Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for April 03, 2022

Sunday Funday

The death noodle balloons will not go quietly…..

Happy birthday, Girl! …who wants to bet that those balloons are about to meet the ceiling fan?

Apparently the woman and Lupin have lack of stealth mode in common!

Happy birthday dear little girl!

Death noodles? That sounds yummy.

The girl is happy with the FWUMPs. Don’t worry about saving the balloons.

Oh, I see Lupin’s ready with his CLAWS in that last panel… Lupin!

LOL, death noodles.

Still better than the vet bills we had thanks to Bagheera trying to be a tough guy and fighting with other cats. He thankfully adjusted very well to being an indoor cat after we finally had enough of that. Though he did still try to tell other kitties to stay off his lawn.

I see you, Elvis, tapping that leg… All the Woman needed was for one to pop.

OT: @Dr_scuttles

Without the death noodles, Elvis is not doomed. The balloons, however, …

Aha. This means that there’s going to be cake.

Written by Jimmy Webb, performed by the Fifth Dimension: Up, Up, and Away

Take away the twine from these beautiful balloons

Elvis wants to dine from these beautiful balloons

We want no death noodles to tempt our kitties,

Now we will try, we will try

To get away with these beautiful, these beautiful balloons!

…….

Celebrate the girl, with these beautiful balloons,

My heart’s all in a whirl, with these beautiful balloons!

Now to sneak them out unnoticed to the living room,

Now we will try, we will try

To get away with these beautiful, these beautiful balloons!

…….

Trying to sneak these balloons to the living room,

Knowing from the start, the effort is doomed!

The telltale FWUMP can be heard throughout the house,

And everyone is hearing, the efforts they are cheering!

…….

Fun is waiting there, with the beautiful balloons,

Fun is everywhere, with these beautiful balloons,

No use trying to sneak these balloons to the living room,

But we did try, we did try!

No need to get away with these beautiful, these beautiful balloons!

Balloons!!

Goldie toe beans!

Wouldn’t it also be bad for a cat to eat a lot of twine?

Death noodles. Good name!

Elvis!

You’re the dad cat , leave the balloons for the girl to enjoy first!

Puck

Always the gentleman.

Goldie

What a sweet child you are, trying to keep the surprise!

Lupin

As always calm, collected at the news desk, reporting the news and all the news….but once away from the desk! Mr. Mayhem makes his way to midtown!

I spy a glass door knob in the last panel! Most of the (interior) doors in my house still had them when I moved in — and I love them.

Happy birthday, enjoy the cake when it comes X not so silent, all the fwumping!!!

Don’t let Lupin claws near your beautiful balloons

Don’t let Elvis paws untie your beautiful balloons

We wish you happiness to last forever, sunny skies

For days can fly, time goes by

Up, up and par-tay

With your beautiful, your beautiful balloons

Your world’s a nicer place with such beautiful balloons

Love your smiling face with your beautiful balloons

We can sing a song and wish balloons could touch the sky

For they can fly, they can fly

Oh, happy birthday

With your beautiful, your beautiful balloons

- Jimmy Layne Webb – Up-Up and Away – The 5th Dimension

I wonder if ninjas get instruction in balloon sneaking. It would make them even more marketable.

We get hilarious lines from Georgia and today we have another: “Gimme the death noodles.” An instant classic.

What are your favorite lines? Mine is this: “I speak Four languages. I am an alpha female. I scare Dogs. I HAVE CAUGHT THE RED DOT.” Even though technically it is more than one line, it is my favorite.

My late loving wife and I had a Munchkin who had to have surgery because she would eat the artificial Christmas tree and anything like it. It took many different attempts to correct that issue, like removing certain parts of the tree. And lots of hairball treatments, which really none of our cats have ever liked.

Happy birthday, sweet girl! Lots of love and purrs and snuggles from our crew :)

I see Lupin no longer has his dinging collar – I guess he now has won:

Wait for it . . .

The NO-BELL Prize!

Sorry. :-(

Happy Birthday to the Girl! May your day be filled with sunshine and smiles.

