What do our cats do when we're not around?

@boiboing (13153)
Northampton, England
August 15, 2018 3:25pm CST
Last week Milo came home smelling of cigarette smoke and looking very guilty. I don't think the bigger boy cats have been leading him astray so my guess is that he's been visiting a person who smokes. His predecessor, Baloo, used to come home smelling of other women's perfume. So I'm no stranger to feline wandering ways. My neighbour's cat Freddy is a big fluffy ginger boy with very long fur. His humans just came home from holiday and found that Freddy is looking very handsome. They think he's been groomed and trimmed but they have no idea who has been looking after him. Freddy is the scarediest scaredy cat I've ever met. He once spent 24 hours under one of the beds in our house because he was too scared to come out and face my cats. So he's not normally the type to go visiting people. It's quite the mystery.
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@JudyEv (323672)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Aug 18
There is a great YouTube clip of a cat continually pushing the flush button on the toilet and watching the water swirl around. The owners couldn't work out why the water bill was so high so they installed a camera. As you say, who knows what they get up to?
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@snowy22315 (168374)
• United States
16 Aug 18
That is really funny. My sister had a cat who was thrilled with the water swishing in the toilet. Every time someone flushed he was right there.. She would catch him in there swishing the water around trying to duplicate the "swirl."
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
16 Aug 18
I suspect ours are throwing wild parties in the garden.
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
16 Aug 18
@JudyEv Now you mention it........
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• United States
15 Aug 18
I'm sure Milo has encountered many people while on his adventures. Maybe he's hanging out at the local firehouse?
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
15 Aug 18
My mother said he'd probably tell us "It wasn't me, I was sitting next to somebody on the bus who was smoking". That was always my sister's story. Thankfully these days nobody can smoke on the bus any more.
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• United States
16 Aug 18
mine usually sleep.they're lazy old coots.
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
16 Aug 18
Yeah, that's all just a cover for their super-hero work.
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
15 Aug 18
That's the thing with cats - you never really own them, do you?
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
16 Aug 18
Well the receipt for £1200 for Milo and Daisy would prove that at least legally we own them. But they sure don't recognise any law other than kitty law.
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@jaboUK (64363)
• United Kingdom
16 Aug 18
@boiboing Wow, they were expensive!
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
16 Aug 18
@jaboUK I think we got a bargain. Some breeders charge over £1000 each. But they're absolutely priceless.
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@xFiacre (12536)
• Ireland
16 Aug 18
@boiboing We are quite sure that someone is feeding one of our cats. We have a neighbour who is quite obsessive about cats and comes to tell us if he sees any of ours wondering down the road. Very kind I'm sure but also very annoying. His reports are delivered with a most judgemental frown.
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
16 Aug 18
Two of our neighbours fell out over one criticising the other for not feeding their cat properly and the other firing back that it was none of her business. Criticising how people raise their cats is like criticising their parenting - it's never going to end well.
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@pgntwo (22412)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
15 Aug 18
What the cat won't share with its human would fill a book...
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@pgntwo (22412)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
16 Aug 18
@boiboing Ain't that the truth!
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
16 Aug 18
Ah but some days I'm glad they can't talk or they'd be telling others about us.
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@snowy22315 (168374)
• United States
15 Aug 18
I guess he thought it was time to go meet the neighbors!
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
16 Aug 18
He's quite an old fellow - about 11 years old - and not normally friendly enough to go visiting.
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@LadyDuck (454901)
• Switzerland
16 Aug 18
There is surely a person who is a cat lover and cats know who they can trust.
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@LadyDuck (454901)
• Switzerland
16 Aug 18
@boiboing Yes, I have seen some YouTube videos, they are really funny.
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
16 Aug 18
@LadyDuck Have you ever seen a 'nipped up' cat? They are SO funny.
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@MALUSE (69428)
• Germany
15 Aug 18
You should take up your tales of the village again.
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@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
16 Aug 18
I did one recently and will do more soon. But I need to feel inspired.
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@CarolDM (203478)
• Nashville, Tennessee
17 Sep 18
Cats are just too funny. Would love to be able to read their minds... sometimes.
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