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Mieville vs. Pintsize - 'nuff said.

31 (39.7%)

Dora and Faye start sharing undies

5 (6.4%)

Marten and Dora start sharing undies (!)

16 (20.5%)

Hanners freaks out over Mieville

4 (5.1%)

Hanners freaks out over the "Sex Pony"

10 (12.8%)

Steve and Cosette rent Dora's old place

12 (15.4%)

Total Members Voted: 66

[Blackjoker]

Hmm, Pintsize freaks Hannelore, Mieville freaks Pintsize, and Hannelore freaks Mieville....we have achieved balance.

[LTK]

Likely involving hairballs

As well as cooling vents.

[raoullefere]

That's not quite true.  You CAN find a cat that doesn't want to be found, you just pay heavily for it in torn flesh (usually due to clawed appendages darting out from under whatever you've tracked them to).

There are those to whom cats know not to do this. I knew one saintly (so far as I was aware, anyway) little old lady who had several beasts in the house and a sizable pride outside, and she could grab any of them from anywhere by the scruff of its neck, and out it would come. Never a scratch, never a bite, nothing more than a yowl of protest. Of course, perhaps she did something at a time when no one was looking to cause this passivity—I've no idea.

For the rest of us, there's extra-thick oven mitts.

[Carl-E]

No, you have it, Raoullefere.  It's the scruff of the neck.  So long as you're consistant with it, and restrict your handling to that area, the cat tends to go limp.  It takes a little practice, but it's how mother cats carry them as kittens, and there's some biological/nervous system thing that tells them they're being handled for their own good.  Even my 16 pound "panther" goes with it, and their claws even withdraw some! 

It's how I get mine off of anything they shouldn't be on. 

[Akima]

Hmm, Pintsize freaks Hannelore, Mieville freaks Pintsize, and Hannelore freaks Mieville....we have achieved balance.

Or at least an infinite loop...

[akronnick]

No, you have it, Raoullefere.  It's the scruff of the neck.  So long as you're consistant with it, and restrict your handling to that area, the cat tends to go limp.  It takes a little practice, but it's how mother cats carry them as kittens, and there's some biological/nervous system thing that tells them they're being handled for their own good.  Even my 16 pound "panther" goes with it, and their claws even withdraw some! 

It's how I get mine off of anything they shouldn't be on. 

Ahh, their one weakness.

That and a small thermal exhaust port right below the min port, or was that something else?

[Kugai]

No, you have it, Raoullefere.  It's the scruff of the neck.  So long as you're consistant with it, and restrict your handling to that area, the cat tends to go limp.  It takes a little practice, but it's how mother cats carry them as kittens, and there's some biological/nervous system thing that tells them they're being handled for their own good.  Even my 16 pound "panther" goes with it, and their claws even withdraw some! 

It's how I get mine off of anything they shouldn't be on. 

Ahh, their one weakness.

That and a small thermal exhaust port right below the min port, or was that something else?

Spaceballs



........ Oh wait, that was something else.

[Carl-E]

I wouldn't get anywhere near that thermal port, if I were you! 

[Schmorgluck]

It's how I get mine off of anything they shouldn't be on. 

Mmmmh, in such a case, a good shout usually does the work. Clapping hands too. Teaches the cat not to get back there again, in the long run.
I only use the scruff trick when the cat is not in a place I disapprove in general but is inconvenient for me at the moment (typically, my lap, when I have to get up), in such a case it's important to use the gentlest method of relocation, especially with a kitten.

[Carl-E]

I misspoke earlier, you're right, the scruff is not effective for keeping them off things. 

But cats tend to just look at you curiously if you just shout at them.  At least, mine do.  There needs to be a threat of harm to associate the shout with.  I find a squirtgun is effective, since you don't have to be right on top of the cat.  If your aim is good, anything light at hand will do (pens or pencils are always nearby for me).  A shout and quick attack are very effective training tools.  Then the shouts work fine! 

You can tell it's Sunday when we get this far off the WCT topic. 

KITTY!  Kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty kitty KITTY!!!! 

[Mojo]

Jeph could avoid these divergences by having the comic go seven days a week....












(Just Kidding...)

[LTK]

It's how I get mine off of anything they shouldn't be on. 

Mmmmh, in such a case, a good shout usually does the work. Clapping hands too. Teaches the cat not to get back there again, in the long run.
I only use the scruff trick when the cat is not in a place I disapprove in general but is inconvenient for me at the moment (typically, my lap, when I have to get up), in such a case it's important to use the gentlest method of relocation, especially with a kitten.

It is? My own cat very much dislikes the scruff trick, in so far that he'll lie flat on the ground before you can lift him up, so I always lift him under the shoulders or carry him by the back. If he wants to be let go he'll push and struggle, sometimes very violently, but there are never any claws or teeth involved. Those are always reserved for other cats.

[The Duke]

Mojo, your avatar is total win.

I felt it needed to be said.

[raoullefere]

Have a friend who keeps a pride of cats and rules them with a squirt-gun—apparently it's quite a successful tactic. (And if you're reading this, MK, see, I do pay attention).

The Offtopic of sSunday is nothing compared to that of Monday: Kitties, Lox, 1-hour Martinizing!

[Mr. Doctor]

Today's comic was a bit sad... I don't remember that Hannes talked about her feelings that way before.

She also looks cute in the first and fourth panel