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Not-Political Open Thread

by Cheryl Rofer|  June 15, 20197:31 pm| 64 Comments

This post is in: Something Good Open Thread

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Ric and Zooey always like laundry day.

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  1. 1.

    zhena gogolia

    June 15, 2019 at 7:36 pm

    Aaaah, thank you.

  2. 2.

    zhena gogolia

    June 15, 2019 at 7:36 pm

    Any news about the Portland meetup last night?

  3. 3.

    germy

    June 15, 2019 at 7:37 pm

    Those cats look like they were poured onto the bed.

    I wish I could relax like a cat.

    My wife says I look like our cat (and I agree; I see the resemblance) but I need to take relaxation lessons from our feline.

  4. 4.

    NotMax

    June 15, 2019 at 7:41 pm

    FYI. How times have changed, chapter the next.

    Kroger to sell CBD products nationwide

  5. 5.

    Major Major Major Major

    June 15, 2019 at 7:43 pm

    This excellent twitter account combines black metal lyrics with cat pictures, if you needed another cat account to follow.

    I kneel before you, dark lord, and swear the unholy oath. Lead me to your throne, and make me one with hell. pic.twitter.com/5IoEChb4Hx

    — Black Metal Cats (@evilbmcats) May 5, 2019

  6. 6.

    zhena gogolia

    June 15, 2019 at 7:45 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:

    I see those on Asha Rangappa’s twitter feed every once in a while. I had no idea what it was.

  7. 7.

    Major Major Major Major

    June 15, 2019 at 7:45 pm

    @NotMax: Amazing how quickly we legalized industrial hemp once it became astonishingly profitable for Republicans.

  8. 8.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    June 15, 2019 at 7:47 pm

    Welp, the final round in Humans vs Beagle played out today and it went decisively to the Beagle. It’s his house now, we’re just living in it.

    Due to various unfortunate incidents when we first got Sammy at 18 months, he’s been confined to the kitchen when we’re not home. But he turned out to be an escape artist and kept defeating the gate and the extra things on the gate.

    For a couple of months we’ve been successful with the gate padlocked, wired, a couple of cable ties and a double-knotted nylon rope to hold things securely together.

    Today I came home after my wife had secured him and found him on the wrong side of the gate. Rope still on.

    I figured there was something wrong with her knot and tied it myself this evening as we left for the airport (I’m on my way to Europe). She texted me to say he was on the other side of the gate again. And the gate still closed.

    I think he’s not actually teleporting or quantum tunneling but it has sobethibg to do with how the bottom of the gate is suspiciously misaligned now. But either way, he wins. He has just been officially awarded Run Of The House.

    Well, 1st floor anyway. The thing on the steps still defeats him. For now.

  9. 9.

    ruemara

    June 15, 2019 at 7:47 pm

    Kittens love the fresh laundry, especially if it’s dryer warm.

    Also, can anyone tell me why I’m always in moderation now? I posted 3 comments last night that got eaten.

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    NotMax

    June 15, 2019 at 7:51 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym

    Obvious mistake was not relocating the sofa to the kitchen.

    :)

  11. 11.

    debbie

    June 15, 2019 at 7:54 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym:

    I will believe it’s teleporting until a photograph proving otherwise is produced. Until then don’t turn your back on him.

  12. 12.

    Gravenstone

    June 15, 2019 at 7:56 pm

    What is it about cats that the act of changing sheets will rouse them from even a dead sleep to come “help”? Two of mine weren’t even in the bedroom at the time, yet ended up interposing themselves in the task.

  13. 13.

    Steeplejack

    June 15, 2019 at 8:00 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym:

    Can you put the beagle on a Hannibal Lecter gurney when you go out?

  14. 14.

    chris

    June 15, 2019 at 8:00 pm

    Today's political reset button is this snow leopard playing with a pumpkin and proving all cats — no matter how big — are exactly the same. ? pic.twitter.com/oNGyp7SuCK— shauna (@goldengateblond) 15 June 2019

    Also, thank you to whoever linked the osprey cam this morning. Very relaxing.

    Doh. https://explore.org/livecams/ospreys/osprey-nest

  15. 15.

    NotMax

    June 15, 2019 at 8:01 pm

    @debbie

    Just practicing before the big jump?

  16. 16.

    Mnemosyne

    June 15, 2019 at 8:02 pm

    @zhena gogolia:

    It was fun! I sent a photo to Adam but apparently he doesn’t post meetup photos? I was pretty tired last night, so I may have missed some nuance or sarcasm. ?

    Also, I GOT TO FEED THE SEA OTTERS AT THE ZOO! It was awesome. 15/11, would do every birthday.

  17. 17.

    Major Major Major Major

    June 15, 2019 at 8:04 pm

    @Mnemosyne: ooh, cool!! Happy belated(?) birthday, too!

