The Ace of Spades Pet Thread [scampydog]

Good afternoon and welcome to the almost world famous Ace of Spades Pet Thread. I'm filling in for our talented friend and Pet Thread caretaker, K.T.

Happy Memorial Day weekend. If you're firing up the grill, be sure a few morsels accidentally hit the ground - or just go ahead and hand them off to your fluffy, four-legged frenz.

Please check your politics at the door. Don't worry - they'll still be there when the thread is over.

*****

Let's get right to the Pet Morons. Misanthropic Humanitarian (ONT Cob Emeritus) is goofing off in parts unknown - likely untangling fishing line and palling around with an otter named Albert. MisHum passed along the pictures/emails below.

Our first contribution looks like the happiest doggo ever!

Here is Psmith on vacation at the dog sitters house. He just loves going there. When I drop him off he just runs into her house. Not sure he misses me at all!

Next up is a pet adjacent fren from Turn 2. What a handsome pup!

This is my down-the-street neighbor's new puppy, Duke. He's a chocolate lab. He's been up to our place a few times to play with our golden and micro-mini golden doodle. Typical lab, everyone (and dog) is his best friend and just wants to play.

Big thanks for the notes and pictures of the Horde doggos. A couple of cuties!

*****

We may be Morons, but that is not a pet in the picture below. Image (several years old) is from a trail camera at the Acres de Scampy - a determined looking kitty. Drove a tractor down that trail earlier today. No bobcat sighting. Did clip a tree with an implement - used bucket on other tractor to straighten things out. Back in business!

*****

There are a surprising amount of pet artists out on the interwebz. Some very talented people.

In this link,
are some cool black and white drawings. The artist also has some nice paintings. Take a look. Any Pet Morons have art of their pets?

*****

Cute kitty deserves some love.

Come on hooman! PET THE CAT!! pic.twitter.com/iHjXSUOB2D
— Puchy Catto (@PuchyCatto) May 20, 2025

*****

I don't know...these doggos must have found their hoomans stash of gummies. That's not how it goes in the SD house. Anyone have a classic pet bath story?

*****

How about some awesome cat names? Moron worthy cat names? Names with attitude to match cat life? What say you, experienced kitty folk.

Aristotle
Zorro
Loki
Cleopatra
Shakespeare

Lady Fluffington - Destroyer of Shelf Objects
Dutchess Softpaws

Or some wordplay or puns...because puns.
Moewdonna
Clawdia Schiffer

*****

Right in the feelz.

Baby fawn curls up and waits for mom to return.

Visitors to a library in Michigan got an extra-sweet surprise recently - a newborn fawn curled up right outside the main entrance!

*****

This hungry little cutie made friends with me while we were on vacation a month or so ago. Some fish may have accidentally fallen off my plate and onto the ground.

*****

That winds up the Pet Thread. Please send your prayers and well wishes to K.T. for a full and speedy recovery. We hope to see her back soon - healthy, happy, doing the content like only she can - and once again working her Pet Thread magic.

Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your holiday weekend!

Posted by: Open Blogger at 03:00 PM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Meow!

Posted by: Ciampino - he has kitties that love him at May 24, 2025 03:01 PM (sPQoU)

2 Mwaaaaaaah

(Meow in Persian Kittuh)

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at May 24, 2025 03:05 PM (sAmhv)

3 Nicely done Doggo!

Posted by: TRex at May 24, 2025 03:05 PM (Eaoic)

4 *wags tail* Thanks, TRex.

