Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for December 06, 2022

Such a sad little face in panel two!

Lupin has issues.

Lupin, if you can be patient and wait a few weeks, Santa may bring something ethereal and delicate and so deliciously breakable that your soul will sing every time you remember smashing it into a million glittery pieces. Of course, this special gift may not be specifically for you, it may actually be for the Woman, but if it’s something really hideous, she might be willing to “share” it with you …

My Gracie likes to get IN the tree. Luckily I have developed a near fool-proof system for that tragedy. I anchor the tree, in a corner of the living room, using fishing line and finishing nails.On the plus side, her green eyes peering out from the middle of the tree are a nice decoration themselves. I have long given up on breakables though.

“Meet me half-way!”

Poor Lupin. But going cold turkey will be the best thing in the long run.

I’m honestly feeling bad for Lupin. I mean he does deserve this, he truly does, but the wideness of his eyes and his desperation gets me.

Isn’t bargaining stage two?

Lupin’s negotiating skills could use some honing.

This reminds me of going downstairs for breakfast in the mornings. Cat: I’m starbing so I’ll just sit here on the stair in front of you and swish my tail about a bit so you don’t dare take another step. Me: If you want to be fed, get out of the way!

Many ornaments were retired when my current boys arrived 14 years ago. Like Lupin they never outgrew the carnage.

When something fragile comes along, you can break it! And when the humans box it up, you can trip em’! Now Trip em’! Trip em’ good! Move forward! Run ahead! Get in their way! And trip em’ good!

I have never had a cat bother my tree. Ever. And we’ve always been Dobe owners. Since they’re tailless, we’ve just never had any trouble. When my daughter, Thing 1, brought their Treeing Walker over one Christmas though, the poor dog had no clue he had a tail and I didn’t think about it when they brought him in. Such a Good Boi! But I had my tree covered with antique glass ornaments, he got too close, one swipe of that tail and he caught one of those ornaments. It flew a good 20 feet before it hit the wall in the next room and shattered. Poor guy looked so confused. Our dogs were sitting by the back door looking guilty and the cat was under the bed.

For the past few years I have been putting the best ornaments, breakable and non-breakable on display over over doorways and the mantle. they are safer and they can be enjoyed more.

This is from real experience. Scroll down past Georgia’s note about shopping links.

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Lupin is shattered by the Woman’s decision.

Don’t worry Lupin, you will find other things to break

She’s sparing the furkids a vet trip from cuts delivered by broken ornaments. Shards always find the most delicate part of the foot.

So sad. Lupin’s whole reason for existence is being thwarted.

How can anyone say no to those big pleading eyes?!

It appears to be the end of an era, but I still don’t agree with Burt that there will be a break from breaking. Lupin will just break something else.

Lennon and Ono’s working title for the song was “Give Shatterproof A Chance” but eventually they changed it to “Peace”.

Not really, I just made that up.

Knockin’ around the Christmas tree

At the things cats like to bop

Shatterproof hung where you can see

For the carnage she tries to stop

Knockin’ around the Christmas tree

Tryin’ to save the Christmas bling

Later we’ll see Lupin will try

To do some sly tripping

You will get a cringey sinkin’ feeling when you hear

Baubles breaking, what a folly

Smash! There goes the bright red holly

Blockin’ around the Christmas tree

Have a happy holiday

Everyone glancin’ warily

As they keep Lupin at bay

(Well, they try, anyway)

- Johnny Marks – Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

At the Artisans’ Studio

Adobe Style: Do we have any broken pottery left? I’d like to make some Kintsugi decorations for the Yuletide Fest.

Sophititi: And I’m planning a found object sculpture depicting beauty from broken things.

Tabith-Isis I’m looking for some red dots. Do you have any here at the stuio?

Arachna: I think we can find something for everyone. And I know who to ask. All together, now.

All: OH LUPINIUM!

We went to all wooden ornaments, expensive but durable. Would find them all over the house lol

I wonder if anyone would purchase BCN ornaments if available?

Just wondering…

Do you think Hamilton would look good in a Santa Hat and Coat?

