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Why on earth do cats - and I'm talking about Siki in particular - need to
test gravity so often? *Nothing* is safe from her, unless its on the floor.
If she can bat if off the table, the benchtop, the TV, the desk etc etc, she
will. It can't be an attention seeking thing, because she does it when we're
out of the room, and even at night, when we're asleep. (I've often woken up
to the sound of shattering in the dead of night). She could be sitting or
snoozing next to the object for hours, even days, and then something goes
*ping* in her head, and she has to make it fall off.

Pickle has absolutely no interest in such things, nor did Shmogg.

Is she just being critical of my clutter? Or is she testing gravity to see
if its still there? Why must she bat stuff to the floor?

Yowie
--
If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many
pancakes can you fit in a doghouse? None, icecream doesn't have bones.

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Yowie wrote:
Why on earth do cats - and I'm talking about Siki in particular - need to
test gravity so often? *Nothing* is safe from her, unless its on the floor.
If she can bat if off the table, the benchtop, the TV, the desk etc etc, she
will. It can't be an attention seeking thing, because she does it when we're
out of the room, and even at night, when we're asleep. (I've often woken up
to the sound of shattering in the dead of night). She could be sitting or
snoozing next to the object for hours, even days, and then something goes
*ping* in her head, and she has to make it fall off.

Pickle has absolutely no interest in such things, nor did Shmogg.

Is she just being critical of my clutter? Or is she testing gravity to see
if its still there? Why must she bat stuff to the floor?

Yowie

I think cats are just a bit overly scientific, and they want to test out
the theory that gravity pulls everything to the ground very thoroughly.
Very, very thoroughly.

--
Cheryl

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Yowie wrote:

Why on earth do cats - and I'm talking about Siki in particular - need to
test gravity so often? *Nothing* is safe from her, unless its on the floor.
If she can bat if off the table, the benchtop, the TV, the desk etc etc, she
will. It can't be an attention seeking thing, because she does it when we're
out of the room, and even at night, when we're asleep. (I've often woken up
to the sound of shattering in the dead of night). She could be sitting or
snoozing next to the object for hours, even days, and then something goes
*ping* in her head, and she has to make it fall off.

Pickle has absolutely no interest in such things, nor did Shmogg.

Is she just being critical of my clutter? Or is she testing gravity to see
if its still there? Why must she bat stuff to the floor?

Because "anything that is not nailed down is a cat toy"? :) You might
have to get more creative about the storage of your items.

My cats are pretty good about this. They generally don't knock things
off high surfaces. On the other hand, I'm completely unable to have any
kind of growing greenery in this house, because they will eat it. I
guess every cat has its annoying habit, for which only its adorableness
saves it from being throttled.

--
A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.
-- Leo Rosten

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Yowie wrote:
Why on earth do cats - and I'm talking about Siki in particular - need to
test gravity so often? *Nothing* is safe from her, unless its on the floor.
If she can bat if off the table, the benchtop, the TV, the desk etc etc, she
will. It can't be an attention seeking thing, because she does it when we're
out of the room, and even at night, when we're asleep. (I've often woken up
to the sound of shattering in the dead of night). She could be sitting or
snoozing next to the object for hours, even days, and then something goes
*ping* in her head, and she has to make it fall off.

Pickle has absolutely no interest in such things, nor did Shmogg.

Is she just being critical of my clutter? Or is she testing gravity to see
if its still there? Why must she bat stuff to the floor?

Yowie



Just like a baby sitting in a highchair: because they can! MLB

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"Baird Stafford" wrote in message

In article ,
"Yowie" wrote:

snip

Is she just being critical of my clutter? Or is she testing gravity
to see if its still there? Why must she bat stuff to the floor?

I lived with a cat who had the same hobby, once upon a time. I came
to the conclusion that it was "because things make such interesting
noises when they hit the floor," and "there are so many different
*kinds* of interesting noises."

