Cats Sleep Anywhere / myLot

New Zealand

December 4, 2016 1:28pm CST

Some of you probably know the poem, 'Cats Sleep Anywhere' by Eleanor Farjeon. Well Smooch proved that last night. My husband got up in the middle of the night to make a toilet visit and in the dark tripped over something unexpected on the toilet mat. It bolted out the door, receiving more of a fright at having his sleep disturbed than my husband received from the furriness under his foot. Poor Smooch, I wonder why he chose to sleep there.

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

5 Dec 16

I have to be careful about that too @valmnz because I have 5 cats in my master bedroom and during the nightly visit to the bathroom, usually 1 of them (Boots) is on the rug in front of the toilet. Smooch is such a cutie.

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Val

@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

5 Dec 16

Smooch says thank you for the compliment and hi to Boots. Cats have minds of their own, don't they!

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Val

@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

5 Dec 16

@nanette64 but what would we do without them

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

5 Dec 16

@valmnz Yes they do. They are what I call a 'never-ending puzzle'.

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AbbyGreenhill

@AbbyGreenhill (45496)

• United States

4 Dec 16

Same with my husband - he can sleep anywhere too!

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Val

@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

4 Dec 16

Ha, ha, I like that

AbbyGreenhill

@AbbyGreenhill (45496)

• United States

4 Dec 16

@valmnz He really can - even on rocks, or so he says.

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Val

@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

4 Dec 16

@AbbyGreenhill probably a great skill to have

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@allknowing (130066)

• India

5 Dec 16

We have had strays that did that all the time.

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Always smiling

@allknowing (130066)

• India

5 Dec 16

@valmnz He used to let us go past him

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Val

@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

5 Dec 16

I love the way it's sitting on the corner.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61047)

• United States

4 Dec 16

lol dogs are just as bad when it comes to sleeping anywhere, ours are always in the most improbable places.

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Val

@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

5 Dec 16

Ours used to sleep right where we'd trip over her, in places like the passage.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61047)

• United States

6 Dec 16

@valmnz Ours seem to want to trip us we have noticed, I suspect they have taken out large insurance policies on us lol

Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (12597)

• Ireland

4 Dec 16

@valmnz One of ours made the mistake of curling up on my wife's chair and she sat down without looking. It won't make that mistake again

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Val

@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

4 Dec 16

Ha, ha, I've done that too.

Val

@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

5 Dec 16

@xFiacre now, that is a dangerous place to sleep!

Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (12597)

• Ireland

5 Dec 16

@valmnz The worst is the cat who sleeps on the stairs in the dark.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306239)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

4 Dec 16

Is it warmer in the bathroom, or cooler since you are in summer now.

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Val

@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

5 Dec 16

Neither. Maybe it is darker on that side of the house. The mat is new so that may have been the attraction.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306239)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

5 Dec 16

@valmnz That could be. He might have been making it his.

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@allknowing (130066)

• India

5 Dec 16

We had this stray who later became part of the family doing that. He slept anywhere and everywhere. .

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Val

@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

5 Dec 16

The poem by Eleanor Farjeon is so true!

Teep11

@Teep11 (7674)

• United States

4 Dec 16

Cats need their sleep. They'll try to find a comfy spot. Cute.

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Val

@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

4 Dec 16

This is possibly the most unusual place he's chosen yet.

Jabo

@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

4 Dec 16

Lol - I should think that they both received a fright.

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Val

@valmnz (17099)

• New Zealand

5 Dec 16

They certainly did, but strangely I didn't wake up. I usually do.

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50525)

• Centralia, Missouri

6 Dec 16

what an odd place, lol!!!

crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39515)

• United States

6 Dec 16

so glad yer hubs didn't trip'n fall! the cat here 'tis prone to layin' 'longside the cabinet'n the bathroom here 't night. i've yet to figure her logic coz she get purty grumpy when i've gotta 'go' 'n she's'n the way 'f me shuttin' the door :)