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RPCA: Humans and Time (repost of story from 2003)
Humans and Time, by Sam
Meow, I'm wondering if any of you out there have two-leg... OKAY, Mom HUMAN... if any of you have HUMANS who have trouble telling time. Our resident human doesn't seem to understand the concept of time. In my experience, while Mom and I can tell what time it is, Steve the human can't. We know all the important times, time to eat, play time, bedtime, etc... Steve seems to be clueless. Some mornings when I go in to wake up Steve and let him know it's time for breakfast, he just looks at the box that glows in the dark and says it's not time to get up. Just what does that box have to do with anything. I don't care what the box says, all I care about is that it's time to eat. Besides, the box never gets up, it just sits there, sometimes making a beeping noise. Like I said, I can tell time even if the two... um Human... can't. Momma is teaching me how to get the message across, though. Her favorite method is to crawl under the covers and snuggle up with the human and purr real loud. Her method works pretty well, but sometimes it takes too long I go for a more direct approach. If I'm hungry and it seems like Momma's approach is taking too long, I've found that if I pounce on his feet and claw his toes I can get his attention. A note of caution for any of you out there who might think of using my method: it's seems that it's easy to hurt humans. If I just use a little bit of claw, Steve makes sounds like he's being hurt. When I was younger I used to use my claws all the time, but I've learned that it's easy to make your human bleed. It might be some kind of weird medical condition that Steve has, he hardly has any fur except on his head. Here's another helpful hint. When it's playtime and your human is just sitting in front of the computer, here are some useful methods of letting the human know it's time to play. Sometimes the subtle approach works. Take a toy and drop it on his foot. You may have to drop it several times to get the human's attention. If he still doesn't get the message, jump up on the desk and stand in front of the little TV. This always gets a reaction, although sometimes not the one you want. Sometimes your human will think it's time to pet, like I said human's don't really understand time. If the human starts to pet you, just jump back onto the desk. Maybe the human will realise his mistake an get the correct messages. If he picks you up, puts you on the floor and still doesn't realize it's time to play, go on to step three. For step three, reach up and put your paws around his arms as he reaches for the keyboard. This almost always works, but sometimes you have to bring out the big guns. If you still can't get the human to realize it's playtime, reach up and CAREFULLY poke him in the side with a claw. This always get Steve's attention. He may cry and try to act like he's hurt, but I always get his full attention. After he gets over being poked he'll notice the toys at his feet and realizes it's time to play. More later, Sammy -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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Steve Touchstone wrote:
human and purr real loud. Her method works pretty well, but sometimes it takes too long I go for a more direct approach. If I'm hungry and it seems like Momma's approach is taking too long, I've found that if I pounce on his feet and claw his toes I can get his attention. I've found that running into the bedroom at top speed and jumping right on top of one of the hoomins works just fine. Nobody gets hurt and whoever I landed on gets up rather quickly. Xoxo. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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LOL I enjoyed reading this .
Alison -- http://catinfolinks.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ http://doginfolinks.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ "Steve Touchstone" wrote in message ... Humans and Time, by Sam Meow, I'm wondering if any of you out there have two-leg... OKAY, Mom HUMAN... if any of you have HUMANS who have trouble telling time. Our resident human doesn't seem to understand the concept of time. In my experience, while Mom and I can tell what time it is, Steve the human can't. We know all the important times, time to eat, play time, bedtime, etc... Steve seems to be clueless. Some mornings when I go in to wake up Steve and let him know it's time for breakfast, he just looks at the box that glows in the dark and says it's not time to get up. Just what does that box have to do with anything. I don't care what the box says, all I care about is that it's time to eat. Besides, the box never gets up, it just sits there, sometimes making a beeping noise. Like I said, I can tell time even if the two... um Human... can't. Momma is teaching me how to get the message across, though. Her favorite method is to crawl under the covers and snuggle up with the human and purr real loud. Her method works pretty well, but sometimes it takes too long I go for a more direct approach. If I'm hungry and it seems like Momma's approach is taking too long, I've found that if I pounce on his feet and claw his toes I can get his attention. A note of caution for any of you out there who might think of using my method: it's seems that it's easy to hurt humans. If I just use a little bit of claw, Steve makes sounds like he's being hurt. When I was younger I used to use my claws all the time, but I've learned that it's easy to make your human bleed. It might be some kind of weird medical condition that Steve has, he hardly has any fur except on his head. Here's another helpful hint. When it's playtime and your human is just sitting in front of the computer, here are some useful methods of letting the human know it's time to play. Sometimes the subtle approach works. Take a toy and drop it on his foot. You may have to drop it several times to get the human's attention. If he still doesn't get the message, jump up on the desk and stand in front of the little TV. This always gets a reaction, although sometimes not the one you want. Sometimes your human will think it's time to pet, like I said human's don't really understand time. If the human starts to pet you, just jump back onto the desk. Maybe the human will realise his mistake an get the correct messages. If he picks you up, puts you on the floor and still doesn't realize it's time to play, go on to step three. For step three, reach up and put your paws around his arms as he reaches for the keyboard. This almost always works, but sometimes you have to bring out the big guns. If you still can't get the human to realize it's playtime, reach up and CAREFULLY poke him in the side with a claw. This always get Steve's attention. He may cry and try to act like he's hurt, but I always get his full attention. After he gets over being poked he'll notice the toys at his feet and realizes it's time to play. More later, Sammy -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html |
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