  18. 18.

    debbie

    June 15, 2019 at 8:05 pm

    @chris:

    There are some great videos in that thread. Especially the mother tiger.

  19. 19.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    June 15, 2019 at 8:07 pm

    @Mnemosyne: I got taken out to a nice pre-Father’s Day dinner at the Tam and a nice card with some cash* in it.

    *Which I converted to Galaxy Buds at the Samsung store.

  20. 20.

    Jay

    June 15, 2019 at 8:09 pm

    @Gravenstone:

    The know us huuman’s can’t properly fold fitted sheets,

    They know how, but lack thumbs, and we won’t take their advice.

  21. 21.

    NotMax

    June 15, 2019 at 8:10 pm

    @BillinGlendaleCA
    Think I may have tried smoking those around 1968.

    :)

  22. 22.

    Major Major Major Major

    June 15, 2019 at 8:12 pm

    @NotMax: it… really does sound like that, now that you point it out

  23. 23.

    zhena gogolia

    June 15, 2019 at 8:12 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    Great!

  24. 24.

    Mnemosyne

    June 15, 2019 at 8:13 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:

    Today is the actual day, so you’re not late at all. ?

    @?BillinGlendaleCA:

    We’re going to a fancy-schmancy steakhouse called El Gaucho. Flamenco guitar and red meat.

  25. 25.

    Josie

    June 15, 2019 at 8:13 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:

    Thanks for this. Great pictures and quotes.

  26. 26.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    June 15, 2019 at 8:13 pm

    @NotMax: I just put them in my ears, works much better.

  27. 27.

    Another Scott

    June 15, 2019 at 8:14 pm

    @Jay: Folding fitted sheets is easy. DoghouseDiaries.

    HTH!!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  28. 28.

    Another Scott

    June 15, 2019 at 8:15 pm

    @Mnemosyne: I’m glad the meetup was fun.

    Happy Birthday Capt. Mnemo!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  29. 29.

    Baud

    June 15, 2019 at 8:16 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    ?

  30. 30.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    June 15, 2019 at 8:16 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Happy b-day. I enjoyed the Tam, but my cut of prime rib had the big bone. The cocker spaniel will be happy about this.

    For those outside LA, the Tam(Tam O’Shanter) is one of the oldest restaurants in LA(founded in 1922).

  31. 31.

    Josie

    June 15, 2019 at 8:16 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    Happy Birthday. Enjoy your steak and music.

  32. 32.

    Elizabelle

    June 15, 2019 at 8:21 pm

    @Mnemosyne: HBM.

    The otters send their thanks and birthday ? greetings too.

  33. 33.

    NotMax

    June 15, 2019 at 8:21 pm

    @aq href=”https://balloon-juice.com/2019/06/15/not-political-open-thread/#comment-7313988″>Mnemosyne

    Have a sweet one.

  34. 34.

    NotMax

    June 15, 2019 at 8:22 pm

    Oopsie. Fix.

    @Mnemosyne

    Have a sweet one.

  35. 35.

    Steeplejack

    June 15, 2019 at 8:25 pm

    I had a cat once that on bed-changing day would appear out of nowhere and demand that my girlfriend and I sproing her (the cat) up in the air a few times with one of the sheets, Beach Blanket Bingo style. Or Big Lebowski Jackie Treehorn party scene, if that’s how you roll. Then she would splay herself wild-eyed on the bed and attack any rippling motion that occurred during the changeover.

    The key was to get the fitted sheet down first, because then, worst-case scenario, we could leave her as a little lump under the top sheet until she calmed down and left.

  36. 36.

    NotMax

    June 15, 2019 at 8:27 pm

    @Mnemosyne

    Was there a sign near the exit reading “So long, and thanks for all the shellfish?”

    :)

  37. 37.

    Jay

    June 15, 2019 at 8:41 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    Happy Birthday,

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F3jUKNjS80Q

  38. 38.

    JaySinWA

    June 15, 2019 at 8:42 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: I thought he was trying out a new Anheuser Busch product. Which might be similar to what @NotMax: suggested, given the cannabis market these days.

  39. 39.

    Mnemosyne

    June 15, 2019 at 8:46 pm

    @JaySinWA:

    I got some donuts from Blue Star this morning and one of the choices featured CBD oil. It’s the new quinoa.

  40. 40.

    Steeplejack

    June 15, 2019 at 8:46 pm

    @Another Scott:

    Thanks! Helpful.

    I just received some new sheets yesterday from L.L. Bean. I was long overdue for a change. I use one set of sheets, wash them and put them back on the bed the same day. “Change” occurs biannually: cotton > flannel in the fall, flannel > cotton in the spring.

