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Battle for the Box!
OK, anyone who *isn't* owned by a cat would look around my great-room and
think me quite eccentric. There are at least 9 empty boxes lying around on the floor - the box from the new coffee maker we just bought, several shoe boxes, the box from the CD I just received from eBay, etc., etc., etc. Whenever we bring something home that comes in a box, the box gets put on the great-room floor until it falls to pieces. Most of the boxes are placed on their sides so that the openings face forward with the box flap serving as either an "awning" or a "porch" (depending on which side is down) to the cats' cardboard playhouse. The boxes range in size from Jessie petite to Sammy humongous. Sammy will eye Jessie jealously when Jessie sits her teeninsy iddle bum in a teeninsy iddle box, and tries to fit her far-from-teeninsy-iddle self into it after Jessie vacates the box. This is the cause of most of the boxes falling to pieces! ; Last night Jessie decided to take up residence in the largest box in the room. Sammy took offense at this, thinking that the Sammy humongous boxes should be reserved for Sammy the humongous, so she jumped on top of the box to lean over and glare into the opening at Jessie. This caused said box to bow alarmingly under the weight of Samazon, and you could see Jessie thinking, "OHMYGAWD, I'm going to be crushed to death in a cave-in, erm, box-in!". Jessie hurriedly squeezed out of the diminished opening and set about teaching Sammy a lesson. The two rolled across the living room floor sending boxes, cat toys, and fur flying in all directions. Now you would think that being roughly 2.5 times bigger than Jessie, that Sammy would walk away from such a tussle victorious. However, Sammy has never realized that she has grown bigger than the 1 pound kitten she was when we first got her and Jessie loomed over her like a giant. Sammy "gives" almost immediately in any contest that does not involve food. However, beating the sh*t out of Sammy proved to be thirsty work, so after the main event ringside Jessie took a side trip into the kitchen to get a drink of water. Imagine her surprise when, returning to the spoils of her victory, she saw Sammy crouched inside the box looking out at Jessie a touch defiantly. Hmmph! First, Jessie tried jumping on top of the box the same way Sammy had..... not even the minute-est dent was to be seen in the box. Then Jessie tried jumping off and then back onto the box several times..... again, not the slightest curve could be seen in the box under her wee tiny arse. Sammy watched Jessie's attempts to cave the box in on top of her and snickered and smirked. Well, this was just too much insult for Jessie to bear, so she jumped down, reached inside, and started smacking Sammy about the face and jowls until Sammy beat a hasty retreat to Mommy's lap! Then Jessie gave Sammy the ultimate cat insult - she walked away from the box without even going inside the now empty playhouse! Hugs, CatNipped |
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CatNipped wrote:
OK, anyone who *isn't* owned by a cat would look around my great-room and think me quite eccentric. There are at least 9 empty boxes lying around on the floor - the box from the new coffee maker we just bought, several shoe boxes, the box from the CD I just received from eBay, etc., etc., etc. Whenever we bring something home that comes in a box, the box gets put on the great-room floor until it falls to pieces. Most of the boxes are placed on their sides so that the openings face forward with the box flap serving as either an "awning" or a "porch" (depending on which side is down) to the cats' cardboard playhouse. The boxes range in size from Jessie petite to Sammy humongous. Sammy will eye Jessie jealously when Jessie sits her teeninsy iddle bum in a teeninsy iddle box, and tries to fit her far-from-teeninsy-iddle self into it after Jessie vacates the box. This is the cause of most of the boxes falling to pieces! ; Last night Jessie decided to take up residence in the largest box in the room. Sammy took offense at this, thinking that the Sammy humongous boxes should be reserved for Sammy the humongous, so she jumped on top of the box to lean over and glare into the opening at Jessie. This caused said box to bow alarmingly under the weight of Samazon, and you could see Jessie thinking, "OHMYGAWD, I'm going to be crushed to death in a cave-in, erm, box-in!". Jessie hurriedly squeezed out of the diminished opening and set about teaching Sammy a lesson. The two rolled across the living room floor sending boxes, cat toys, and fur flying in all directions. Now you would think that being roughly 2.5 times bigger than Jessie, that Sammy would walk away from such a tussle victorious. However, Sammy has never realized that she has grown bigger than the 1 pound kitten she was when we first got her and Jessie loomed over her like a giant. Sammy "gives" almost immediately in any contest that does not involve food. However, beating the sh*t out of Sammy proved to be thirsty work, so after the main event ringside Jessie took a side trip into the kitchen to get a drink of water. Imagine her surprise when, returning to the spoils of her victory, she saw Sammy crouched inside the box looking out at Jessie a touch defiantly. Hmmph! First, Jessie tried jumping on top of the box the same way Sammy had..... not even the minute-est dent was to be seen in the box. Then Jessie tried jumping off and then back onto the box several times..... again, not the slightest curve could be seen in the box under her wee tiny arse. Sammy watched Jessie's attempts to cave the box in on top of her and snickered and smirked. Well, this was just too much insult for Jessie to bear, so she jumped down, reached inside, and started smacking Sammy about the face and jowls until Sammy beat a hasty retreat to Mommy's lap! Then Jessie gave Sammy the ultimate cat insult - she walked away from the box without even going inside the now empty playhouse! Hugs, CatNipped That would have made a great video. :-) -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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On Feb 22, 1:13 pm, "Adrian A" wrote:
CatNipped wrote: OK, anyone who *isn't* owned by a cat would look around my great-room Great play by play! Theresa |
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Battle for the Box!
