Well I don’t think much of that figurine but it’s true when you have kitties there are things you can’t have. I haven’t had a Christmas tree in years. Anything breakable on tables. Small items they can knock off and break or bat around the house. A cat can make a toy out of anything.
Cats are not the only ones that have to have things put up to prevent breakage: Children, relatives nasty children, etc. Buy an artificial tree and decorate with plastic or hot sauce on ornaments, or even better, spend Christmas with relatives, they always over decorate with some breakage with me in the lead.
Christmas or any holiday is to be enjoyed. If it were perfect thre would be nothing to remember. “Do you remember the time……when…….” Two years in a row we had cedar trees cut from the property. Could not understand why they were so stinky. Realized the second year. The felt tree skirt had been liberally soak with cat urine each year. Cedar has a distinctive order that had attracted the cats. That was the last of our real Christmas trees. now we have nice, unbreakable ornaments that we have made over the years.
Back in the “good old days” when there big derriere TV’s we had a Siamese cat that like the warmth he would get on top and stretch out. Too bad for anything on top.
Ya know, now that I think of it, I don’t see so many figurines offered in magazines anymore. . .or is it just that I don’t get any of the “Seven Sisters” anymore?
The only difference between cats and small kids is, that at least with kids, you can load ’em up on sugar and send them home to their parents as sweet revenge.
We are blessed with our current pets who show know interests in being destructive. Having said that, who would put a breakable figurine there? If it wasn’t a stray tail hitting it, it could be a grandchild’s elbow. If it was still standing, I might trip and cause the table to wobble.
I had a little urn on my piano which held a tablespoon of my dad’s ashes. With one swipe, kitty knocked it off, the lid gave, part of Dad fell through the piano keys, the rest landed on the carpet. I had no recourse except to vacuum up my dad. Sorry, Pop!
In our case, it is my husband’s onyx chess set. The kitten loves to knock the pieces over and watch them roll off the table. I’ve been putting them along the side of the board as if they were pieces that have been “taken”. So far black is winning.
Having lived with extremely large dogs ( Great Danes, St. Bernards, Russian Wolfhounds, etc. ) as well as feisty felines, I learned to keep breakable objects away from wagging tails and kitty swipes. What little destruction ( accidental or deliberate ) that occurred, wasn’t caused by my big, clumsy dogs but by the lithe and lethal cats.
Guessing I have been fortunate enough to have good cats over the years. None of them deliberately have pushed thing off surfaces just because and they have never bother the Christmas tree. The only time an ornament was broken by a cat was an accident. She had be under the tree (a fake one) and started to walk towards me for some attention. Just as she was out from under the tree her tail bumped an ornament and it fell to the floor shattering. It scared her a bit.
One of several reason we have no pets. I am reminded of the biggest reason every time I see a neighbor standing out in a cold rain waiting for a dog to poop.
enigmamz over 4 years ago
This is why we can’t have nice things.
sirbadger over 4 years ago
That’s why they invented Christmas ornaments that bounce. That might be even more fun for the cat.
Templo S.U.D. over 4 years ago
now why, Opal, would Roscoe destroy the figurine?
pschearer Premium Member over 4 years ago
“A cat is living sculpture.” — Wanda Toscanini Horowitz
“The smallest feline is a masterpiece.” — Leonardo da Vinci
Macushlalondra over 4 years ago
Well I don’t think much of that figurine but it’s true when you have kitties there are things you can’t have. I haven’t had a Christmas tree in years. Anything breakable on tables. Small items they can knock off and break or bat around the house. A cat can make a toy out of anything.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 4 years ago
“When you’re right, you’re right.”
stairsteppublishing over 4 years ago
Cats are not the only ones that have to have things put up to prevent breakage: Children, relatives nasty children, etc. Buy an artificial tree and decorate with plastic or hot sauce on ornaments, or even better, spend Christmas with relatives, they always over decorate with some breakage with me in the lead.
stairsteppublishing over 4 years ago
Christmas or any holiday is to be enjoyed. If it were perfect thre would be nothing to remember. “Do you remember the time……when…….” Two years in a row we had cedar trees cut from the property. Could not understand why they were so stinky. Realized the second year. The felt tree skirt had been liberally soak with cat urine each year. Cedar has a distinctive order that had attracted the cats. That was the last of our real Christmas trees. now we have nice, unbreakable ornaments that we have made over the years.
jmworacle over 4 years ago
Back in the “good old days” when there big derriere TV’s we had a Siamese cat that like the warmth he would get on top and stretch out. Too bad for anything on top.
hariseldon59 over 4 years ago
Blame it on Roscoe.
iggyman over 4 years ago
Typical cat behavior !