We have to hang any ornament involving cotton balls or puffs pretty high on the tree to avoid feline attention.

Dang it! When I click on a “Liked,” or “Replied to Your Comment” link, I’m getting a “404 Not Found” error message … so, if you posed a question to my comment and don’t get one, or added more info and I don’t come back and “like” it, that’s why!

Many props to our GoComics IT folks for their work to keep this site up and running—we’re rooting for you! Thanks for keeping your sleeves rolled up.

This is such an easy problem to solve, make an ornament out of lego’s and hang it low on the tree. When Lupin knocks it off it will come apart. Pick up the pieces put them back together again and hang it on the tree once again. No real damage done and Lupin will be a happy camper through out he Christmas Season.

What will happen to Lupin, unable to fulfill his purpose for existing? (Discutio ergo sum).

Some people (and cats) just want to have an impact on the world.

Sweet Lupin – if you knew how much pain a piece of shattered glass ornament can cause stuck in a paw – you would thank her!

you deny chaos woman… I foretell this will end poorly for you.

It seems to me there is a marketing niche for “breakable” ornaments that could be reassembled. When I was a kid there were toy “crash cars” like that. Other than that, bamboo ball ornaments would probably be a cat favorite. :)

Oddly enough, we never really worried about Russel. He would just sleep under the tree. Bobbie the parakeet was the one who would pick ornaments off the tree, or knock stuff off the shelf or table. On day, he went along a spice rack holding my wife’s ceramic horses, picking each one up and dropping it on the floor. He killed 3 before I stopped him.

I feel your pain, Lupin, but it’s for the best. You’re bound to find something else to destroy.

my sister had a cockatiel who also liked to throw stuff around, until the day i got him drunk on Grand Marnier soaked fruit. (one piece from a fruit salad i had made) from then on, he was a good boy. side note to story – i was very uneducated about liqueurs at that time and called it grand mariner. my sister never laughed so hard.

Be interesting to see how our new cat not a kitten reacts to the Christmas tree.

Holly (La Plume) Stein does not appear interested in the tree, at least so far. MrrrCavity is not a big climber, and 8-ball is old enough that he only climbs to get somewhere he really wants to be—even though he was the original “Tenzing Norcat.”

Lupin needs his own Rage Room.

CAN I PLEASE JUST BREAK ONE? PLEASE! ITS ALL I NEED

John Lennon: Give Peace a Chance

Everybody’s talking about…

Heirlooms, cat of doom, running all around the room

Glass here, shards there, priceless pieces everywhere!

…….

All we are saying is give pieces a chance!

All we are saying is give piece a chance!

…….

Everybody’s talking about…

Quick trip, let it slip, boxes flying let it rip!

Antiques, Elvis freaks, sweeping up for many weeks!

…….

All we are saying is give pieces a chance!

All we are saying is give piece a chance!

All we are saying is give pieces a chance!

All we are saying is give piece a chance!

All lupin is saying

Is give breaking a chance

I wonder what would happen to a Christmas Tree decorated in all the cat toys they ignore???? I also wonder if I am willing to find out.

I knew Lupin would start eoron tactics.

Does anybody else find the big blue banner ominous? Especially considering it says the changes are coming in Fall 2023 but the link says Summer 2023. They can’t even get the date right, but they’re going to revamp the whole site? Saints preserve us—and preserve all our past and future comment sections.

https://www.gocomics.com/blog/5002/site-updates-coming-summer-2023

Sucks to be you, Lupin.

Poor little Lupin.

I stop putting up decorations when I have pets. Half of my childhood decorations I had saved, got destroyed the first year we had cats and a dog. When I was growing up, we never had pets, because my Dad said, “NO PETS!” So, when I moved out on my own and had my Christmas decorations, I never thought about my pets destroying them. Lesson learned. I still don’t put up Christmas decorations. I don’t have family or friends coming over to the house anyways. I get my Christmas cheer from the endless Hallmark Christmas Movies….LOL

Why don’t we just hang catnip mice from our trees. Every year when tree-decorating time comes around, we could just sweep them out from under our stoves, refrigerators, and bookcases, and hand them on the tree again.