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:30:33 -0600, CatNipped wrote:
OK, anyone who *isn't* owned by a cat would look around my great-room and think me quite eccentric. There are at least 9 empty boxes lying around on the floor - the box from the new coffee maker we just bought, several shoe boxes, the box from the CD I just received from eBay, etc., etc., etc. Whenever we bring something home that comes in a box, the box gets put on the great-room floor until it falls to pieces. Most of the boxes are placed on their sides so that the openings face forward with the box flap serving as either an "awning" or a "porch" (depending on which side is down) to the cats' cardboard playhouse. The boxes range in size from Jessie petite to Sammy humongous. Sammy will eye Jessie jealously when Jessie sits her teeninsy iddle bum in a teeninsy iddle box, and tries to fit her far-from-teeninsy-iddle self into it after Jessie vacates the box. This is the cause of most of the boxes falling to pieces! ; Last night Jessie decided to take up residence in the largest box in the room. Sammy took offense at this, thinking that the Sammy humongous boxes should be reserved for Sammy the humongous, so she jumped on top of the box to lean over and glare into the opening at Jessie. This caused said box to bow alarmingly under the weight of Samazon, and you could see Jessie thinking, "OHMYGAWD, I'm going to be crushed to death in a cave-in, erm, box-in!". Jessie hurriedly squeezed out of the diminished opening and set about teaching Sammy a lesson. The two rolled across the living room floor sending boxes, cat toys, and fur flying in all directions. Now you would think that being roughly 2.5 times bigger than Jessie, that Sammy would walk away from such a tussle victorious. However, Sammy has never realized that she has grown bigger than the 1 pound kitten she was when we first got her and Jessie loomed over her like a giant. Sammy "gives" almost immediately in any contest that does not involve food. However, beating the sh*t out of Sammy proved to be thirsty work, so after the main event ringside Jessie took a side trip into the kitchen to get a drink of water. Imagine her surprise when, returning to the spoils of her victory, she saw Sammy crouched inside the box looking out at Jessie a touch defiantly. Hmmph! First, Jessie tried jumping on top of the box the same way Sammy had..... not even the minute-est dent was to be seen in the box. Then Jessie tried jumping off and then back onto the box several times..... again, not the slightest curve could be seen in the box under her wee tiny arse. Sammy watched Jessie's attempts to cave the box in on top of her and snickered and smirked. Well, this was just too much insult for Jessie to bear, so she jumped down, reached inside, and started smacking Sammy about the face and jowls until Sammy beat a hasty retreat to Mommy's lap! Then Jessie gave Sammy the ultimate cat insult - she walked away from the box without even going inside the now empty playhouse! Hugs, CatNipped It is good to read a great story again. Best wishes to all. MLB |
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"CatNipped" wrote:
slightest curve could be seen in the box under her wee tiny arse. Sammy watched Jessie's attempts to cave the box in on top of her and snickered and smirked. Well, this was just too much insult for Jessie to bear, so she jumped down, reached inside, and started smacking Sammy about the face and jowls until Sammy beat a hasty retreat to Mommy's lap! Then Jessie gave Sammy the ultimate cat insult - she walked away from the box without even going inside the now empty playhouse! That's hilarious! Thanks for the laugh. Good to see you posting, you have been missed. Randy http://picasaweb.google.com/crmartin1 http://kittenwar.com/kittens/74045/ |
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CatNipped wrote:
