Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for August 20, 2020

We knew it! (Also, well done Lupin for NOT stalking off in a huff. YOU exonerated you!)

Ah-Ha!!!

Looks like the Goldie / Lupin / Natasha team it turning out to be quite the success!

Great .. How do they convince The Woman?

I knew it!!

On August 7th, I asked who people thought broke the vase. The very first reply, by marilynnbyerly, got it right! Are you clairvoyant?

Not so much “framed” as hung out to dry, it appears. So it was not a pop-tart the boy was eating! (I repeat – The Boy was convicted and sentenced to the timeout chair. DUNN, DA DUNN DUNN) :-)

Peanut butter is better than a fingerprint! Why didn’t the Woman see it?

Could’ve been left there AFTER the vase broke? XD;

I knew that sandwich wasn’t incidental!♥

So it turns out the boy is the culprit. I wonder how it happened. It surely was an accident because I can’t imagine the angelic little fella doing it on purpose.

Love Natasha on Lupin’s head.

Hold on. We do not know that it was the boy. The peanut butter itself might have broken the vase. Perhaps someone else stole a bit of the boy’s peanut butter and broke the vase while sneaking away with it. (And we know who would steal peanut butter.) We need more evidence.

It’s always the person who turns up for just a few minutes. (Or, in ‘Death in Paradise’ arrives after the murder has been committed.)

I knew it! It was an elephant.

Hmmmm. Could Short and Stout be a Sticky Wicket?

Fluffernutters!

I totally called it. XD

Is that the Boy or the Girl???

I gang. I finally got around to uploading an avatar. This is my little princess Yum Yum, one of my current cats.

I agree with Natasha – “none of the crunchy stuff.”

So Natasha is going to be handling and processing the forensic evidence from now on?

So the boy was eating a peanut butter sandwich! However, was he the only one who was eating PB?? Goldie might have to make sure the Man and or the Girl did not also have peanut butter when the crime occurred. However, great teamwork by Goldie, Natasha and Lupin. Should they hang a shingle that says G,N & L or G, L & N? I am going to assume Goldie will be the chief investigator!

Lupin is better at finding the clues than the so called self proclaimed detective. Now put that hat back where it belongs, Goldie. On the head of the great investigative journalist.

Ha! I knew the Boy knew more than he was saying! Probably because his tongue was stuck to the roof of his mouth trying to hide the evidence! Poor Lupin getting thrown under the bus like that! Now, the Woman just needs to connect the dots… Being an avid fan of British detective shows, I’m sure she’ll get there.

I owlvase suspected it was the boy.

Oh boy! You’re in owl sorts of trouble now.

Everyone:-GASSSSP-DUN DUN DUUUUUUUN

LEAV A LIKE IF YOU WANT ME TO BECOM A PENGUIN 10 likes and penguin

Wait, so that’s not a Pop-Tart?

Ah ha! Goldie was right when she said “The answer is here”… We were given the clue in the very first strip, right in the panels that says “authorities have their suspicions”. Every British mystery show introduces the vital information in the first few minutes!

Well time to confront the boy and see if he will spill the beans.

Can Lupin sue for defamation of character?

Doesn’t this make for a pretty picture?

Told you it was the boy!

They need a confession from the real culprit.

Floor gang oop! Floor gang oop!

Robber Mouse happy waving claws! I also like the pose Lupin has in the first frame.

I knew it was coming

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

We refer you to the events of August 16th.

Broom-Sweepa: It was good of you to want to help, Whisk, but you must be more careful.

Lupinium: I’ll be glad to show Whisk how to clean up.

Broom-Sweepa: I think it would be better if you and Whisk went out to the Royal Playground and played some hoops.

Lupinium: Great. I need some practice for my game with the Temple Owl next week. Want to play, Whisk?

Whisk: You bet!

I dunno…it probably is the boy and the comic will run with that…but the peanut butter clue still seems awfully circumstantial, especially since it’s not clear when the peanut butter got on the shard in the first place—how do we know it didn’t end up there until after the vase had already been shattered?

When all else fails, blame the cat!

My comment from Aug 5:My3Cats PREMIUM MEMBER 15 days agoMaybe the boy did it.

I watched in consternation one day as a mother let her child fall asleep with a bite of peanut butter sandwich in his mouth. I told her it was dangerous. She said he did it all the time. In retrospect, I should have called Child Protective Services.

My elimination process days ago left me with the Boy as the culprit. :)

Super chunky, and Skippy brand for me! Okay, I am dating myself here. But I adored Annette Funicello ever since I was a kid and when she started doing commercials for Skippy, I demanded Skippy and nothing else. Still eat it to this day. I can honestly say it was the one and only thing I bought because of a celebrity endorsement.

Serious childhood trauma occurred when my big bully older sister told me Annette would like her more than me because they both had dark hair and I was a blonde.

Today is:

Virtual Worlds Day —Welcome to BCN, the best of all possible virtual worlds!

National Radio Day —"Uh, oh, radio! Nobody watches radio … nobody listens to it much anymore, either."