Posted by: scampydog at May 24, 2025 03:06 PM (LVaYG)

5 I've done a couple of watercolors with Jake at the lake. I'm not very good but I enjoy them anyway.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at May 24, 2025 03:09 PM (AcTAo)

6 Great photo from the trail cam. Glad activity at Acres de Scampy worked out OK today.

Posted by: TRex at May 24, 2025 03:10 PM (Eaoic)

7 Happy Cat Turd Day!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 24, 2025 03:12 PM (1BL3C)

8 Saw a bobkittuh cross in front of me on the Blue Ridge Parkway in VA a few years ago. Impressive looking kittuh!

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at May 24, 2025 03:12 PM (sAmhv)

9 My cousin named his kitten Ravioli

Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at May 24, 2025 03:29 PM (Eaoic)

10 We have a Loki. Loves everybody and really wants to cuddle with another kitty when going to sleep.

My fav was a golden silk-haired stray whom we called Clawed. He arrived here on a very wet Saturday (I think), pouring rain and we fed him under one of the cars. The next morning, still pouring, I opened the front door to inspect the rain and there he was, still under the car. I took pity and said something like 'Well come on' and he was in the house in a flash. One could pick him up with two hands and swing him between legs and he loved it. He would wake up from a nap, go to each human for 5 minutes and then go out. Loved him so much. Hit by a car. First cat death I cried. Now I cry for every one.

Purrcy - still with us.

Sparkle - a chocolate, had burns on her legs still with bits of carbon. I suspect she jumped into a dumpster for food and there was a fire in there. She went up to a friend's car and sort of asked for help. Friend called us. Spent time at the vet. She healed up and became a sleeping buddy for me. Long gone now.

Posted by: Ciampino - funny named kitties at May 24, 2025 03:30 PM (sPQoU)

11 Awww! The pets! Our trainer is coming here at 3p for a training session away from her place. With the wonderous ball of fluff Saijo!

Cat names- well, mine are Kovu, which is the lead character in The Lion King 2 , Scar’s son, and means scar in Swahili (He is a Savannah, he has a lot of serval, and servals are from Africa), and my other cat is Sabi, which is short for Wasabi. Also a Savannah so zero ties from his name to his breed. The most amazing kitty ever, who crossed the rainbow bridge and was my first Savannah, was Nyah. It means purpose in Swahili, but also meow in Japanese. I will never be able to have another Nyah, she was truly that special.

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2025 03:31 PM (pZEOD)

12 Happy Caturday everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2025 03:32 PM (ypFCm)

13 Here is a cute pupster ("Buttons") from Liam Gallagher:

https://nitter.net/liamgallagher/status/
1926321484852604989

Posted by: m at May 24, 2025 03:33 PM (CQE5S)

14 There is nothing cuter that a retriever puppy.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 24, 2025 03:34 PM (viF8m)

15 Piper, jambo. Do you have a connection to Swahili? I'm disappointed in myself for never learning it so I have limited vocabulary and even more limited spelling (well that was made up by missionaries).

Posted by: Ciampino - funny named cats at May 24, 2025 03:35 PM (sPQoU)

16 Taxi means taxi in Swahili

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 24, 2025 03:35 PM (1BL3C)

17 Pet related amusement. As you know, my wife uses our house to board Greyhounds (Although we do get a Standard Poodle from time to time). We have seen the dogs drag their owners to the house once they figured out where they were and have seen them crash out on a bed and watch the owners leave.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 24, 2025 03:36 PM (7xrfc)

18 There is nothing cuter that a retriever puppy.

Unless there's two of them under a sweater.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 24, 2025 03:37 PM (1BL3C)

19 There are no ugly puppies. Though rare, there are ugly kittens.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 24, 2025 03:41 PM (UBKzV)

20 Update On Ciampino's Rescue Kitties

Still accepting donations towards the unkindest cut of all

There's another set of happenings and a photo update #311 at the link.
Take a look if interested. Make sure to click on
"See Older Updates" as well if it's your first time.

https://is.gd/WQ5JcT
OR
http://tinyurl.com/4pak97f6

Bailey is fast asleep scrunched up to me. Still love him.
https://https://tinyurl.com/y8sr95vx

Posted by: Ciampino - naming cats is fun at May 24, 2025 03:47 PM (sPQoU)

21 Scampydog, you done great. Well, "-dog," so, duh!

Posted by: m at May 24, 2025 03:47 PM (CQE5S)

22 9 My cousin named his kitten Ravioli
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at May 24, 2025 03:29 PM (Eaoic)

"Stuck a kitten in his lap and called it Ravioli"?

