CCL has a lovely house but clearly she needs a cat feeder. When she is away on business she leaves out plates. KoKo in recent rebellion jumped and dived on a plate knocking it over spilling the contents on the floor. No she never ate the food she spilled.
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Breaking Bad: The Cat Sequel
It’s now been almost a week since AMC aired the final episode of “Breaking Bad” I am a relative new comer to the series but I did enjoy the finale. You see the notion of a mild mannered chemistry teacher transforming to a “bad ass” had little appeal to me initially but after watching several episodes I found the premise a bit familiar. Jean Claude, the big Bombay cat, is usually mild-mannered but he does have his episodes of “breaking bad.” For instance yesterday as I was opening the door to get the newspapers – he stormed out into the front yard and refused to come back in when requested. Yes, he eventually returned but on his time – not mine. He also will get in your face to demand to be fed. Knock on the door when he wants to be let back in house and knock down trash can in my office when angry. Maybe AMC should consider a sequel.
Similar Expressions: “Breaking Bad” character Walter White and Jean Claude
Crumbs Lead the Path To Freedom
It was a lovely cool day Saturday so I decided why not just open the window to my bedroom. I usually keep it closed as Jean Claude and Koko have pushed out the screen trying to reach the birds that congregate on the air conditioner unit that hangs from the window in the room adjacent to the bedroom. But Saturday, I said why not open it for a time. Mistake. As I sat reading the newspaper in the television room JC entered with a little present: a bird, still alive. Apparently he or Koko had pushed out the bottom the bedroom window screen and the bird either flew in or was yanked in by one of the cats. I was of course horrified and screamed, startling JC who released his grip on the creature who then began to fly around the room. Frightened I shut the door leaving the bird inside and went to run an errand, forgetting JC was still in the room. I assumed the poor bird met his fate. To my surprise two hours later, I opened the door and the bird began to fly around the room. I then opened a window, pushed JC out of the room but was not fast enough for Koko who entered and captured the bird, again. I was screamed and Koko released the bird . So I put Koko out and closed the door and put some crackers on the ledge. An hour later I opened the door. No bird. Koko and Jean Claude remained downstairs in the living room. I think the bird, with the help of the crumbs, figured out how to get out the open window and went on to other things.
Repost: Paging Mr. Serling
Jean Claude and Koko are back living with me right now. I decided it was time for a little retro so I’m rerunning the March 2010 column The Cat Door: “Paging Mr. Serling,” which recalls the time that Jean Claude let himself back in the house without my help.
The Cat Door: Paging Mr. Serling
Posted on March 17, 2010 by Azeena
Jean Claude and Roxie joined me again outside today. I think Roxie is still debating whether she is more of a house cat or not. She beat a hasty retreat back into the house at the sound of the neighbor’s dog. Of course not Jean Claude who remained under one of my rose bushes, calmly chewing grass.
With all the warm weather I decided to bring out some outdoor furniture, naturally Jean Claude followed me into the garage to inspect but he quickly became bored. I had a bright idea to swap out my two front porch chairs, worn by the harsh winter for two chairs I kept in the garage. Rather than carry the new chairs up the stairs and through the house I decided to carry them through the alley to the front of the house. I shut but DID NOT LOCK the basement door and LOCKED the screen door which has security bars. As I started down the alley with the chairs in hand, I heard the trash truck fast approaching behind me. Jean Claude, still outside, began to howl. I glanced over my shoulder to see him beckoning at the upstairs back door. “Let him wait,” I thought. I continued carrying the chairs through the alley to their new resting place. Giving the four chair layout a try I decided ‘ just two for now.’ I proceeded back down the stairs with the old chairs through the alley to my backyard. Where…was Jean Claude?? No more howling but my basement door was now ajar. “Oh my goodness,” I thought, “Someone has broken into my house. I must have forgotten to lock the screen door.”
I peered inside and to my amazement there standing inside the house behind the screen door was ….Jean Claude. Evidently not inclined to wait for me to come and let him back in the house he had pushed the bottom screen in a bit, climbed through the security bars, pushed open the door and let himself in.
Hopefully I won’t soon see cat toys strategically placed on my house steps.
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