There is no sneaking with a fistful of balloons.

And even if she did get them into the apartment quietly, I see Lupin in that final panel – he’s ready to make some NOISE!

Also, I love the cut-glass door knob; such a lovely detail from old Victorian homes.

Elvis is really REACHING today; in several panels!

Happy Birthday Girl!

LOL – Elvis in the last panel still reaching for the modified death noodles.

Just woke up from one of my 237 in between naps and had the strangest dream: no one else than ‘Dirty Harry’ Clint Eastwood itself stood before me snarling: “You’ve got to ask yourself a question: ‘do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk? NOW GIMME THE @#%$&! DEATH NOODELS!!!” I have absolutely no idea what he wanted from me…

I am reminded of my recent vet visit with a certain Miss Elsa that involved some bright purple yarn…

I’m with the Woman. Been there, done that, except with yarn. New rescue decided, like Elvis, that it was spaghetti. My bill was closer to a grand, only because we went to our regular vet, and then referred to the big city. Let’s not even talk about travel time. All yarn, pillows with fringe, etc., etc, all locked up.

Happy Birthday, Girl!

Has anyone had any update on Shirins and her mom? I have been thinking of her.

Subtlety, thy name is not the Woman.

Hahahah, death noodles makes me laugh so hard! Stopping someone from dying of their own stupidity is indeed a strong form of love. Happy birthday to the Girl! Aren’t the Children both April babies?

Love today’s strip, and there is very rarely ANYTHING to criticize about Georgia’s work, but did anyone else notice that Puck’s eyes are a bit too orange today?

But maybe it’s the filter on the CN camera.

Off-topic Phishing websites

Recently, when using GoComics I have been seeing fake web pages for “renewal” of McCaffee, for Opera GX, and a page that asks permission to send notifications. DO NOT CLICK ANYWHERE on these web pages. Legitimate web pages will have the company’s name in some form as part of the URL (address). I have reported this to GoComics. The only way I have been able to stop these fake ads from appearing spontaneously is to reset my Chrome browser.

Those are some noisy balloons. :)

I’ve honestly never seen helium ballons tied with twine. For one thing, it’s heavier than thin ribbon.

Happy Birthday young lady.

This is no laughing matter. No icicles on Christmas trees, no dropped rubber bands, flush the used dental floss, string from kitty litter bags ONLY in the closed trash. All just part of having cats.

death noodles lol

Happy Birthday, Girl!

Lupin doesn’t have his bell!

Tweets from Dr. Scuttles, March 29

A frigidly cold night. Winter has leaked its way into spring, as it often does in New England. I’ve nestled myself under my heat lamp. The plastic of this indoor kiddie pool is warm. The clock of the kitchen is ticking softly. I have a small pile of potatoes chips beside me.

There is a comfort to waiting out the chill, but the sluggishness of it continues to weigh on me. Were that my blood were just a bit warmer, but alas. For now—these potato chips will not crunch themselves. And it is a low energy activity.

As spring’s thaw comes roaring in, I will have more energy to write and observe and share my vast knowledge of cryptids. I thank everyone who has quietly, humbly passed these softer months with me. Snappers are poor winter company, but you’ve made me feel welcome.

Here is a picture image folks online call a “Mem,” or “meme-nto,” I believe. Whatever the name, a clever summary of how this weather has me feeling. Hope that Man marathons these People films again, detailing their rich history around their one ring.[LOTR meme: “What about Winter?” “We’ve already had Winter…” “We’ve had one, yes. But what about Second Winter?”]

Tweets from Dr. Scuttles, March 31

Tomorrow is an incredibly exciting day for cryptid spotting!

Emboldened by the knowledge that no one will believe a sighting or photo of them on April 1st, many cryptids take advantage of the day to take a walk in the sunshine, meet friends for coffee, grocery shop, etc!

Be on your best look out! A lumbering, slow scurrying through the trees may be your lucky moment!

…No one will believe you, of course.

But if you are a true admirer of cryptids, you’re not in it for the potential RECOGNITION!

You’re in it for the potential FRIENDSHIP!

