Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for November 13, 2020

Aaah! Goldie has a true Name of her own!

Also: For Science!

Welcome to the broadcast Marigold. Let’s see if that tart bounces.

Oh well, so long as it’s for science, knock yourself out—but don’t knock out Puck or Lupin in the process.

Hey, if it’s a science investigation, have at it!

Lupin seems especially gleeful in last panel….this is right up his alley!

Cats do science a lot. Because they so frequently defy gravity, they find it necessary to constantly test to see whether it is truly still in effect. It’s important work.♥

You’d think the word “fragile” would be a pretty good clue to the answer. XD;

Maybe tomorrow we will have a Pucky chart showing how much cat one pie will cover.

Everyone stand back! She’s doing SCIENCE!

I can imagine Burt… the camera guy who works the ticker at the bottom of the screen… cringing from Knowing what is about to happen. Two cats getting coated in stain making cranberries and then running all over the house… in two different directions… leaving a trail.

Welcome to Friday the thirteenth – Cat Style!

Aww Marigold ! I love that – Hi all- * sends hugs!

I’m sure Woman will understand, as long as it’s done for SCIENCE. lol

I am surprised that the cranberry tart has survived another day! But it looks like its demise is near. Unless it falls in comic slow motion, and a Woman in the form of deus ex machina saves the pie. Or is that dea?

Where is the control?!?!? You can’t have science without a control!!!

We all just assumed the tart had dropped yesterday. It still hasn’t dropped today. There’s still time for a last minute rescue.

With n=1 you have an anecdote. You need to push at least 100 pies off the counter to get a meaningful bounce probability number.

Not the best place to stand, Puck. Especially since it’s Friday the 13th. Were I not such a light-hearted optimist, I might even suggest that you are doomed.

Goldie has blinded me with SCIENCE!

Puck is about to find out if Science tastes good.

When your tart hits the floor like a big bouncy pie

That’s by Goldie

When the floor seems to shine with crust & cranberry wine

That’s from Goldie

Plate will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling

And she’ll sing “Vita bella”

Cats will shout “yes, hooray, oh happy day”

Like a gay tarantella

When a tart makes you drool just like pasta fasul

That’s aroma

When cats dance quite in awe with the juice on their paws

It’s from a shove

When cats walk in a dream but they know they’re not dreaming, signore

Scusami, but you see, that’s a naughty Goldie and

Tart’s a no more-ay!

(Harry Warren / Jack Brooks – That’s Amore)

Wow. They’re such ENABLERS! Wonder how Elvis will feel about it.

And now I officially read two separate comics with main characters named Marigold!

Everyone all together now:FOR SCIENCE!

OT

No, no. Wasting good food is not science. Real science is giving it to poor hungry bears.

Those little devils. The conspired to ‘test’ the tart to see if it bounces. Naughty, but cute too. The Woman’s reaction should be interesting.

This is Mythbusters-style science.

Important work is being done here. But Marigold ought to be in a lab coat while doing it.

Puck is going to look so adorable coated in cooked cranberries.

Is Puck’s shirt wash and wear or will it need to be dropped off at the magical cat clothes cleaners?

OT. Yen

See Last Kiss today for the perfect Friday the 13th black cat meme.

OT: as you may remember, just before I was “gracefully” ran over last year in 2019, I received a 5 week old kitten. and I had plans to have Ally spayed that fall. Well after months of taking care of myself with operations and therapy, Ally FINALLY got her spay yesterday! My question is, is it normal for her appetite to be slow last night and today? This morning her incision looks dry, but no heat or redness, she wriggled out of both the cone and onesie sweater. LOL

I do not see this ending well for anyone, especially Puck.

I did not know Goldie’s name (ineffable name) is Marigold! Also, red alert! Tart on the floor!!

Reminds me of Gallagher with a little Mr Wizard mixed in. I see Lupin and Puck are banking on plausible deniability

Tempting Tasty Tart Turmoil!

Turbulent test tangles tenacious tomcat.

Tape at ten.

