Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for April 20, 2023

It just gets better and better.

Aww, don’t bite Elvis. And don’t eat styrofoam. And is “the breakroom” the kitchen?

NO FAIR! I wanna, no, I NEED to know…… What kind of puppet was Ora Z disguised as? A puppet parrot? A Puppet apocalypticat?

It would seem the styrofoam cups were the most useful bits of their meeting….. so far.

“A short break followed…” translates to “Chaos ensued…”

So many word pictures!

Wow puck good job making motions backing motions

“Disguised as a hand puppet.” Comedy gold.

I’m loving these!

Has anyone here ever disguised themselves, as a hand puppet or other, to get out of a meeting? It seems like something any sane person should try at least once to avoid meetings.

Well, no one can say that nothing ever gets done in their station staff meetings. They have to be more eventful than any people-network staff meetings. Pretty sure that Walter Cronkite never ate a styrofoam cup. Although he might have lost his assignments in a pile of laundry once.

This is taking forever! When are we going to get to todays meeting? Did the second floor cats come prepaired?

OT another unexpected present

I sense that other agencies have slipped agents in to disrupt the stations… Pass the tinfoil hat?

Oh, my! Things are really getting out of hand…..delightfully!

This is what happens when agents of chaos are invited into a meeting.

Um, I’m a bit confused here. First, I’ve lost track of which cats are the second floor cats. (Though given that Tabitha made that motion and annoyed Elvis, I can make a guess.) Second, I thought the whole point of the meeting was to settle assignments, including those that were stolen (old habits?) or -er -accidentally dropped behind the laundry. If the second floor cats settle their assignments before the meeting, why have the meeting?

Don’t bite your dad ora.

Elvis: This could have been handled in an email.

Why was the box disguised as a puppet?

Short of someone getting bit…almost sounds like my staff meetings at work…

Poor Pucky, trying to be the peacekeeper in panel 1. It’s a thankless job.

Dad cat cannot catch a break; he loses the assignment argument and gets bitten.

Good thing they live in a big house. With six cats in one apartment and 10 in the house, sometimes they need space from each other. Who’s going to tell Ora Zella that hand puppets don’t bite? Hopefully the station has a First Aid kit!

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

At the Artisans’ Studio

Iggy: Alright, shall we get started on planning our guitar making?

Iron Glove: I think we could base the guitar on the lute and adapt them from there.

Wally: Do we have any ideas on how lutes are made?

Enter Beatrixia:

Bea: Coffee run! And here are a few scrolls from the Very Good Library.

Iggy: Thanks, Bea. This is a great start.

Bea: If I may make a suggestion, you may want to search the library for scrolls on instrument making. Try the 780s.

Iron Glove: Great idea. Let’s go!

I wish all the meetings I have attended were this organized & time efficient!

Meeting adjourned!

Ora Zella, it is not couth to bite your DadCat.

OT: Tiny Kittens, Big Starship

Isn’t this fun? This is like the good ol’ days when you had radio and no television and you had to imagine what the scene was like!!! Similar to listening to a ball game on the radio and not television!! Or Dragnet on radio before it was on television!!!

If only human work meetings were this much fun

OMC- I love these minutes!!!

sounds like one of my meetings…

Can we just take a moment here to acknowlege Georgia’s prolific talent, not only as an artist but as a writer? the last two days have highlighted that she can be funny without painting even a whisker. It’s this broad background that makes her so exceptional I believe!

Lol ora zella disappeared- and poor Elvis

If I could get out of meetings by disguising myself as a puppet and hiding in a box, I absolutely would. And don’t tell me you wouldn’t because I won’t believe you.

" A short break followed… "

Translation: " Please Stand By. We Are Experiencing Technical (MEETING) Difficulties !! " … :)

This meeting is about as productive as most meetings I ever attended.

Ladybug update:It’s not looking good for the little girl. It is definitely looking neurological. She still doesn’t have proper use of one rear leg or the base of her tail (but she can control the tip), she’s constipated something terrible and she’s leaking urine. Other than the constipation she doesn’t appear to be in pain, though.We’re going to try to get her in with a vet neurologist but don’t yet know how long of a wait that will be.This is very saddening.

“A short break followed.” Leaves so much to the imagination. (Especially the second one!)

Hit the road, Jack! Make way for Ora in the box!

OT: Lou update

It would be nice to see Ora disguised as a hand puppet. The description alone is hilarious.

Iggy “attempting” to eat a styrofoam cup? Hmm, did he eat it or not? That could be serious!

An ‘all heck breaking loose’ break followed.

gonna need a pic of Ora Zella in her disguise

I wonder does Sophie consider Ora Zella to be a kindred spirit, as a practitioner of performance art?

OT: Me

I went back to the doctor today expecting to have the stitches removed, but after the bandages came off, the doc decided to leave them in for another week. At least the new bandage is much smaller and I can change it once a day giving my foot some fresh air. The replacement bandaging consists of antibiotic strips and ace bandage wrap, so I still need to wear the lovely “strappy sandal” for another week.

Me dear, wonderful neighbors have trimmed my bushes and mowed my grass so that my house no longer looks like “Gray Gardens.”

I hope Georgia’s hand is healing faster than my foot!

Beatrix’s notes are much neater and easier to read than mine…

OT: Neighbor’s cat

There has been a beautiful white cat with a gray tabby tail and a few gray tabby patches visiting my yard for several months now. I have yet to determine whether kitty is male or female, so I reluctantly use “it” for reference. It is too clean, fat, and healthy to be a stray, so I’m assuming it belongs to a neighbor and is an indoor/outdoor cat. I just haven’t determined who it belongs to.

Up until today, it has remained very aloof. When I came out the door to go to the doctor’s office this afternoon, it was curled up on the sunny side of my porch taking a nap. It woke up when I came out the door, but didn’t run away. It was still there when I returned home, so I took a chance and offered some whisker rubs and chin scritchies which were rewarded with loud purrs and face rubbing of my hand.

I rarely, if ever, took notes at staff meetings. So little of importance or substance occurred that it was easy to remember.

Is anyone else DYING to know where Ora Z bit Elvis???? And, you know she bites hard like she does everything else. Maybe, he’ll have a bandage somewhere on his body…

I still say Burt and Puck as station managers. Of course Burt could manage multiple stations.

Don’t ya just love kittens?!?