Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for October 17, 2024

Had a bit of a scare there when the comic didn’t show up when I first came in. Fortunately, I refreshed and there it was! WHEW!

The only adult cat is an agent of chaos. I have a bad feeling about this.

Iggy is ready to line up the Roombas and let Ora Zella feel it in her bones! I think the Roombas would be wise to hightail it back to Roombovia, or whatever the call their home world. But i’ll let em clean my floors first. LOL

It will be a crime to open that door! Fortunately it will be an open and shut case…

More Iggy! More Iggy! We asked, and Georgia has delivered, and in high style, too!

The BCN cats will prove that the code isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be…

WHY are we all suddenly interested in opening the door?

Under the Good News heading: Ora Zella probably can’t open the door, but merely thinks she can.

Probably.

Question: can smol cat Ora Zella reach the doorknob? Because I could maybe watch her try for a while.

(Hide the coffee.)

Lupin toebeans times two! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

passes Iggy my cheat sheet…

Iggy can’t do everything! Crack the code AND keep Ora Zella away from the door.

Whatever happens, I hope these cub (ahem) reporters are promoted to full-fledged journalists when the spell dissipates. They have earned their stripes!

HEY! Maybe this is all an elaborate hazing ritual designed to test their mettle and see if they can keep the station running.

¡Viva Breaking Kitty Mews! (And Lupin and Ora Zella who put the “Breaking” in Breaking Cat News.)

OT repost from yesterday

I’m trying to think of a collective noun for roombas: herd, colony, and fleet don’t seem to fit. Maybe a sweep of roombas? Any other ideas from the orb?

Lupin, pray tell, why do you think it’s a good idea to open the door, let alone let Orazuzu open it?

Yeah, that was my take on Iggy yesterday.

Iggy is still peeking around corners. But with a smile! He’s found a purpose. And I love it that he just takes it for granted that he is who he is.

Thank goodness for Beatrix. She’s got more sense than the only functioning ‘adult’ on the scene

We haven’t seen The Children since the weekend. Let’s hope they’re simply out of camera range.

I love that the leader of this company, and the apparent “adult” in the room, is Beatrix!

How quickly will he break the code?

Go it, Iggy! And, out of testing phase, someone plug Elvis’s ears!

I often pray for the intentions of The Orb in need, never thinking that I would need prayers in return, but I do. My adult daughter is in the hospital with an high fever after surgery a week ago. They are packing her in ice tonight, or I guess I should say this morning. Please pray for her, and her wonderful husband who is by her side doing some praying of his own. Thank you.

Iggy can pop, that code, easily!

Does this mean Iggy can read? Did he learn in the Boy’s lessons?

You has no way to knows it a vowel cat. You not even knows if theirs language is has a vowel even. No points in wasting time with that.

It’s good to see gentle Iggy getting to help save the day!

Iggy pop at the end. I love the way he pops into frame.

According to Miss Mina’s cheat sheet, that symbol is a vowel…it’s a “U”.

Ora Zella doesn’t need to know what’ll happen if she opens that door. She just knows it’ll be chaos!

You know, she’s going to open that door.

OZ – Lupin’s question may seem innocent, but remember you’re probably being taped (I know it’s “live feed,” but I’m sure Burt has it set up to record, too. Be careful what you confess to!

I had one many years ago who made a serious attempt at door opening. She’d leap up and grasp the doorknob with both paws, hanging there for a few seconds. Good thing I didn’t have the lever style of door latch, or she’d have succeeded.

Keeping Ora Zella away from the door probably won’t be easy.

What happened to the Children?

The kids are all right

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Violet-Ifa: Yes, it looks like some ancient hieroglyphs repurposed for modern use.

Beatrixia: There seem to be a lot of emeralds. You say they represent vacuums?

Vi: Yes. These are a special type of vacuum designed to clean floors. I think they were called roombles.

Bea: Because of the sound they made?

Vi: Most likely. Let’s see what we can make of these hieroglyphs.

Ora Z: I think I could make a love shawl from the tapestry. Or maybe a new tunic.

Sophititi: Maybe. But best to leave the tapestry as is for now.

Enter Iggy Shipwright

Iggy: You know, I think I’ve seen hieroglyphs like this before. They were used to document our shipbuilding methods.

Bea: Have you seen this set of hieroglyphs?

Vi: The ones near the pictograph of the foreman (forecat) dropping a hammer on his paw? I’m not sure.

Good plan, Bea. If these are the forces the BPH can muster against the invading roombas, I’m glad there is someone to take charge. Looking forward to seeing Iggy crack the code.

Iggy has probably determined it is a vowel using a similar trick that has been used to crack some cipher codes here on Earth. In English, the letter “e” is the most commonly reoccurring vowel in words. So when you find the symbol that occurs most frequently in a cipher code, odds are it represents the letter “e,” or at least a common vowel, and thus gives you a headstart at deducing what some of the words might mean by assuming that. It’s at least usually a good starting point.

Now technically, because we’re dealing with an alien language here, there probably shouldn’t be any guarantee that the alien grammar is similar enough to guarantee that same trick working here…but since the message is probably just a cipher-substitute code itself representing English words rather than a true unique language for the sake of storytelling purposes, Iggy and Bea probably have the right idea here.

I’m calling it again that Ora Zella’s definitely going to open that door before the arc’s over. ;)

If any kitty can Ora Zelda can!

Two of my three — the tabbies, not surprising — have figured out the screen door latch.

You know what, Ora Zella, sure. We can open the door, BUT on the condition that we Fastball Special you into the midst of the Roombas. Take your chainsaw, it’ll be fun.

Find something for Ora Zella to do to keep her away from the door!

She can feel it in her bones! Hehehe [snort] (That line really tickled me; love it!)

OT: more stuff

OT: Daughter update…

OT:House Stuff

If it’s a knob probably not. If it’s a lever then definitely.

Remember Cats, Little Orphan Annie says: “Be sure to drink your Ovaltine”.

What about the doombas that snuck through before they closed the door the first time? What are they doing? Chilling with Tortimer?

Maybe Iggy could be an apprentice detective!

We don’t open doors if we don’t know who is on the other side kitties, stay safe XXX

Good luck cracking the code, Iggy! You can do it!

I figured Beatrix would be coordinating the effort.

Sis: I’m having a crazy possibility: What if somewhere int he future Breaking cat news gets so popular it gets a movie?

Of course, she has that chain saw …

Please don’t mention open doors. During a very warm spell last week, my front door opened (the heat swells the wood in the door) and one of my cats ran out. She won’t come back inside. I’m at my wits end. She comes onto my deck and eats the food I leave but if I approach her she runs away. It will be the start of the rainy season soon and I don’t want her outside. She’s old, about 18, and I worry about her. I guess she’s a wild child.

Oh, Iggy’s little face in P4 is adorable. :)

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Hey Goergia, what is The Woman’s and Man’s Name?

Kitten tooth! Yes, keep her away from the door.