Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for December 20, 2021

Love the safety helmet and work cap with the kitty ears! Don’t worry ma’am. Your tree is in good paws!

Love the cat ears hard hats! Two cats in the tree…what could possibly go wrong!

I want a cat ears hard hat.

I love Pucky’s badge of authority.

Pucky is so polite yet businesslike.

A comment on yesterday’s strip that I decided to make here so more people would see it. Not only is the second to last panel from yesterday’s strip the December page in the new calendar, it is available on other things in the Zazzle store. In fact it is one of Georgia’s designs that are available to put on pretty much anything Zazzle offers if it fits. Also my calendar has shipped and they expect me to get it this week. I can’t wait.

So that is what PC is doing when she is in the tree.

Tune in tomorrow when we will sing ♪ “Christmas tree is falling down, falling down, falling down” ♫

Quite right! If that tree isn’t checked and tested, they could all be doomed.

And another of the classics:

http://www.richardstilgoe.com/poems/Night%20Before%20Christmas%202008.pdf

Industrial Chaos. If the tree can survive this…

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree

Your ornaments are history.

Of course it has to be checked and tested by the indus-tree experts.

Recently channel 5 news in Chicago had a photo of a tabby cat looking out from the depths of a Christmas tree.

I’m willing to bet that Goldie is in that tree somewhere to test the stability of the ornaments.

The little hard hats! ❤

Lupin’s wearing his hard hat at a very jaunty angle!

Tree climbing is a sorta ex-tree-me sports for cats.

I can’t believe no one has mentioned Elvis’ OMC adorable swishing of his tail in the first panel! ❤ ❤❤

I can see why Lupin loves Christmas so much, heh heh heh.

An orange vest and a badge on a lanyard will let you in almost anywhere, no questions asked.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Queen Catshepsut the Golden: My fellow cats, let us congratulate the Thomios on building this Yuletide tree.

Thomios: Thank you, Your Majesty. The tree was based on a design suggested by the Royal Procurers. Of course they won’t tell how they found it.

Sophititi: I am pleased to provide ornaments created by our own skilled artisans.

Tabith-Isis: And here are a few glowing red dots for decoration.

The Queen: Now, we need volunteers to place the ornaments on the tree.

Lupinium: I will start by testing the integrity of the tree.

Sometime Later

Lupinium: Your Majesty, I am happy to report the tree passed the rigorous Thwump test.

The Queen: Very good. But we still need someone to place the shining star upon the highest bough.

Puckmosis: May I suggest our champion climber, Beatrixia.

Bea: No problem.

All gathered around the decorated tree

Elvis-Anum: It looks so real, I’m almost pleased!

When I worked in Quality Assurance I was taught there is two basic types of testing ; Non-destructive tests where the item is intact after the test. And destructive testing where … well thats sort of self explanitory.

Lupin and puck in the tree! Which one will knock down more ornaments? WHICH ONE WILL PULL DOWN THE TREE ITSELF? 1 point per ornament, 100 points per tree. Maybe we’ll get a krum gets the snitch sort of thing if there are more than 100 ornaments.

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree, Your Ornaments are History

Well, it’s nice to see the kids having fun.

I am going to venture that Goldie is in charge of inspecting the ornaments and tinsel. I predict chaos will ensue before Christmas Eve…..

Well Ma’am, everything checks out. You just have to fix a burned out light, in section 5 and I’m sorry that a few ornaments didn’t survive the integral structure test.

P.S I’m selling Pun resistant eye shades -ear muff, combo! For 3 easy payments of, 839.95, you can avoid seeing and hearing rim shot groan inducing puns!

Just leave the SNAKE alone!

Did Puck co-opt a Christmas card for his badge?

OT except the topic is cats.

I got out six Temptations, two for each kitty, and broke two in half for my toothless Nikki—not because she’s toothless, oh no, but because she wants to be in charge and now she thinks she’s getting twice as many as the others. Then my dog barked rather urgently to go out, so I left the Temptations on the table and took the dog out. When I came back, there were only two Temptations left on the table, but still three cats on the floor—three starving cats who have obviously never been on the table. I couldn’t bear to punish the innocent, so I wound up rewarding the guilty. Not that anyone here was ever guilty of anything, ever , oh no.