  41. 41.

    debbie

    June 15, 2019 at 8:50 pm

    @Mnemosyne:

    Happiest of birthdays!

  42. 42.

    JaySinWA

    June 15, 2019 at 8:53 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Hmm, quinoa donuts?

  43. 43.

    Sab

    June 15, 2019 at 8:54 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: I once saw my escape artist labrador retriever squeeze under the backyard fence in a spot that counldn’t have been more than four inches. The fit was so tight he looked like he was being born. After romping around the neighborhood, he returned and stood by the gate looking sort of vacuous amd innocent.

  44. 44.

    Sab

    June 15, 2019 at 8:55 pm

    @Mnemosyne: A lot easier to pronounce.

  45. 45.

    JaySinWA

    June 15, 2019 at 8:57 pm

    @Sab: Okay how do you pronounce CBD?

  46. 46.

    Mary G

    June 15, 2019 at 9:00 pm

    @Mnemosyne: Happy
    Birthday! And congrats on the otter visit. ????????

  47. 47.

    Jay

    June 15, 2019 at 9:05 pm

    Sea lion visits a Fish Market.

    https://www.thedodo.com/amphtml/in-the-wild/south-american-sea-lion-goes-to-fish-market

  48. 48.

    JaySinWA

    June 15, 2019 at 9:11 pm

    @Jay: Yet another instance of Sealioning. Will this harassment never end?

  49. 49.

    Sab

    June 15, 2019 at 9:20 pm

    @JaySinWA: SeeBeeDee is easier than keenwha or kwin-noah.

  50. 50.

    Keith P.

    June 15, 2019 at 9:22 pm

    My little manx is very dialed into laundry time. When I carry the basket into my office, she tries to get in the basket as soon as possible to take it over. Ditto for piles of jeans coming out of the dryer. But a newly-made bed is what all the cats love. As soon as one of them discovers the bed is made, they’ll all be sleeping on it within 15 minutes.

  51. 51.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    June 15, 2019 at 9:27 pm

    @Sab:

    SeeBeeDee

    Sounds nautical.

  52. 52.

    geg6

    June 15, 2019 at 9:38 pm

    Sweet kitties. ♥️

    Made crab legs on the grill with asparagus. Wild rice on the side. Early Father’s Day dinner for my John. Going to the boss’s daughter’s graduation party tomorrow, so it wasn’t going to happen tomorrow. So sick of rain!

  53. 53.

    Patricia Kayden

    June 15, 2019 at 9:39 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: I didn’t know those quotes were song lyrics which makes sense since I don’t listen to Metal. Always loved the kitties though.

  54. 54.

    Sab

    June 15, 2019 at 9:42 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Wouldn’t that be SeaBeeDee?

  55. 55.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    June 15, 2019 at 10:07 pm

    @Sab: Good enough for government work.

  56. 56.

    Sab

    June 15, 2019 at 10:11 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: I thought you’d invite me show myself out.

  57. 57.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    June 15, 2019 at 10:45 pm

    @Sab: Nah, but I wouldn’t suggest giving up the day gig.

  58. 58.

    JaySinWA

    June 15, 2019 at 10:50 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: I thought See bee Dee was a line from a children’s book. On the other hand cbd sounds more Polish to me.

  59. 59.

    chopper

    June 15, 2019 at 11:09 pm

    @JaySinWA:

    i’ve been nothing but polite!

  60. 60.

    KrackenJack

    June 15, 2019 at 11:25 pm

    @Keith P.: As a kid, we had a black Manx – quickly named Maximillian Sebastian Cabot – who came to our house as a stray with a nasty burn on his right flank. Muscular beast. Came to a bad end with a car.

  61. 61.

    satby

    June 15, 2019 at 11:48 pm

    Happy Birthday @Mnemosyne!
    Sounds like it’s been a great one so far!

  62. 62.

    MoxieM

    June 15, 2019 at 11:53 pm

    @Ceci n est pas mon nym: Sorry to mention this, but I knew somebody whose beagle hung itself that way. It was really tragic. He used them as actual hunting dogs (coupla beagles and a brittany). One of the beagles was just unstoppable. He buried the wire fence at least 18 inches down. Raised the fence 6 feet high, etc. You get the picture.

    He finally tied the unruly one to a tree in the middle of the back yard before work. Sadly, when he got home he discovered that the rope was long enough for the dog to get over the fence, but not touch the ground on the other side.

    This story was so sad and upsetting that it haunts me still, nearly 40 years later. So that’s my warning to you and your sweet doggy. Sorry.

  63. 63.

    Juju

    June 16, 2019 at 12:54 am

    A couple of tranquil kitties. How nice.

  64. 64.

    something fabulous

    June 16, 2019 at 1:06 am

    @Mnemosyne: Happy Birthday!! To you!!!

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