Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for July 20, 2022

Blep!

How to take something that is totally . . . um, inappropriate, and make it worse!

…who sent in that report? Was it Burt? Or Beatrix? Beatrix seems like a likely culprit. I suspect shenanigans.

Lupin’s face in that last panel is perfect!

[Fat Freddie’s Cat]: Oh, I get it! He wants me to go on this little carpet!

Heeheeheehee…..

Panel 2: Straight news.

Panel 3: Opinion.

Where will they find the green toilet paper to finish the look?

A “potty hat”? Punny Elvis! And poor Lupin could not be more disgusted!

Yeah, I’m with Lupin. Goldie, take over. The anchor’s out for lunch…

Hoping that other Orbsters besides Kitty Katz and I had the pleasure of watching Georgia’s livestreamed presentation Tuesday night for a King County Library series called Fandom Forward. She talked about BCN specifically and about fandom in general. She also showed wonderful photos, including the RL Tommy, and the RL Man and Woman in Star Trek outfits. I hope Georgia will drop some of her backstory and hints into her comments.

Oh, no! A blep with the ears back can only mean one thing. Lupin is gonna fire a hairball in disgust…

Goldie looks embarrassed and Lupin looks disgusted. Meanwhile, I’m just sitting here giggling to myself because at 37 I still refuse to grow up.

Did anyone else see the dignified picture of Elvis on FB? (whispers behind hand – he really wasn’t looking particularly dignified at all!)

My kitties would love to have something new to fight over, sleep on and make biscuits out of.

OT: cat move

Yup! A perfect and masterful demonstration of ‘How To Make Cats (Especially Lupin) Embarrassed’. By the way, it even rhymes! Disgusting and funny at the same time.

Actually, most product listings are for “Cushy Tushy” in various contexts. There seem to be several attempts to claim a product trademark but I wonder if anyone dares to sue to defend it legally – it would be quite embarrassing. Still, maybe that’s why today we’re looking at a “Tushy Cushie”.

Oh, geez, Lupin! At least I didn’t have a mouthful of coffee this time! LOL!!!!

Posted late yesterday…

Late breaking news….new photos of Ora Zella! She is growing up into a gorgeous dark calico princess!

And does she ever know how to pose in the light….ready for my closeup Mr. DeMille!

https://dumpor.com/c/9907014451177245882

Goldie looks a tad embarrassed!

Also on Georgia’s FB. The whole family had Covid again! But are fine now. The Girl even nursed Pippa Fox thru it, picture too. Plus another Tommy tribute coming up; her editors suggested it for itself and also to give Georgia the time to recover. This Covid is just never going to let up is it? We are having a resurgence in our area altho so far Hubs and I have avoided it.

That was very professional of Lupin to read the report before making that perfect face of disgust.

Meanwhile, Back in Rhode Island

Behind the Library

Tommy: I thought we’d have a s’more party for Violet-Ifa before she goes back to her time line. And make sure everyone got their Blossom of Blessing.

Sophie: Thank you, Thomas. I’ve decided to plant my flower here so many people can enjoy it.

Tommy: Very nice. Now, I’ve made graham crackers with the Xanadu honey the Ancestors gave me. Please enjoy.

Puck: This is lovely, but you seem a bit perplexed, Tommy.

Tommy: I am. I’ve given my Blossoms of Blessing to everyone I see, but I still have ten left. I don’t know where to look for more people.

Beatrix: I think the key is to let them find you.

Violet: Everyone, Nana Infinity has a few words to say before she goes home.

Violet-Ifa: I’d just like to say it’s been a pleasure meeting all of you. May you all be truly blessed.

(Continued Below)

The picture on FB of Pippa Fox in her little blue mouse bed is adorable. Seriously, I want that bed for my cats except they’d probably fight over it.

I don’t think it was quite the hit that Georgia hoped it would be ;+))

Today’s strip is so funny! Glad Georgia and family have recovered from Covid. Mask up everyone it’s not over.

OMC! Lupin’s expression is adorable and that cute blep meow

Oh that face on Lupin :)

How’s everyone today?

Clearly this much potty discussion is starting to become embarrassing to the cats. The cutesy name does not excuse it. In fact, I would probably prefer if it were called potty hat.

Don’t think Lupin likes it…

Oh My Cat! Lupin’s face in the last panel! A truly magnificent blep!

I’m with the cats. Ew.

This arc is genius. Never would I have thought of making so much fun over such an un-needed thing.

OMC! I love Lupin!!

While Lupin’s facial expression is perfect, Goldie’s look is perfect. embarrassment, horror and shock. Like watching your kid ride his bike off the garage roof in front of the whole neighborhood at a block party.

Ah the 70’s when everything was covered in shag, shag carpet, fake shag fur on furniture, toilets, even made into coats, and when every teenage boy dreamed of having a shagging wagon lined of course with fake shag fur.

Cats, look out! I think I saw the Woman headed towards your litter boxes with carpet samples and glue!

