The Vent and Rant Thread

[yvanleterrible]

When I had my cats and they were not behaving, all I had to do was open the door where the vacuum was stashed and rattle the hose.
Zoooom! They'd run up to their secret hiding places.

[phenomshel]

I wish I could find something that would scare our Mooch (she's the little calico that Chris had before he got me :P). NOTHING scares her when she wants something. Not the vacuum, not water...she just keeps bouncing up to or on to whatever it is (or me) like she's on a bungie cord! The only solution I've found is to lock her out on the enclosed porch, and that only works in the spring/summer (too cold to do that to her in the winter here).

[yvanleterrible]

Sulking at Apple's...

[happy_terd]

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Sulking at Apple's...

I feel your pain. I was eating an apple and just dropped it on a dust bunny.

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

Cat flaps can be exciting. A friend told me his cat flap horror story: He has 3 cats too. He came home after dark, went in the house and found all 3 cats sitting on the couch - absolutely frozen in place with huge eyes looking up. He looked up and saw an adult raccoon clinging to the top of the doorjamb over the door leading to the kitchen. Thinking fast, he opened the kitchen door into the back yard and turned out all the lights in the house. He then sat down on the couch with the cats, opened a bottle of Irish whiskey and waited for the raccoon to exit the house. Needless to say, the flap was removed later that night. He is a really big guy - about 6' 3" and 250 pounds -- and I've never lost the mental image I had of him cowering on the couch in the dark with his kittehs swilling the whiskey.

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

When I had my cats and they were not behaving, all I had to do was open the door where the vacuum was stashed and rattle the hose.
Zoooom! They'd run up to their secret hiding places.

little bug is terrified of the vacuum cleaner and disappears if i even go near it, but i'd never be so cruel as to use that as a threat.

Originally Posted by happy_terd

I feel your pain. I was eating an apple and just dropped it on a dust bunny.

hm... that might almost be a convincing reason to start sweeping the floor. maybe.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by happy_terd

I feel your pain. I was eating an apple and just dropped it on a dust bunny.

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

hm... that might almost be a convincing reason to start sweeping the floor. maybe.

This seems to disprove the 3 second rule.

BOb

[Lady Blue]

Originally Posted by pilotbob

This seems to disprove the 3 second rule.

BOb

3 second rule!!!!

I thought it was the 5 second rule!!!!!

I think I might have just kilt myself.

[yvanleterrible]

Rule Busted.

[dsvick]

Originally Posted by Lady Blue

3 second rule!!!!

I thought it was the 5 second rule!!!!!

I think I might have just kilt myself.

I'd always heard 5 also. No wonder people look at me funny when I eat things off the floor.

[happy_terd]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

hm... that might almost be a convincing reason to start sweeping the floor. maybe.

Wife is gone for 2 weeks. No sweeping shall be done...or dishes.

[Lady Blue]

Originally Posted by happy_terd

Wife is gone for 2 weeks. No sweeping shall be done...or dishes.

Oh, she'll be sooooooo pleased with you when she gets back.

[happy_terd]

I am hoping that makes her feel like I need her.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by happy_terd

Wife is gone for 2 weeks. No sweeping shall be done...or dishes.

Originally Posted by happy_terd

I am hoping that makes her feel like I need her.

I admire your thoughtfulness. I also try to make my wife feel needed in little ways like that.

Personally, I think we deserve a medal.

[wodin]

Originally Posted by happy_terd

I feel your pain. I was eating an apple and just dropped it on a dust bunny.

Which begs the question, what is the best way to cook and serve dust bunnies?

[happy_terd]

I hate being sick. I thought that Vitamin C was suppose to help you not get sick. MY diet is 75% fruit. That crap doesnt work.