Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for January 02, 2017

And sneak a peek while you’re on the computer, apparently.

Panel 5: “Burma Shave”

My late wife was once forced to capture and hold our escaped cat. He held that against her for the rest of her life. Nonetheless, when I was at work, he hung out near her. I established a water station for him there.

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Worth typing and saving I guess.

I have cat that greets me at the door and follows me around, even does a few tricks

I tell him he’s the best dog I’ve ever had

We think he is part Savannah Cat, and they are a bit different

A stray Maine Coon adopted us a couple of days ago. Maine Coons teach other cats the art of being a cat. She will follow me around he neighborhood when I go for a walk.

Cats definitely know how to hang out. Dogs, on the other hand, are just pretending to until you make a move,

Cats and dogs are sensitive to ghostly emanations. Cats aren’t bothered, dogs are.

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There was once a play in which one scene opened on an apprently empty room. A cat crawled from under a chair, stretched, and walked off stage – night after night. It had been kept confined in a cage that permitted little movement for a couple of hours before its performance. A timer opened the cage so the cat naturally wanted out. After the confinement, it needed to stretch. It walked offstage to be fed. Most animal wranglers say you cannot train a cat, only trick it into doing what you want. It is not so much training as choreography, and Pavlovian reflex.

Night-Gaunt49 said,

“Cats and dogs are sensitive to ghostly emanations. Cats aren’t bothered, dogs are.”

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Always assuming ghosts exist.

I don’t believe in ghosts — and I’ve met one.

(Or it could have been a Predator in a Chameleon suit.)

That’s supervision, not hanging out. Cats know that humans are not too bright and have a tendency to do weird things. If a cat doesn’t keep an eye on them, who knows what craziness they might get up to?

Cats were once treated as Gods and they have not forgotten that.

Cats wll stalk and leap and capture invisible mice. Just because we can’t see them, doesn’t mean the mice aren’t there.

Night-Gaunt49 <0>It depends on your definition. My citation came from those in the business, and agrees with the common perception that cats not only can’t be trained, they can’t be herded either. Indeed, few people are even aware of a proper collective for cats, clowder (and kindle for kittens) – they rarely permit being collected.

We had a cat that was not very affectionate but always had to be with us. Good call Mr Johnson!