Oh. Mon. Dieu. We have a Code Argent situation here at Le Château: Cat Daddy got drunk the other night and put Louis Catorze’s Louis XIV antique silverware in the dishwasher, and now there is a mark on the fork. I had a feeling that one of us would do this sooner or later. And I had a feeling it would be him and not me.

Merde.

Cat Daddy: “Well, how was I supposed to know? It looks just the same as any other cutlery.” (It really doesn’t. We have a grand total of zero pieces of cutlery that look like this one.)

Now, should I continue to use the fork and hope that Catorze’s creepy kitty sixth sense doesn’t detect the imperfect silverware and cause him to reject any food tainted by it? Or should I … fix it? Is this a thing? How does one fix these things without use of a toxic liquid metal that would poison la personne royale?

Whilst we figure out what to do, Catorze is weighing up alternative food options:

A nice bit of écureuil cru for dinner, maybe?
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23 responses to “La crise d’argenterie”

  1. catladymac avatar
    catladymac

    Best thing to do is to act nonchalant. If he senses your agitation it will certainly tip him off !

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      This is excellent advice, but my efforts to Act Normal when something isn’t Normal (e.g. a vet visit) are pretty poor. I will do my best, though!

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  2. mmechapeau avatar

    Both the ending of the story and the second picture are great.
    When having a look at the latter, I pictured Louis jumping down Cat Daddy’s lap to try to catch the gray squirrel through the window and Cat Daddy telling him some unfriendly « scrogneugneu de scrogneugneu de silly cat.».
    As to the mark on the fork, I can’t help you but I do hope someone else will do it.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Scrogneugneu? Is that a real word? If so, it’s wonderfully satisfying to say and it conveys the meaning perfectly!

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          It’s brilliant!

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          It sounds like the noise Catorze makes when I sneeze and he runs away muttering under his breath.

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          1. mmechapeau avatar

            I’m accustomed to saying « scrogneugneu de scrogneugneu de scrogneugneu » when reading e.g. Lucky Luke to my grandchildren each time I have to read some pictograms like the two ones you can see here:
            http://nbjpr.free.fr/uglybarrowpers.htm.

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            1. iamthesunking avatar
              iamthesunking

              So that’s what those speech bubbles say?

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            2. mmechapeau avatar

              I guess Cat Daddy knows much better colourful words.
              😺

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            3. iamthesunking avatar
              iamthesunking

              Oh, he certainly does! And they are all directed at Catorze!

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  3. alicephilippa avatar
    alicephilippa

    If it is silver plated, you can get home plating kits. How effective they are I have no idea as I’ve not had cause to need one. I have no plated cutlery.

    On the other hand, if it is solid silver you’ll need to polish the defect out.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I’m bound to mess it up, aren’t I? I might be better off saying nothing and trying to Act Normal.

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      1. alicephilippa avatar
        alicephilippa

        No matter what you do he’ll know.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Oh, I have, and I will continue to do so!

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  5. Kate Crimmins avatar

    You are doomed!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      We are! 😱😱😱

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  6. Dr. CaSo avatar

    My mother used to say “si tu n’es pas contente, la porte est là!” Granted, I don’t know if she’d have dared to say that if I had been a princess or a queen, but you could try…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I daren’t say that to Le Roi! He’ll have me sent to the guillotine!

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  7. cat9984 avatar

    That part doesn’t touch the food. He should be fine.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      It’s the principle, though. Defiled silverware!

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