Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for September 26, 2024

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    Alias1600  3 months ago

    The Cat Distribution System. They show up randomly and they choose you.

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    Da'Dad  3 months ago

    Arlo, Arlo, Arlo. There you go using logic again.

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    SpacedInvader Premium Member 3 months ago

    Garden Gnomes. Now that’s an angle I hadn’t considered. But why hide them under my shed nowhere near a garden.

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    Rhetorical_Question   3 months ago

    Common logic?

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    syzygy47  3 months ago

    Occam’s Razor, giving you the closest shave money can buy!

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    Homerville Premium Member 3 months ago

    Who is she talking to, Arlo or the cat?

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    nosirrom  3 months ago

    It’ll never be gnomed where Luddie came from.

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    Sephten  3 months ago

    I think this is a case where it’s the destination that matters, not the journey.

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    My First Premium Member 3 months ago

    I looked it up, so you don’t have to. In philosophy, Occam’s razor is the problem-solving principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest possible set of elements. It is also known as the principle of parsimony or the law of parsimony.

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    Robin Harwood  3 months ago

    We believe that we deliberately went to the RSPCA to adopt a kitten we saw on the website. We think we did this of our own free will, and were in no way controlled by thought waves emanating from the local CDS headquarters. So we think we have no one to blame but ourselves.

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member 3 months ago

    A feral had 3 kits and I feed them. The runt sadly died and I had the other 2 for years. They would not come into the house. The fun was getting them to the vet’s. I had to use a have a heart for 2 years.

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    MRBLUESKY529  3 months ago

    How old is this cat? He has to be at least 30 years old.

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    TheBamaGal  3 months ago

    Okay, so I’m ready to find out about the moving drama!!!

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    mourdac Premium Member 3 months ago

    All our cats are rescues. One, like Luddie, was left under our back deck by momma.

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    LionsAndTigersNoBears  3 months ago

    Spontaneous generation!

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    some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member 3 months ago

    Both plausible theories, who’s to say which is correct?

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    bikamper  3 months ago

    Janis sounds like my MIL regarding our pooch.

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    uniquename  3 months ago

    My brother and his wife adopt cats the same way. They live in the country and cats just show up at their door. The cats always go out and sometimes they don’t come back.

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    m b  3 months ago

    stay safe everyone in path of Hurricane Helene, evacuate if told to do so, storm surges and rain totals are going to be life threatening (•︵•)

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    MLBachorik  3 months ago

    After being kicked in the face and tossed out by his creep owner, one of our cats showed up at our door. Apparently he knew good people and a safe place. He stayed 19 years. :)

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    KatLady  3 months ago

    I never knew there was a “cat distribution system” although I’ve been the recipient most of my life. It wasn’t until Tater Chip (cats are like potato chips…), who looks like Luddy, came along. At about the same time, a friend who lives less than a mile from me posted a picture of her latest named Taco. After talking about the 2 little guys we realized they HAD to be brothers. They looked identical and had the same personalities. My belief is someone went around the area looking for home with cats. I have 3 and she has a lot more. We looked like good prospects so they let them off with us. He’s a great cat. All boy. Very affectionate and a constant source of amusement—much to the consternation of Maggie (the oldest and queen of this kingdom).

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    sarahbowl1 Premium Member 3 months ago

    My most cherished kittie, Lady, was found at my doorstep one day! Loved her so!

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    mobeydick  3 months ago

    Shouldn’t be too hard. I imagine there are/were not many blue cats in the neighbourhood.

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    sfreader1  3 months ago

    My daughter found one in a window well at her house. It was about two weeks old at the time. She bottle fed that kitten and it thrived. The vet had some of those doll-sized baby bottles in their lobby.

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    ChessPirate  3 months ago

    One day a cat showed up on our front porch and announced (in cat) that we had been adopted. This was the most beautiful cat I’d ever seen. Solid grey coat that sometimes looked blue, and bright green eyes. My sister named her “Tybalt”. She didn’t care that it wasn’t a he… ☺

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    weresemblethem  3 months ago

    Ok. I’ll bite. What is Occam’s Razor?

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    RonMcCalip  3 months ago

    Just one of those things God and the Universe have deemed that you just don’t need to know. Just sit back and enjoy the love!