Posted by: m at May 24, 2025 03:49 PM (CQE5S)

23 Thanks everyone. I've got to get back on the equipment and work the fields a bit. I'll go with Cloepawtra for word play cat name. Enjoy the thread and your afternoon.

Posted by: scampydog at May 24, 2025 03:55 PM (LVaYG)

24 Had a cat in college (I was in college, not the cat) named Evinrude. Called him Rude Kitty.

A friend in college had a grey cat named Lint.

Posted by: tcn in AK at May 24, 2025 03:56 PM (a4NoL)

25 That pet shower link has a wonderful cat link involving senior cats. Warm story. Don't know what happened to Trinity.

https://tinyurl.com/258dyvbb

Posted by: Ciampino - Brie's babies are bonded to each other at May 24, 2025 03:57 PM (sPQoU)

26 I've mentioned this before; my parents had some friends who lived in a lighthouse along Lake Erie. They had two cats, Fleabag and Fishbreath.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at May 24, 2025 03:58 PM (sAmhv)

27 My sister had a lovely white kitty named Spliff, for her fuzzy tail. Another was named Oort, for the Oort Cloud of hair he emitted and also his meow was a trilled O-o-o-r-r-t.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 24, 2025 03:58 PM (kpS4V)

28 Is that whitish/brown dog a bulldog?

Posted by: Ciampino - Brie's babies are bonded to Mom at May 24, 2025 04:02 PM (sPQoU)

29 Pets help keep us grounded. When you come home after a not so good day and your dog meets you with it's tail wagging, so proud to see you, well your day just got better. To hell with the world. You have your best friend to take it's place. It's a good feeling. And that's true with most pets.

Posted by: Case at May 24, 2025 04:02 PM (a1g6Z)

30 19 There are no ugly puppies. Though rare, there are ugly kittens.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 24, 2025 03:41 PM (UBKzV)
----
Sacrilege - there are never ugly kittens SIR!

Posted by: Ciampino - Biscuits babies not so much at May 24, 2025 04:04 PM (sPQoU)

31 Afternoon, Pet Folken,

The "Pet the Cat" video: That red tabby with white is a noisy and persistent beast, huh?

the link with the B & W animal drawings has some good stuff. The initial link was all dogs but there is a page with custom cat paintings. One of them looks like a Norwegian or Maine Coon cat.

Little Dagny Sophia the Siberian is becoming more sociable all the time. Since her flea treatment, she has been sleeping with me every night and most of my afternoon naps. It could be she has suddenly formed an attachment to the bed or the light blanket, but she curls up right next to me almost every time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 24, 2025 04:05 PM (omVj0)

32 I had an orange cat that I named Grover cuz he was close to a Garfield but not quite the attitude so I picked another president name for him.

Black cat that was Black Bart. Tux came to me named, he was a Tuxedo cat and also had a deformed from leg so they'd named him TuxaPaw or Tux for short.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 24, 2025 04:06 PM (CKOCg)

33 https://ktla.com/news/california
/video-shows-dog-fend-off-pack-
of-coyotes-in-front-of-southern-california-home/

Young stray dog, now adopted and named Duke.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 24, 2025 04:09 PM (1BL3C)

34 29 Pets help keep us grounded.

Posted by: Case at May 24, 2025 04:02 PM (a1g6Z)
----
So true. When I got back from the hospital and sat down, I had 5 kitties around me as if to say 'Where have you been? You smell a bit funny.' (I was wearing scrubs as I had no clothes with me at the MO hospital I was sent.)

Posted by: Ciampino - reminders at May 24, 2025 04:11 PM (sPQoU)

35 I find Sphynx cats, the hairless creatures, adult or young, to be ugly. Whenever I've seen one at a cat show I sheer off from talking to its breeder, since I don't have any compliments about the cat and don't want to be insulting.

Remember there was an episode of Friends where Rachel adopts a Sphynx? After getting it home, she finds it unfriendly and difficult, and ends up telling someone that it's "a cat that looks like a hand."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 24, 2025 04:12 PM (omVj0)

36 >>My sister had a lovely white kitty named Spliff, for her fuzzy tail.

