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You are here: Home / Pet Blogging / Cat Blogging / THIS! IS! HAPPENING!

THIS! IS! HAPPENING!

by John Cole|  August 10, 20111:15 am| 67 Comments

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Apparently while I was winning twitter and playing warcrack there was a thunderstorm, and I forgot about someone:

He is covered from head to toe in filth, soaking wet, chirping up a storm. I can’t decide whether to keep saying “Where have you been Tunch” in a fake concerned voice or to towel him off.

Tonight may be the night he cuts me good. But I can’t stop laughing.

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  1. 1.

    Hunter Gathers

    August 10, 2011 at 1:17 am

    I’ve seen that look before, and have the scars to prove it. Hope you like tetanus shots.

  2. 2.

    Comrade Mary

    August 10, 2011 at 1:19 am

    Video? Please? I want to hear the chirps and the laughter and, maybe, the screams of pain. (I’m up late for the second time this week, and the nth time this month, finishing off the project from hell that I badly, badly underestimated. I think I stopped getting paid for it around May. And did I mention I have a day job, too, for the next couple of months?)

    Please, John, take your life in your hands and deliver me some video. Please? #does anime eyes#

  3. 3.

    Beauzeaux

    August 10, 2011 at 1:20 am

    You ahve no idea how fucked you are.
    We’ll Miss you, JC.

  4. 4.

    Lysana

    August 10, 2011 at 1:22 am

    Video, John. For the love of the gods, please?

  5. 5.

    Brian S

    August 10, 2011 at 1:22 am

    The day we picked up the moving van four weeks ago, Romana slit me open in about 6 different places when I was trying to get her into the sfe room. Still have signs of it in a couple of places. I do not envy you the scars you’re likely to have tomorrow.

  6. 6.

    Yutsano

    August 10, 2011 at 1:23 am

    Teh Mighty Paw of Doom shall indeed wreak its justice upon thee hairless ape. I’ll alert wifey.

  7. 7.

    Comrade Mary

    August 10, 2011 at 1:24 am

    Tunch actually looks a little slimmer than usual in the second pic. Has his new habit of wandering worked off a little of that comfort chub?

  8. 8.

    kdaug

    August 10, 2011 at 1:25 am

    Sleep with one eye open, Cole.

  9. 9.

    kdaug

    August 10, 2011 at 1:27 am

    @Comrade Mary: Nah. Wet cat. Wet Tunch.

    This won’t end well.

  10. 10.

    Cain

    August 10, 2011 at 1:27 am

    Man, should we tell John’s dad what John’s reaction to his phone call on twitter??!

  11. 11.

    Miss Kitka's Comrade Wayne

    August 10, 2011 at 1:31 am

    Oh cut the crap. He’s just a stupid fucking cat and you’re just a stupid fucking blogger. What on earth is all the fuss about? Everybody back to their bunks.

  12. 12.

    Comrade Mary

    August 10, 2011 at 1:31 am

    Psst! John! “Totes” is girl for “banging/ossum/cool”, or, more literally, “totally”. It’s colour-neutral. You’re welcome.

  13. 13.

    Zam

    August 10, 2011 at 1:32 am

    @Comrade Mary: Pretty certain it’s just short for totally.

  14. 14.

    Comrade Mary

    August 10, 2011 at 1:33 am

    Totes, Zam.

  15. 15.

    MoeLarryAndJesus

    August 10, 2011 at 1:35 am

    Fat angry wet cats are the essence of comedy.

    The pissed off looks on their faces as you giggle at them are a huge bonus.

    For extra laughs, grab a big towel and “kindly” dry them off. They “love” that.

  16. 16.

    MattR

    August 10, 2011 at 1:36 am

    As usual the picture titles are the icing on the cake.

  17. 17.

    Comrade Mary

    August 10, 2011 at 1:36 am

    I think John should call his father and ask him to hold the video camera. John can then critique his cinematography.

  18. 18.

    asiangrrlMN

    August 10, 2011 at 1:39 am

    Oh. Mah. Gah. Tunchie! Cole, it was really nice knowing you. All hail King Tunch!

    P.S. Twitter really is your medium, Cole. You’ve blossomed like a butterfly on it!

    @Yutsano: I’ve been chortling over Cole’s twits all night on and off. These pics are priceless. How you be?

  19. 19.

    piratedan

    August 10, 2011 at 1:40 am

    well obviously he’s just now returned from Waukesha Co, Wis after voting for Pasch……he was busy twining between Ms. Nicklaus’ legs and that delayed the vote tally.

  20. 20.

    Yutsano

    August 10, 2011 at 1:42 am

    @asiangrrlMN: I’m guessing he put out a Twitter alert before I could drop an e-mail. Still not signing up, but at least the deed got done.

    I’m all right. Sort of mixed bag about WI but even two flips is fucking amazing.

  21. 21.

    Lesley

    August 10, 2011 at 1:45 am

    Tunch is the princess in The Princess and the Pea isn’t he?

  22. 22.

    Yutsano

    August 10, 2011 at 1:47 am

    @Lesley: Aren’t all furballs? Mine certainly is.

