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Damn Right, My Thread’s Better Than Yours

by John Cole|  September 21, 20131:07 am| 25 Comments

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Here is Steve bitching for food as my brother feeds him:

And this is mild for Steve’s talking.

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  1. 1.

    Mnemosyne (iPhone)

    September 21, 2013 at 1:10 am

    Annie and Keaton are wondering where that cat is and why he’s eating their food. They are not convinced that he’s in the phone.

  2. 2.

    The Dangerman

    September 21, 2013 at 1:12 am

    Oh stewardess blogboss, I speak jive cat:

    “If I see myself in your blog again tonight before I am well satiated, I’m shitting in your shoes!”

  3. 3.

    goblue72

    September 21, 2013 at 1:19 am

    Sounds like our cat whenever the Fancy Feast comes out. Except Steve’s not as loud. Or as annoying.

  4. 4.

    Jane2

    September 21, 2013 at 1:20 am

    Poor Steve…he’s being tortured by the monster with the thumbs!!

    ETA And Phil wants to know where the kitty usurper is in the house.

  5. 5.

    Tommy

    September 21, 2013 at 1:25 am

    @goblue72: My cat only eats tuna out of a can. With water of course. She is a bitch.

  6. 6.

    trollhattan

    September 21, 2013 at 1:25 am

    Jesus, that big bastard is some kind of chowhound. “Me-oww, tummy EMPTY!”

    If I were wearing shorts and Schteeeeve were threatening to climb me, you better believe I’d be setting down that food, stat.

  7. 7.

    billgerat

    September 21, 2013 at 1:42 am

    I have one cat who cries as loud as Steve, but he doesn’t stop even once until he gets his food. The Republicans could learn something from him.

  8. 8.

    jheartney

    September 21, 2013 at 1:59 am

    Steve’s a piker compared to our siamese. He doesn’t ask for food, though; he’ always wanting to go outside. He’ll yell and yell and yell, but then once he’s out he’ll just potter around the back for a few minutes chewing grass, then come back in to barf it up. He has a particularly regal pose he goes into after he’s browbeat us into letting him out. “Showed who’s the boss around here!” he’s saying.

  9. 9.

    Captain Comrade

    September 21, 2013 at 1:59 am

    If I were a cat, I would make big piles of potatoes, and then Jump on them.

  10. 10.

    Yatsuno

    September 21, 2013 at 2:01 am

    @Jane2:

    Poor Steve…he’s being tortured by the monster with the thumbs!!

    Well Steve is a poly. If he learns about the superpowers in his paw…the universe is doomed.

    BTW u r being mean to that poor kitteh. I shall haz to confiscate Papa Stevedore Hemingway if you don’t start behaving meester!

  11. 11.

    ranger3

    September 21, 2013 at 2:12 am

    If this were youtube at least 100 douchebags would tell you you were a bad owner within an hour of posting that video.

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    eemom

    September 21, 2013 at 2:20 am

    That is one loquacious kitty. I wouldn’t fuck with him if I wuz you. Jussayinzall.

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    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    September 21, 2013 at 2:31 am

    @billgerat: @billgerat: Your kitteh, he is my kitteh. Seriously, shouldn’t they refrain from talking when their mouths are full? Peter Kitty just never shuts up, and he is setting a bad example for the offspring.

  14. 14.

    asiangrrlMN

    September 21, 2013 at 2:32 am

    Your brother is mean, Cole! You better treat Sir Whiskertons III with more dignity and feed him promptly, or I’m calling Sarah McLachlan on your ass!

  15. 15.

    LT

    September 21, 2013 at 2:44 am

    Good doggie.

  16. 16.

    Yatsuno

    September 21, 2013 at 2:51 am

    @asiangrrlMN:

    or I’m calling Sarah McLachlan on your ass

    Erm, wifey, honey, you might wanna re-think that threat a bit. Just sayin’.

  17. 17.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    September 21, 2013 at 6:51 am

    Multiply that by four, and you have my mornings and evenings. Her Grace is mostly silent except to discuss food. Gunny has quite a vocabulary until I have can in hand, at which point he just glowers impatiently. And the Twin Terrors always sing me a duet.

    I love talky kitties.

  18. 18.

    Cris (without an H)

    September 21, 2013 at 9:10 am

    I like the part where Steve gets up on two feet. Another few seconds and he might have tried to climb your brother.

  19. 19.

    Lurker

    September 21, 2013 at 10:24 am

    Just a question: has Steve met the great outdoors — aka the Cole garden — yet?

  20. 20.

    Lurker

    September 21, 2013 at 10:27 am

    My overlords don’t yell, or just a bit. They weave themselves incessantly around my legs. It’s basically blackmail: “either you feed us RIGHT NOW or you’ll fall right on your butt”. I love them.

  21. 21.

    ruemara

    September 21, 2013 at 11:10 am

    I am so glad my cats are usually silent. I had a screamer with Smudge and he and I were at odds for years. It’s too much for me. These guys talk when they have things to say, but they’re usually happy, so we’re kinda silent.

  22. 22.

    brendancalling

    September 21, 2013 at 11:56 am

    My cat’s ears just perked up, she’s looking for where the sounds are coming from.

  23. 23.

    kc

    September 21, 2013 at 1:02 pm

    My, he’s demanding!

  24. 24.

    diana

    September 21, 2013 at 9:11 pm

    @Yatsuno: If he learns about the superpowers in his paw…
    you don’t happen to mean this, do you?
    http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/19/watch-a-cat-unlock-the-iphone-5s-using-touch-id-and-the-fingerprint-sensor/

  25. 25.

    Kilkee

    September 22, 2013 at 10:21 am

    Am I the only person who has lived in about 5 houses with that exact linoleum over the last 40 years?

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