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    ncorgbl  3 months ago

    The day before yesterday we lost Shadow after 15+ years. He was a black cat with pure white fur under the black. It was strange. His mother brought him and his sister walking through our yard and dropped him off with us, taking the sister with her as she left. The kitten with his tongue hanging out. Shadow was a character, always talking, a tough guy Tom, but loving with us. He was like a watchdog, defending the house from all comers, letting us know when someone, or something, was invading our space. He is missed.

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    Lord King Wazmo Premium Member 3 months ago

    Shut up, Arlo.

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    simbrat  3 months ago

    We have a rescue cat. He was 5 months when we got him in 2013 after losing our 17-year-old cats to cancer and a stroke the year before. He is a huge sooky-baby. We love him to pieces. He’s an a**hole, but he’s our a**hole.

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    Aladar30 Premium Member 3 months ago

    Cats are gifts.

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    khjalmarj  3 months ago

    Could you call this Occam’s Sledgehammer?

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    curtlyon19  3 months ago

    She rarely shows whimsy

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    SNVBD  3 months ago

    How old is Ludwig (?) anyway?

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    Kawasaki Cat  3 months ago

    All of our cats over the years chose us.

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    DaBump Premium Member 3 months ago

    I don’t think anybody really understands Occam’s Razor, they so seldom use it properly.

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    assrdood  3 months ago

    Occam’s whisker?

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    1Straindje1 Premium Member 3 months ago

    It’s true. They really choose you.

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    crazeekatlady  3 months ago

    I have all rescue cats. I have two garden gnomes (one front yard and one back yard) and welcoming kitty and bunny statues. I don’t ask them where they came from, just if they’re hungry and want to come inside. Some agree to both, others to just the eat and let me live outside. They have insulated houses for the winter, fresh water and eat dry and canned cat food twice a day.

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    Julie478 Premium Member 3 months ago

    That’s how I got my Little Luna. She’s the cat in my profile pic. She showed up on my front porch 15 years ago, right before a cold front was going to come through. My husband, at that time, worked offshore for a 28-day rotation. I called him up and said, “Guess what?! We have a new cat!” Sadly, he is gone now but she just turned 15 and doesn’t show any signs of slowing down.

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    cuteswan Premium Member 3 months ago

    Today I’ll go with Janis’ answer. :)

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    MIHorn Premium Member 3 months ago

    I got my tuxedo boy when he rode in the engine of my car and came out after I got home ( much longer story). We had him for nine years before his heart gave out.

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    Gordo4ever  3 months ago

    I’m with Arlo on this one: Don’t overthink this, Janis.

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    David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace  3 months ago

    Occam never met a garden gnome or he would have shaved differently.

    (On the other hand, neither have or do I.)

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    sincavage05  3 months ago

    animals come into our lives for a reason, be it to heal from the daily struggle to survive or to bring hope and a smile.

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    markkahler52  3 months ago

    Luck of the Draw, no matter how it goes!!..

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    Robert Williams @ Williams Web Solutions  3 months ago

    Hey, I got to Google something and learned some history.

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    JJ creator 3 months ago

    At the moment, we have three cats on full scholarship and one walk-on.

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    ellisaana Premium Member 3 months ago

    We had dogs for a trio of decades. Then, a cat, when he was very old, strayed into our lives. Now, the crows who show up to snack on peanuts at midday are our only critters, or so we thought. Number-1-son installed cameras near all our doors and we discovered we have a regular game trail running through our back yard—deer in the early morning, groundhogs by day, and at night there are foxes (a shy one and a bold one,) multiple skunks, and an entire family of raccoons.

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    Laurie Stoker Premium Member 3 months ago

    I like Janis’s idea better! ❤️

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    teaberryva Premium Member 3 months ago

    that comment could be a strip in itself and I am sure cat people would share it far and wide! Perfect!

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    carlosrivers  3 months ago

    I learn a lot from, who knew, reading the comics;)

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    figuratively speaking  3 months ago

    Definitely gnomes. They knew where he’d be safe.

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    eric_harris_76  21 days ago

    Am I the only one with the lyrics to “Cotton-Eyed Joe” now?

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