OK, anyone who *isn't* owned by a cat would look around my great-room and think me quite eccentric. There are at least 9 empty boxes lying around on the floor (snippage) CatNipped I don't have multiple cats but I have multiple boxes (and now John's blue plaid flannel shirt) on the floor of the living room. And a couple of cardboard toilet paper rolls. I don't dare pick them up off the floor. Persia is quite vocal about this: those are *her* things, dammit, and I can only get rid of them when she darned well gives me permission to do so. As a result, my apartment, most of the time, looks quite like a tornado just hit it but left the roof on. Cats are wonderful creatures. They are alternately loving and sweet, then sometimes cranky but then they snuggle next to you and purr and boop you on the head and you just have to forgive them! They are also fond of making messes. Like little kids who don't want to put their toys in the toybox. NO! I have to have my toys right where I can see them! And I can turn *anything* into a toy! I was telling my friend Nancy, Persia will just as soon chew up a cardboard box as sit in one. She'll sit in in first but ya know, she can't resist chewing up cardboard. Why we don't always understand them is a mystery (to our cats). But we kow-tow to their whims because they can be so very sweet and loving even when they do things like steal your clothes. Jill ---loves Persia! |
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Battle for the Box!
You can't buy this kind of entertainment.
Love it. "CatNipped" wrote in message ... OK, anyone who *isn't* owned by a cat would look around my great-room and think me quite eccentric. There are at least 9 empty boxes lying around on the floor - the box from the new coffee maker we just bought, several shoe boxes, the box from the CD I just received from eBay, etc., etc., etc. Whenever we bring something home that comes in a box, the box gets put on the great-room floor until it falls to pieces. Most of the boxes are placed on their sides so that the openings face forward with the box flap serving as either an "awning" or a "porch" (depending on which side is down) to the cats' cardboard playhouse. The boxes range in size from Jessie petite to Sammy humongous. Sammy will eye Jessie jealously when Jessie sits her teeninsy iddle bum in a teeninsy iddle box, and tries to fit her far-from-teeninsy-iddle self into it after Jessie vacates the box. This is the cause of most of the boxes falling to pieces! ; Last night Jessie decided to take up residence in the largest box in the room. Sammy took offense at this, thinking that the Sammy humongous boxes should be reserved for Sammy the humongous, so she jumped on top of the box to lean over and glare into the opening at Jessie. This caused said box to bow alarmingly under the weight of Samazon, and you could see Jessie thinking, "OHMYGAWD, I'm going to be crushed to death in a cave-in, erm, box-in!". Jessie hurriedly squeezed out of the diminished opening and set about teaching Sammy a lesson. The two rolled across the living room floor sending boxes, cat toys, and fur flying in all directions. Now you would think that being roughly 2.5 times bigger than Jessie, that Sammy would walk away from such a tussle victorious. However, Sammy has never realized that she has grown bigger than the 1 pound kitten she was when we first got her and Jessie loomed over her like a giant. Sammy "gives" almost immediately in any contest that does not involve food. However, beating the sh*t out of Sammy proved to be thirsty work, so after the main event ringside Jessie took a side trip into the kitchen to get a drink of water. Imagine her surprise when, returning to the spoils of her victory, she saw Sammy crouched inside the box looking out at Jessie a touch defiantly. Hmmph! First, Jessie tried jumping on top of the box the same way Sammy had..... not even the minute-est dent was to be seen in the box. Then Jessie tried jumping off and then back onto the box several times..... again, not the slightest curve could be seen in the box under her wee tiny arse. Sammy watched Jessie's attempts to cave the box in on top of her and snickered and smirked. Well, this was just too much insult for Jessie to bear, so she jumped down, reached inside, and started smacking Sammy about the face and jowls until Sammy beat a hasty retreat to Mommy's lap! Then Jessie gave Sammy the ultimate cat insult - she walked away from the box without even going inside the now empty playhouse! Hugs, CatNipped |
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Tyche and Kumani can thrash the average box in less than a week. *L*
we have the "someone on top swatting the one inside" thing on our cat tree all the time! It's true, you can't buy that kind of entertainment! Next up...sister rasslin' on pay-purr-view! --Fil OK, anyone who *isn't* owned by a cat would look around my great-room and think me quite eccentric |
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On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 22:31:51 GMT, "Jo Firey"
