Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for August 24, 2022

Oooh, all good points!

I love well-read cats.

Hah, Indiana Lupin is set to go on explores!

They are so well read!

Respectfully, Elvis, I disagree. The door to Narnia is anywhere you’re not expecting it. When you look for it in a wardrobe, it isn’t there. When you run through a gate in the back of your school just to get away from the bullies, that’s when you end up in Narnia.

O.T. – John update: the thyroid test show no change, praise God!! A friend recommended a physical therapist for his pain issues so he’s seeing one tomorrow night. Both Diane and John are very grateful for your prayers and positive thoughts. Thank you!!

yes, please. No nutty wives locked up in the secret room.

“Jane Eyre” if they are lucky. But I don’t think they will be that lucky.

Oh, I hope the door isn’t locked!

All good points. Smart cats!

It is easy to ‘pick’ locks. Learned that from a lock smith who had to unlock a couple of 100 year old locks. No more getting trapped in a room.

Some classically read kitties.

The first thing I usually think of is something to do with the Underground Railroad. (I’m from Indiana. There was a lot of abolitionist activity and several houses near mine had been Underground Railroad safe houses.)

I wonder what books Goldie, would think of?

Hopefully it’s not a “Bluebeard” situation!

It could be a “Men In Black” credits situation!

Literary references make me happy, even if they’re books I’ve never read!

I’m with you, Puck.

I wonder if the cats have a book club.

Or a Twilight Zone situation!

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Beatrixia: Hi, ladies. I hear you’re having a quilting bee.

Sophititi: Yes. Like to join us?

Beatrixia: Great! Now I can be a quilting Bea!

Maat-Tilda: I understand they found more gold and gems at the Very Good Pyramid.

Sophititi: Yes. I wonder why everyone was so obsessed with those things back then.

Calliope: They are pretty to look at.

Bea: And they can be used to make lovely works of art. Still, I hope they find more scrolls.

Kira: I have heard of a legendary sitting room where people would go to have a cup of coffee and read scrolls to their heart’s content.

Adobe Style: Iron Glove has been doing research on furniture design.

Bea: Maybe the legend is more than a myth.

Adobe: Yes. Maybe there is truth to the Comfy Chair.

Thank you to those above for explaining the reference I didn’t get. My worst fear would be an Annabelle situation, where they just find a doll sitting in the center of the room, unleashing the evil that caused it to be sealed away in the first place. I am glad we as a society have allowed Halloween to creep into August, because I am just ready.

Thanks to Dave Warneke’s podcast Book Cheat I get that reference.

We have a closet we call the Narnia Closet! In the book, once inside the wardrobe (which is a closet in the form of a piece of furniture), there is no second door, they just keep going further and farther behind the coats. Before we were flooded, our closet under the stairs stopped behind the hanging coats. While replacing walls and floors after the flood, we had the closet extended to use the space under the stairs. Now there is space for all the cat carriers, in case a quick evacuation is needed, and many other items as well.

I see Lupin has his hat of adventure on and all four cats are on the scene!

Or maybe a Rod Serling situation?

When people keep on stalling

But you wise cats are allied

When old plaster keeps on falling

And you can’t seem to get inside

Let your shove open the door

Be a love and open the door

Cat above, please open the door

Break it apart

- Peter Dennis Townshend – Let My Love Open the Door

Can’t wait to see what the cats report!!!~

excuse me serve but I disagree strenuously, possibly violently!

Maybe it’s a “door into summer” situation.

To the BAT CAVE Pucky……..

Right behind you Elvis!

Da da da da da da da da. Da da da da da da da. CAT MAN!

I just hope it’s not a House of Leaves situation.

Alice in Wonderland has an illustration of a doorknob exactly like this one.

Lupin, by that logic, there’d hardly be a Narnia in a closest.

I love The Secret Garden reference. Even more than discovering the garden, I loved Mary trying to explore the mansion and discovering locked rooms and passages and then at night hearing mysterious screams from somewhere in the house.

