1. Cats are smart. Don’t try to have a battle of wits with one of them, because they will never quit until they have pounded you into the ground, sat on you and forced you to surrender.
2. Doing that fake fetch thing with your dog is fun – stupid, but fun.
3. Don’t try to wrestle with a cat. The police won’t believe you when you tell them how all that blood got onto your floor and walls.
4. Yes, your budgie is afraid of the cat. No, they will never be friends. Yes, your cat is dying for a budgie entrée. He’d like it with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.*
5. Kids don’t make ideal pets. True, they’re cute and funny and they make noise like dogs, leave things all over the house like cats do and fly around all over the place like birds. But you can’t give them away to a neighbor when they become inconvenient, they eat a lot and they have expensive habits, like wearing clothes. Also, cats and dogs don’t go to college, and your canary will never ask you for an iPhone.
*In case you have been living in a cave for the past few decades, that comes from The Silence of the Lambs.
Your argument about college costs seals the deal.
I know, right?
yes, what I have learned is cats are a dangerous species!
And they pride themselves on how dangerous they can be. I think they even hold competitions where the winner is crowned as The World’s Most Dangerous Cat.
(By the way, the picture at the top is of my cat Oliver, who passed away in 2011. He was a very sweet little guy, and I miss him so much. Of course, I went out and adopted another kitty. Her name is Harmony. I love her very much, too. She’s smart and lively and mischievous and very funny.)
I once done that fake fetch thing with a dog and for the most part it was fun. I kind of like putting my own stamp on things so I threw a budgie and the dog was so confused. Okay so maybe there was was nothing funny about it at all but that day taught me a lesson and that lesson taught me not to do it again!
What did the budgie think of that game? 😉