Epic Fail for Kitty this Afternoon!

@TheHorse (177196)
Walnut Creek, California
March 18, 2023 8:15pm CST
Poor Kitty. I am sitting here laughing at her in my head, and she doesn't even know it. After a passionate petting session, as I was sitting at my desk, she decided to "take over" said desk, like a Purring Putin. She jumped up on my leg and tried to grab my desk, for the next stage of her climb. Unfortunately, her sharp claws did not grab porous pine, as she had intended. It grabbed...my pack of cigarettes, which flipped into the air, along with my green lighter and my phone. Kitty tumbled backwards and rolled like wrestler, landing on her feet (as cats do) only after cacophonous contortions on my carpet, with my cigarette pack, lighter and phone flying and clattering all about. I held back outward laughter as she slithered off toward her food dish. She has her pride back now, and I will pick her up an put her on my desk if she wants (if I keep on typing). Have you ever had to help a family feline save face after an epic fail? Wait. Why are my paintings melting? Why are my body parts separating? What's going on? Where's my delete button? Where's Kitty? Kitty!
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@FourWalls (53216)
• United States
19 Mar
Do not mock the Kitty. She will slit your throat with those sharp claws.
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
What have I done?
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@FourWalls (53216)
• United States
19 Mar
@TheHorse — you laughed at her in your head. Don’t think for a second that she doesn’t know.
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
@FourWalls What have I done?
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@DaddyEvil (119468)
• United States
19 Mar
Poor Kitty has a bad human slave!
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@DaddyEvil (119468)
• United States
19 Mar
@TheHorse Oh, good! Kitty is punishing you!
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
@DaddyEvil Cats have short memories. I picked her up and put her on my desk. She explored briefly, declared it OK, jumped down, and is now guarding me.
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
Where is she? What's going on here?
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@snowy22315 (151390)
• United States
19 Mar
They do get embarrassed when their jumps don't go as planned and they find themselves crashing to the floor or something..Poor kitty.. for her.
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
She has recovered and is on her throne...my couch...doing what she does best.
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• Eugene, Oregon
19 Mar
I had only one cat and she was as neurotic as possible. The Ex took custody and I was not sorry to see either of them go.
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
OK, I chuckled.
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
@JamesHxstatic I am glad you were relieved of two burdens at once.
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• Eugene, Oregon
19 Mar
@TheHorse That was all it took.
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@RubyHawk (85571)
• Atlanta, Georgia
19 Mar
No, thank goodness I don’t have any experience with felines.
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
Kitty has recovered. She is currently licking... I can't even say it. She's "grooming."
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@RubyHawk (85571)
• Atlanta, Georgia
19 Mar
@TheHorse It’s nice that cats groom themselves. Dogs don’t care if they’re dirty.
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
@RubyHawk I am glad that Kitty grooms. And, so far as I know, she has never farted. Dogs have stinky farts.
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@Hannihar (127176)
• Israel
19 Mar
@TheHorse Maybe Kitty needed a place to rest her weary bones after her fall. I hope all is better now. It is raining here.
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
@Hannihar I have gone out only for errands today. But I did do some curls with my weights and hung on my chinning bar for my lower back.
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
It is raining here too. A belated Shabbat Shalom.
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@Hannihar (127176)
• Israel
19 Mar
@TheHorse thank you and now I can wish you a Shavua Tov or good week. I think it is raining and wanted to go out but will see how tomorrow is.
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@GardenGerty (150466)
• United States
19 Mar
I wonder how hard kitty would laugh if you were to slip and fall.
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
She would do a quick Kitty calculation around whether I was well enough to provide her with both dry and wet food.
@BarBaraPrz (41224)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
19 Mar
Well, maybe she just wanted to stop you from smoking and talking on the phone... yeah, that's it, stop smoking...
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
Maybe that's it. She's concerned with my health.
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• China
19 Mar
She must have got frustrated with her fail,so slithered off toward her food dish to mask her feelings.
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
She did. But now my world is melting! Did she...know...I...was...laughing?
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@jstory07 (127551)
• Roseburg, Oregon
19 Mar
I had a cat once that was sleeping on the top of the couch. He rolled off and was still sleep he looked round and fell back to sleep.
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@jstory07 (127551)
• Roseburg, Oregon
19 Mar
@TheHorse From the top of the couch to the floor. About three feet.
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
@jstory07 No problem for a kitty.
@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
Heh. How far down did he roll?
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@LadyDuck (429616)
• Switzerland
19 Mar
I often laugh at my kitty fails, but I try not to show that I am laughing at him.
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@LadyDuck (429616)
• Switzerland
20 Mar
@TheHorse - I do the same, cats get grumpy if you notice their fails.
@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
I tried real hard not to let her know.
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@wolfgirl569 (73675)
• Marion, Ohio
19 Mar
I don't help them.
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@wolfgirl569 (73675)
• Marion, Ohio
19 Mar
@TheHorse Yes it can.
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
@wolfgirl569 She sensed that I was ready for bed and came in for a purr fest. Am I being manipulated?
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
Their wrath can be brutal.
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@thebos (2549)
• Kisumu, Kenya
19 Mar
I have never had to help a family feline because it has never happened How is your day
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 Mar
My day was good. I am on my midnight snack break. Soon I will go back to sleep.
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@TheHorse (177196)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Mar
@thebos I eat when I am hungry.
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@thebos (2549)
• Kisumu, Kenya
22 Mar
@TheHorse you eat at night!!
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