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Le bonheur est un grand puzzle dont nous possédons déjà toutes les pièces

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Jigsaw puzzles for cats? No, not ones that cats actually put together. Ones where they just lie on the pieces. Now, please hear me out.

We all know about cats and cardboard boxes. And some of us know about cats and newspapers. But cats and jigsaw puzzles? Perhaps Louis Catorze’s frère-from-another-mère, Antoine, and Antoine’s usurper stepbrother, Boots, might care to explain this one? 

Antoine and Boots can’t resist lying on an in-progress jigsaw puzzle and preventing their maman, Lizzi, from progressing. Lizzi has even been known to construct barriers to protect her work, but to no avail. Boots, in particular, is so bullish and ungainly in his movements that he has been known to dislodge pieces, and it’s only a matter of time before one, other or both cats sit on the puzzle and end up with a piece stuck on their arse. 

Boots is actually a Chelsea fan.
Up the Gunners? Are you sure about that, Boots?
Just make yourself comfortable.
Ok.
Not you as well, Antoine?
His toes are still on the pieces.

Antoine and Boots have little in common in terms of personality, yet they both do this; it’s quite peculiar that two such dissimilar cats would both have the same quirk. They don’t even like one another, yet they seem to unite in their one common goal of annoying the merde out of their maman. 

Do any of your cats do this? And can you offer any suggestions as to why, or will it forever remain another Cat Mystery? 

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  1. mcmcneil1 avatar
    mcmcneil1

    There seem to be a lot of pictures online of cats laying all over somebody’s jigsaw puzzle. Probably it has to do with whatever their person is focusing on – puzzle, book, newspaper, knitting etc. etc.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I don’t really do jigsaw puzzles myself, but I’d never heard of this phenomenon until Boots and Antoine!

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  2. cat9984 avatar
    cat9984

    It doesn’t really matter what I try to do at a table; I always have at least one cat in the middle of it

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Hahaha, really? What kind of tasks have they disrupted?

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      1. cat9984 avatar
        cat9984

        Wrapping presents is a favorite. They also like to read email, inspect incoming mail, and join board/card games.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          Absolutely brilliant! 🤩

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  3. M - avatar
    M –

    Which is why, in spite of the fact that I love jigsaw puzzles, I cannot have one in this house.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Oh no, really? Please send pics of Ramses and Brandon on a jigsaw puzzle!

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      1. M - avatar
        M –

        I would, but I have none.

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  4. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    I can’t help you. Last century, when we had both children and a dog, the latter stole a piece occasionally and ate it and you can believe me, nobody enjoyed it. But I bet Timon would love to lay on an in-progress jigsaw puzzle as Antoine and Boots do.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      The dog ATE PIECES?

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      1. mmechapeau avatar
        mmechapeau

        Yes, he did but the pieces weren’t made of wooden, they were made of cardboard.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          Even so! 🤣🤣🤣

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          1. mmechapeau avatar
            mmechapeau

            When that dog was a puppy, he used to steal the kids’ rubber boots to bring them to the back of the garden.

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            1. iamthesunking avatar
              iamthesunking

              Here in the UK, foxes are notorious for doing that. People are always either losing shoes or gaining them.

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  5. Rosanna avatar
    Rosanna

    my cats used to spread themselves out on Lego pieces, and anyone who has trodden barefoot on a Lego piece knows how painful that is

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I can see how lying on them might work! Like a firm massage!

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  6. Ellen Hawley avatar
    Ellen Hawley

    Ours don’t, but only because we don’t do jigsaw puzzles. It’s a rock-solid cure for the problem. On the other hand, back when we worked some with the godkids, one of our cats loved to spring out of hiding and bat a piece or two under the couch. Sleep, though? Never.

