Dampening down Louis Catorze’s Orijen is such a pain in the arse. I don’t mind doing it in principle, but I take exception to the unreasonably exacting specifications that we are required to meet.

Food can be rejected for any of the following reasons:

⁃ Too big a portion: NON (goes stale)

⁃ Too small a portion: NON (is eaten quickly and then he frightens us with the creepy staring)

⁃ Too dry: NON

⁃ Too wet: NON

⁃ Too-hot water: NON

⁃ Too-cold water: NON

⁃ Water not sunk in enough: NON (leaves pellets too crunchy)

⁃ Water sunk in too much: NON (leaves pellets too soft)

Cat Daddy despises waste of any sort, yet even he leaves the hot tap running whilst taking the Orijen out of the cupboard, so that it’s at optimum temperature for his boy’s precious food. And, if I am the one feeding the little sod, Cat Daddy reminds me, “Warm water. Don’t forget, warm water on his food. He likes it at about 70 degrees, and by the time it hits his bowl it will have cooled down enough for him to eat it.”

Well, lah-dee-dah.

If you think we’re pathetic for going to such lengths, you would probably be right. That said, I challenge anyone to stand strong against this level of creepy staring, especially from a black vampire cat, in the run-up to Hallowe’en.

Yes, there is food in his bowl. No, it’s not up to standard.
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23 responses to ““Miam miam! Ce porridge est parfait!””

  1. catladymac avatar
    catladymac

    At least he isn’t giving you the back of disrespect.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I don’t think I’d mind that as much! The creepy staring tortures the soul like you wouldn’t believe.

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  2. Kate Crimmins avatar

    Very judgmental. I can hear him say, “you can’t get good help these days.”

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      His face is quite something, non?

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  3. Lou Carreras avatar

    We had turkey burgers tonight. Neither the dog nor Xenia were invited to partake in scraps. After dinner there was a rush conference. The dog then sits in front of his bowl looking inconsolable, and Xenia heads to the stairwell to perform and aria ” oh how poorly treated we are!” We feel your pain.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      “A rush conference”! 🤣🤣🤣

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  4. sevencatsandcounting avatar

    Well, you wouldn’t be keen on crunchy, undercooked pasta or smooshy noodles boiled so long they’ve become structurally unsound, would you? Louis feels the same, only more so. He is French, after all.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Indeed. His Frenchness is becoming more and more evident!

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      1. sevencatsandcounting avatar

        But didn’t he start meowing in Russian after his tooth work?

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          He did! I think his voice is slowly returning to “normal” though, as if the Russian ghost possessing him is slowly being exorcised.

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  5. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    Does Louis’s food stay long enough at optimum temperature? Who knows? Perhaps the boy stares at you only to ask you to warm his bowl up in the microwave?
    😺

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      No, it doesn’t. I think his refusals are also linked to how fresh it is; if it’s been standing around for a while, he’s not interested. If it’s absorbed so much water that it turns pale, that is the worst. He will look at us in disgust as if we have served him weed killer and asbestos.

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  6. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    Weed killer and asbestos are very toxic. Louis is an actual clever boy.
    😺

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      He really isn’t, but thanks anyway!

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  7. Dr. CaSo avatar

    Miss Penny’s new thing is “I won’t eat food from a bowl that’s on the floor! Who do you think I am?? A Barbarian??” And so now, I have to place her bowl on the kitchen counter every morning, and she’s also decided that since my glass of water is in the vicinity, she’ll drink from that, too, instead of her water bowl! I think that cats were created so that our lives will never be boring 😀

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      This is a new thing? I wonder what made her suddenly start it? 🤣🤣🤣

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  8. Belle avatar
    Belle

    That pose is killing me! 💞 Those perfectly aligned paws, that arrogantly straight back, fur so tantalizingly silky, one eye a silent warning…I just wanna cuddle him and whisper that he is TRULY to the manor born 😁

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      He is killing us, too. A little part of us dies every day.

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  9. cathysrealcountrygardencom avatar

    They wind us around their little claws!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      They do. And we are either powerless, or too damn thick, to resist.

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  10. cat9984 avatar

    Perhaps you could get him a job as a restaurant critic.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Good grief. He would be ridiculous.

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