Unusual name. Did she tell you what it meant?

Posted by: JackStraw at May 24, 2025 04:13 PM (viF8m)

37 30 19 There are no ugly puppies. Though rare, there are ugly kittens.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 24, 2025 03:41 PM (UBKzV)
----
Sacrilege - there are never ugly kittens SIR!
Posted by: Ciampino - Biscuits babies not so much at May 24, 2025 04:04 PM (sPQoU)

Bill the Cat, when he was a kitten?

Posted by: m at May 24, 2025 04:13 PM (CQE5S)

38 I loved our Basenji. His name was Bengie. Some low life stole him from our backyard.

Posted by: polynikes at May 24, 2025 04:13 PM (VofaG)

39 Had a very aloof guest barn cat we named "Stranger" because we never knew where he came from! When he would show up, or how he found us!
Also had a Siamese cat we named "Scooter" just because that's what he did!
Thanks for filling in for KT!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar at May 24, 2025 04:15 PM (hOUT3)

40 Mary Magdalene arrived at the door very pregnant with what turned out to be 9 kittens. Dad named her for her obvious Sin. But she was Maggie most of the time.

Posted by: epador at May 24, 2025 04:18 PM (RtlW5)

41 My 8 week sister kitteh was not a cute kitten because she was underweight and her hair was thinning. She grew up to be a beautiful pure white short haired beauty. 7 years old now.

Posted by: polynikes at May 24, 2025 04:18 PM (VofaG)

42 Cat names . . . Arizona the red tabby because he was big, sandy, and prickly like a cactus. Tatiana Romanova the Siberian girl cat because it was the only female Russian name I knew that I found attractive. Wolf for the big black shaggy male because he was long and rangy, very social, and wolves do come in black. (Besides, *anybody* can name his black cat "Midnight" or "Shadow.")

Stirling, the current black, got his name from a pipe tobacco I'd never tried but liked the name of. (Though I tell people he's named after a British race car dirver of the 1950s, Stirling Moss.) Dagny Sophia the little Siberian got hers from our poster here called "dagny, first of her name," and from her mother's name.

I've always wanted to name cats after big Western states like Montana and Dakota, or Mexican states like Durango and Sonora. Never have, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 24, 2025 04:19 PM (omVj0)

43 33 https://ktla.com/news/california
/video-shows-dog-fend-off-pack-
of-coyotes-in-front-of-southern-california-home/

Young stray dog, now adopted and named Duke.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 24, 2025 04:09 PM (1BL3C)
----
Good dog, with guts. Glad it was adopted.
Wildlife is not to be tolerated in a city, cute as it may be, as it poses a danger to pets and kids and also a source of disease from ticks and fleas. Either relocate them or shoot them.

Posted by: Ciampino - reminder it's not Disney at May 24, 2025 04:22 PM (sPQoU)

44 Not a pet, but I thought that this was an amazing story. Animal control officer in OK saves life of baby deer which had not yet been born:

https://tinyurl.com/3u8chf8h

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 24, 2025 04:23 PM (5fmz0)

45 Duke is cute. I love labs but would never want one. Too much energy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 24, 2025 04:23 PM (RIvkX)

46 As a boy I knew a Seal Point Siamese, a neighbor's cat, who'd been named "Martini" after one of the Siamese cats in the "Mr. and Mrs. North" detective novels.

Linda's first cat, the famous and super-smart Marie-Antoinette, gained her name from the woman who'd rescued her in the French Quarter. Marie's regal attitude inspired that, though in day-to-day life she was hardly regal or aloof. She just wanted everything her way, and wanted it "naaow!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 24, 2025 04:23 PM (omVj0)

47 A cow orker named his cat Al Fresco. Cat didn't like being indoors.

Posted by: FLanole at May 24, 2025 04:29 PM (ZnrCl)

48 44 Not a pet, but I thought that this was an amazing story. Animal control officer in OK saves life of baby deer which had not yet been born:

https://tinyurl.com/3u8chf8h

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 24, 2025 04:23 PM (5fmz0)
----
Indeed an amazing story. However conveniently left out any details of the process - the Mom was still alive at the time.

