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Well done. Now I have a cat who likes to sleep in hanging fruit basket.

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Would love to see a video of her getting aboard and disembarking. I'd expect variable footing like that to turn off a cat. (No doubt many folks here will disagree, but a friend once declared all cats of unknown gender female and all dogs male except poodles.)

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Congratulations! You have learned to think like cat, which is pretty much the only way to reach an amicable compromise with a cat.

Now let's see if we can put this strategy to work with the debt ceiling. IMO President Biden did a pretty good job last night, getting the Republicans to settle into the Protect Medicare/Social Security box.

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She makes a beautiful addition to your home. And my suggestion to you as she takes over is, whatever she does just ask yourself if you'd be happier without her. I promise you, you'll say no.

My late friend Mr. Bean, whose photo you see here, was a 22 pound Egyptian cat who loved to pull my books from their shelves and let them fall to the floor. Sometimes I would get upset with him, but I would throw all my books all over my apartment just to have him with me just one more day.

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I understand. Penelope knows I will confront her when she pushes a photo off the table, or a plant off the shelf. She loves the attention.

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One of the principles of catness: "If I fits, I sits."

I have a picture taken many years ago of our 12 pound cat Milo spilling out over all sides of an 8 pound capacity Easter basket. Maybe just as well you don't allow attachments....

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Cats, it seems, are very much like children. They get more use out of an empty box than a box full of toys. ❤️

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They are - with one key difference. Apparently, you can't just leave food on the floor for children. Never mind how I know that - just accept that I do...

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I always thought the same about my kids. Could have saved $$$ just letting them play with empty boxes, sticks and puddles instead of toys 😊

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Mattel sold YOU...voila!!!

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Also puppies. Paper bags are much more fun than store-bought toys.

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Cheapest toy most favorite!

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cats are superior beings. she doesn't want to miss out on the action

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Right. FOMO(fear of missing out).

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You could say a CATastrophe has been avoided :)

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Excellent development! Now she can watch what you're doing, correct you when you slip up, and keep track of what is taking place with all HER things!

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For a scholarly analysis of the matter, see Livescience.com, 2/28/22, "Why Do Cats Love Boxes So Much?".The article also has a link to a piece in Applied Animal Behavioural Science, Vol 240, July 2021, entitled "If It Fits, I Sits". Once again, a manifestation of that universal entity, THECAT. My cats particularly love shoeboxes, although one is a bit tubby and tends to bulge over the sides.

Cheers.

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This is a great article. I remember when it came out. Most of us long-term cat people said, "Well, d'oh."

I'm thinking maybe we should all change our Substack avatars to picture of our cats.

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plato.stanford.edu/entries/cognition-animal/

"There are many truths about life, and cats know what they are."

___ Sherlock Holmes, in the so far unpublished Adventure of the Druid's Temple

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A happy Newsletter.I have been trying to learn Ukrainian. One of their sayings is "Дім там де кіт." Home is where the cat is.

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What a wonderful accommodation. I love this story. Thank you for sharing this with your exhausted readers. We all deserve a break today.

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Now that you’ve tackled this problem, can you pull out your Superman costume and save the world?

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If you saw Melber tonight, evil still has the upper hand.

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I didn’t get to see Ari tonight. What did he say?

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Perfect, it was just a matter of time before a stress relieving solution presented itself to the adults in the room, 👍🏼

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Mine has his own place setting on the breakfast bar. It's worked out pretty well.

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Lucky you that the box showed up in the nick of time. Tazzy will be able to keep you on staff.

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