Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for March 25, 2024

“Alas, poor Rug, I knew you well!”

or, perhaps a better quote, uh, paraphrase

“Rug, we hardly knew ye!”

No, the gallant kitchen rug’s sacrifice shall not be forgotten. Such a brave, heroic rug. Throwing itself in front of a vomiting feline. Kitchen rug, we shall sing your name each time a cat eats too much of something it should never have.

Nothing like food coloring combined with stomach acid to really color up a rug. Lupin should take on a job decorating cak…uh, rugs…

Sophie might bemoan the Woman’s philistine rejection of the product of Lupin’s performance art.

“Terrible Cake Incident.”

Yes, we’ll be polite and go with that, and avoid using terms like . . . Well, it’s better to just avoid them.

Now, while everyone realizes that you (Lupin) have learned nothing, perhaps, just maybe, we could avoid such incidents in the future?

No? Ah well, Cat Servants should know better than to expect that. (And yet, we love them (and Lupin) anyway!)

“Taps” could be the first release of the Terrible Cake Incident band.

Terrible Cake Incident sounds like an Industrial band, but with Yoko Ono as the lead vocalist!

I hope the band Terrible Cake Accident does indie rock songs? like maybe Bowling for Soup?

Tomorrow night, live from the Purple Room! Terrible Cake Incident opens for Edwardian Wall Dust!

No surprise. We knew the rug was unlikely to maintain its pristine freshness.

Cats like Lupin are why we got a Spotbot.

Do we all sing Eternal Father Strong To Save before or after Taps?

Right after we finish with the String Cheese, Burt!

I’m amazed it doesn’t have a burn hole in it…

I’ve been able to some what train my herd to throw up somewhere that’s easy to clean. The secret is NOT to run at them yelling but to talk calmly, move them slowly and then reward them with treats after. It works 90% of the time.

Terrible Cake Incident is not only a great name for a band, but it would probably describe me attempting to bake. :D

I have a Little Green Machine. Works on people and animal accidents equally well. Kids are often just as bad as the cat (or dog) but the real secret is the right cleaning solution.

But you managed to keep your paws on cushy material while you horked, Lupin.

Eventually you get to the age when any rug becomes a fall hazard and your doctor strongly advises putting than all away anyway.

Ah yes, we also recently sacrificed a rug because of a terrible “something incident”

This reminds me of the strip about the five stages of making a cake. I particularly like the bargaining stage – “Please be a cake!”

I would have given the date of this strip, But I couldn’t find it.

I’m going to put I love Bissell for having four cats and furniture I like looking at

The joys of NOT having any rugs or carpets!

A fitting tribute for a beautiful purple rug. Glad Lupin is okay.

OT but cat-related: Mooch explains it all…

Buy a cheap rug. It’s only going to happen again!

Well, maybe I ate dessert all day long

It made me smile, ’til it done me wrong

Great taste like I was hopin’, that’s no lie

But took an ugly turn, I can testify

Because I used to love cake, but it’s all over now

Because I used to love cake, but it’s all over now

(All over the rug, that is)

/ It’s All Over Now / Bobby & Shirley Womack / The Rolling Stones

Well thank heavens for that, rugs have no place in the kitchen or bathroom, unless you like having a big old germ factory in the place you prepare food, eat, or dispose of the already eaten food.

Lupin horked a cake out on the rug, all that sweet cream icing flowing down. . . Lupin horked a cake out on the rug, and the rug it just can’t take it, so the Woman will forsake it, and they’ll never have that kitchen rug again. . .

(I think a cover of MacArthur Park would be Terrible Cake Incident’s first single.)

A moment of silence, please…

Rug is not as important as you are Lupin! Rug does not purr!

Sniff, that poor rug! (Thank you, Dave Barry for starting- What would make great names, for a Rock band!)

Is Tortimer going to be OK with the removal of his close, personal friend?

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Thomios: Let’s give a round of applause to Elvis-Anum for making this banquet of Diem Carp possible.

All: YAY!

Puckmosis: And let’s give a cheer for Lupinium, who’s all recovered from eating too many desserts.

Elvis: And I’m quite sure he’s learned absolutely nothing from his ordeal.

Lupinium: I told ya once, told ya twice, you will soon be feeling nice with a bit of chicken soup with rice. My compliments to the chickens who prepared it.

After the Banquet

Elvis: And now I will give a preview of my shelf presentation.

Lupinium: Shelves are great to climb and knock things off from!

Elvis: Lupinium! Knock it off!

Lupinium: As you wish!

I thought the Woman was going to bake banana bread today.

Gotta check out that Bissell! The things you learn on comics!

A certain cat is lucky the Woman loves him. He could have been tossed out with the rug.

I understand that The poor Woman cannot even remember she has cats, but you don’t need to have cats to know you shouldn’t have a rug in the kitchen or bathroom.

The rug was insufficiently rugged to withstand the rugurgitation …

The antibiotics I had to take for another problem has got my digestive system in an uproar. Today’s topic is not a good one for somebody getting over a major tummy upset!

My cat vomits on the bathroom rugs. I was washing them so much, I just put them up and keep beach towels on the floor now.

You’re welcome, Lupin. We are so glad you don’t feel pain anymore.

Here’s something every cat owner who has brought in a kitten with an older single cat should see: Simon’s “CRAZY KITTEN” Couldn’t change the url enough to be able to post it. Just Google it.

My brother, whose name is Tommy, would say that the cake I baked for his birthday, from scratch, was a ‘terrible cake incident’, he declared over and over how terrible it tasted… all 3 pieces! ROFL!

Replace the rug with a washable one.

Today, we have a … rugged strip.

Update: My mom’s kidney stone removal is over! Stone removed, but still has some “gravel” to pass. She’s currently in recovery for another hour.

Thanks, everyone!

Lupin gets no allowance for the next 6 months.

Lupin’s feeling so much better he’s ‘tinging.’

Wonder if this situation has anything to do with Calvin’s noodle incident … ?

Either way, happy you’re feeling better, Lupin.