  23. 23.

    Spaghetti Lee

    August 10, 2011 at 1:50 am

    John, you so crazy.

  24. 24.

    asiangrrlMN

    August 10, 2011 at 1:52 am

    @Yutsano: Yep. Cole did, indeed, twit about this. And, yes, on Wisc. Two is fantastic, though. I will take it.

  25. 25.

    jwb

    August 10, 2011 at 1:58 am

    @asiangrrlMN: Yes, isn’t Cole awesome on Twitter?
    @Yutsano: You can just bring the feed up without signing up. That’s what I do.

  26. 26.

    Amir Khalid

    August 10, 2011 at 1:58 am

    Dang, the Tunch looks grumpy.

    Off topic, sorry. But the Guardian liveblog mentions this video from the London riots, which shows a victim of assault being robbed — a Malaysian student, Mohammad Asyraf Raziq Rosli, who got set upon while going out to buy food. As one guy helps him to his feet, another coolly walks up behind him and steals from his backpack.

  27. 27.

    Amir Khalid

    August 10, 2011 at 2:02 am

    @Amir Khalid:
    Oops. forgot the link.

  28. 28.

    Anya

    August 10, 2011 at 2:02 am

    @Yutsano:

    Sort of mixed bag about WI but even two flips is fucking amazing.

    I feel the same way. But I am entertaining myself with faint hope that one or two GOP State Senators will be caught in a very compromising position, or arrested for DUI.

  29. 29.

    Yutsano

    August 10, 2011 at 2:06 am

    @Anya: Also too: Pausch is not laying down and playing dead. This sucker is going to court. Which could leave the Senate a tie. Which for right now is just as good a result.

  30. 30.

    asiangrrlMN

    August 10, 2011 at 2:06 am

    @jwb: Yeah. I laugh because Cole bitched about it beforehand (of course) and now he totally owns the Twitter Machine.

    @Amir Khalid: Damn. Just–damn.

  31. 31.

    Tally

    August 10, 2011 at 2:25 am

    Dude…… I play warcrack.

  32. 32.

    CaseyL

    August 10, 2011 at 2:40 am

    I dunno. I think The Tunchster looks kinda pleased with himself. Either he had a good time outside, rain or no rain, or he left a “little gift” for Daddy in one of Daddy’s shoes.

    Does he go outside regularly now? Since you fenced in the yard?

  33. 33.

    dead existentialist

    August 10, 2011 at 2:44 am

    @Amir Khalid: Food comes wrapped in plastic and comes in a black square? Really? I’ve seen this vid over and over, and I’m gonna go out on a limb and say the kid that got robbed had done a little of his own earlier.

    What got took from da backpack, sure looked “new” to me like something you’d “buy” in a shop. The thug what took it tossed the clear plastic wrapping as he strolled off, dinnhe? Who carries shit wrapped in plastic in their backpacks, eh? Wasn’t a fuckin’ samawhich, was it?*

    No honor among thieves and all that, amirite?

    Always be cognizant that the narrative does NOT reflect the reality. Fucked-up-shit is fucked-up. Humans suck, etc.

    *I’m channeling me British youth accent here. Pardon me for the retardation.

  34. 34.

    Amir Khalid

    August 10, 2011 at 2:50 am

    @dead existentialist:
    The real “retardation” is in your unwarranted assumption that the Malaysian student was a rioter too.
    This follow-up report on him comes from my old newspaper.

  35. 35.

    Kat

    August 10, 2011 at 2:50 am

    Open a big can of Tuna Fish. It may save your life.

  36. 36.

    Yutsano

    August 10, 2011 at 3:06 am

    @Amir Khalid: I am seriously upset with you now. I followed links through your newspaper and found Malay recipes. Me. Want. doesn’t even begin to cover it. :)

  37. 37.

    Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal

    August 10, 2011 at 3:15 am

    so the cat got wet, that is what is supposed to happen..

  38. 38.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    August 10, 2011 at 3:23 am

    Wait for it…Tea Baggers in Spaaaaace!!!

  39. 39.

    MikeJ

    August 10, 2011 at 3:23 am

    @Amir Khalid: Next we’ll be hearing that the kid had granite counter tops in his bag.

  40. 40.

    A Humble Lurker

    August 10, 2011 at 3:32 am

    Now that is one pissed off cat.

  41. 41.

    Phoenician in a time of Romans

    August 10, 2011 at 3:37 am

    Worst “I feel lucky” result for “Wet Pussy Pictures” EVER.

  42. 42.

    piratedan

    August 10, 2011 at 3:40 am

    @Belafon (formerly anonevent): I can see it now, launching of new space probes designed to catch welfare cheats and launch science missions looking to prove that the Earth is indeed flat.

  43. 43.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    August 10, 2011 at 3:44 am

    You ever think of renting Tunch’s sides out for advertising? I think GOODYEAR would fit quite nicely!

  44. 44.

    gene108

    August 10, 2011 at 3:56 am

    Has anybody had a normal dream?

    A dream, where you wake up and think the dream wasn’t weird at all.

    Maybe recurring dreams could sort of fit into this, but having the same sort of dream over and over again is a bit strange from the get go.

