Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for July 16, 2024

Cats, in general, are very good at causing distractions. I’m not sure that Sophie is.

However, The Existential Dread . . . would probably be awesome at creating a distraction.

All warrior Mice in play. (One reporter still to be seen.)

One distraction, coming right up. Time to become The Existential Dread? Goodness knows those Glitter Grenades are going to bring some dread!

Good. And I have a feeling what they get for animal control…is Tommy’s woman. Or I pray it is. Please let this cat free

Oh, wow— surprise detour! I was not expecting that. Can’t wait to see what Sophie decides to do as a distraction!

It was supposed to be Gutter saves Sophie. Is it now going to be Sophie saves Gutter?

Sophie toebeans panel 2. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

At least Sophie knows she has rescuers our looking for her.

What can be more distracting than yodeling at the top of one’s lungs? Come one, Sophie, dig deep into you operatic soul and SING IT!!

Anybody who can invent #THE EXISTENTIAL DREAD# can create the perfect distraction!

I like the thread spools(?)♥

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

At the Auditorium of the Happy Healthy Hospital Pyramid

Sophititi: Welcome, Cats and Sentient Friends to the First Annual Wear the Donut Fashion Show. It gives me great pleasure to introduce that irrepressible cat, Pink Lupinium. Let’s all give him a round of applause.

Pink Lupinium: Thank you, Soph. As you all know, Ora Zed and I have helped the kittens on the mend with creating edible fashion. We would like to show you their most delectable creations. Ora?

Ora Z: Thank you, Pink Loopy. First up, Kitten Amon in his chocolate and silver glitter iced circlet. It is a perfect statement as both evening wear and a before bedtime snack.

Sophititi: Next up we have Cleo, in her striped cruller. Note the beautiful iridescent glitter stripes.

Iggy: Now we have kitten Ged in a fluffy iced confection combined with a nautical theme. Suitable for both dancing and sailing. Inspired by you-know-who.

Sometime Later

Soph: That was a lovely fashion show. Let this be our motto from here on out, “Wear the Donut.”

All: Hear! Hear!

Sidewalk: Queen Mags sends her regards from the land of Afar! She would like to invite you to create a fashion show fundraiser for the Afar Branch of the Nile Library and Café.

Soph: I would be honored. And I would like to visit again with Beaver Lee Cleary to find out more about what happened to your descendant Gutter and mine, Sophie. Wait, do you hear a commotion in the auditorium?

Ora Z: Food fight!

Most peeps here probably don’t care for Aaron Lewis (a.k.a. Staind), but I couldn’t help but think of one of my favourite songs of his, “Save Me” when thinking of Sophie and Gutter saving each other: youtu.Be/_fpGMkO6x7k

Quick, Sophie! Hork up a hairball, and make the Tidy people, run for the cleaning supplies!

Time for an emergency hairball! I know you can do it, Sophie!

Oh, I suddenly have a vision of the distraction: Sophie in her alter ego as the Nameless Dread (wait, was that it?), going full berserk on the People and ending up in the Feral Cat Room at Animal Control…

Her sweet attitude and cuteness is distraction enough.

OT: From MSJ

I received this email from MSJ and am passing it along:

Please tell the Orbsters that emiesty has recovered and is all right, though she still can’t post.

A distraction? If only Iggy were there to sing one of his 47-act operas!

A BCN unrelated question, but is anyone else getting notifications for old comment replies and likes? I regularly get notified of likes and replies that happened years ago.

Sophie isn’t a natural disrupter. But for Gutter, she will do what she must. This is love.

Drama!

OK Sophie, you can do this…no quiet yodeling, it’s time for full throated screaming, howling, and hissing. Roll around frantically, dash back and forth and carom off the sides of that crate. Make them think you are having seizures. That should get the Tidy People focused on you as they will be distressed and feeling helpless and will focus the animal control on you as well. Then you can move on to breathless and teary sobs that would melt the coldest heart and give animal control plenty of time to recognize you as the lost cat they have seen alerts for. Meanwhile the mice will rescue Gutter.

Yes, Sophie – sing the song of your people as you’ve never sung it before!

When the time comes, as all exit in the chaos, I think Chitter and Chatter will make a Glitter Bomb Run. Take that, Tidy Lady!!

New meaning to the acronym GOGO – Get Our Gutter Out!

What a team. Shades of the OSP on NCIS: Los Angeles

“On my mark in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .

EXECUTE, EXECUTE, EXECUTE!"

That was some great hostage talking, Natasha! Calm, explanatory, reassuring, and you got a verbal confirmation that Sophie was with the new program. Natasha is good at this.

I’m good at distractions. Or maybe being distracted…

You can do it

This is your time to be a hero, Sophie! The moment is now!

Sing as you’ve never sung before, Sophie!

What is “Distraction” but “Theater” in its finest form? Sophie is so creative, so imaginative, so outside-the-box… This is gonna be good! (Can we get a popcorn wagon in here? And maybe a beverage bar?)

Now I am imagining the mice getting Gutter out while Sophie is distracting the people and then them all escaping together and then when animal control get there the woman telling them that the raccoon escaped with the help of mice and they escaped taking her cat with them and the animal control just shaking their head and wondering about her sanity.

Sophie gets to help save him after he tried to help save her. Very cool!

Sophie gets to now help rescue Gutter. Georgia does have a devious and convoluted mind with a great imagination!

Why is it in black and white?

OT: Today’s the day…

…J gets her cast off & goes home TODAY. HUZZAH!!! She’ll be wearing the boot for a while & will go home in the wheelchair, but she’s started transitioning to a walker. Progress is progressing!

I grew up hating opera because the high soprano notes were physically painful to my ears. That’s what Sophie needs to do now—aspect whatever soprano holds the record for highest sustained note.

Time for you to SHINE, Sophie!

Sophie will be braver for Gutter than she could be for herself!

Go, Sophie! We know you’ve got what it takes to create a distraction.

I wonder if Gutter will refuse to go without Sophie?

Don’t forget Lil Starfish!

Yes! Sophie, dear artist, it’s time to get…

CREATIVE!!!

I know this has nothing to do specifically to today’s comic strip but I can’t remember which of Sophie’s eyes are blind

Sophie is very brave and unselfish. She wants to get out, now, but she knows that she needs to be patient.

Sophie is the creative one. I suspect her distraction will be memorable.

I think a great way to distract them would be for Sophie to just get out of her cage (since there’s a slash in it) and running AWAY from the pantry so they run after her. That will give Natasha time to pick the lock, get Gutter out of the pantry and out of the house.

My paws are up against the screen, trying to absorb dear Sophies dread and fear. I just hope she doesn’t absorb my dread and fear today.

Sophie can be an incredible distraction. She needs to muster up the courage.