That doesn't work in this case, she's profoundly deaf (being a white cat
with blue eyes.... also makes her very pretty). Perhaps they make such an
interesting pattern when they shatter, and the two-foots have such an
interesting reaction when things shatter :-)

Yowie


--
If you're paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many
pancakes can you fit in a doghouse? None, icecream doesn't have bones.

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On Oct 25, 4:30*pm, "Yowie" wrote:
"Baird Stafford" wrote in message



In article ,
"Yowie" wrote:

snip

Is she just being critical of my clutter? Or is she testing gravity
to see if its still there? Why must she bat stuff to the floor?

I lived with a cat who had the same hobby, once upon a time. *I came
to the conclusion that it was "because things make such interesting
noises when they hit the floor," and "there are so many different
*kinds* of interesting noises."

That doesn't work in this case, she's profoundly deaf (being a white cat
with blue eyes.... also makes her very pretty). Perhaps they make such an
interesting pattern when they shatter, and the two-foots have such an
interesting reaction when things shatter :-)


"Howls of delight," according to some of my cat-friends on rpcc. If we
simply ignore them they will stop. Or they will destroy everything in
the house eventually.

WooToo knocks something to the floor now and then but it isn't an
obsession with her.

--
Will in New Haven

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Yowie wrote
Why on earth do cats - and I'm talking about Siki in particular - need to
test gravity so often? *Nothing* is safe from her, unless its on the floor.
If she can bat if off the table, the benchtop, the TV, the desk etc etc, she
will. It can't be an attention seeking thing, because she does it when we're
out of the room, and even at night, when we're asleep. (I've often woken up
to the sound of shattering in the dead of night). She could be sitting or
snoozing next to the object for hours, even days, and then something goes
*ping* in her head, and she has to make it fall off.

Pickle has absolutely no interest in such things, nor did Shmogg.

Is she just being critical of my clutter? Or is she testing gravity to see
if its still there? Why must she bat stuff to the floor?

Nanki Poo does, but *only* when there is a human watching [and usually
shouting].

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David Stevenson wrote:

Nanki Poo does, but *only* when there is a human watching [and usually
shouting].


Miranda does that too; only when I can see her doing it. She will push
it just a little bit, then look at me, then push it again, then look at
me. When I say, in a threatening voice, 'Mir-AND-a!,' she triumphantly
pushes it over the edge.

if something falls when I'm not in the room, I know it was Caliban and I
know it wasn't pushed over the edge on purpose.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban.
In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

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"Marina" wrote in message
...
David Stevenson wrote:

Nanki Poo does, but *only* when there is a human watching [and
usually shouting].


Miranda does that too; only when I can see her doing it. She will
push it just a little bit, then look at me, then push it again,
then look at me. When I say, in a threatening voice, 'Mir-AND-a!,'
she triumphantly pushes it over the edge.

if something falls when I'm not in the room, I know it was Caliban
and I know it wasn't pushed over the edge on purpose.

--
Ah yes. The difference between testing gravity, and rediscovering
it on a daily basis.

Jo

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Marina wrote:

Miranda does that too; only when I can see her doing it. She will push
it just a little bit, then look at me, then push it again, then look at
me. When I say, in a threatening voice, 'Mir-AND-a!,' she triumphantly
pushes it over the edge.

What a brat!!

if something falls when I'm not in the room, I know it was Caliban and I
know it wasn't pushed over the edge on purpose.

You could say to Miranda, "Why aren't you more like your brother?" :)

Joyce

--
Seen on a T-shirt:

If At First You Don't Succeed, Skydiving Isn't For You

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Why on earth do cats - and I'm talking about Siki in particular - need
to test gravity so often? *Nothing* is safe from her, unless its on the
floor. If she can bat if off the table, the benchtop, the TV, the desk
etc etc, she will. It can't be an attention seeking thing, because she
does it when we're out of the room, and even at night, when we're
asleep.
Nanki Poo does, but *only* when there is a human watching [and
usually shouting].

Ours have mostly just done it when they have a point to make. We have
one of those cluttered mantelpieces covered with dusty odds and ends
from all over the place, so at (their idea of) mealtimes it used to be
"feed me or the Golem gets it".

