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Wednesday Evening Open Thread: Not Tunch!

by Anne Laurie|  October 26, 20117:29 pm| 35 Comments

This post is in: Cat Blogging, Open Threads

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(Scott Meyer’s website)
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Admit it — this does sound like a John Cole household report, and you wouldn’t have been able to resist posting it either.
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So, what’s the cat barf on everyone’s cream-colored carpets this evening?

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  1. 1.

    Cain

    October 26, 2011 at 7:35 pm

    It’s the approximate one year anniversary of when I lost my pet, KitKat. I still miss him a lot and I don’t think I’ve had closure at all. We still talk about him like he’s still there. Kinda creepy.

    I plan to have a drink in his name. He was a good cat, and made us very happy. A gift.

  2. 2.

    Uncle Clarence Thomas

    October 26, 2011 at 7:35 pm

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    The Administration supports passage of H.R. 2576, which would change the calculation of modified adjusted gross income, as defined in section 1401 of the Affordable Care Act, to include both taxable and non-taxable Social Security benefits.

    Somebody should apologize to NobodySpecial.
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  3. 3.

    S. cerevisiae

    October 26, 2011 at 7:35 pm

    Great comic, I really like the line in the first panel about training cats to barf on target.

  4. 4.

    Walker

    October 26, 2011 at 7:37 pm

    My cats have barf the same color as the carpet. It all works out.

  5. 5.

    Mark B.

    October 26, 2011 at 7:38 pm

    I took out all of the carpet, and replaced it with barf-friendly floor coverings. The shamwow still gets a lot of use.

  6. 6.

    geg6

    October 26, 2011 at 7:43 pm

    If you haven’t been to Charlie Pierce’s place over at Esquire today, get youself over there. The dude has been on fire all day today.

    Cat puke sounds like a cakewalk compared to the doggie diarrhea my John and I found all over the bedroom when we got home today. Chemo and steroids are wreaking havoc on poor Henry. A decision will soon have to be made. It sucks.

  7. 7.

    cathyx

    October 26, 2011 at 7:43 pm

    That is my life with my 2 cats in a nutshell. I think step 1 should actually be realizing that your carpet, furniture, etc, are only material things and not as important as your unconditional love of your pets.

  8. 8.

    Josie

    October 26, 2011 at 7:44 pm

    The secret is to pick out your carpet to match the color of whatever you feed your cat, or vice versa.

  9. 9.

    cathyx

    October 26, 2011 at 7:47 pm

    I had many cats when I was a kid growing up. I don’t remember them throwing up nearly as much as my cats do. But then again, my mom had to deal with it, so maybe they did.

  10. 10.

    debit

    October 26, 2011 at 7:50 pm

    I have one cat that is a binge and purger. He likes to vomit on something new every time; new rug, new shoes, new tablecloth… It’s his way of making things match, I suppose.

  11. 11.

    jeffreyw

    October 26, 2011 at 7:50 pm

    Thread needs moar dessert.

  12. 12.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    October 26, 2011 at 7:50 pm

    My cat cleans up after himself.

  13. 13.

    Violet

    October 26, 2011 at 7:52 pm

    A friend of mine has a chicken that has the run of the yard and the house during the day. You think cat barf is bad? Try chicken poop. At least they don’t have carpet.

    @geg6:
    I’m so sorry. That’s really tough.

  14. 14.

    Shlemizel

    October 26, 2011 at 7:54 pm

    I have rejoined the land of the living. Spent a few days in hospital after not being able to eat or drink anything for several days. I have started feeling better but have no energy or strength.

    Thanks to everyone that offered support – as long as we don’t talk politics this is a good bunch of people to hang out with :D

  15. 15.

    Amir Khalid

    October 26, 2011 at 7:54 pm

    @geg6:
    I’m aware that Henry’s not young anymore, and very sick. I have no idea what to say to that. I can only offer you both (and Henry) my deepest sympathy, and a virtual hug.

  16. 16.

    RossInDetroit

    October 26, 2011 at 7:58 pm

    Our dog was perfectly litter box trained. Then my wife bought a green shag bathroom rug that looks just like grass, and put it by the litter box. Now he’s half trained.

    If you think cat wastes are bad be glad you don’t have turtles that will only eat boiled cauliflower and earth worms. We’re used to it but guests remember us as the Lysol house.

  17. 17.

    cathyx

    October 26, 2011 at 7:59 pm

    One of my cats will eat the throw up of the other, and at first I tried to stop it and then realized, why stop him?

    Animals are disgusting, and I never understood why someone would let their dog lick them on or in the mouth. They lick their butts and eat dog crap, for God’s sake.

  18. 18.

    RossInDetroit

    October 26, 2011 at 8:00 pm

    @geg6:

    If you haven’t been to Charlie Pierce’s place over at Esquire today, get youself over there. The dude has been on fire all day today.

    The post on Oakland cops, and police in general, was as hard core as he gets. He usually leavens the message with humor but that was pretty serious.

  19. 19.

    Amir Khalid

    October 26, 2011 at 8:05 pm

    My Bianca’s thing is to bring home whatever she bags when hunting and show it to me. We’ve never had a rodent problem in the house because we have her. And the neighborhood sparrows have learned not to fly into the house anymore, after one or two of their relatives came to a bloody, feathers-everywhere end. Recently, though, she caught and killed a red squirrel and she was so proud of that.

  20. 20.

    Roger Moore

    October 26, 2011 at 8:05 pm

    @cathyx:

    I think step 1 should actually be realizing that your carpet, furniture, etc, are only material things and not as important as your unconditional love of your pets.

