Silly Cat
I have two part Burmese cats. That is, I have a part Burmese pair of cats, not Burmese cats in which are in two parts. They have placid characters, slender faces and one in particular, typical of his breed, is very vocal.
He makes a kind of beeping, buzzing noise similar to the weird kid in the Battle Of The Planets cartoons, if that’s a reference that works for you.
Me, I like to mess around. I’m a goof, and I think being silly is an important part of life.
One of my cats, Matthew, called Moo Moo due to a reason not for here, sleeps outside my bedroom door, and every morning he greets me and answers a direct statement with a chirping noise as a pad by, near somnambulant, towards the shower or news, depending on which I decide should wash over me first.
On Saturday he did his thing.
Moo Moo: Chirp.
Me: Morning, Moo.
Moo Moo: Chirp.
I stop.
Me: Really?
Moo Moo: Chirp.
Me: And how many were there?
Moo Moo: Chirp.
Me. I see.
Moo Moo: Chirp.
Me: But you’re sure, yeah?
Moo Moo: Chirp.
Me: Good. Well, that’s good. Is there anything else you can remember? Anything at all. Names? Accents.
Moo Moo: Chirp.
Me: OK. Well, it’ll probably turn up somewhere.
Moo Moo: Chirp.
Me: Fish bites, just like every morning.
Moo Moo: Chirp.
He looks assured and follows me downstairs.
Tomorrow: If writers lived like farmers
May 15th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Your life, Cliff… one long party! ;o)
Seriously, though, we have a pair of Siamese cats and I speak to them in a similar way, although I must confess I haven’t had that particular conversation with them yet. There’s always tomorrow evening
May 15th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
i don’t usually like cat things, but i enjoyed that.
May 15th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Oh, you silly man. Cats understand everything.
May 15th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Or is that dogs?
May 15th, 2007 at 8:04 pm
People understand nothing, I wouldn’t expect moggies to.
May 15th, 2007 at 8:58 pm
I have little idea what’s going on myself.
For what it’s worth.
May 15th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
I have this conversation with Pickle fairly often:
Pickle: Brrrp
Me: What’s that you say?
Pickle: Mrrp
Me: There’s two children trapped? Where?
Pickle: mmrrbrrp
Me: Down the old mineshaft? Oh noes!
etc.
She’s a very talkative cat. In fact, one of my favourite things is that she sometimes saunters past the open door to a room I’m sitting in, and as she goes past she goes “mmbrp?” which I think MUST be cat for “ey up” or “’sup?” - just registering my presence, no action required.
May 15th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
I miss cats. I tend to prefer dogs, but there’s a lot to be said for a really good cat.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:32 am
I had philosophical discussions with my cat Lil. She had a vocabulary of around 100 sounds. It scared me when I realized that she was using the same sounds in the same situations over and over and over. I’d ask a specific question and she’d give me what I took to be a ‘yes’ sound’ or a ‘no’ sound depending on the situation, she had ‘I don’t know’, ‘Maybe’, ‘I’m saying no but it’s a lie’ ( that came a lot when asked if she messed the carpet ) , a sound for the other cat Opie, a sound for greeting me at the door, a sound for when I left…
It was truly astonishing, once I satarted paying attnetion.
And then she up and died just when teh conversation was getting good.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:46 am
v cute y’all…
May 16th, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Three cats - black moggie has huge range of chirrups, mrrrows, prrows, brrps etc, and a good conversation can always be had with her. Black-and-white cat - one loud noise, which equates to a shout of “feed me NOW, you stupid two-legged object!”. White-and-black cat - says “squeak?”. That’s it. Every situation elicits “squeak?” Maybe she’s a very large and furry mouse …?
May 16th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Willow growls like a dog if anyone knocks on the door! (we’re both hermits - he’s doing well!)
Sukey ’swears’ and threatens him vocally every time she has to cross the room he’s in - because he’d always launch himself at her and ambush her! I’ve no clue what she’s saying but it’s not pleasant!
May 16th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
Ed - they DO talk
Sophie - I’m sure they think we’re the pets
Peach - thanks. We do cute.
Katy - Dog have their place, to
Meg - Maybe the cats think all of our words sound the same
Sooz - I totally have a Willow!
May 16th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74904561@N00/501378316/ Willow snap!
Great name!