Louis Catorze is absolutely MANIC at the moment. He sleeps from late morning to late afternoon and is in full-on play mode after that, thundering around the house and being a nuisance. I now have to make sure my knitting bag is fully zipped to the end, because Cat Daddy has caught him jumping into the open bag and thrashing around, tipping my darning needles all over the place. And his uninvited appearances at my online lessons have now become more regular; yesterday was another day of students screaming, “Miss, I can see his tail! Miiiiiiiiss! MIIIIIIIIISSSS!”

It’s a full moon tonight, which partly explains it. But I also suspect that Catorze might be communing with and/or summoning evil entities from somewhere, which isn’t ideal.

In other, possibly related news, the Lumie Bodyclock saga continues, and I have discovered that the way to get it working is to turn the sound off. Yes, I know, this is exactly the opposite of what should happen, but nevertheless it’s what DOES happen: when the display says “Audio off” and there is an image of a musical note with a line through it, this indicates that both the alarm and the light function ARE ON and will work exactly as they should in the morning.

I have also discovered that, during the few minutes just before the alarm goes off, there is some sort of sound inaudible to human ears. I don’t know what it is (obviously, on account of it being inaudible) but Le Roi has detected it, in the same way that cats’ hypersensitivity picks up on all manner of things indiscernible to us. You know that moment when your cat stops what they’re doing and stares, wide-eyed, at a blank patch of wall behind you? It’s the audio version of that.

Here he is listening intently to it, whatever “it” may be, and confirming my view that cats are creepy as hell. What he can hear is most likely the tropical birds on a much lower volume. But, equally, it could be demons or poltergeists.

“Is anybody there? Chirp once for OUI.”
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35 responses to “L’horloge hantée”

  1. Kate Crimmins avatar

    Gotta love him!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I guess someone has to!

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  2. catladymac avatar
    catladymac

    The title of your post does mention the word “haunted,” On the other hand, I do think cats do that made you look” thing of staring at a blank wall until they get a reaction !

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      If anyone knows how to summon demons, it’s him. 😈

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  3. Lou Carreras avatar

    He wants a Youtube channel of his own. Right now he’s just experimenting with his “muse”. Look at this positively; he gets a monetized Youtube channel, you get the money to buy his special food. After all the internet was invented for cats…and of course something else which I won’t mention.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Hahaha, Catorze with his own YouTube channel! 🤣🤣🤣

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    2. alicephilippa avatar
      alicephilippa

      He’d somehow manage to get all his videos demonetised.

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      1. iamthesunking avatar
        iamthesunking

        For a second I thought that said demonised! Which would most likely also happen.

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  4. Belle avatar
    Belle

    Tuning into the mothership for his orders bien sur! “Aujord’hui, tu vas…” fill in the blank 😼

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I didn’t even think of The Mothership! Oh. Mon. Dieu.

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  5. hencorner avatar

    “Yes, I know, this is exactly the opposite of what should happen, but nevertheless it’s what DOES happen” Mmm, where have I read ‘does the exact opposite’ before?
    🐈‍⬛

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      🤣🤣🤣 So Catorze and the Lumie Bodyclock are, in fact, the perfect partnership!

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  6. Emma avatar

    This explains why KitKat sang the song of her people for over half an hour last night. Usually, she’s done after a few minutes. My throat is sore this morning (because I obviously have to reply when she yells from across the house).

    I dunno about His Maj, but it sounds like your lamp is possessed by upside-down gremlins. At least you’ve got it to work?

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Yup: full moon psycho behaviour. Just love it. 😬

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      1. Emma avatar

        xD I dunno about His Maj, but KitKat even slept all day, barely acknowledging the carers (she’s normally all over them), and I know now that she was SAVING HERSELF FOR LATER. lmao

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          It’s really funny how it affects certain cats, isn’t it? Sa Maj really seems to feel the full moon.

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          1. Emma avatar

            He really does! KitKat not so much, thankfully; there are times I THINK there’s a full moon, but we’re nowhere near. Maybe it’s something else, and it’s just a coincidence that it’s a full moon tonight… 🤔

            I definitely think it’s the moon for His Maj, though. Maybe he thinks he’s a werewolf?

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            1. iamthesunking avatar
              iamthesunking

              I have no idea what he thinks he is. He’s clearly not a real cat.

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  7. Caroline French avatar
    Caroline French

    As with many cats, I believe him to be a poltergeist. I have 6 of the buggers!! Lol 😝

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Oh yes, I’m sure he is. He has also treated us to a mega-screamathon this morning. 😱😱😱

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  8. angie avatar
    angie

    one of mine does this regulaqrly, i think it’s possibly one of my already passed over the bridge cats come to check up on me…..

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Oh my goodness, ganging up on you from beyond the grave? 😱😱😱

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  9. Charles Huss avatar

    I want to be in your class. 🙂

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Haha, he’d love that! Because he likes boys, I think he is drawn to the male voices, and most of my male students are more talkative than the girls. He seems to like the French conversation in particular, no surprise there!

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      1. Charles Huss avatar

        I can’t give you french. Maybe a little German. I wonder how he would feel about that.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          He has interrupted a German class to, so I’m sure he would say JA to that. 🤣🐈‍⬛🇩🇪

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  10. cat9984 avatar

    The look in that picture seems to be slightly threatening. Perhaps you shouldn’t refer to him and demons in the same sentence. He may be offended

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Haha, I think you’re giving him way too much credit!

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  11. Feline Opines avatar

    Catorze, I must commend you on that photo. It would be a purrfect offering for the FB group “this cat is threatening”. As regards the late night zoomies, I find this activity quite rewarding. My Human doesn’t knit so I am left to drag out trash bins and dump them all over the bathroom and kitchen floor. Sigh, yarn and needles sound like much more fun!
    Purrs & Head Bonks,
    Alberto

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Drag out trash bins and dump them all over the bathroom and kitchen floor? 😱😱😱

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  12. Joy Mitha avatar
    Joy Mitha

    I really enjoy every single one of your blogs and the shenanigans of The Sun King

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Thank you! He certainly gives us plenty of material to write about!

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  13. Bipolar's gf avatar

    Yesterday I had Boo on my lap, staring just behind me. Claude, his brother, was staring directly at me. That was creepy. Ugh.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Oh my, two of them at it! 😱

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