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 4 years ago
Proof that Earth is not flat. Cats would’ve knocked everything off by now. (old joke)
jagedlo over 4 years ago
Maybe because the Japanese knew how destructive cats could be?
KenseidenXL over 4 years ago
The REAL saying is: you can have nice things, or you can have a cat….
Daniel Verburg over 4 years ago
I always knew: cats in the house is valling for misery!
Breadboard over 4 years ago
Well Opal defend this action by your cat !
1953Baby over 4 years ago
Ya know, now that I think of it, I don’t see so many figurines offered in magazines anymore. . .or is it just that I don’t get any of the “Seven Sisters” anymore?
Zebrastripes over 4 years ago
Gasp! Opal will hit the roof when she sees this…
Diat60 over 4 years ago
Well, there went the Franklin Mint antique.
Reaven over 4 years ago
My cat is surprisingly careful about objects on shelves. So far I’ve found him sleeping against a lego AT-TE and on top of some books.
timinwsac Premium Member over 4 years ago
Or curtians.
Snolep over 4 years ago
Kind of agree with Muffin on demolishing that piece of “art”.
Linguist over 4 years ago
The only difference between cats and small kids is, that at least with kids, you can load ’em up on sugar and send them home to their parents as sweet revenge.
Casey Jones over 4 years ago
When you have a catsky, you don’t need tschatzky.
Tentoes over 4 years ago
Growing up, we called those small tables for holding potted plants, “Cat stands.”
Al Nala over 4 years ago
That’s a foot-high table??????????
Grutzi over 4 years ago
We are blessed with our current pets who show know interests in being destructive. Having said that, who would put a breakable figurine there? If it wasn’t a stray tail hitting it, it could be a grandchild’s elbow. If it was still standing, I might trip and cause the table to wobble.
magicwalnut Premium Member over 4 years ago
I had a little urn on my piano which held a tablespoon of my dad’s ashes. With one swipe, kitty knocked it off, the lid gave, part of Dad fell through the piano keys, the rest landed on the carpet. I had no recourse except to vacuum up my dad. Sorry, Pop!
zeexenon over 4 years ago
Just Jim Dandy, but not Nasty-Cat.
Jan C over 4 years ago
In our case, it is my husband’s onyx chess set. The kitten loves to knock the pieces over and watch them roll off the table. I’ve been putting them along the side of the board as if they were pieces that have been “taken”. So far black is winning.
Linguist over 4 years ago
Having lived with extremely large dogs ( Great Danes, St. Bernards, Russian Wolfhounds, etc. ) as well as feisty felines, I learned to keep breakable objects away from wagging tails and kitty swipes. What little destruction ( accidental or deliberate ) that occurred, wasn’t caused by my big, clumsy dogs but by the lithe and lethal cats.
Nobody_Important over 4 years ago
Guessing I have been fortunate enough to have good cats over the years. None of them deliberately have pushed thing off surfaces just because and they have never bother the Christmas tree. The only time an ornament was broken by a cat was an accident. She had be under the tree (a fake one) and started to walk towards me for some attention. Just as she was out from under the tree her tail bumped an ornament and it fell to the floor shattering. It scared her a bit.
gregorylkruse Premium Member over 4 years ago
This is all wrong. Our cat wouldn’t check to see if anyone is watching, and he would just jump up on the table and crowd Hamilton on to the floor.
Moonkey Premium Member over 4 years ago
I had enough cats in my life to learn that cats will either (a) knock anything on the floor or (b) sleep on it. Or both. Let’s not forget © – pee on it.
purepaul Premium Member over 4 years ago
One of several reason we have no pets. I am reminded of the biggest reason every time I see a neighbor standing out in a cold rain waiting for a dog to poop.
Jim G Premium Member over 4 years ago
I love that second panel.
Concretionist over 4 years ago
Our cat is too lazy to swat that hard. She just jumps up there and… oh, oops… it’s on the floor now.
P.S. That’s not art. That’s kitch.
fix-n-fly over 4 years ago
I think the saying should be changed to “A house with no cat needs no cat”!
WILLIAM "THE STINGER" HOLLIFIELD over 4 years ago
NO! BARE NEKO! WAIT TILL OPAL SEES WHAT YOU DID, MUFFIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
clarrywat Premium Member over 4 years ago
The saying should be “No house Needs a cat”.
Warhaft over 4 years ago
I don’t know about a Japanese saying, but it’s not wrong.
Spiny Norman Premium Member over 4 years ago
Best thing that could happen to a Hummel, or a pellet gun.