Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for May 23, 2023

I also want an adorable cat-eared safety helmet. Is there a line, may I join it…?

The Boys are going for the cuteness prize here. Puck and Lupin with the Safety Cats, helmets and all. But Angry Elvis takes the win with his fist of fury. GIVE ME YOURS!

These retro strips are really cool! OT: Do you believe in pet angels?:

Good ol’ Hammerspace:

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Hammerspace

And Pucky with the Toebeans, trying to redirect Elvis away from those gorgeous SafetyCat Helmets! They came from the magic closet Elvis!

How are helmets neither here nor there. I think Elvis should have one!!!

The helmets even have lights!

Elvis, to get his helmet, one of you would have to get to the other.

“I’ll give you my helmet for some hearing protection.”

Guys he raised both of you. By now you should know anything you have which he cannot posses will cause him to throw a massive fit about not also having it like a toddler.

Me-yow! Me-yow! It’s under the bed, we go! We throw on miner hats, when vacuums make us scat, Me-yow, Me-yow!

Well Elvis. You can asks Heathcliff for helmets. He gots lotsa helmets. #HelmetsForEveryone

Elvis, if you are really worried about the safety of your head, get it back under the big red couch!

This is a rerun treat for me: I don’t recall seeing today’s strip!! It stands out, as “where did you get” anything you (a cat) are wearing, is a fascinating question. We have never seen little cat closets or little cat chests of drawers.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Enter Broom Child

Broom-Sweepa: Whisk, this is Ora Z. She’s a small cat who loves to play.

Whisk: Pleased to meet you!

Ora Z: The pleasure is mine. What do you like to do?

Whisk: I like to explore. There are so many places with lots of dust.

Ora Z: We can go to the Very Good Library. There are lots of places to explore and things to read.

Whisk: Can we go, Mommy?

Broom-Sweepa: Alright. I’ll take you there after I’m done sweeping the Artisans’ studio.0

Like nature, cats (and dogs) abhor a vacuum.

Ooh, can Elvis throw a tantrum!

It’s important to wear approved CPE (Cat Protection Equipment) while on the job.

The issue is that the helmet is specifically there, not here. Although I am not sure what a helmet will do in the event of a vacuum cleaner strike. At least it keeps them from bumping their heads in their low hiding places.

Elvis, be careful or you’ll do yourself some damage!

Whiny kitty

I don’t think that Little Lupin or Puck’s helmet would fit Elvis inflated head.

Or is that all puff and fur?

Are they going to go full OSHA certified, coveralls, booties, gloves, safety goggles and helmets? That would really yank Elvis’ sour chain to peak melt down performance levels.

Not the China Syndrome …but the Siamese Syndrome …..where our intrepid reporter and his camerman witness a SCRAM event at the Nuclear Facility under the couch.

Puck as ( Reporter Jane Fonda ) and Burt as ( Cameraman Mike Douglas ) Lupin ( Facility Foreman Jack Lemon ) seeks to expose the plant for vacuum violations before the Siamese Syndrome can take place.

Puck – winner of the Catademy Award for best Actress and People’s choice winner

Lupin – winner of the Catademy Award for Best Actor, and Cannes Tuna Film Festival best actor.

Elvis as Drama Queen and the Siamese Syndrome .

“They are so ‘there’…they’re ‘there’ on your heads, and I want them ‘here’ on mine!”

Safety helmets should be bright yellow. Which for some reason holds so much more safety. :)

Elvis needs a helmet in case of shrapnel!

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…I’m not sure how vacuuming could result in shrapnel but that’s not the point!

Can’t—you’re under the couch, they’re under the bed, and there’s a mean vacuum on the prowl in-between you.

Is his name Elvis, or is it Smeagol?

What are the helmuts??? Poor Elvis is about to go Poofy!!

O.T. – Made it another year!

And a Siamese fit was thrown.

Elvis, you are so hard-headed (and dignified) you don’t need a helmet.

Don’t tell Elvis but I have a safety helmet.

The little cat ears on their safety helmets is a nice detail.

Oh dear, I’m afraid I’ve been unintentionally misleading! While I appreciate all the birthday wishes, mine is in December. By “made it another year”, I meant as in made it to another spring and summer, as that is how my internal clock or whatever works. Since spring is my favorite season, I perceive years as running from one spring to the next (may also have something to do with deep-rooted hatred of school and literally counting down the days until summer break and freedom). I apologize for any misunderstanding!

“Elvis, I misspoke. The helmets are here, not there!”

Lupin is at a distinct disadvantage here being deaf.

I want a kitty-ear safety helmet too!

i know it’s not the exact quote, but I hear Puck’s third panel quote in Dr. Rumack’s (Leslie Neilsen) voice.

For Elvis, the problem is the helmets are there, not here

I admire Lupin and Puck’s courage, to remain embedded in this story.

Somehow the safety helmet is particularly flattering on Lupin.

Back when I was in the SCA, a structural engineer who was the project manager told me I had to have a helmet on the job site. I asked, “Should I come in full armor, too?” He knew of my hobby, thought it was silly, and was not amused. I was SO tempted to actually show up in full armor. He’d have been furious. I still regret not doing so. I did paint my coat of arms on the side of the safety helmet. He didn’t like that, either. Everyone else at the site (including our people) was curious, and when I explained, they were amused—at the engineer’s expense. Officious, self-important, (insert epithet here) was not well liked by many. He was the beginning of my antipathy toward those in his field.

On a happier note, one of the other people in that company glued cat ears to her helmet, looked a lot like Elvis’s.

Love that Puck produces not one, but two adorable accessories from nowhere.