Posted by: Ciampino - reminder it's not Disney! at May 24, 2025 04:31 PM (sPQoU)

49 When I got my brother and sister kittehs I considered Alex and Mallory, Bonnie and Clyde, Caesar and Cleo . I settled on Bogie and Bacall.

Posted by: polynikes at May 24, 2025 04:33 PM (VofaG)

50 Had one of those moments earlier this week when traffic halted for a family of geese crossing a road! Adults in front and behind, three behbehs between. Most folk stopped properly, a couple seemed like they didn't care if they ran them over...what the hell is wrong with folks? Jeez.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 24, 2025 04:34 PM (OUMaO)

51 47 A cow orker named his cat Al Fresco. Cat didn't like being indoors.
Posted by: FLanole at May 24, 2025 04:29 PM (ZnrCl)

hahahaha
Love that.

Posted by: m at May 24, 2025 04:35 PM (CQE5S)

52 Micro-mini golden doodle?

Are we talking postage stamp size?

Posted by: Aetius451AD workphone at May 24, 2025 04:40 PM (O7xZR)

53 Great choice Polynikes.

Posted by: PaleRider at May 24, 2025 04:41 PM (CKOCg)

54 ΤΑΞΙ in Greek means TAXI in English.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2025 04:41 PM (ZVgZ4)

55 47 A cow orker named his cat Al Fresco. Cat didn't like being indoors.

Posted by: FLanole at May 24, 2025 04:29 PM (ZnrCl)
----
There was a club/restaurant named Al Fresco on the Esplanade in Durban 1960-1970s. It had an outside veranda and was named for that. I seem to remember it was demolished when that whole area got a revamp.

Posted by: Ciampino - what's in a name at May 24, 2025 04:41 PM (sPQoU)

56 It's been five months now since I had to send 'ol Joe to the great squirrel chase in the sky. Miss ya buddy.

Posted by: Diogenes at May 24, 2025 04:43 PM (W/lyH)

57 what the hell is wrong with folks? Jeez.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 24, 2025 04:34 PM (OUMaO)
----
Those are the ones that will purposely swerve in order to run over a cat! We lost 4 cats to traffic and I always wonder how many were sheer accidents and how many were directed by malice. No one ever stopped. Now all the kitties are indoor.

Posted by: Ciampino - what's in a name? at May 24, 2025 04:45 PM (sPQoU)

58 The Doggo doing the Pet Thread? Who's a good boy?!?

Posted by: Doof at May 24, 2025 04:46 PM (UQakJ)

59 My neutered Tom, Mittens hasn’t been eating much. I think he is lonely because I haven’t been spending much time with him because I’m mostly bed-ridden recovering from surgery. I am going to try to sit with him on the couch, propped up like in bed and watch some anime with him. He doesn’t care about the anime, he wants to see me. When he’s had enough of me he’ll get down, and the little butterball, Abbie the Tabby will get up. She never misses a meal. Unlike Mittens, she’ll watch anime if it has a lot of action, like fight scenes. Not sure what she makes of it.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2025 04:48 PM (ZVgZ4)

60 It's been five months now since I had to send 'ol Joe to the great squirrel chase in the sky. Miss ya buddy.

Seems appropriate to share:

https://tinyurl.com/e2whrddn

Posted by: NR Pax at May 24, 2025 04:48 PM (7xrfc)

61 We did a kitchen reno a few months ago and put a tile floor down instead of the crappy laminate.

Suddenly my Sunny boy has taken to doing the same thing as this cat. He seems to love the new floor.

https://x.com/PuchyCatto/status/1924728920034951352

Posted by: Marty at May 24, 2025 05:00 PM (ELmyf)

62 Got new puppy's coccidia cleared up couple weeks ago. Saw vet this week and now told she has giardia. No real symptoms luckily. You'd think our front yard was a cesspool. I blame the deer.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 24, 2025 05:01 PM (hoCmQ)

63 62 Got new puppy's coccidia cleared up couple weeks ago. Saw vet this week and now told she has giardia. No real symptoms luckily. You'd think our front yard was a cesspool. I blame the deer.
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 24, 2025 05:01 PM (hoCmQ)

Darn! He'll pay back all this TLC in love, I am sure.

