This bit in The Atlantic about cats and boxes is the best use of five minutes of your time you will encounter today. Although I really only put it here as a lure for GirlClumsy and Elana.
On Monday morning, my partner laid a carry-on suitcase down on the floor, preparing to pack for his first post-vaccination trip to visit his parents. The moment he unzipped the bag, our cat Calvin promptly clambered inside.
A piece of me would like to think that Calvin was attempting to covertly join my partner on his trip, or perhaps thwart his inevitable attempt to spirit away. But I’m pretty sure #OccupyLuggage was less a heart-wrenching bid to tag along on a flight, and more a textbook example of a central scientific tenet: Cats are absolute suckers for boxes. And sinks, and vases, and grocery bags, and shoes, and Pringles cans, and the nooks and crannies between furniture and walls, and just about any other space they deem cozy, confining, and swaddly. (Cats, in case you were wondering, are a non-Newtonian liquid.)
On the other hand Jonno, whatever happened to the latest WW-3.1 novel, the 4th in the "Stalin's Hammer" series you were spruiking a year ago? Amazon still doesn't list it; are they mysteriously holding it for some unspecified future date? You've left us hanging, and Earth wants to know.
Our cat loves a box. The loungroom has a box from a large industrial fan I bought at the start of lockdown season to go with the indoor cycling trainer....over a year later it's still there. Cat prefers it to the swanky padded cat bed we bought him. Fucker also know how to open the cupboard with all the pots and pans in it....to play in when he is bored (daily)
All, all is explained! About cats, anyway.
On the other hand Jonno, whatever happened to the latest WW-3.1 novel, the 4th in the "Stalin's Hammer" series you were spruiking a year ago? Amazon still doesn't list it; are they mysteriously holding it for some unspecified future date? You've left us hanging, and Earth wants to know.
Your lure totally worked on me, like leaving a box open for a cat to climb into ❤
Our cat loves a box. The loungroom has a box from a large industrial fan I bought at the start of lockdown season to go with the indoor cycling trainer....over a year later it's still there. Cat prefers it to the swanky padded cat bed we bought him. Fucker also know how to open the cupboard with all the pots and pans in it....to play in when he is bored (daily)
I clicked through, then clicked through again. Curse you Birmingham for the lost hours in my day!