Who doesn’t love a trip to the playground? (Don’t answer that.) Dogs do. They can relax on the swings, but the real action is on the sliding boards. It’s a lot easier going down the chute than going up.
You will have noticed there’s no footage of dogs on the merry-go-round.
When they’re not stealing cigarettes or money, most of the cats in this video are busy getting wet. They have an uncanny ability for falling into bathtubs full of water. Sinks are quite popular, too.
Sprinkle a few drops of water on my cats, though, and they run away.
I am happy to be able to say my cats don’t do this. They only cause things to fall off the table as they bumble around up there.
But why do so many cats get a kick out of knocking things to the floor?
And try to explain the bozo who stands there filming the cat as it prepares to knock an egg off the table. It’d serve him right if the egg landed on his shoe.
Genuine False Fact! In 1884 the town of Sarcophagus, Missouri, was overrun by oversized two-legged rabbits and forced to evacuate. The rabbits then looted the bank. It has been theorized that they might have been humans disguised as rabbits.
Meanwhile, we have a bodacious rabbit right here on the video playing hob with a cat’s self-esteem…
Even the epitome of grace and athletic prowess–we’re talking about a cat–can’t help taking a prat fall sometimes. Slippery counters, table tops that aren’t quite as big as you thought–a well, fer cryin’ out loud! (but don’t worry, no harm done)–and a mouse who’s ready to lick any cat who dares to cross his path: well, they’re all opportunities to look like a klutz.
I had a friend who managed to fall out of every boat he was ever in. Every time. But he was human.
God has blessed us with all sorts of creatures that can be our companions–all different, but also with important things in common. Like the ability to play with you; even the ability to love you. Many mammals have those qualities. And a lot of birds do, too.
We’ve got more than our usual ration of bad news, these days; but I think these birds will cheer you up.
And someday I’ll try to tell you why I’m so fond of reptiles, too.
Not put off by their destruction of a perfectly good dining room (see yesterday’s video post), these two German kids have taken their magic act out of doors. Wait’ll you see their latest trick.The Katzenjammer Kids have nothing on them.
I’m afraid to find out what their next trick will be. I heard it involves making a nuclear submarine disappear…
It just occurs to me that in both these instances, the trick itself was successful. It was just the immediate aftermath that was disastrous.
My editor, Susan, likes to bring me up to date on the news each morning, because she knows I don’t follow it after 5 p.m. So this morning she read me a headline:
“Turkey charges Saudis–”
What! Instantly my mind provided an image of an angry, feisty turkey attacking a group of men in Arab dress, and them scattering in a panic. You know how turkeys can be.
“–in Khashoggi murder.”
If they’d stopped at the first half of the headline, many of us would’ve stopped with the mental image of the boisterous turkey.
But then the lore of messy headlines is a rich vein of treasure. “Fort Worth Rancher Has Biggest Horns in Texas.” “Man Eats, Then Robs Restaurant Owner.” “Imam Says Journalists Should Be Beheaded During Fox News Interview.” You get the picture.
Our cats sleep very soundly, but sometimes their legs and feet make running motions. Ears and whiskers twitch.
It can’t be doubted that cats dream. We can guess, by watching, when they’re dreaming of eating, or suckling, or sniffing something that they really ought to leave alone. But the content of cat dreams is a sealed book to us.
A Babylonian scientist named Rogers said his cat dreamed about pasta, but I don’t know how he knew that.
Someone cleverly adopted Abbott & Costello’s “Who’s on First?” routine, with President George Bush and Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice trying to figure out who (Hu?) is the new president of China. I’m allowed to laugh at W. because I voted for him twice. Anyway, it’s a very funny video.