Devil cat

[nlbarber]

Must try to Photoshop some devil horns onto a photo of Fish, for use on posts like this one.

This morning Fish surpassed himself. First, he managed to reach up to the dining table and hook a paw over the edge of my cereal bowl, tipping damp cereal and milk into my lap, onto the placemat, and on the table and floor. Once I had that cleaned up (during which time the cereal got to the "almost too soggy to eat" stage) and changed pants, I moved to the living room sofa, as the floor was still drying around the table. (OK, so there's only one spot at the dining table that is clear enough to eat at, and that's where the wet floor was. Shifting Stuff to eat elsewhere was beyond me.)

I settled down with the remnants of cereal, coffee, and a halved hard-boiled egg for the rest of breakfast, and went back to reading on the paper. I looked up in a minute, and Fish was licking the salt off the plate beside the egg--I'm sure he just hadn't gotten around to trying the egg itself. I yelled, he jumped, the egg plate went splat onto the carpet...and I abandoned the paper and spent another 10 minutes cleaning up.

Comments

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

OK, so there's only one spot at the dining table that is clear enough to eat at, and that's where the wet floor was. Shifting Stuff to eat elsewhere was beyond me.

This description sounds familiar. Have you been eating at my table when I wasn't looking?

[nlbarber]

What is about flat surfaces that makes them collect paper, and books, and Stuff? I actually consider it something of a triumph that I've managed to keep one place sort of clear so I can eat there, as every other flat surface in the place is covered with Stuff.

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

Same with me. I used to try to keep two spots at the table open, but now I only get around to that when my sister is home from college. If she's not here, her place gets covered quickly with Stuff. Of course, one of the reasons for keeping a place open it that the cats need a place to read the newspaper. They read by osmosis through their fur you know, and thus need a place where they can lie down on their reading material.