Cats: Better than sitcoms

[brightlotusmoon]

The scene in the kitchen yesterday evening:

Luna, staring intently at the floor: Oooh, what are you?
Bug, crawling diligently across the floor: Meep! Scurry!
Luna: Oh, no, you don't! *paw smash*
Jupiter: Heey, what's that?
Luna: I dunno, but it looks interesting -- Hey you! Why are you moving?
Bug: *scuttle scuttle scuttle*
Luna: Get back here! *paw smash*
Jupiter: Erm... it's still moving. *poke*
Luna: Oh, for the love of Bast... *bite, nibble, taste* Hmm, this doesn't taste as good as I thought. *spits out*
Bug: *SCURRY*
Jupiter: Still moving! *jumps three feet*
Luna: Well, then, catch it!
Jupiter: Nuh-uh! You catch it! Wait, hang on, it's shiny! Ooh! *pounce*
Me: *blink* Shiny...?
Jupiter: *bite, nibble, taste* Hmmm. Crunchy! *crunch*
Me: Was that thing shiny?
Jupiter: *licks lips* Hey, that wasn't bad! Mom, can we have gooshyfood now?
Me: You just ate a bug! A shiny bug!
Jupiter: Yeah, but... gooshyfood! Noooowwww.
Me: Oh, fine, gooshyfood. *gets can of wet food, scoops food into bowl*
Luna and Jupiter: *appreciate interpretive dancing* MOW MOW MOW MOW MOW MOW. *gobble, chew, slurp*
Me: *continues making salad, gets out bag of grilled chicken*
Jupiter: OMFG! CHICKEN! YAY! WANT! MOW!
Me: *throws up hands* Bug! Gooshyfood!
Luna: Chicken?
Me, giving in: Okay, fine. Chicken. *gives them bits of chicken meat*
Luna and Jupiter: *appreciate interpretive dancing* MOW MOW MOW MOW MOW MOW. *gobble, chew, slurp*
Jupiter: Thanks, Mom! Love you! *runs off*
Luna: He is so unrefined. *washes face*
Me: Can I finish my dinner now? Or will there be another floor show?
Luna: Not unless I find another bug.
Me: You're so weird.
Luna: You're the one talking to a cat.

/Fin.

Comments

[odilla.livejournal.com]

I've had similar conversations.

Monday night even...

Yesterday - SOCK! *pounces on sock and begins to chew*
Me - Yesterday, what are you doing?
Yesterday - I'm chewing a sock, duh!
Me - You know you are not suppose to chew on socks
Yesterday - I like to chew on socks *chew chew*
Pippin - What's he doing now? (From on the bed)
Me - Put the sock down
Yesterday - I have a sock! *Shows me the sock*
Me - I said put it down
Yesterday - FINE! *runs out of bedroom to ncalrod*

Of course, all Yesteday's parts are translated from his native tongue - Cat.

They also like bugs. what is it with cats and bugs!

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

Jupiter does that with paper towels. Luna used to do it with toilet tissue before we got a new roll holder. Drove me nuts. I'd walk into the bathroom to find a brand new roll all over the floor, and Luna looking at me like, "What? It was fun!"

I love trying to translate, because Luna and Jupiter each have such distinctive meows. Luna's is a chirpy high-pitched soprano note, and Jupiter's is a long drawn-out whiny yowl.

[celtic_maenad]

I don't remember your opinion of LOLCats, but this one is appropriate to your above statement:

Plus, I think the caption is so perfect for the picture!

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

I love LOLcats!
This is one of the best macros yet. This would be Jupiter and Luna, all innocent and nonchalant.
And the cat kinda looks like Penny!

[odilla.livejournal.com]

yep, Yesterday loves to lick paper towels and toilet paper.

I go to use some TP, and it's all shrivled in places...

Yeah... he didn't do anything!

cats are so strange sometimes.

[celtic_maenad]

she totally does!

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

Better tell your dad to watch his paper towels. ;)

[greenwillow27.livejournal.com]

Oh that looks hauntingly familiar...
Actually, that was the fate of my pin cushion (the really cute one my daughter made!)last night....only the culprit was a demented Corgi puppy.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

That sweet little cutsie wootsie puppy wuppy from your photos?
Hmm, yeah, you're right. They're deceptively, dementedly adorable.

[thiswaste.livejournal.com]

Hehehe this made me giggle. Awesome =)

[flyingshaman.livejournal.com]

I love this.

Bwahahaha!

[celtic_maenad]

this is even funnier now that I've met your cats. And funnier than that because I've had similar scenes between my cats.
Onyx:*pounce*
Lyra:was that a bug?
Onyx:I dunno, maybe, it was a spot on the floor that I thought I saw move. *checks paw* *no bug* nope, not a bug. *begins to wander off*
Lyra:*pounce/paw smash* ha! got it! *bite nibble chew*
Onyx:heeeey! whatcha got?!?
Lyra:*mouth full* nuffim!
Onyx:*shove* *sees leftover limb/wing/another spot on the floor* *pounce*

Onyx is such a attention-hog/little brother. Lyra can't have anything because Onyx must have it all. :D

Re: Bwahahaha!

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

Awww, that's awesome! I love sibling rivalry and cooperation.

[greenwillow27.livejournal.com]

LOL!
Thanks I needed that.
"Interpretive dance"--- hee hee!

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

*grins*
They really do this cute little happy food dance, too. If they see me preparing a can of wet food, or cutting up some meat for them, they'll prance around and get on their hind legs to see better, and they'll sing. At least, Luna will: "Mrah? Myah? Mah? Mree! Eh!" and Jupiter will just yell: "MOW! REOW! MEEEWWW!"

[wolfden.livejournal.com]

:)

That made my day. Thanks.

My pepe dog is a pouncer. Bugs are his favorite. He will chase a fly forever until he can catch it. It's really funny to watch.

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

Has he caught many?

Luna will also stop at nothing to catch flying insects. She gets disappointed if my husband gets them first.

[wolfden.livejournal.com]

Yeh. He gets almost all of them eventually. They have to land eventually. He's good.

[chorus-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

That was priceless...sounds like any number of conversation bewtween me and Hex and Pye, the mighty bug hunters~

Cat Convo

[sapharin.livejournal.com]

That is the funniest and 'hit the nail on the head' thing I've read regarding cats.... I've always wanted to know what they thought....your interpretation, was terrific! Love it!

Re: Cat Convo

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's easy to interpret my cats; they act almost human sometimes. :)

[shiefox.livejournal.com]

now im home sick. that shoulda been my bug ;)

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

You can catch bugs when you come home. :)

cats vs bugs

[shiefox.livejournal.com]

you know id eat one just to confuse them

Re: cats vs bugs

[brightlotusmoon.livejournal.com]

They'd probably think you were amazing.
But don't eat it off the floor unless the floor is clean.