What have you been working on?

Never mind me: what are CATS working on? What the heck are they all up to? Mark my words: something is afoot.

Caught communing with The Count.

At the weekend, Cat Daddy and I went to Brompton Cemetery, where they host a series of spooky events throughout the month of October. Our talk on necromancy took place in the chapel and, not long after the presenter had started speaking, he was interrupted by an unearthly wailing.

We thought we had finally solved the age-old debate regarding whether we could communicate with the spirit world. However, it was actually this cheeky sod (below), who had followed everyone in from outside and then caused utter mayhem when he couldn’t get out again:

A magnificent cat. Also a total piss-taker.

Meanwhile in TW8, Louis Catorze is prowling suspiciously and swishing his tail in the kitchen. Someone or something is in here and, whether it’s a mouse (likely) or a demonic entity (equally likely), I know that Catorze was the one responsible for bringing it in. The little sod is also relentlessly bullying me to let him out at The Front, and pushing coasters and pens off the table, one by one, if I refuse. He only ever does this when I’m home alone with him and is much better-behaved with Cat Daddy; this is partly because he knows that his papa will relent and let him out at The Front, but also because he knows it will make me look melodramatic and unhinged when I tell people about his behaviour.

Has something happened to make all the cats in the world start acting like massive shites? And how badly will it escalate in the next few days? Suddenly I feel the need to burn lots of sage and sit in a circle of salt until Hallowe’en is over …

“What do you wish me to do next, O Dark Master?”
(I didn’t quite catch Catorze’s reply.)
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43 responses to “Il y a de l’eau dans le gaz”

  1. Kate Crimmins avatar

    You are doomed!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      You have cats too! They all communicate! If I’m doomed, I’m taking you down with me!

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      1. Kate Crimmins avatar

        We’ll go down fighting! (and maybe drinking!)

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          A bit of sage and black salt wouldn’t do us any harm at this point.

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          1. M - avatar

            I prefer burning Dragon’s Blood or Copal. White sage smells like B.O. to me…

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        2. M - avatar

          DEFINITELY DRINKING!!!! Cheers.

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          1. iamthesunking avatar
            iamthesunking

            The alcohol will numb the pain …

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  2. Mary McNeil avatar
    Mary McNeil

    Wow ! The handsome tuxedo who interrupted the cemetery talk has an impeccable sense of timing. Is he a friend of Louis’s?

    Sage and salt sounds good. Maybe with sausage on a pizza while you wait out the time to Halloween.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      He was so rude. He first sat outside and let everyone take photos of him, then came inside to cause chaos.

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  3. M - avatar

    LOL. I expect that kind of behavior from Ramses. He’s stubborn, willful, headstrong, and DEFIANT. My boyfriend says Ramses and I are “two peas in a pod”. Even now he’s whining downstairs for NAR (no apparent reason). But I didn’t expect poor conduct from The Kid. (Boyfriend is blaming it on Ramses teaching him bad habits.)

    Purrsonally, I blame International Black Cat Month and National Black Cat Day on the 27th (for those black kitties) and National Cat Day on the 29th. PLUS – we have a Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse on the 28th. And for those kitties who are lucky charms (aka Familiars) for their Mistresses, October 30th is National Witch Day – so don’t forget to hug a Witch. Or her cat. Or both. Better to be safe than sorry.

    MAGICK and MAYHEM are afoot…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      National Witch Day? Is that in the US only? I didn’t know about that!

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      1. M - avatar

        I believe it is a US holiday – but there’s no reason why everyone around the World should celebrate it! ⛧⛧⛧

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        1. M - avatar

          That should be “shouldn’t celebrate it”… Not enough coffee this morning. lol

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        2. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          Ohhhh, is there a pentagram emoji?

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            1. iamthesunking avatar
              iamthesunking

              Is it only available on special phones or something?

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            2. M - avatar

              I use it on my blog. Cut and paste. Since I don’t own a mobile phone of any kind I don’t know how the cut and paste would work. You might want to do a search for pentagram emoji’s for phones???

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            3. iamthesunking avatar
              iamthesunking

              I’m still annoyed with them that it took so long to get a black cat emoji!

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    2. sevencatsandcounting avatar

      National Witch Day?! October just keeps getting better and better. We also enjoyed a Friday the 13th this time around. My own Darth Vader is in high spirits.

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      1. iamthesunking avatar
        iamthesunking

        Darth is in high spirits? Oh Lordy.

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        1. sevencatsandcounting avatar

          Very high spirits! October is all about him and he knows it.

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          1. iamthesunking avatar
            iamthesunking

            Be careful!

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  4. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    Take heart. We are luckier than you. Even if Timon often mistakes me for a slave, he doesn’t seem to have a Dark Master who encourages him to behave badly.
    😺

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      How did you manage to get the one normal one?

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      1. mmechapeau avatar
        mmechapeau

        Timon, who was born in an educational farm during the pandemic in 2020, had to spend his first weeks with only dwarf rabbits as mates to teach him how to behave.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          Aww! He had rabbit friends!

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        2. mmechapeau avatar
          mmechapeau

          When we hosted him, it was rather odd. For instance, it took him some time before miaowing.

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          1. iamthesunking avatar
            iamthesunking

            I know someone else whose cat doesn’t know how to meow. Whereas mine doesn’t know how to stop.

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  5. Belle avatar
    Belle

    My sister had a black Bombay who was mute. It was both sad and funny to witness his silent Miao. Sweetest kitty I’ve ever known. My mothers’ black cat would occasionally pick on him. Upon hearing him emit squeaks of fear, Kittys’ tortie Take No Bullshit wife would run over and box moms’ cat, causing him to nearly piss himself in fear as he fled.

    .

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I wouldn’t mess with a tortie!

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  6. Marie-Luce, miaougraphe avatar

    Sage and salt might be a good idea. Keep some iron close by too. And I also heard that giving the spirits sone milk every other evening help to soothe them…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Ooh, good tip! Thank you!

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      1. Marie-Luce, miaougraphe avatar

        I can’t guarantee it’ll work, but it’s worth the try.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Merci!

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  8. cat9984 avatar

    Hope Louis had a great Halloween after all that prep.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      He had a great day, and he actually BEHAVED!

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  10. satyam rastogi avatar

    Beautiful post ✉️

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Thank you!

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  11. Miss Lyn avatar

    Great post ☺️👍

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Thank you! Louis Catorze is an excellent muse.

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