    Of course, they were simpler puzzles. We put them together, broke them up, and put them back in the box. Not even time for a quick nap.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      The cats would launch a surprise ambush? And flick pieces under the couch? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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      1. Ellen Hawley avatar
        Ellen Hawley

        Absolutely. They loved it. The kids were less thrilled.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          That’s the funniest thing I’ve ever heard! 🤣🤣🤣

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  7. SURENDRA KUMAR DASH avatar
    SURENDRA KUMAR DASH

    A black cat in a kaleidoscopic carpet.Nice.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      You’re right, it is a kaleidoscopic carpet! 🤣🤣🤣

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  8. Kate Crimmins avatar
    Kate Crimmins

    I am sure if you put a puzzle on your table, Louis would “help.” There would be pieces all over the neighborhood. I think it may be paper products and cats. Goes back to their scratching on tree trunks. Can’t resist the paper.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      “Pieces all over the neighbourhood”! You are so right. There would be a few on next door’s shed roof, a few more in That Neighbour’s house, and more still in the various fox holes at The Back.

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      1. Kate Crimmins avatar
        Kate Crimmins

        And one stuck to his bits! 🙂

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          Eurgh! 😵‍💫

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  9. RasmaSandra avatar
    RasmaSandra

    I cannot explain how I know this but somewhere in my subconscious I happen to have had someone whisper the truth in my ear. I have a jigsaw puzzle I would like to try to put together one day but have it put away in my closet because I have two cats. Now comes that secret I happen to know. Right now my cats keep away from the table in my workroom however, as soon as I take that puzzle and put it on the table to begin working on it at least one if not both of them will be on the table to help me. Being determined to try it out one day I will learn the truth and then unfortunately, that puzzle will have to return to the closet.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Oh no! You’d have to lock yourself guiltily away to do the puzzle, whilst they scratched and howled at the door trying to get in.

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  10. angelswhisper2011 avatar
    angelswhisper2011

    No matter what Granny does, we both try to help her with it, so we believe that your kitties want to help you with your puzzle too😸😸Double Pawkisses for a Happy Weekend🐾😽💞

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Antoine does have a shred of empathy, but Boots absolutely will not be doing this to try to help! 🤣🤣🤣 Have a lovely weekend too!

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  11. curating happy avatar
    curating happy

    Cats, being a nexus of entropy, are both literary and literal deconstructionists. Best just get used to it, you can’t stop it.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      “A nexus of entropy” = sophisticated speak for “massive arseholes”?

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      1. curating happy avatar
        curating happy

        Precisely. There are two here, and they watch me. It’s wise to be cautious.

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  12. Dr. CaSo avatar
    Dr. CaSo

    Rosie does this, too, she seems to say “stop working on this stupid useless thing and take care of me NOW!” Miss Penny used to sleep in the little bed I put on the table next to the puzzle, while I was working on it, but Rosie won’t even set a paw in the bed! Basically, you need two people to work on a puzzle: one who takes care of Rosie while the other one can quickly and surreptitiously place a few pieces wherever they go before Rosie realizes that she needs the attention of THAT second person, too…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Or maybe you need a decoy puzzle whilst you work on the real one? 🤣🤣🤣

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      1. Dr. CaSo avatar
        Dr. CaSo

        😆😆😆

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          I’m only half-joking.

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          1. Dr. CaSo avatar
            Dr. CaSo

            I know 😆😆😆 Cats are terrible… but we are addicted to them ❤

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            1. iamthesunking avatar
              iamthesunking

              I’d say it’s more correct to say that we are imprisoned and brainwashed by them.

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  13. alicephilippa avatar
    alicephilippa

    Cats are why I don’t do jigsaws.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Oh no! Which cats? All of them?

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      1. alicephilippa avatar
        alicephilippa

        All of them. Especially the Bag of Arse.

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          I knew it would be him!

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  14. Bismarck avatar
    Bismarck

    Of course, they just mean “Hello I’m here! And I am much more interesting than those pieces of wood / paper!” Gribouille does the same, or worse: he runs on the jigsaw and destroys it…

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Oh no! Is his intent to destroy the puzzle? Or is the destruction a tragic byproduct of his exuberant mood?

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      1. Bismarck avatar
        Bismarck

        I believe it’s just a collateral damage of some parkour… Sometimes it happens when nobody can see him (and we know it’s much more fun when the humans can watch the cat).

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