I feel like it’s the Woman’s stability that’s being tested more than anything.

This is why the Tommybaum is superior—they’re much harder to knock down and climb in.

Is the tree’s base in water? Is Iggy drinking said water?

OT: Me

Sssssqqqqqqwweeeeeeee!!! Love the hardhats with bumps for the ears!!!!!

Structure is inspected to see if it’s safe for cats, but the cats have to inspect it to see if it’s safe for cats. There’s logic in there somewhere.

I have the tree up, but not decorated. So far, oopsie has just sat under it, hasn’t tried to climb it or anything. This will be the first Christmas without Vlad. Every single year, without fail, he would try to eat the artificial tree. It was always a challenge to keep him from trying to have a snack…….

Is that one of the ghost cats between Puck and Lupin in the tree?

OT: Waffle

Everything must be tested to destruction. And then pushed to the floor. And eaten, then coughed up.

This morning Update ended up stretched out about 6 inches from Reboot. This was close enough that Reboot could twitch the end of his tail in Update’s face. She promptly tried to swat said tail and Reboot would twitch it out of her reach. He looked like he was trying to play with her without actually playing with her. When she caught his tail, he swatted her. She swatted back, and the swat fest was on. Both were still stretched out on their sides about six inches apart. When Update would stop swatting, Reboot would start the whole thing over again by twitching his tail in her face.

I know it was just play because neither one was hissing or growling.

Love Lupin’s slightly “askew” Hard Hat.

My math brain is wondering if they’re going to calculate any integrals . . .

Kitties we have seen on high

Sweetly checking o’er the tree

And the Woman in reply

Telling them to let it be

Kitties we have heard on high

Sweetly, sweetly through the night

And with joy you can’t deny

Singing loudly bathed in light

Gloria, in excelsis Cattus

In excelsis Cattus

- Traditional – Angels We Have Heard on High

Leave it to the purrfessionals, Woman.

Lupin has not heard of non-destructive testing.

It’s an articifial tree. The integral structure is either metal or a heavy duty plastic as far as the trunk of the tree is concerned. Not much to be concerned about there. At least not until it’s time to throw it away. Then the concern is where it goes when you take it to at the transfer station.

The real concern right now isn’t the integral structure. It’s balance. Can the tree take the weight of one, two, three, or four kitties on any one side and not fall over. Possible shattering preshush (?spelling) family heirlooms in the process.

and my kitten is here to test the edible structure of the tree

Leafing through a catalog this afternoon, I ran across an appropriate t-shirt message for the cat inspectors and all you science types out there

ENGINEER

Fixing problems you didn’t know you had

In ways you can’t understand.

;-)

Does anyone want to talk about Lupin? I read Georgia’s latest update . . . and I feel so desperately sad . . . I’m hoping for a miracle. As Georgia said, hope is unstoppable. ❤ And should our darling Cat of Adventure have to cross over the Rainbow Bridge in an untimely manner, he’ll forever be immortal in BCN, in our hearts and minds, forever our elated Anchorcat and Tiny Horse. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{sending Lupin extra rumbling purrs, ear scritches, head boops, bumps, and a Big Spoon}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Leave it to BCN to make your day!

OMC! I can’t believe it! I just heard from @Michael G!!!! His e-mail said “Just got loaned a machine. Hey, just moved to a sitting position. Been a long time; OK otherwise.” Could have knocked me over with a feather! I’m not an early bird, so you early birds feel free to spread the news tomorrow!

Thank you all in the Mega-Orb for your beautiful messages about my friend Steve’s passing. Like my aunt says, you never truly lose people you love. “What you miss is their presence. But their essence endures.” And that goes for everyone here who’s lost a loved one be they People, Cat, or other. Peace be with you this Cold Moon, this Winter Solstice, this Christmas and always.

OT Waffle update

Ok, so I’m slow. Has Georgia been reading Larry Niven? Like maybe his novel, The Integral Trees?