Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for June 26, 2023

OT: A Garden Story

I mean, of the two ends the moles could have air coming out of, a hiss is probably the less-rude option.

Also, panel 2 is adorable. Quizzical Lupin! What a cutie!

Beatrix is giving the rude lawn potatoes the folded arms treatment! And yet she is still adorable! So adorable!

I’ve heard a ‘possum hiss, but I’ve never heard a mole hiss.

Is the mole in panel 3 one of the other moles or did the first mole lose their hat?

I think an intermediary is required.

I did not know that moles hiss. Of course, the only ones that I have any experience with were dug out of the ground by our hunter cat.

They were no longer terribly communicative.

Oh my. There’s a lovely lady June bug over at Doodle Town today. Should we introduce her to Jules?

https://www.gocomics.com/doodle-town/2023/06/26

OT: Me

No Lupin, I didn’t know that either

Holy Moley. Enough with the hisstrionics. Maintains lawn and order or else them authorikittys will gets cha.

What, haven’t you heard them hiss?! Oh. Right. Sorry dude.

Hey you kids! GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!

I’ve never heard any sounds from moles. Perhaps because I have never met any moles.

im as baffled as georgia clearly was. i also forget till i see a fictionap version moles have giant claws

More like an enthusiastic wheeze, but I’ll take hissing.

They hiss? Like baby owls?

Panel 2. I am always in awe of how Georgia can convey so much expression with just 2 little lines!!

Do they also “boo”?

I would be worried that some of the hisses may be coming from snakes.

Those moles are rude! She’ll sort them out.

Oh bother. I made a perfectly wonderful pun about the posteriorly emitted hissing sounds, but it wouldn’t pass the “banned word” list.

I am laughing and thinking about Beatrix hissing back! Now, everyone is having a, Hissy Fit! LOL!

(raises hand)

I did not know moles hiss. Thank you kindly for educating me.

Color Bea unimpressed

I’ve D&Dized moles as Dwarves, The live in an underground kingdo and they have similar attitudes

I think Burt knew. I’ll bet Baba knew. I bet Baba will have something to say about them hissing.

I’ll admit, I had not prior to this given much thought to which noises moles make. These do make some sense.

Toes beans!!

Beatrix is sorry she made a welcoming cake.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Talpi Mole: Thanks for the use of the round potatoes. Best game of Lawn Potatoes ever.

Trevor-Hotep: Glad they worked out. They also make delicious potato salad.

Talpi: Eating potatoes? Who’d a thunk?

Thomios: I put an extra shrimp on the barbie for you, Bill.

Bill Platypus: Much obliged, mate.

Serfig-Aro: The food is ready! Everyone line up!

Puckmosis: I like the concept of the hot dog. I think I’ll try one for a new experience.

Thomios: Strange. I thought I’d grilled more hot dogs.

Ora Z: You did.

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Hissing moles. That’s a new one.

Pink house is a very, very, very fine house

With ten moles in the yard

Though greeting them is hard

No, interviews aren’t easy ‘cause they’re rude

Bea waits

La-la, la-la-la-la-la

La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la

La-la-la-la-la-la-la

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la

La-la, la-la-la-la-la

La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la

La-la-la-la-la-la-la

She’s a spitfire

While they hiss and glower in her face

Oh, moles, not today

- Graham Nash – Our House

I wonder if Bea can out-hiss the moles.

OT: Smudge and the kittens

Smudge has been keeping his distance so far. Yesterday he sauntered into the living room and hopped up on the window sill. He dozed off, lost his balance and fell into a tangle of sleeping kittens. A general hissing match ensued. Who woulda thunk month old kittens could hiss that loud?

I did not know they hisss. Maybe, because they don’t see very well, that is a defensive mechanism. Or they are just annoyed at being disturbed. Not only is this cartoon entertaining but educational as well.

I’ve never seen a mole, so I had to look that up. Not only do they hiss, they can get up to 20cm/8" long. I had no idea they were so big.

if they didn’t have miniature Wolverine claws, they would be (over)due for a butt-kicking.

I pretty much only see my moles when some bird is carrying one of them off.

Georgia’s talent shines in all things from the colorful, detail-filled peep-frog summer dance panel to this strip with simple lines providing eyebrow expressions for Lupin. I love her creativity! BCN is a great start to my day. :-)

We don’t have moles in Utah. We do have gophers which are a terrible pest.

Loving Lupin’s eyebrows!

Excuse you! So funny- cats aren’t frightened, they are offended! Will we see under-earth reporters- who knows!

Where’s Jules?

Absitively Posilutely OT: All Together Now

Beatrix is fearless.

Those moles are just full of hisstrionics.

Those moles think they can come into our yard and dig pits and then hiss at us!? Why, I knew them when they didn’t have a pit to hiss in!

I looked up moles and discovered they eat worms and insects. It’s very rare they’ll eat plant roots but of course they cause damage going after the worms. Robin, I also learned that Australia has a marsupial mole!

I didn’t, but then I’ve never actually met a mole in person before.

Watch your mouth, lawn potato! This is a family-friendly comic strip.

Lupin toe beans and paw pad!! Yes!!!

Beatrix stands firm. When our daughter was little we hissed at each other a lot. Maintaining a crisp hiss was a good thing.

Well, we learn something new every day, thanks kitties X

Bea is small enough to fit maybe but I hope she doesn’t decide to follow one of those guys into their hole.

At the refuge I used to volunteer at we called owls “cat swallowers” as the hissed too. We would joke with tours that they were in as the cat they had swallowed was a bit angry. :D

Boy, I have been really lax in noticing toebeans lately. I don’t notice until someone mentions them in the comments. Am I somehow cured of the toebean addiction? I still EEE! when I see them, but I just can’t see them until someone else points them out. Do I need counseling? Toebeans Anonymous to get back my addiction?

They hiss when they spring a leak from kitty and dog teeth. I can’t count the number of mole and vole “presents” I have received over the years. I appreciate them because it means way less ankle breaking hazards in the yard.

They hiss, growl, sqeak, and have nasty, sharp claws and a bad attitude as well.

Makes me feel even more sorry for Thumbelina. How could she even contemplate even being engaged to such a creature?! :P

I just coincidently finished reading Janet Kagan’s book Mirabile (available on Amazon as an ebook) about settlers on an alien planet and their problems with their imported earth animals, including a bit about moles.

I do love Lupin’s eyebrows. Does anyone know if he consistently raises his left eyebrow?