    This. Cats are agents of entropy. It’s part of their nature to scratch things, knock stuff down from high places, treat any small object as a toy, and throw up. If you aren’t prepared to deal with the way cats are, you shouldn’t get one. That said, my cat is surprisingly good at restricting play to things that are intended to be toys, not knocking stuff off shelves, and throwing up on the tile. Best cat EVER!

  21. 21.

    different-church-lady

    October 26, 2011 at 8:15 pm

    Admit it—this does sound like a John Cole household report…

    If it doesn’t involve a trip to the hospital and eventual physical therapy, then no, it doesn’t.

  22. 22.

    cckids

    October 26, 2011 at 8:16 pm

    @Comrade Colette Collaboratrice: Our dog cleans up after the cats. The secret is to not see it/watch the cleanup. That way the gag reflex doesn’t come into play.

  23. 23.

    Ole Phat Stu

    October 26, 2011 at 8:18 pm

    Our gummint in Germany has been voting on giving yet more money to the EuroFails (Greece etc).

    Why does that remind me of people who eat other peoples catbarf instead of having the courage to pull the carpets out from under :-(

    Gawd, I do love metaphors ;-)

  24. 24.

    tBone

    October 26, 2011 at 8:19 pm

    We bought a SpotBot to deal with barfy cats (and a randomly incontinent dog). The cartoon is 100% accurate.

  25. 25.

    different-church-lady

    October 26, 2011 at 8:19 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    That said, my cat is surprisingly good at restricting play to things that are intended to be toys, not knocking stuff off shelves, and throwing up on the tile. Best cat EVER!

    I too lucked out and wound up with a non-destructive type. Sure, the furniture needs covering when guests aren’t around, but he’s not a knock over type, and tends to do most of his barfing outside. When he does hurl indoors it’s under the bed on the wood floor, where at least I won’t step in it by accident, and it can be wiped up.

  26. 26.

    JPL

    October 26, 2011 at 8:23 pm

    Imagine climbing into bed after a long day and realizing too late that your pup has gone under the covers to barf. What better way to hide it. The SpotBot would not of helped.

  27. 27.

    different-church-lady

    October 26, 2011 at 8:27 pm

    @JPL:

    Imagine climbing into bed after a long day and realizing too late that your pup has gone under the covers to barf

    Hospital corners next time.

  28. 28.

    RossInDetroit

    October 26, 2011 at 8:27 pm

    The trick to spot extraction is using the right solution and a ton of airflow to pull up the fluid. Most home spotters are really inadequate at this and leave the material behind. I work on a lot of commercial carpet machines. The big ones have three 700 watt blowers back to back and will yank a rug right off the floor.
    For home use, a big wetvac will do the trick if you just use the end of the hose and not the nozzle.
    Solution selection is mostly a matter of picking a PH opposite of the stain. Let’s assume cat barf is acid, so you’d want a high Ph solution.

  29. 29.

    Carolina Dave

    October 26, 2011 at 11:44 pm

    Dark Grey is the color of today’s cat barf/hair ball chutney. Cats, or CAT I have come to learn too late destroy carpeting. Period. The end. That is why the cartoon is so damn funny. Now my dogs on the other hand….

    The one that cannot walk without a leash, the stray Rottie bitch, ran off into to the darkness as I came home but just before I have to pick up the wife at the airport. Fast foward a day later to when I retreive her for a not so small fine at the local animal shelter (Thankfully) for only the anxiety, monetary loss, and marital stress in exchange for the safe return of our little girl.
    Forward to today when I come home and discover the pantry doors opened, dry rice strewn about the kitchen and empty granola bar wrappers all over the couch. The discovery of the empty box and bag of golden raisins forced the induced vomiting of the Weimerander bitch who puked up another 3-4 granola bar wrappers and at least a cup of rice with some raisins mixed in. An Asian stir fry on (stomach) acid.
    The moral of the long story is that dogs and cats do stupid and destructive acts every freaking day. To love them is to live that insanity.

  30. 30.

    tesslibrarian

    October 27, 2011 at 12:04 am

    @Cain: I’m sorry, Cain. I know how you feel, and came to the conclusion that I will always miss my girls and that’s okay. It does get easier, but after 2.5 and nearly 3 years, I still sometimes talk about them in the present tense–my love for them doesn’t fade, just because they aren’t around. Thinking of some of the things they did still can make me laugh. Joy doesn’t fade.

    A toast to your good cat!

  31. 31.

    Jess

    October 27, 2011 at 12:58 am

    I gave up on having carpets. Problem solved.

  32. 32.

    Mino

    October 27, 2011 at 8:06 am

    @Amir Khalid: Wow. She’s good. I’ve only had one cat smart enough to actually hunt squirrels, though a couple have accidently caught one.

  33. 33.

    R-Jud

    October 27, 2011 at 8:42 am

    @Jess: Same here. Wiping clean is so much easier.

    @Amir Khalid: Quinn, the old lady of the house, used to bring us mice or shrews or birds she’d caught and lay them on our pillows. While we were sleeping on the pillows.

    We’ve barred her from the bedroom, but she still delivers things she’s killed by putting them on top of the clothes dryer. I guess it’s her way of saying, “Look, you guys, I got YOU dinner for once!”

  34. 34.

    Paul in KY

    October 27, 2011 at 8:59 am

    @Cain: I think Kitkat would want you to open your home to another little kitteh. Please consider that. He must have been a wonderful cat.

  35. 35.

    Paul in KY

    October 27, 2011 at 9:00 am

    @Violet: They let the chicken inside the house?! Have they ever heard of histoplasmosis? Yick.

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