“Is there anybody out there?” — from an ancient radio commercial

National Bacon Lovers Day —We’re all in this together! Whether it’s pork belly or Canadian/Canadien, ’tis still divine, perhaps the food of the gods. Let us not be rash—rather let us be on the side of the rasher.

National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day — Chocolate Pecan Pie? Just thinking about it might trigger a diabetic coma—but what a way to go … Hey, it’s got nuts, so it’s healthy, right? Pass the butter …

World Mosquito Day —Malaria kills over 400,000 annually. Dengue kills an estimated 40,000 annually. Additionally mosquitoes transmit chikungunya, zika, yellow fever, and West Nile virus. But the hell of it is that mosquitoes are also pollinators and a significant food source for several beneficial species—and one of the deadliest animals in the world. Makes using DEET seem like a reasonable risk. For those who would rather not, investigate “cedarcide” (just do a search on that term.) We use the product called “Tickshield™” and it works. Does have to be reapplied if you are sweating a lot. We’ve found the yard sprays highly effective. All are very low toxicity. (I do not like to use the term “non-toxic,” as advertising use has rendered it meaningless.)

All right, who had money on the Boy?

DUN DUN DUNNNNNNN!!!

While Goldie works to exonerate Lupin, KK Productions brings you the mini-musical The Peanut Butter Phantom

Admiral Whiskerstache: Thank you for partnering with me in the purchase of the Popular Cat Theatre gentlecats. May we ever prosper.

Elvis: I’m sure everything will go smoothly. Oh, look! I just got a note.

Puck: That’s funny, I got one, too.

(Reading note) Dear cat friends welcome to my theatre. I trust you will do me proud. So we all get along, listen to my song. I require my peanut butter salary be paid from now on!

Puck: Who could have sent this note?

Admiral Tommy: Well, I’ve heard stories of the Peanut Butter Phantom haunting the theatre, but I’m sure it’s just a myth.

Elvis: Well I don’t like anyone telling me to give them peanut butter! They can get their own!

Enter Ballet Mistress Tabitha: Gentlecats, we have a terrible problem.

Elvis: Has anyone had a wonderful problem?

Tabitha: I’ll wait until you are done poofing. Now, we have no lead cat for tonight’s performance.

Puck: I know who could sing it. Miss Sophie has a lovely voice.

Tabitha: But she is so shy. Would she be up to it.

Puck: Go on Sophie, have a go.

Sophie: Well, alright.

(Think of Me)

Sing meow, sing meow fondly,

A contented purr,

Eat with me, once in a while,

Whenever you prefer.

…….

When you find that once again you long

To find some dinner all for free,

If you want to share some kibble,

Have a dish with with me.

…….

Think of supper when the dish is full,

Don’t worry if it’s empty, we will find a bowl!

…….

Sing meow, sing meow fondly

After a good nap

Imagine me, running around

All through the door’s cat flap!

Whoa…it was the kid!

if you go back to yesterday, you can see a small dollop of pb on a piece in the first panel

I knew it wasn’t lupin!

It was the Boy! Take that those of you who slandered the Girl!

Ahhhh! … Ya’ always gotz to watch out for da’ one with the ‘Sticky Fingers’ !!! :)

The way Natasha ‘tests’ the new evidence … … Does that make Peanut Butter a Controlled Substance ??!! … … Or, in this case, an ‘UN-Controlled one’ ??!! :)

Great job finding evidence, Lupin.

I lost my last Bengal Ichy on Monday. I had to help her across the Rainbow Bridge. She was 16 1/2 and her kidneys didn’t work anymore. Last year she was 18lbs and Monday she was 5lbs. I had been giving her subQ fluids and anything I could get her to eat but once she stopped eating I knew it was time. Her little spirit was willing to go on but her body wasn’t able. She was her same wonderful self all the way until the end. She could barely jump onto the vanity anymore (her favorite thing) but she did it. She will be sorely missed. RIP Ichy

It does look like Lupin has forgiven Goldie for her misstatement yesterday.

Peanut Butter pure? Sorry, that IS crunchy. The smooth is nothing but a cooking ingredient to me. Good for making cookies, candy, sauces, cakes etc. But for pure eating give me crunchy! Something I can sink my teeth into.

Happy Anniversary Woman and Man (Georgia and Ryan)!

Hope you have many more wonderful years together.

Natasha fits very neatly between Lupin’s ears. Hope it doesn’t tickle.

I had my suspicions all along.

AND IT’S NOT A VERY PRETTY PICTURE, DANGER!!!

Always the dastardly children!

Lupin looks so happy.

Happy Anniversary, Georgia & Ryan!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CEHmPGwJ6Jl/

Peanut Butter? I thought that sticky substance was just gum from the detective’s shoe.

I’ve changed the link on my profile page to Sunny on his favorite perch.

Maizing I just took a look at your link. He is a big beautiful cat.

I would have used “Exonerated.”

A-ha! I thought it was one of the kids but I didn’t want to point fingers! Much better to let the professionals figure it out.

I just found out today is Georgia’s anniversary! Happy happy Day Mrs. & Mr!