Posted by: m at May 24, 2025 05:03 PM (CQE5S)

64 he-->she
sorry

Posted by: m at May 24, 2025 05:04 PM (CQE5S)

65 I have had cats most of my life but I think I'm about done.

Last cat's name is Hamilton Buttersworth III. He's an orange cream tabby. Very friendly, loves people. Loves annoying the dogs even more. Not cool.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at May 24, 2025 05:04 PM (xcxpd)

66 Posted by: Ciampino - Brie's babies are bonded to

Absolutely no connection to Swahili at all. My only other language is rusty Spanish. I wish I had taken more time to learn French from my mom, though.

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2025 05:06 PM (pZEOD)

67 Mittens is curled up asleep next to my bad leg. It doesn’t hurt though, or I wouldn’t let him do it. As long as I can shift my leg a little every now and then, I should be alright. I’ve shifted once and he just went back to sleep. Abbie is going to have to wait. Aharen-San wa hakarenai is on, but I’ve seen this one on my laptop already. Will switch it up.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2025 05:08 PM (ZVgZ4)

68 Cleaning up animals covered in jet fuel after a plane crash.

https://tinyurl.com/2yzzv8ch

Posted by: Ciampino - a bath in Dawn? at May 24, 2025 05:08 PM (sPQoU)

69 A Lab with too much energy?? Only if you have a Field Lab, a distinct offshoot of the original English Lab who are so calm as to be mistaken for comatose. They--I know this-- having been owned by both are easily distinguishable ln behavior, the commonality is the tolerance of and love for kids of all ages.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 24, 2025 05:08 PM (hKoQL)

70 Great session with Saijo and the trainer. He sits at the door before you go out and won’t move until you say break. His little sit is so cute. But his favorite is still “bring it” when he goes and gets a toy and brings it to you.

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2025 05:15 PM (pZEOD)

71 Great photos today! Thanks for the pet thread.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 24, 2025 05:15 PM (ERbou)

72 Mittens dug his claws in me that time when I shifted, so now I’m trying to slip a tea towel between him and me if I can. Cue “Mission Impossible” theme.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2025 05:15 PM (ZVgZ4)

73 62 Got new puppy's coccidia cleared up couple weeks ago. Saw vet this week and now told she has giardia. No real symptoms luckily. You'd think our front yard was a cesspool. I blame the deer.
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 24

Poor little one.

Posted by: Piper at May 24, 2025 05:16 PM (pZEOD)

74 My mini dachshund is named Toby. The grandkids picked out the name. He has a number of nicknames though, Tobers and Toberson being the most common.

Posted by: Tuna at May 24, 2025 05:17 PM (lJ0H4)

75 Mission accomplished. He only woke up a little. He did give me a look, but now he’s going back to sleep.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2025 05:18 PM (ZVgZ4)

76 Remember there was an episode of Friends where Rachel adopts a Sphynx? After getting it home, she finds it unfriendly and difficult, and ends up telling someone that it's "a cat that looks like a hand."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 24, 2025 04:12 PM (omVj0)
---------
Mike Myers commented that handling the bald version of Mr. Bigglesworth was like holding warm bubble gum.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 24, 2025 05:18 PM (6YdsJ)

77 Mike Myers commented that handling the bald version of Mr. Bigglesworth was like holding warm bubble gum.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 24, 2025

***
One of the other Friends asked Rachel about the Sphynx, "Why is it inside out?"

The breed just doesn't look like a cat and it doesn't look healthy to me.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 24, 2025 05:20 PM (omVj0)