I have it on good authority that the Loveland Frog in particular often uses April 1st to take care of pesky errands, such as refilling bird feeders and cleaning out his garage. He used to go out in early March, but then there was all that nonsense with the local police in 1972.

Tweets from Dr. Scuttles, April 1

That Man is up quite late for him. No doubt excited for tomorrow’s spectacular opportunities to view cryptids. I hear you good sir. Yes, perhaps some PBS to soothe the nerves!

And dare I hope for a snack-snack?

Blast it all, I fell back asleep before I could see if that Man was breaking out snacks-snacks—

WHAT’S THIS?

A small plate of potato chips has been left in my plastic kiddie pool!

THE START OF A FINE DAY!

Good luck today, everyone! Let your friends know. And if you spot any cryptids, let ME know!

Alas… No cryptid spottings for me today.

I did however see a robin wearing a dandelion as a hat. While it was not expected, it was not an unwelcome sight. Or a bad hat.

Not a wasted afternoon!

Tweets from Dr. Scuttles, April 2

It’s nice enough today that Man has let me into the (fenced) backyard for a walkabout. Enjoying this. Good for my legs to get a bit of a stretch now and then.

UPDATE: I have eaten all the daffodils.

Our older cat is what the vet called a “linear eater.” There was an episode with curling ribbon when he was just passed kittenhood that fortunately solved itself. Ever since we’ve worked very hard to keep anything long and thin out of his reach.

Death noodles, huh?

Even though the girl was born in April, she wasn’t introduced into the strip until June because Georgia took “maternity leave.” Her first birthday party returned her birth to April where it belonged. It was quite the event. Even the robber mice gang was wearing their finest dresses.

http://www.breakingcatnews.com/comic/the-baby-is-turning-one/

“Look Ma, no learning "curve!

“Silently”

“death noodles”!! Ha ha! ROFL! I had one that found my spool of canvas thread. I got home to a Halloween spiderweb all over the front room – one end down Chaplin. No e-vet then. Vet suggested making a metamucil ‘gruel’, thick enough to gather up the thread and take it out. She passed it about 2 days later – a gluey clump. Knock wood for others.

I’m a little puzzled why the balloons are "fwump"ing…

Death noodles, huh? Reminds me of Calvin and his infamous (yet never seen) Noodle Incident.

It’s sunday sunday gotta get down on sunday! Party up gettin up in the morning gotta get fresh gotta go down stairs gotta have a bowl and have cereal.A excerpt of my parody of Friday(Not a real song)

This is an important message. In 2013, my cat Lucky ate a piece of string without my knowing, and got sick. I called a vet, who at first suggested food poisoning. 24 hours later, he had me bring Lucky in. Another 24 hours of observation, 1 x-ray, and a final ultrasound, and he told me Lucky had eaten string, which had lacerated his bowel and caused his spleen and abdomen to swell with fluid. An operation had less than a 50% chance of success, because of the likelihood that his bowel was lacerated in more than one place. I had to have him put to sleep. I was heartbroken.

Since then, I’ve urged my friends and other cat parents to please, please not let their cats play with string. The consequences of eating it can be agonizing and fatal.

Thank you, Georgia. I’m sorry Elvis had to go such an ordeal!

I know people who are terrified of balloons, won’t have any near them because they know they’re going to explode, not only making sudden loud noises but it means the balloon died, in its own sense, and there are little jerks at parties running around with pins. So the Girl is really lucky here.

The reason I don’t usually care for balloons is they’re really bad for the environment. There are biodegradable ones now for this reason. The string should be biodegradable too.

Ah. My cat inexplicably eats strong as well. I discovered this when I first made the mistake of letting him play with a piece of yarn that had been on my bedroom floor. It had been a couple of minutes, and he was being suspiciously quiet… so I peeked on him, and there was naught but a half an inch of the 6-in piece sticking out of his mouth. He was methodically snapping it up into his mouth, a few millimeters at a time. I rushed over to pull it out of his mouth, and it slid from his throat like a wet noodle. I still let the monster play with string sometimes, just not without supervision.