I keep worrying they’ll have a “The Situation” situation, even though they’re nowhere near the Jersey shore.

Maybe it’s like the Chamber of Secrets in Hogwarts! (Harry Potter for those few who somehow missed out.)

On Topic – Calendar:

Yesterday evening I got to finally meet our Patroness, Georgia (and the rest of the humans in the family) at one of her “Meet the Author” talks at a branch of the King County Public Library. I had to ask her something I’ve seen asked here: Will there be a 2023 BCN Calendar? Hooray, there will be, and she is working on it now!

Also—I asked about Swan Eaters—she will be continuing it to its conclusion. It’s about 2/3 complete now, so we’ll get the remaining third when she’s able to get to it.

No surprise, Georgia is a delightful person, Ryan’s a Good Guy, and the kids are good kids. I’m very very happy I was able to do that—got there some early, so was able to chat with her more than I’d perhaps expected, and I’m still very ‘up’ about it.

All this speculation based on literature has the air of Northanger Abbey if you ask me . . .

Well played, Georgia…

“A Rose For Emily” anyone? Secret staircase to a hidden corner of the attic, or a whole additional part of the cellar?

Is it possible that the Robber Mice are actually dormice?

WHATTT ??!! … ‘Narnia’?! … ‘Secret Garden’?! … ‘Jane Eyre’?!

No, no! I’m with mistercatworks on this one! It is DEFINITELY a ‘Monty Hall’ thing!! So – let’s see … What’s Behind Door Number ONE !!

Annnnd, 10-to-1 … It will NOT be …

‘A New CAR !!’ … :)

Gosh – I think I need to agree with Puck today. I’d much rather either Lupin or Elvis were correct, though. Either of those scenarios would be wonderful …

For the less well-read, this may be a “where’s Door Number Two” situation. I must see what is behind Door Number Two, even if we have to make it out of cardboard, flashing lights and sound effects.

For American game show enthusiasts, one door is never enough. :)

Or possibly a “Stargate” situation. ???

“The Door in the Wall”

OT: Lou & the Dreaded V.E.T., part 2

Lou went back to the vet’s this morning to get his nails clipped & his chip put in. This time sis was ready for him – she spiked his dinner last night & his breakfast this morning with gabapentin & added a little tuna water (which he loves) so he’d eat it up. She’d bought him a clear “space helmet” & took that along for them to try if needed, but they didn’t need it after all. The whole visit lasted all of 15 minutes & sis says, “I didn’t hear any cat screams coming from the back.”

Back home again, he’s still “dazed & confused” & is taking no chances with the Law of Gravity by getting up on the cat tree! He’s staying on the floor, “wandering around looking at stuff…like the decoration on the front door had him mesmerized for a while.” Ooohhh, shiny… . 8-D

Hopefully not a “City on the Edge of Forever” situation, either. I don’t want these cats to mess up their own timelines!!

just so long as it’s not a “wayward Children” situation, those never end well

500 quatloos this turns into “Bluebeard”

OT: Tweet from Dr. Scuttles, Aug 22

These are fine people.

Quote Tweet

Dr. Elaine Ayers@eayers0 · Aug 20

Last night I met an elderly couple who rescued a turtle from the trash 17 years ago. They have a 20-min “good night” routine with the turtle, who can’t sleep otherwise, and don’t travel anymore because the turtle doesn’t feel safe with babysitters. They call him “lil snuggles.”

I think it’s okay to post links to other strips on this site.

https://www.gocomics.com/glasbergen-cartoons/2022/08/24

Hmmm. A doorway. Does that mean that, possibly, the BPH is (ahem) larger on the inside???

Ooo. That looks like a glass knob on that door. I visited a house with an old glass knob inside the door to the bathroom.

All of which I’ve heard of but never read. Oh well.

Georgia, great strip. Marvellously litterate.

Puck is a romantic!

I vote for “The Secret Garden.”

Of course there can be a garden in a house. It would be a conservatory. The Addams family has one.