Some things are so predictable that not only should we see them coming, but we don’t really deserve much sympathy if we don’t. One of those is Louis Catorze doing the ONE THING that we don’t want him to do. And, yet again, he has delivered.

The little sod has managed to slalom his royal rump between Cat Daddy’s barricades and is sitting in the tarragon trough again. Yes, I know you told me so. And, yes, I know I was stupid for thinking it would go any other way than this.

Bastard cat.
Insouciant royal rump.

Cat Daddy, as you can imagine, is enraged beyond belief. He has now jabbed even more shanks into the trough, at various forbidding criss-cross angles, in an effort to discourage Catorze, and only time will tell whether or not this will work. We have to hope that it will. Otherwise, what next? Poison-tipped razor wire? Motion-activated toxic gas sprinklers? Garlic and a crucifix?

I often talk about ear plugs to block out Catorze’s screaming. However, right now, it’s the Unrepeatable Expletives that are battering my eardrums. Between them, the males of this household are doing me in.

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34 responses to “Une mouche noire dans mon Chardonnay”

  1. Mary McNeil avatar
    Mary McNeil

    Ah yes – as we used to say at work “You don’t have to be very clairvoyant to know what;s gonna happen next around here.”

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      He is generally pretty predictable!

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  2. sevencatsandcounting avatar

    Oh my! The Chubbing Up song must be ironic. How on earth does he fit comfortably between those spikes?

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I don’t know, but he does! 😱😱😱

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  3. Penny Cooper avatar
    Penny Cooper

    Oh bless you, you can’t win and remember the saying ‘if you can’t beat them, join them!’?? You need to invent a tribal warning squeal that incorporates Cat Daddy’s enraged swear voice and Louis Catorze’s scream!! You never know, they may be so shocked that they stop making their noises!!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Or it could add a third noise to the mix! 😩😩😩

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  4. KDKH avatar

    Perhaps you could have a decoy herb bed, for Catorze, while the others get ignored and thrive? Or does the little bugger shift from one bed to the next, to be sure he gets them all? Maybe a motion-activated water sprinkler will do it! They make them to deter deer from the garden, after all.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      A decoy herb bed is a great idea, although I suspect he would, indeed, spread the royal rump far and wide. 😩😩😩

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  5. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    According to me, instead of being angry, you should be proud of your little boy who achieved to bypass Cat Daddy’s barricades.
    😺

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      But … but … our squashed tarragon! 😱😱😱

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      1. mmechapeau avatar
        mmechapeau

        According to me, to prevent Louis from sitting in the tarragon, you’d better put the latter in an unattainable spot e.g. a bed you can reach only when climbing a ladder…
        Of course, I don’t have to tell you that the ladder need to be put away after use.
        🙂

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          Un problème: he can teleport. 😱😱😱

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        2. mmechapeau avatar
          mmechapeau

          Zut alors! I had forgotten it!
          I also forgot one S.
          « the ladder needs to be put away after use » would have looked better, wouldn’t it?

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          1. iamthesunking avatar
            iamthesunking

            Haha, I didn’t even notice!

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  6. Herman avatar
    Herman

    Oh… this is so adorable! Seeing a gentle cat who loves to be out there in the nature…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      But … CAT ARSE ON THE TARRAGON! 🤢

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      1. Herman avatar
        Herman

        Only the price you pay for (cat) love! 🙂

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          You realise we have to eat this? 😩

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          1. Herman avatar
            Herman

            Well, chocolate is the only thing that really counts for me, concerning food… 😉

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            1. Herman avatar
              Herman

              Chocolate Tarragon Cupcakes with Tarragon Cream Cheese Frosting…?? Count me in, ‘chocolate’ is the magic word!

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            2. iamthesunking avatar
              iamthesunking

              Even if the tarragon had had contact with Catorze’s unmentionable areas? 🤢

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  7. Kate Crimmins avatar

    Cat arse adds it’s own flavor! Perhaps a catnip patch which would keep him happy and trippy?

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I did think of a catnip patch, but would it attract all the neighbourhood layabouts? 😩

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      1. Kate Crimmins avatar

        Probably! So much more to blog about!

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          Oh my word, can you imagine Blue the Smoke Bengal, Beefy Tabby Tigger, Ginger Goliath and the rest of the gang all coming round for a sniff?

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  8. Belle avatar
    Belle

    Can you hammer a bit of raised chicken wire around the edges, making certain that it’s raised a couple of inches? It occurs to me that perhaps the royal rump finds the earth cooling; do you think that if he were provided a box with a bit of “seulment pour Catorze” plantings he would employ it instead?

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Little sod has PLENTY of bare earth in the garden where he could choose to sit. He just doesn’t want to. 😐

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  9. cat9984 avatar

    Looks like Louis feels he’s being challenged and is fighting for his turf. 🙂

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Does he really see a plant as competition? (Same number of brain cells, I guess!)

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  10. cathysrealcountrygardencom avatar

    Well, I am with the cat 100 percent. Tarragon is absolutely disgusting, it is the one herb that should never be grown or eaten, so sitting on with your catty arse is absolutely the best thing to do. Clever Boy!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Nooo, don’t encourage him! We love tarragon!

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