatter out for kitties. Enjoy sandwich in peace.

Drop the tuna and save yourself Man. For the love of cat…save yourself!

Panel 1: Ah ha, just as I said yesterday, the Man needs two hands! Panel 2: uh oh, even that’s not gonna work. Panel 3: OMC, Puck’s cute chubby body climbing on the Man. Panel 4: Wha—!! Goldie Girl takes the prize with a double-fanged chomp!

Man. How selfish can you be. Give the fish to the poor cats!

What the Man needs is to make 4 more tuna sandwiches, bread optional.

The Man is not shining today.

You and me, we come from different worlds

You like to watch me when I watch all the birds

Sometimes I’m lazy and you wonder why

I’m such a baby ’cause “Our IX Lives” makes me cry

Well I’m a reporter, too

And I’m looking for good news from you

You chew at me, you’ve got nothing left to say

I bat and pester you, tryin’ to get my way

Feelin’ starve-y, holdin’ on, barely

I just wanna eat food but you ain’t bein’ share-y

Well, there’s no escape for you

I only wanna eat your food

You better gimme, fool

I only wanna eat your food

- Darius Rucker / Dean Felber / Jim Sonefeld / Mark Bryan – Only Wanna Be with You – Hootie & the Blowfish

And Lupin is purrfectly placed to snag anything that falls.

Man, the classic “hunch and turn” maneuver won’t do you much good when faced with the best feline climber of the group.

With apologies to Chief Brody

Man – You’re gonna need a bigger mouth! :-)

If they’re anything like my cats, they’ll be up on the counter after licking the bowl.

Love “chewing faster”!

♪"I don’t know what it is that makes me love it so

I only know I never want to let it go

‘Cause you’ve started something

Oh, can’t you see?

That sandwich smells so good

I wanna get a piece

It happens to be true

I only want to eat it, too

It doesn’t matter where you go or what you do

I’m gonna be right there and climb all over you

Oh, look what has happened with just one sniff

It’s tuna and I have to get my paws on this

It’s crazy but it’s true

I only want to eat it, too.

You opened up the can

And spooned it on the bread

I started batting at your arms

The fish didn’t stand a chance

Now listen honey

I am gonna be beside you everywhere

As long as you are eating, honey, I don’t care

‘Cause you’ve started something

Oh, can’t you see?

That sandwich smells so good

It’s got a hold on me

No matter what you do

I only want to eat it, too

(music refrain)

Oh, oh, You opened up the can

And spooned it on the bread

I started batting at your arms

The fish didn’t stand a chance

Now listen honey

I am gonna be beside you everywhere

As long as you are eating, honey, I don’t care

‘Cause you’ve started something

Oh, can’t you see?

That sandwich smells so good

It’s got a hold on me

No matter what you do

I only want to eat it, too

I said no matter, no matter what you do

I only want to eat it, too"♫

(“I Only Want To Be With You” – Dusty Springfield, Writer(s): Hawker Michael Edwin, Raymonde Ivor)

She scored a bite!

Cats cannot be held accountable for their actions around tuna. Its a standard disclaimer. Basically you asked for it

Man, when will you understands that it’s o-fish-ally theirs?

At our house, with our clouder of 8 kitties, it takes 2 cans of tuna to make a sandwich. All the water out of both cans is drained into 2 separate bowls, the cans are emptied—except for some tuna left deliberately on the sides and bottom. Then the tuna in the bowl gets separated—bulk stays in bowl, but some is distributed on plates. I have to somehow manage to put the cans, bowls of tuna water and plates all down simultaneously to avoid fights and go to specific cats, according to their preferences. Then I need to quickly make 1 1/2 sandwiches and retreat to my home office with the door closed, finishing my food in less than two minutes before the wolves…er, uh, CATS come beating on the door to get whats left. Yes, I buy tuna in bulk at Sams Club.

I think the winner here is Goldie. It looks like she scored the whole sandwich with that CHOMP!

August 17, Official Cat Day, according to Old Farmers Almanac. Read the article on the source of the adage Cats have nine lives, and what cats’ purrs mean from kittens feeding purr to chirping and chattering. Interesting.