Marblecake has a different tack. The mantelpiece is now so crowded
I can't imagine how a cat manages to stand on it anywhere without
sending a cascade of objects flying, but she likes to show off by
climbing onto it at one side (via a potted plant) and off the other
(ditto). Nothing ever gets knocked off. And she's managed to teach
her daughter Courtney to do the same. But just to show what she
*could* do if she put her mind to it, she managed to knock a potted
plant twice her own weight off the windowsill last week.

The most spectacular "watch this" I've had yet was when one of
Marblecake's litters had just got big enough to climb wherever
they wanted. I had a Turkish gypsy bass drum sitting on top of a
box next to a six-foot-high potted palm tree. I caught all four
kittens using their collective weight to slowly roll the drum
towards the palm tree. The crash would have been awe-inspiring
if I hadn't intercepted the Kittens of Doom in time.

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Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
Why on earth do cats - and I'm talking about Siki in particular - need
to test gravity so often? *Nothing* is safe from her, unless its on the
floor. If she can bat if off the table, the benchtop, the TV, the desk
etc etc, she will. It can't be an attention seeking thing, because she
does it when we're out of the room, and even at night, when we're
asleep.
Nanki Poo does, but *only* when there is a human watching [and
usually shouting].

Ours have mostly just done it when they have a point to make. We have
one of those cluttered mantelpieces covered with dusty odds and ends
from all over the place, so at (their idea of) mealtimes it used to be
"feed me or the Golem gets it".

Marblecake has a different tack. The mantelpiece is now so crowded
I can't imagine how a cat manages to stand on it anywhere without
sending a cascade of objects flying, but she likes to show off by
climbing onto it at one side (via a potted plant) and off the other
(ditto). Nothing ever gets knocked off. And she's managed to teach
her daughter Courtney to do the same. But just to show what she
*could* do if she put her mind to it, she managed to knock a potted
plant twice her own weight off the windowsill last week.

The most spectacular "watch this" I've had yet was when one of
Marblecake's litters had just got big enough to climb wherever
they wanted. I had a Turkish gypsy bass drum sitting on top of a
box next to a six-foot-high potted palm tree. I caught all four
kittens using their collective weight to slowly roll the drum
towards the palm tree. The crash would have been awe-inspiring
if I hadn't intercepted the Kittens of Doom in time.

==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === http://www.campin.me.uk ====
Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739 557
CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic fonts
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That would have made a great video. MLB

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Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:

Marblecake has a different tack. The mantelpiece is now so crowded
I can't imagine how a cat manages to stand on it anywhere without
sending a cascade of objects flying, but she likes to show off by
climbing onto it at one side (via a potted plant) and off the other
(ditto). Nothing ever gets knocked off. And she's managed to teach
her daughter Courtney to do the same. But just to show what she
*could* do if she put her mind to it, she managed to knock a potted
plant twice her own weight off the windowsill last week.

Doesn't Duffy do this, too?

The most spectacular "watch this" I've had yet was when one of
Marblecake's litters had just got big enough to climb wherever
they wanted. I had a Turkish gypsy bass drum sitting on top of a
box next to a six-foot-high potted palm tree. I caught all four
kittens using their collective weight to slowly roll the drum
towards the palm tree. The crash would have been awe-inspiring
if I hadn't intercepted the Kittens of Doom in time.

They were like a lion pride, hunting in a group! (Or whatever it was
they thought they were doing...)

--
As an atheist, I believe that all life is unspeakably precious, because
it's only here for a brief moment, a flare against the dark, and then it's
gone forever. No afterlives, no second chances. So there can be nothing
crueler than the abuse, destruction or wanton taking of a life.
-- J. Michael Straczynski

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Marina wrote:

wrote:

You could say to Miranda, "Why aren't you more like your brother?" :)

But more often I say to Caliban, 'Why can't you be more like your
sister?' :P

Yeah, I know. I thought it might be nice to do it in reverse once
in a while. :)

Joyce

--
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful
stroke of luck. -- the Dalai Lama