  45. 45.

    Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal

    August 10, 2011 at 4:10 am

    @gene108:

    i don’t know if its a normal dream, or the lamest nightmare ever, but i had a dream i was pulling all sorts of large brown envelops from my overfull mail box, and it kept filling back up with more, and the arm i was loading them onto was getting very tired….then i woke up.

  46. 46.

    Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal

    August 10, 2011 at 4:10 am

    @gene108:

    i don’t know if its a normal dream, or the lamest nightmare ever, but i had a dream i was pulling all sorts of large brown envelops from my overfull mail box, and it kept filling back up with more, and the arm i was loading them onto was getting very tired….then i woke up.

  47. 47.

    Fucen Pneumatic Fuck Wrench Tarmal

    August 10, 2011 at 4:10 am

    @gene108:

    i don’t know if its a normal dream, or the lamest nightmare ever, but i had a dream i was pulling all sorts of large brown envelops from my overfull mail box, and it kept filling back up with more, and the arm i was loading them onto was getting very tired….then i woke up.

  48. 48.

    Amir Khalid

    August 10, 2011 at 4:17 am

    @Yutsano:
    Tsk, tsk. Is food all you ever think about? Some people are fasting, you know. ;-)

  49. 49.

    Emerald

    August 10, 2011 at 4:42 am

    His tail is in the air in all four photos. He may be wet, but he’s happy.

    I agree on the can of toona. Open it. Dispense it. Forget about towling him off. Cats are self-cleaning. Even Tunch. (Eventually)

  50. 50.

    Daddy Warbucks

    August 10, 2011 at 5:44 am

    @Emerald: Don’t be so sure. Tail in the air could be happy, or it could be “Wake up… time to die!”.

  51. 51.

    harlana

    August 10, 2011 at 5:59 am

    I think he looks happy! New experiences and such.

  52. 52.

    harlana

    August 10, 2011 at 6:14 am

    *sigh*

    I don’t understand twitter at all.

    But then I don’t understand the texting urge.

    I am officially old as dirt.

  53. 53.

    gogol's wife

    August 10, 2011 at 8:21 am

    @Emerald:

    I agree with you and harlana. He’s happy and proud of himself for having had another “wild” experience. What a sweetie.

  54. 54.

    The Worst Person In the World

    August 10, 2011 at 8:32 am

    Nationally known blogger, on yet another in a series of benders, drunkenly Twits for hours while playing a game designed for ten year olds. Meanwhile, his cat is trapped outside in the raging maelstrom.

    This won’t play well in the MSM.

  55. 55.

    Rihilism

    August 10, 2011 at 8:38 am

    This whole story is just weird, if you know what I mean…

  56. 56.

    Thoughtful Black Co-Citizen

    August 10, 2011 at 8:41 am

    Mr. Cole, he dead.

    Where should we send flowers?

  57. 57.

    Trinity

    August 10, 2011 at 8:59 am

    I hope John checks in this morning.

  58. 58.

    Bulworth

    August 10, 2011 at 9:12 am

    I see Cole hasn’t posted anything yet this a.m.

  59. 59.

    Paul in KY

    August 10, 2011 at 9:21 am

    @Daddy Warbucks: Generally the tail standing straight up (without the hair being bushed out) indicates a ‘good mood’.

    At least with my cats it does. Tunch could be doing that just to fool John into letting his guard down, wouldn’t discount that possibility.

  60. 60.

    bjacques

    August 10, 2011 at 9:47 am

    This is good news for Rosie.

  61. 61.

    Monkey Business

    August 10, 2011 at 11:01 am

    I’ve seen that look before.

    It’s the last look most people that see it ever see.

  62. 62.

    ThresherK

    August 10, 2011 at 11:30 am

    Angry, angry whiskers and narrowed eyes are never a good sign.

  63. 63.

    Rosalita

    August 10, 2011 at 11:48 am

    He looks happy. Maybe he found the rain refreshing. Or more like, he knows John feels guilty and is working it for treats. I just love his red tail.

  64. 64.

    Mjaum

    August 10, 2011 at 12:50 pm

    @ThresherK:

    Narrowed eyes is cat body language for happy. Or “I trust you”. Wide open eyes is the opposite. Strangely, in dogs it is the opposite way around*.

    (*Poster is not responsible for any scars or bloodletting due to misunderstanding felines or canines. Enjoy.)

  65. 65.

    HyperIon

    August 10, 2011 at 1:17 pm

    @Comrade Mary wrote:

    Tunch actually looks a little slimmer than usual in the second pic.

    That’s what I thought also.
    But actual weight info would help us decide.
    I can’t remember Cole ever mentioning Tunch’s weigh-in number.

  66. 66.

    Paul W.

    August 10, 2011 at 1:45 pm

    So glad I read the comments, or else I never would have seen the picture titles! SOOOOO funny!

  67. 67.

    Phoenician in a time of Romans

    August 10, 2011 at 4:41 pm

    I can’t remember Cole ever mentioning Tunch’s weigh-in number.

    Posssibly he’s limited by still using a 16 bit machine…

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