Georgia posted this on Facebook. Incidentally, Pippa Fox is a stuffed toy. “Our family just got over a rough bout of Covid. We’re vaccinated and boosted, but it still hit the Man, the Boy, and I pretty hard. The Girl tested positive too, but thankfully never came down with symptoms. Be careful out there, these variants are no joke! We had Covid in early 2020 (and it was much worse), but even with the vaccines softening its usual punch, this still hit us for about 5-6 very uncomfortable days each. It staggered, hitting the Man first, then me, then the Boy. Thankfully we had a little overlap, so we could take care of the whoever currently had the worst symptoms. I spent the early days of the Man’s quarantine making soup, he spent the better days of his recovery caring for me, and then we both cared for the Boy. We’re finally all feeling like ourselves again. It was a tough week and a half. A week long tribute of classic Tommy strips is coming up the week of August 1st. He’ll also have a classic tribute Sunday on August 28th. The Covid was terrible, but the timing at least allowed for a pause to celebrate Tommy! I was grateful for the idea from my editors and their understanding (and encouragement to rest and not push myself, too. ) I probably could have inked and painted all day, but writing with a fever would have produced some WEIRD results. Be careful out there! These variants are grade A, certified JERKS. Here’s a photo from when the Girl dramatically announced that Pippa had also come down with Covid. (She tested her with a clean Q-tip swiped from the bathroom The Girl took good care of Pippa, as you can see.”

That’s fine for the lower one but the upper one makes a ridiculous headrest.

My mom had these, but we also didn’t have AC. The tank sweated, the thing got soaked through and then molded. NEVER AGAIN, not even with AC

OT: Happy Moon Day!

https://www.un.org/en/observances/moon-day

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land on the moon. Somewhere I still have the fuzzy pix I took from our B&W TV of Armstrong’s first steps there, & the newspaper with the huge headline MAN ON MOON. I was a space-crazy kid* with a personal connection to the event – before he graduated from seminary in 1967, my dad worked as a machinist & built some of the parts for the Saturn V engines. I wish I could have been with mom & dad many years later when they visited KSC – mom took a pic of dad standing under the rocket on display, pointing out some of the parts he’d built. That thing is a monster! (Not mom’s pic, not my dad, sorry…I can’t imagine dad in shorts & sandals!)

https://live.staticflickr.com/5602/15820850531_f280037ab8_b.jpg

In other news: The Onyx & Zoe Force is hard at work on sis; she’s away visiting my niece & family for a couple of weeks, but she’s already looking seriously at adoptable cats online & has requested an application from her local shelter. Their adoption process is pretty thorough; unlike the other nearby shelter, they don’t allow walk-ins & you have to fill out an application before they’ll make you an appointment. Both shelters are no-kill & have older cats waiting for their forever homes, & sis wants to make that home for another snuggly senior lap kitty (or maybe 2?). Stay tuned…

*OK, I confess I’m still a space-crazy kid at heart, LOL!

Love the expressions in the last panel, especially Lupin’s!

Lupin’s expression! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I have the exact same feelings about this as Lupin.

…I have a vague memory of a fuzzy toilet seat lid cover – I recall that the lid wouldn’t stay open because the fuzziness was too thick, and the lid would fall in your back while you were sitting there – doesn’t sound too bad except these were the old HEAVY lids…that cover did not last long…

They forgot the doll in a wide dress where you could stick her legs in a TP roll and always have a spare roll when needed.

Yes, my Granny crocheted the things :)

And, now, for more Breaking News!

Crazeekatlady has more pictures of her lovely chess set!!!!!! You can see them at HeckydiddleDolls.com. They are in the first few pages of the Gallery.

https://heckydiddledolls.com/gallery/

:)

omc I love “potty hat” Elbif!

Moon Day: A day of sadness for me. I had hoped, and dreamed, of being the first geologist on Mars. I could be okay with that if we still had a space program. Yet another curse on Nixon’s, and the rest of the politicians, heads. Robot probes are fine, but they are only the first, timid step. They can never replace “One small step for a man, a giant leap for mankind.”

Start clawing now, boys.

the look on Lupin’s face is priceless

WHAT!!!!!. That’s the kind of name for one of those foam seat cushions you take to a stadium, not something you put on a toilet. What, are you supposed to leave the lid down when you use a toilet. Talk about messy and unhygenic.

I have BCN at the top of three of my comics pages (Favorites, Animals, & Daily.) This has made me laugh several times today. I LOVE Lupin’s expression! Goldie’s is good too but Lupin’s is hilarious!

Oh my word, Lupin’s face!

And then… Lupin’s other face! (Literally LOL’d.)

It’s the thing that keeps the toilet lid from staying up on its own, occasionally causing severe injury in little boys simply trying to go potty.

Today the contractor installed an eco-toilet with push buttons on the top for saving water. s/ I’m so disappointed at losing the opportunity to buy a lid carpet. /s

I just realized,

Lupin is a plant

Marigold is a plant

I understand the rivalry