Do cats scatter like rats when an angry Woman storms onto the scene? 4, 3, 2 …

Friday the 13th or not, a black Puck cat can cross my path anyday. With that sunny disposition, and gleeful smile, I know he can’t put bad luck on anybody.

“Back off Man (and Woman); I’m a scientist!” Thank you Bill Murray! :-)

Now I’m going to be going around declaring “Today is a glorious day…for SCIENCE!” all day.

Puck, ya might wanna move.

FOR SCIENCE-

I see Lupin and Goldie becoming fast friends… or at least coconspirators.

I see by her fang that Goldie is enjoying this.

This just in—science has determined that tarts, in fact, go splat, not bounce.

This is amazing, and hopefully will answer that age old question: DO tarts bounce, or does it have to be a specific type of tart?

Bill Nye would be soooo proud.

Since the tart appears to still be steaming hot, I hope that nobody gets splatted upon if it happens not to bounce!

“Puck here! Live at Ground Zero!” …

OT: My hurt car…

This will not end well…

Yesterday was:

When Pigs Fly Day: So it didn’t occur. Yesterday never happened. Any yesterday you may have perceived to occur was almost certainly the product of a fevered, delusional imagination.

Questions for Robin Harwood: 1. Do you have pigs in Australia, or do you substitute wombats? 2. Do wombats fly?

If the answer to 1. is “wombats,” and the answer to 2. is “yes,” then you are … well, you already know that.

Nooooooo!!!!!! Help! [covers head]

Hey Georgia, if you’re here—given your love of a certain 80s sitcom, do you ever call Goldie “Golden Girl”? If not, you absolutely should.

Today is:

World Kindness Day: That will happen when pigs (or possibly wombats, assuming they don’t fly) fly.

Sadie Hawkins Day: A creation of Al Capp, the creator of the comic strip Li’l Abner, that got out of hand. Originating in 1937, by 1952 it was celebrated in over 40,000 places. It began as a race in Dogpatch between the unmarried men and women. Any man crossing the finish line in the possession of a woman had to marry her. In real life (whatever that is) it was a day when a woman could ask a man out, or even propose marriage. Basically, role reversal. Since the advent of sexual equality the day has declined in popularity. See? Progress. When I look back on society’s, and my, attitudes back then, I am aghast.

Start a Rumor Day: Otherwise known as “Social Media Day.” Social media is about as social as a face plant. By the way, someone in Australia saw a pig and a wombat flying in formation and doing aerial acrobatics. I’ll bet this is on FacePlant and goes viral in a few hours, or maybe mere minutes.

I know lots of people don’t think cats should be outside, even in a safe environment, but one of the advantages is they aren’t so bored that they must destroy human stuff for funsies.

FOR SCIENCE!!

Mythbusters did it in 2005. You don’t want to know about their experiments with the “Dead Cat bounce.”

Cranberry tart’s don’t bounce. They splort. Now the dish their in might bounce before spraying cranberry tart filling everywhere.

With luck, the Woman or the Man will ride in to save the day at the last minute

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

As performed by Frank Sinatra: My Way

The end of the tart is near,

And now we face the final topping

My friends, you’d best stand clear,

This lovely tart will soon be dropping,

This tart was made with love

A lovely crust,

Delicious pie way!

But does, oh does it bounce?

I’ll find out My Way!

Is Goldie getting a book of her own or (be still, my heart) Baba Mouse?

I think all the books based on various comic strips would fill a whole library. I would want them all if I could afford them.

Will she tackle “Where does the water in the tub go?” next? Cat science marches on.

Goldie, you are an investigative journalist who does science experiments, are you trying to become my favourite?

Let’s hear it for science!

OT: The stray cats

FOR SCIENCE! I am so ripping that last panel for my FB profile pic.

I guess I am lucky, the only thing my cat knocks down, or tries to, is her own toys off the bookshelf.

NOOO SHE ACTUALLY DID IT! NooOo

SCIENCE!!!!!

Wow, I didn’t know here actual name was marigold!

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FOR SCIENCE!