Close to Home by John McPherson for January 26, 2021

The way kids are these days, I’d sy that Mikey learned just the opposite.;-D

Is daddy’s hand up in agreement or does he need to use the litter box?

Great couch. ( not the green one) Bleeb, don’t get squashed.

Ouch. And double ouch.

I’ve tried to get a cat to climb a person. She wouldn’t do it!

I think a cat was the idea behind laser targeting weapon systems.

Mikey also learned that he can survive hanging upside down by his ankles outside a second story window for eight hours.

Dads a little tea pot now.

Bleeb better hope mom doesn’t have gas!

Oh yeah. I haven’t tried laser pointers on my puppies yet. Something to look forward to this weekend. Maybe a TikTok moment in the making.

Bleeb is really getting this Earth thing down, look at him chillin’ on the couch.

CUT!!! …. BLEEB!!!

ᴡʜᴀᴛ-ᴡʜᴀᴛ… ɪs ɪᴛ “ᴅʀɪɴᴋʏ“ᴛɪᴍᴇ?!

You’re on the wrong sofa… It’s NOT that way in the script!

sᴄʀɪᴘᴛ-sʜᴍɪᴘᴛ… ɪ’ᴍ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ɪ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ!

Dang it, Bleeb… you’re giving me anxiety!

ʏᴇᴀʜ ᴡᴇʟʟ… ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ɢɪᴠɪɴ’ ᴍᴇ ɢᴀs!

Oh yeah, well… you’re fired!

ᴏʜ ʏᴇᴀʜ, ᴡᴇʟʟ… ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ᴜɢʟʏ!

Wait… stop stop stop! This is getting us nowhere fast, and it could go around in circles for hours. I suppose we could just try it again on the correct sofa, after you take five!

sᴏᴏᴏᴏ, ɪs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ… ғɪᴠᴇ ᴍɪɴᴜᴛᴇs… ᴏʀ ғɪᴠᴇ ғɪɴɢᴇʀs ᴏғ ʙᴏᴜʀʙᴏɴ?

I’d say it more like Dad learned that lesson the hard way; not the happy-go-lucky kid!

Mikey learned a lesson too…….never try to sit down after daddy has put his boot up your ass .

Unless, of course, mommy is angry with daddy.

And Bleeb learned never to sit that close to Mommy on Taco Tuesday…

Mikey’s name is now Claude.

Good thing it wasn’t on Daddy’s crotch!!!

Did the parents learn a lesson? Like what not to allow Mikey to have? Cuz it looks like business as usual to me.

Lasers have been proven to blind people, & possibly animals also. NEVER point a laser at anyones face/eyes direction!!!!!

The cat looks sad. No more laser dots to chase.

I think the whole laser pointer as a cat toy is cruel. Cats need, I mean desperately need, to chase something they can catch. Making a person a target is even more cruel. It may cause the person to come to harm and is sure to get the cat disciplined for only following its instincts.

Mike just learned how to get back at Dad.

I am surprised daddy isn’t also blind after having a laser shine in his face and a cat crawling all over it.

No he didn’t learn as l don’t see any bandages on Mikey…..

Toward the end of her life, our cat was apathetic about the laser pointer. She was sick and I think she knew her time was coming to an end. But what a great mouser she was in her prime. Miss you, Nutmeg.