yodeled: You can't buy this kind of entertainment. Love it. "CatNipped" wrote in message ... OK, anyone who *isn't* owned by a cat would look around my great-room and think me quite eccentric. There are at least 9 empty boxes lying around on the floor - the box from the new coffee maker we just bought, several shoe boxes, the box from the CD I just received from eBay, etc., etc., etc. Whenever we bring something home that comes in a box, the box gets put on the great-room floor until it falls to pieces. Most of the boxes are placed on their sides so that the openings face forward with the box flap serving as either an "awning" or a "porch" (depending on which side is down) to the cats' cardboard playhouse. The boxes range in size from Jessie petite to Sammy humongous. Sammy will eye Jessie jealously when Jessie sits her teeninsy iddle bum in a teeninsy iddle box, and tries to fit her far-from-teeninsy-iddle self into it after Jessie vacates the box. This is the cause of most of the boxes falling to pieces! ; (snip) Great scenario. I lerve box imperialism. Stinky is sweet as all getout, but you know all boxes are belong to him. The thing that always gets me is that Stinky can be as comfy as can be, cuddled in my lap or enthroned on the daybed, but if Dante gets in a box, Stinky MUST go over and roust him out. A bout of hide-and-bop always ensues. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War |
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CatNipped wrote:
OK, anyone who *isn't* owned by a cat would look around my great-room and think me quite eccentric. There are at least 9 empty boxes lying around on the floor - the box from the new coffee maker we just bought, several shoe boxes, the box from the CD I just received from eBay, etc., etc., etc. Whenever we bring something home that comes in a box, the box gets put on the great-room floor until it falls to pieces. Most of the boxes are placed on their sides so that the openings face forward with the box flap serving as either an "awning" or a "porch" (depending on which side is down) to the cats' cardboard playhouse. The boxes range in size from Jessie petite to Sammy humongous. Sammy will eye Jessie jealously when Jessie sits her teeninsy iddle bum in a teeninsy iddle box, and tries to fit her far-from-teeninsy-iddle self into it after Jessie vacates the box. This is the cause of most of the boxes falling to pieces! ; Last night Jessie decided to take up residence in the largest box in the room. Sammy took offense at this, thinking that the Sammy humongous boxes should be reserved for Sammy the humongous, so she jumped on top of the box to lean over and glare into the opening at Jessie. This caused said box to bow alarmingly under the weight of Samazon, and you could see Jessie thinking, "OHMYGAWD, I'm going to be crushed to death in a cave-in, erm, box-in!". Jessie hurriedly squeezed out of the diminished opening and set about teaching Sammy a lesson. The two rolled across the living room floor sending boxes, cat toys, and fur flying in all directions. Now you would think that being roughly 2.5 times bigger than Jessie, that Sammy would walk away from such a tussle victorious. However, Sammy has never realized that she has grown bigger than the 1 pound kitten she was when we first got her and Jessie loomed over her like a giant. Sammy "gives" almost immediately in any contest that does not involve food. However, beating the sh*t out of Sammy proved to be thirsty work, so after the main event ringside Jessie took a side trip into the kitchen to get a drink of water. Imagine her surprise when, returning to the spoils of her victory, she saw Sammy crouched inside the box looking out at Jessie a touch defiantly. Hmmph! First, Jessie tried jumping on top of the box the same way Sammy had..... not even the minute-est dent was to be seen in the box. Then Jessie tried jumping off and then back onto the box several times..... again, not the slightest curve could be seen in the box under her wee tiny arse. Sammy watched Jessie's attempts to cave the box in on top of her and snickered and smirked. Well, this was just too much insult for Jessie to bear, so she jumped down, reached inside, and started smacking Sammy about the face and jowls until Sammy beat a hasty retreat to Mommy's lap! Then Jessie gave Sammy the ultimate cat insult - she walked away from the box without even going inside the now empty playhouse! Hugs, CatNipped Thanks for the laugh. Cats do the funniest things. My kitty loves boxes too. .. -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com |
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