Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for September 30, 2017

Yes, why is Lupin wet and where is Elvis? Does not knocking over more lamps win him the race?

Puck! Such language!

And it looks to me that it was Puck who knocked over the lamp, so Lupin should be disqualified as well as wet.

Love Tommy holding up the “scoreboard.”

I agree with Tommy! 10.0!

It would be easy to pick a favorite, but then a different cat does something cute.

Sorry I’m disrupting the comments, but on a different note: Georgia has posted the story and an Instagram of the real life Beatrix on her Twitter account! (if you don’t know, you don’t need to have your own Twitter account; you can just log on www.twitter.com/georgiadunnbcn). But be prepared with tissues, it’s a heartbreaking story……..

We used to have a kitty who often begged the question “…Why is Dell wet?” The “this time” usually went unsaid. Miss my little troublemaker.

So, for whom is the 10.0 score for?? Lupin or Elvis? Lupin was certainly the fastest and knocked over the last lamp, but Elvis knocked over the most lamps, so . . . where does that leave us?

Thanks for a much-needed smile, Georgia. Yesterday, I lost my 15 yr. old Sofia to lymphoma. What joy our pets give us, no matter how much collateral lamp damage! RIP, my darling.

You can have nice things, OR you can have a cat.

“Mother of Cat!” Is this the first time in the newspaper strips (as opposed to the web strip) that we have had a reference to Cat?

Check out the Aug. 26, 2014 strip for a complete recap. Elvis clearly hurt his performance by going for altitude & poofing when offered water. Lupin maintained his edge by staying lower. When Lupin was doused with Elvis’s water, he also got an aerodynamic boost by slicking his fur down, reducing drag. Elvis’s insistence on altitudewas also impaired due to the vortices from Lupin, adding to the drag coefficient. Lupin won. The trigonometry proves it!

Lupin won! He’s holding up both arms in victory and smiling. Lupin obviously hit the lamp because Tommy awarded a 10.0. Most telling of all, Elvis has flattened his ears back.

:-D

Puck should have known better than to stand next to the last remaining lamp. Might as well stand next to the finish line at the Kentucky Derby.

Georgia, the hits keep coming. I have not said it in a while, so will say it now: Thank you, thank you, thank you, for hanging in there in the face of adversity. You have created this amazing little world out of your brain and hands, and drawn a group of universally kind people to it. We have never met, and likely never will, but you inject some joy into my life every single day. You should be extremely proud, and I guarantee your two little ones will cherish these.

Speaking of cherishing things, one of my favorite strips involved a certain toddler, a cat, and a level 4 hazmat suit.

KK my 7yo calico comes to me wet, (just her head) and it reminds me that I need to fix the leaky tub faucet. Of course she’s all lovable and wants to cuddle. Meaning I am the drying towel for her head. Now that I think of it, that’s probably why she keep’s getting ear infections. Guess it’s time to get out the plumbing tools.

Phew! At least Lampy is safe sand sound…

As they used to say in the olden days: “10.0 from the East German judge”

Aside from maybe the first newspaper reference to ‘Cat’—is this the first appearance of a poofy Puck-tail?

This strip is SO FUNNY! Today was another genuine LOL, and in two places! Panel 2 and Panel 3.

Georgia, if you ever do a book-signing in northern Indiana, please let us know! Pet-tee please?

Michigan is a neighbor of Indiana,,,just a day trip for me. Count me for a book signing.

Thank you for my laugh for the day!

This is one of my favorite strips of BCN.