Reminds me of a time not long after my family had adopted a particular cat. He’d only been in the house for less than a week when I reheated some leftover ham for a light lunch and was eating it on the couch when we discovered this guy loves ham, to the point he was trying everything he could think of to get at my plate of it.

Unfortunately for him, I love ham too, so I wasn’t about to share a single bit of it. He eventually learned that if he wanted ham, I wasn’t the one to go getting it from. :P

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Queen Catshepsut the Golden: Welcome, one and all to the tuna banquet.

Thomios: I believe this is my favorite thing to cook. Well, except for kibble, cat-friendly chocolate, meat, vegetables…and everything else.

Puckmosis: Do you think more will appear in the pantry?

Thomios: You can never tell.

Meanwhile, at the boat of Freshwater Cat and his brother, Saltwater Cat

Fresh: That was quite a haul, bro. I think we caught more fish than we know what to do with.

Salty: Well, I know Thomios likes to cook tuna, and I’m sure the Afar kitchen would like some as well.

Fresh: Right. And don’t forget to leave some for Alice-Ata and the gang to steal.

Saturday night trying to make sushi.

Now are the other three going to allow Goldie to keep the sandwich?

Give up, Man. They have you surrounded.

Maverick comes when he hears our can opener (one of those little battery-powered things about the size of a basic cell phone). He doesn’t care what’s being opened.

OT: The Boy and The Girlfriend are babysitting a (male) puppy for The Girlfriend’s brother and his “roommate” (the guy isn’t out to his family, hence the pretense) while the brother is out of town for a few days. I’m not sure if Mickey is trying to pin the dog down to fully assess him, or … err … trying to do something else, except that I thought being neutered would resolve any instinct he had toward that end.

Keeping @asrialfeeple in prayer, that the surgery went well and she will be able to post soon.

My younger brother has never taken nonsense from his pets. One kitten tried to steal his sandwich so my brother picked him up, opened his mouth, and put the cat’s head in. Alpha message understood, and no more sandwich stealing. We are not totally at the mercy of furry ones.

OT: R update

They don’t usually want the tuna by the time I put mayonnaise, onion and pickle in it.

“chewing faster”, I love it.

O.T. – a plea

Thank you to everyone for prayers already for my red Pepper, whose cancer is slowly growing again in his right rear leg. Would you make those prayers ongoing please? He is my best friend and I certainly appreciate him today and all days.

Meanwhile, extra appreciation for Peppers 4 black cat mates! Hubby and I currently have adopted rescues Kitten Boy, Vick, Morrigan, and Donna. My mother, a British subject, always said black cats are Good luck.

My last two dogs loved tuna.

Time for the man to go to another room and shut the door after making sure it’s a cat free environment.

Not as much as they love weenies. Shih Tzu breeder calls it doggie cocaine

This is asrialfeeple battered, bruisend and operated upon. Feeling pained and relieved. Made the ultimate effort at pt by sitting on my bed.

Letter to the editor: “Time for a comics page makeover” is the headline. Quoting from the letter itself: “Let’s dump the following … Breaking Cat News (moronic) ….”

The fool. He let the cats get away with attacking his tuna fish sandwich.

Boy, does that look familiar!

Are there really people so stupid that they don’t know how to not click on comics they don’t want to read? Nobody particular in mind, just askin’…

“Extra!… Mayo!… Read all about it!”

That is a loosing battle for the Man.

A Breaking Cat News cartoon would be adorable and hilarious. It would have to have Georgia’s art style though!

Why we don’t even have tuna in our house. Fresh salmon is bad enough, the cats love that almost as much.

For some reason, when we have something for dinner that the cats are interested in, they all congregate around me. I have to eat standing or hold the plate of sushi over my head while my better half gets to enjoy his in peace. Every. Darn. Time.

Georgia captured the body language of “I’m ignoring/avoiding a needy pet” well with a few simple lines =)

My first cat would come demand her share of a tuna sandwich. I was always surprised that she liked it with the pickle relish and all. She liked salmon and chicken didn’t get her attention.

Sucks to be you, Man.

And Goldie scores.

Honestly, Goldie is the last one I would expect to do that! My money was on Elvis.