78 Just pulled tick out of puppy's ear. That's her second. We're now tied this spring. Seems to be bad year for ticks.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 24, 2025 05:20 PM (hoCmQ)

79 Time for me to feed the furry thugs, and then shave before Miss Linda comes over. Dinner here tonight, I think, plus a viewing of Second Hand Lions w/ Robert Duvall and Michael Caine.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 24, 2025 05:22 PM (omVj0)

80 Aharen-san and Raido (Boyfriend-kun) make such a cute couple, both differently weirdos, but in a good way. The complement each other. This is the class trip to Tokyo where their group visits the Disneyland Stand-in and Raido forgets his ticket. Heartwarming.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2025 05:23 PM (ZVgZ4)

81 so now I’m trying to slip a tea towel between him and me if I can. Cue “Mission Impossible” theme.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2025 05:15

Reminds me of our first cat. I slept with thick terry cloth hand towel by me to cover shoulder when he'd start kneading.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 24, 2025 05:24 PM (hoCmQ)

82 My mini dachshund is named Toby. The grandkids picked out the name. He has a number of nicknames though, Tobers and Toberson being the most common.
Posted by: Tuna at May 24, 2025

***
Arizona was known also as Plumus Tailius Arizonicus.

Nothing so grand for Wolf and now Stirling; each of them has been dubbed "Big Black," and Dagny "Little Gray."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 24, 2025 05:24 PM (omVj0)

83 Dinner here tonight, I think, plus a viewing of Second Hand Lions w/ Robert Duvall and Michael Caine.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 24, 2025 05:22 PM (omVj0)
--------
Great movie. Only time I've ever heard Michael Caine do a dialect other than his own Cockney or posh Southern English.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 24, 2025 05:24 PM (6YdsJ)

84 Mittens is still recharging next to my (bad) leg. It’s going to be awhile. I didn’t realize his battery was so low.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2025 05:25 PM (ZVgZ4)

85 Reminds me of our first cat. I slept with thick terry cloth hand towel by me to cover shoulder when he'd start kneading.
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 24, 2025

***
When Stirling was little, he'd bound onto the bed in the morning and milk-tread my inner elbow. Moving a blanket or something to cover my skin didn't work; he refused to tread that. It had to be flesh. Now that he's huge, I'm glad he doesn't want to do that any more.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 24, 2025 05:27 PM (omVj0)

86 Dinner here tonight, I think, plus a viewing of Second Hand Lions w/ Robert Duvall and Michael Caine.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 24, 2025
--------
Great movie. Only time I've ever heard Michael Caine do a dialect other than his own Cockney or posh Southern English.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 24, 2025

***
It's on my short list of "Films I Would Change Nothing About."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 24, 2025 05:28 PM (omVj0)

87 >>My mini dachshund is named Toby

A mini dachshund?

When I lived in Boston a group of dachshund owners would bring their little hot dogs to the Boston Common on Saturdays in the Fall and put up a portable fencing and let them run wild. For what passes as running wild with dachshunds. Like a hundred of them.

They were adorable. I never realized they were so many different types. Drew big crowds.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 24, 2025 05:28 PM (viF8m)

88 HOBBY NOOD IS UPSTAIRS

Posted by: Skip at May 24, 2025 05:31 PM (ypFCm)

89 The DL stand-in visit isn’t until their time off tomorrow so now they’re on a bus tour of Tokyo. The guide is pointing all the “trees” in Tokyo. Tokyo Hightree, Tokyo Goesbytree, Tokyo Closebytree, and the newly constructed Sprytree. And the bright red one is Tokyo Ruddytree (the original Tokyo Tower). A lot of trees in Tokyo, huh?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2025 05:33 PM (ZVgZ4)

90 My niece has two dachshund mixed breeds. They seem to believe they are are big dogs, and are great animals.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 24, 2025 05:33 PM (I9RuV)

91 Their tour pamphlet has details of the newest “tree” currently under construction. Mittens is still sleeping but twitching a little in his dream. Thank goodness for the tea towel!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2025 05:35 PM (ZVgZ4)

92 72 Mittens dug his claws in me that time when I shifted, so now I’m trying to slip a tea towel between him and me if I can. Cue “Mission Impossible” theme.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2025 05:15 PM (ZVgZ4)

; )

Posted by: m at May 24, 2025 05:36 PM (CQE5S)

93 74 My mini dachshund is named Toby. The grandkids picked out the name. He has a number of nicknames though, Tobers and Toberson being the most common.
Posted by: Tuna at May 24, 2025 05:17 PM (lJ0H4)

To-by or Not-To-by.

