And, in a flash, the age-old mystery of why the living room television never works first thing in the morning has been solved.

For months and months Cat Daddy blamed our cleaning lady. Then, when we entered quarantine and she stopped coming, he started to blame me for “forgetting how to switch it on” (nonsense) and “not pressing the correct buttons on the remote control” (no idea what this even means).

The true perpetrator has just been caught in the act during his Morning Psycho Time, messing about with the wires. And, yes, that is a coven of witches on the television, who are most likely encouraging their little comrade in his dastardly dark arts.

I don’t know why we are even the slightest bit surprised. About the real reason for the non-functioning television, about the witches, about any of this.

Le chat des sorcières.

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21 responses to “Le plus grand voleur de notre temps”

  1. Charles Huss avatar

    My wife has been watching TV pretty much every day for almost sixty years and I still have to show her where the pause button is.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Be careful. A cat may be leaching her brain waves via The Mothership!

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  2. Sally Goodman avatar
    Sally Goodman

    Given his reputation, I’m surprised that wasn’t the first thing you thought of 😉

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I know. We should have known better, really, shouldn’t we?

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  3. alicephilippa avatar
    alicephilippa

    You forgot the old mantra “if in doubt blame the cat”.

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  4. Léa avatar

    The Sun King has great wisdom.
    “I find television very educational. Everytime someone switches it on I go into another room and read a good book.” – Groucho Marx

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Ha! Maybe he was trying to tell us that we should have our minds on higher things. Or maybe he was just being an idiot. 🤣

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      1. Léa avatar

        I will believe the first. “Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” – Mark Twain

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      2. alicephilippa avatar
        alicephilippa

        He was just being le Roi. After all, to suggest otherwise would be insulting to idiots.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          Indeed! He moves to his own rhythm. Which nobody else understands. 🤣

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  5. Kate Crimmins avatar

    My cat Morgan can activate my computer screen and engage Alexa or Siri or whoever is in there. I heard voices in the office one day and no one was home but me. I walked in to hear the computer asking Morgan how she could help. Never a good thing. We could have ended up with a truckload of cat treats.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Hahaha! Alexa recognised “Mwahhh” as a word? 🤣

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      1. Kate Crimmins avatar

        As long as she didn’t recognize “cat treats please” in cat language.

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  6. sevencatsandcounting avatar

    And here I thought he’d be more into warlocks…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      ‘Tis true, he probably would! 🌈

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  7. catladymac avatar
    catladymac

    Mine favor waiting til I am comfortable ensconced – with my bad knees propped up . t=They then put themselves in front of the cable box so no signal can possibly penetrate.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Yes, I am familiar with that one, too! 😫

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  8. Belle avatar
    Belle

    @ Kate Crimmins: ROFL! I hope Morgan isn’t waiting for that truck…😂

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  9. Aspasía S. Bissas avatar

    Lol– we keep blaming “gnomes” when things are misplaced or there are strange occurrences in the house. I think we’ve been missing the obvious culprits this whole time. We owe the gnome community an apology…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Yup. They were framed … by the cats!

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