“Kuriosity Kat” spots it, a mug of coffee Doug recklessly left on the end table.
Andy approaches the mug cautiously….
Andy has to check it out more closely…. Sniff!
“Hey! Kitties don’t like coffee!” Andy gets right in my face to let me know!
Andy always checks out my drinks and food. It might be good for kitty boys!
Andy might have to hire an UPURR car to bring him by a mug of cream or milk. Tummy tickles.
LOL! I hope he doesn’t have a day job I’m unaware of…or access to my credit cards!
Good idea to check, you never know when it could be tuna juice.
I recently opened a can of tuna, anticipating Andy’s reaction – running from the far ends of the apartment to get his tuna water treat! – and discovered I accidentally bought tuna packed in oil. Oh well, I thought, and poured the oil into the kitty dish I reserve for tuna water. Andy arrived in the kitchen, sniffed the oil, and rejected it. That’s kind of my feeling about oil-packed tuna. I ate the tuna in sandwich spread form when I was done preparing it, but I was more vigilant when I bought the next can of tuna Monday!
Yuck….coffee? Give us catnip tea anytime.
Shoko
I keep the dry ‘nip handy. I wonder if Andy wound drink catnip tea??? Hydrating a cat is important, ‘nip is a treat. Hmm. I think I’ll give it a try!
Andy tells you: “Miew! Doug, did you already see a cat drinking a mug of coffee ?” 🙂
In friendship
Michel
Well, only Garfield the cartoon ginger cat, if I’m honest with myself, Michel!
One never knows what is in the other cat’s bowl. It might be better! They always have to look and sniff. 🙂
There is wisdom in that thought, and possibly something good to eat!
Caffeine is definitely not good for cats. So Andy is smart.
Yes, and there are lots of human foods that can cause serious consequences in out feline friends. I make sure Andy sticks with his kitty food and don’t leave temptation sitting out on counters.
Overwhelming Curiosity! 😻
He never varies his routine on this matter!
I never have to worry about Teddy. He will sniff at the cup of tea or coffee on my desk, but never tries to drink. Now pizza is another thing. He tries everything he can to get it, but never succeeds.
Fortunately, Andy doesn’t try to eat human food, just sniff it in case it’s kitty chicken or such!
Well, I’m with Andy in not liking coffee. I wonder if he’s be interested in my Glengettie tea? Hahaha!
Elsewhere, the subject of catnip tea came up…! I’m tempted to make some and see if Andy likes it. The catnip I buy often has stems in it that look like they might cause problems in his digestive tract, but tea would be a better deal if he liked it. As for your Glengettie tea, I’m sure I’d like it!
Cheers, Doug and Dougy.
Strongest tea I can tried, mate. Gorgeous.
Never hear of catnip tea, I wonder?
TTFN. Thanks.
I’ve never tried catnip tea, but it is supposed to be relaxing. I had a mint-flavored black tea this evening. Catnip is related to mint, so I suppose the effect would be similar. I find the musky overtones over a mint undertone kind of unpleasant in catnip, though
I’ve never tried it, Doug.
Me either.
p.s. I decided to check Amazon, and I have my order of Glengettie tea on the way! About time I find out what a genuine Englishman finds so special about this tea, eh, Gerry?!
Taste, Mon Ami, strong tangy, lovely!
This tea was originally made for the Welsh Miners, Doug. The coal dust meant they could not taste ordinary tea after a while, but this cured the problem! Sometimes when I but some, it had Welsh writing on the box, even mowadays, so it must have appealled to the none-miners, being as there are so few left now.
Wales was famous for its coal mining, in the Rhondda Valley, the South Wales Valleys and throughout the South Wales coalfield and by 1913 Barry had become the largest coal exporting port in the world, with Cardiff as second, as coal was transported down by rail. Northeast Wales also had its own coalfield and Tower Colliery (closed January 2008) near Hirwaun is regarded by many as the oldest open coal mine and one of the largest in the world. Wales has also had a significant history of mining for slate, gold and various metal ores. But amid the dying gasps of the industry are a series of attempts to open new surface mines, which would add to more than the handful left in operation today.
I gort carried away there again. Sorry.
No problem! I enjoy history. On top of that, how people lived and made things, not the aristocracy, just the ordinary folks, throughout history is interesting to me. I had a vague understanding of Welsh mining, but most of what I know about life in Wales sort of came to me through Dylan Thomas’ poetry. It’s almost time for the annual reading of “”A Child’s Christmas in Wales”, too, a favorite! Oh, and Welsh men’s choirs….
The Welsh have a rich history, Doug, as you say. I always spare a few thoughts every January, of the pure heroism of those at the Rorke’s drift battle.
The miners had no showers, had to go home after a 12 hour shift and use a tin bath in front of an oen fire vewry night, or mornings according to what shift they were on.
The Aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip in Wales on 21 October 1966. The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the village of Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil. It buried a school filled with children, 144 deaths. Next Wednesday, 21st October, will be the first one I have not commemorated the disaster, due to the lockdown rules, we cannot meet at the Chapel this year.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7542108/aberfan-disaster-what-happened-killed/
Sorry to be morbid, but my heart went out to them.
I understand. I feel the same way on September 11th every year. It is important we not forget those who suffered death under suspicious or tragically preventable circumstances.
It’s date of the Aberfan disaster, commemoration Wednesday, but lockdown rules prevent us meeting this year, Doug.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7542108/aberfan-disaster-what-happened-killed/
You are so right about the pleasure given by their choirs.
I suspect we will have many such occasions not memorialized or commemorated for the duration, eh? It is contrary to the human ani8mal’s nature, yet we have little choice. I suspect the inauguration of the next president will be either a super spreader event – Trump – or a private affair with no balls, parade, or public swearing in, but, probably, a televised small affair – Biden. I find it especially sad, though when the events to memorialize disasters have to be cancelled, especially those within the memories of those alive when they happened.
Nicely put, Doug.
Spot on, too!
These are odd times, ones we spoiled people of the industrialized world aren’t used to. I was at the grocery store Friday and there was a lot of toilet paper on the shelf, all sizes and sorts, but I wanted paper towels, of which there was a two-pack of the brand I wanted or a six pack of another brand I usually don’t buy. I use the paper towels to dry dishes and utensils instead of cloth towels, for hygienic reasons, so I took the larger pack of the brand I don’t usually buy.
Gad! The paper towel situation got me thinking, “It’s just like Communist Cuba!” I laughed at my thought: The whole store might look like this in Cuba, and I’d learn to time my visits (thanks to rumors and insider information) for when the chickens would be in store for the first few in line. Oh boohoo, you spoiled American!
Again, you’re right, Doug, in what you say.
I do the same with the kitchen towels.
Oddly, the Auf Weidesehen Pet series set in Cuba, opened my eyes to this situation more than news reports did. A line from the programme: Cuban speaking: “We have nothing we want, but everything we need!”
We d get care from the Labour Councillors hen we get old, thank God we are one of the very few Councils not run by shared or Torys.
Still, as you prove, we can share out wit and fun twixt us!
Once again, in agreement! We old guys need to start a really nasty union, The Curmudgeons from Hell. Seems like a good name.
Hahaha!
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7542108/aberfan-disaster-what-happened-killed/
Sounded familiar. Not the specific disaster, but the negligence that lead to it. We had out Johnson Town Flood early in the 20th Century when a dam made to provide a recreation lake for wealthy industrialists failed and cost a horrific number of lives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnstown_Flood
Horrible disaster, Doug. Saddening.
I can think of few worse ways to be snuffed out…
Struggling to get a reply sent here Doug? The internet is ghastly slow, why it will not let me I do not know.
In the event that this get posted, its my eighth try. Doug.
They are coming through, though I understand the Internet issues, which my prover makes sure is inconsistent and always fails at night when I’m on it.
I think my supplier has put spy-ware on my computer, so they know hte most harmful time to nobble me, Doug! Haha!
Swines! Tsk!
I presume the time they muck it up for me is the time of day they feel the fewest users will be pissed if they go ahead with their fiddling. What they don’t know is I am Customer From Hell when I pay for something and don’t get it. Frankly, I feel they should reduce their rates by the same percentage of their downtime. I’d suggested it to my Congressman and Senators, but they are gits on the side of corporations.
Very much so, and I hear and agree what you say, Doug.
Reminds me of when my cat licked up most of the Mexican dip left on the coffee table overnight. She seemed to think it was totally okay.
LOL! That was quite adventuresome of her. I hope there wasn’t any garlic or other harmful ingredients in it. Of course, it could be some forbidden foods – milk, for example, which Louie the ginger cat love, love, loved and I didn’t realize could cause gastric distress in cats – that are OK in small amounts.
Jimi always will check out my espresso but he’s not asking for a cup…
A cat will be a cat, eh, Herman!? We have a routine here where I feed Andy his kitty food or some treats and catnip before I prepare my meals. He eats or sniffs those, then comes over to where I’m preparing my meal. He meows softly and swishes back and forth at my feet. I open the lower cabinet, he checks it for “mice”, then resumes his begging. While he’s begging, I let him sniff what I’ve prepared. “Kitties don’t like [fill in the blank], Andy.” Yes, never varies!
Mr. Bowie never liked my ‘human food’ but Jimi… well, he likes it a lot! Especially my shrimps…
I don’t know, Herman…. I’m afraid I’d probably fight Jimi for those shrimp!
Hahaha… I can picture the scene!
Jimi would win, of course…
at least cats are smart enough not to check if coffee smells and tastes identic… dogs do that… but only once LOL
LOL! I will give cats that! Andy doesn’t even like milk, which is best for him since milk can cause digestion problems for many older cats.