Posted by: m at May 24, 2025 05:38 PM (CQE5S)

94 Hmmmm

No picture of the King.

Posted by: IrishEi at May 24, 2025 05:38 PM (3ImbR)

95 The glyph for “Empty” keeps flying out of Raido-kun’s ticket holder with sound effects. Mittens got up and thought about going to the far end of the couch. He is being persuaded to lie back down and sleep some more by my stroking him, purring ensues. He’s not quite convinced. He’s settling down a little bit off from my leg (too hot?). He’s thinking about putting his head down - there - he’s done it.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2025 05:47 PM (ZVgZ4)

96 The ticket is back in his luggage at the hotel. He tells everyone to go ahead without him, he’ll catch up. Will he? The butterball, Abbie, has come up on my right side (good leg) and got offended that I wouldn’t let her chew on my pajama ties. She’s decided to forgive me; no, it’s just another try for the pajama ties. I decide to brush her. For a short hair she still has a lot to shed for summer. Mittens objects to my paying attention to another cat and decamps for the far end of the couch. Abbie leaves. I resume the anime.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2025 05:58 PM (ZVgZ4)

97 Raido apologizes to Aharen that he won’t be able to see the parade with her. Aharen is really disappointed (you can’t see it in her face, of course not!) but she forgives Raido and consoles him. “Everyone makes mistakes, what’s done is done; you’ve always helped me when I made a mistake,” and so forth. She rubs his head while saying this (he was bowing in apology, so she can reach him). “Don’t worry. I’ll be waiting.”

Mittens is still on the couch with me but at the far end. Abbie has departed.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2025 06:07 PM (ZVgZ4)

98 All their friends are supportive. So off he goes.

Mittens is still here, but not Abbie, who I just saw slinking by…

Raido finds his ticket in his suitcase where it fell out. His two teachers come by to check on him, but the more serious one has bad news: the train that would take him back to the park is out of service. Meanwhile the gang is choosing animal ears to wear. Aharen-san picks mouse ears, of course. They all pick ears that match their personalities.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2025 06:16 PM (ZVgZ4)

99 Mal the Dog and Thud the Cat.

Posted by: Dale at May 24, 2025 06:16 PM (LNklB)

100 I never understood what a good cat Mittens is. He’s come back close enough to pet but not right up against me. I am stroking him slowly but continually. He is purring. Contentment. The show goes on.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2025 06:20 PM (ZVgZ4)

101 The parade passes. The friends and Aharen have drinks at an outdoor cafe. Somebody say ”I hope Raido-kun will be along soon,’” and looks at her phone. Oh no, the train is out of service! It hits Aharen like a bolt out of the blue. You can’t see it in her demeanor, of course. The train should be up and running in an hour though. Will Raido make it back in time?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2025 06:27 PM (ZVgZ4)

102 I’m willowed aren’t I? Never mind, Raido makes it back with the help of his teachers who rent a car to drive him. The not-serious teacher is at the wheel. Let’s just say she “drives like Steve McQueen”. The teachers say they have to monitor students at the park for bad behavior, but he can catch a lift, if he wants. He does …Aharen-san drags Raido-kun away from the others as soon as he shows up. Then Aharen and Raido have maximum fun in minimum time following a route Aharen worked out with some help from her friends. All’s well that ends well … Finis.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 24, 2025 06:42 PM (ZVgZ4)

Processing 0.02, elapsed 0.0224 seconds.
15 queries taking 0.0072 seconds, 111 records returned.
Page size 70 kb.
Powered by Minx 0.8 beta.