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How far do you actually get before the cat will stop following and go home, or are you so weak that you give up first? If so, you are the cat's whipping boy.

Once upon a time, a cat of ours went missing, and then sometime later we were walking past a previous address, and the cat jumped out to greet us.

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I'm not a catcuck don't you judge me

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It's what the little shits do. I still (fondly) remember having our cat follow me to the train station the day my daughter was born... Obviously knew something was up..

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Holy hell we have matching cats. Mines a rescue cat. I prefer to think I rescued her from Huon Valley hippies.

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You people speak so flippantly about a genuine problem. This is a clear case of the cat trying to usurp the dog's rightful position as man's best friend and walking buddy. These feline felons don't fetch slippers or balls. They don't greet you excitedly with wagging tail and goofy grin whenever you walk in the door. They don't love you unconditionally when you provide the merest morsel from your table. You're a dog man Birmingham (or at least I always thought you were), so it's time to dog man up and kick this kitty to the curb.

Signed

Jason's dog.

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Cats gonna cat

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Crazy calico. They are the same worldwide.

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How on earth do you expect to traverse the earth without adequate feline supervision? ANYTHING could happen to you! 🤣

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Mine think I'm a professional door-opener. This is my primary role on Earth.

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I bought mine a cat door in order to retire from professional door opening. They just sat and stared at me until I opened the cat door for them 🤣 It's now propped open permanently to everyone's satisfaction.

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Yeah, I have a cat door, too. But they prefer the front door and the luxury of a willing human to open the damn thing. This is especially annoying in the winter; a nice blast of frigid air. Crazy beasts.

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Do they stand in the front door for ages contemplating whether they want to go out in the snow or not? 😂

Mine also use the front door, but they're mostly happy to go out the back through the cat door if I'm not near the front door to open it for them.

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Yeah, that's a thing. There I stand, freezing my nuts off, and they'll stand there and look. The worst times are when they decide, "Nah, not today," and turn and go back to their perch somewhere.

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Buy a lead, and take her for a walk.

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The unutterable shame would destroy me

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It couldn't be any worse than walking my Cavoodle, same size same attitude

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Nah man you'd be the cool eccentric writer dude who takes his editing cat on walks. Better yet, take the dog and the cat at the same time!

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Man up cat dad, and take her for a walk.

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Check your pockets, somebody may have surreptitiously slipped some catnip in your pocket. Do you have any neighbours who dislike arty-farty literary types?

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Do I ever!

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Maybe the supersoaker?

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