Like little furry zombies

[stephbg]

Husband had a brilliant idea last night: lure the cats out of the bedroom then close the door so we could (a) sleep in peace(*) and (b) solve the problem of their increasingly elaborate pre-dawn breakfast demands. I had my doubts but let him try.



At the appointed hour the bedroom door shook under the assault of the hungry furry zombies.

BOOM

BOOM

BOOM

If George A Romero had done cat food commercials he'd have been about ready to wrap.

BOOM

BOOM

BOOM

But then the pace shifted up a gear.

scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape

scrape scrape scrape scrape


scrape scrape scrape

scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape



BOOM

scrape scrape

scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape






BOOM

I think we all get the idea.

scrape scrape scrape scrape

ALL RIGHT! GET UP MAN AND FEED THE DAMN CATS!

For of course Husband's plan had succeeded; he had slept through the whole thing.


(*) This from the man who--I NEVER tire of pointing this out--fell asleep in the cinema during the final battle sequence of Transformers.

Comments

[purrdence.livejournal.com]

You've just illustrated why Asti and Tiggy trained us into leaving the bedroom door open a crack. I think it would have been one thing had we have been living in our own house when we first got them, but at the time we were living in a rental and didn't want to risk getting the paint on the door scratched up.

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Bella is the same. Even if she doesn't want anything it's like, "Oh no!! A closed door! I cannot abide this." *scratchscratchscratch*

[bunny-m.livejournal.com]

A closed door is an abomination in the eyes of The Lordour Feline Overlords.

My bedroom door is never closed for precisely this reason. The Housemate occasionally closes her door, and has just been trained to get up every so often to let Little Miss Fluffybritches in/out.

*I* find this hilarious, but then, it's not my door. ;)

[catundra.livejournal.com]

Wash solved this problem by learning how to open the door. We think he might now be teaching Leo how to do it too...

[chaosmanor.livejournal.com]

Grey has been locked out of our bedroom at night for many years, after a Particular Incident. We're not sure how the rest of the household tolerates her rampaging around nocturnally, but they seem to. Interestingly, she is completely resigned to our door being closed and makes no attempts to gain entrance.

Then there was Ferris, who once threw himself (7 kilos of mean ginger tabby) off a wardrobe onto the Oldest Son's chest, while Son was asleep. Hilarious, if you weren't Son.

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

It's always funny when it's someone else. Have I told you the nipple piercing story?

[rabbit1080.livejournal.com]

your writing keeps making me giggle this evening :)
(and i suggest keeping at least 2 closed doors between you and the cats overnight, so the noises are further away)

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

Giggling is good :-)

[wolflullaby.livejournal.com]

Oh wow... that must've been terrifying! What a way to be woken up

[wolflullaby.livejournal.com]

Teehee.... sounds like quite a night!

We didn't leave the bedroom door open for our cats for the first 6 - 12 months we had them. They were still kittens really, and liked to romp and play all hours of the night, which did not make for good sleep.

They are now nearly 2 years old, and are much calmer. They seem to understand the routine now, and if they notice us packing up for bed they will run into the bedroom ahead of us and curl up at the foot of the bed. In the morning, they know that the alarm going off is permission for them to come and demand pets and attention and to stick their whiskered tickly noses in our faces. It's very cute!

We keep the bedroom door closed overnight on the weekends when we have Jacinta in the house. Unfortunately the cats know they get cuddles and attention in the morning, so they start making demands around 6am that we let them in and cuddle them. Butters especially seems able to meow once every 5-10 seconds for up to an hour or so. I don't know how the little guy has the lungs or the patience! He is definitely clingy and demanding... also cute, and fuzzy, and cuddly, and...etc

I <3 trading cat stories with people. I loveses cats sooo much!

[bunny-m.livejournal.com]

Wheel of morality, turn, turn turn;
Show us the lesson we should learn

*draws paper from the printer*

And today's moral is: Never let the little furry buggers associate you getting out of bed with them getting food, or they'll never leave you alone. (It also helps to teach them that messing with your sleeping time is A Bad Thing™)