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Ozzy Man has some excellent cat compilations: Ozzy Man Reviews: Cats Being Dodgy. (warning: swearwords)
posted by Pendragon at 12:04 PM on November 1 [5 favorites]
posted by Pendragon at 12:04 PM on November 1 [5 favorites]
Oh this is good for a giggle.
posted by obfuscation at 12:10 PM on November 1 [1 favorite]
posted by obfuscation at 12:10 PM on November 1 [1 favorite]
Delightful.
posted by joannemerriam at 12:13 PM on November 1
posted by joannemerriam at 12:13 PM on November 1
haha I don't know why I didn't just post it here
posted by Glinn at 12:53 PM on November 1 [2 favorites]
posted by Glinn at 12:53 PM on November 1 [2 favorites]
so white cats are always up for a rumble, it seems
posted by philip-random at 12:59 PM on November 1
posted by philip-random at 12:59 PM on November 1
This is probably the most vital cat interruption of a newscast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIoOJKLHeY0
posted by RajahKing at 1:01 PM on November 1 [1 favorite]
posted by RajahKing at 1:01 PM on November 1 [1 favorite]
I had a woman who reported to me during COVID wfh who owned a bevy of well fed cats. At least one of our meetings each week would be interrupted by "this little fucker" (of an apparent stable of little fuckers) just full on attacking the keyboard, camera, or her. So great. Way better than trying to get work done.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 1:27 PM on November 1 [8 favorites]
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 1:27 PM on November 1 [8 favorites]
There's this lovely tweet I saw once where someone was talking about being on a Zoom meeting during Covid and then one person suddenly said something to her cat and everyone else demanded to be shown her cat, so she held it up to the screen - "And then everyone else did the same thing with THEIR cats and suddenly it was a zoom meeting of all cats and everything was perfect."
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 1:32 PM on November 1 [29 favorites]
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 1:32 PM on November 1 [29 favorites]
In an early meeting of the interim board, I was at a friend's place in Atlanta and they had several cats. I was sitting on their couch, and this charming orange boy came and sat immediately next to me, looking directly at my webcam, appearing for all the world like they were a participant.
To be perfectly frank my participation with the board has been limited to voting yes to various bylaws and once in a while asking dumb questions, but I'm glad I was able to contribute that.
posted by JHarris at 2:33 PM on November 1 [8 favorites]
To be perfectly frank my participation with the board has been limited to voting yes to various bylaws and once in a while asking dumb questions, but I'm glad I was able to contribute that.
posted by JHarris at 2:33 PM on November 1 [8 favorites]
My cats make such frequent appearances on my work Zoom calls that one colleague has begun referring to them as my "admin support team".
posted by gingerbeer at 3:46 PM on November 1 [12 favorites]
posted by gingerbeer at 3:46 PM on November 1 [12 favorites]
In an early meeting of the interim board, I was at a friend's place in Atlanta and they had several cats. I was sitting on their couch, and this charming orange boy came and sat immediately next to me, looking directly at my webcam, appearing for all the world like they were a participant.
YEARS ago I was stage managing this sort of opera cabaret in a restaurant/dining space, that had this big fluffy orange cat that lived on site. This cat was a great snuggler, I learned early on; when you picked him up he just sort of melted onto you, and sometimes when we were having a rough rehearsal I'd seek him out and carry him around like a teddy bear.
Anyway - one of the cast was doing The Aria Of The Worm fromThe Ghosts of Versailles, this super-gothic dramatic number. The director staged it so he was starting up on a balcony in the space, making his way towards and then down this curved staircase and then ending bang in the middle of the floor. One rehearsal we were running his number, and he took his position on the balcony; and all the rest of us took seats at the foot of the stairs, right where he was supposed to end his number. And about 20 seconds before he started - the orange cat came out, ambled over to us, and sat down right bang dead center in front of us, curiously looking up to the balcony where the rest of us were looking. The cat watched along with us - and the singer noticed us all giggling and pointing at the cat watching in rapt attention, and before long he started pitching his delivery towards the cat, which made us all even more giggly. Finally when he was finishing his number, standing in front of all of us, he changed the blocking a bit - so he could kneel and deliver that very last "looooooong liiiiiiive the WOOOOOOOORM!" directly into the cat's face. Thats what finally made the cat nope out of there as the rest of us cracked up.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 5:33 PM on November 1 [12 favorites]
YEARS ago I was stage managing this sort of opera cabaret in a restaurant/dining space, that had this big fluffy orange cat that lived on site. This cat was a great snuggler, I learned early on; when you picked him up he just sort of melted onto you, and sometimes when we were having a rough rehearsal I'd seek him out and carry him around like a teddy bear.
Anyway - one of the cast was doing The Aria Of The Worm fromThe Ghosts of Versailles, this super-gothic dramatic number. The director staged it so he was starting up on a balcony in the space, making his way towards and then down this curved staircase and then ending bang in the middle of the floor. One rehearsal we were running his number, and he took his position on the balcony; and all the rest of us took seats at the foot of the stairs, right where he was supposed to end his number. And about 20 seconds before he started - the orange cat came out, ambled over to us, and sat down right bang dead center in front of us, curiously looking up to the balcony where the rest of us were looking. The cat watched along with us - and the singer noticed us all giggling and pointing at the cat watching in rapt attention, and before long he started pitching his delivery towards the cat, which made us all even more giggly. Finally when he was finishing his number, standing in front of all of us, he changed the blocking a bit - so he could kneel and deliver that very last "looooooong liiiiiiive the WOOOOOOOORM!" directly into the cat's face. Thats what finally made the cat nope out of there as the rest of us cracked up.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 5:33 PM on November 1 [12 favorites]
This is not about a cat but my dog that recently passed away: when I was on camera for meetings it became known that when I was tilting my body a certain way it was because I was giving him scratches out of frame and it then became standard for them to demand to see him.
posted by rhymedirective at 6:05 AM on November 2 [6 favorites]
posted by rhymedirective at 6:05 AM on November 2 [6 favorites]
Squeeeeeee!
posted by JustSayNoDawg at 3:07 AM on November 4 [1 favorite]
posted by JustSayNoDawg at 3:07 AM on November 4 [1 favorite]
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posted by bonehead at 11:55 AM on November 1 [1 favorite]