Friday, November 02, 2007

Dumb Cat

Rosie Cotton (the kitten) loves water. She always wants to stick her head down into our water glasses and have us share our water. She will knock water glasses over if she can't get her head far enough down in the glass to lap it up; that way she can drink the puddle. Do you have any idea how hilarious it looks to see a cat's head all smooshed up inside a clear glass tumbler?

She's figured something out. Toothbrushes mean water. If somebody is brushing teeth, that means the water in the bathroom sink will be running off and on, and she can lap up water from around the sink drain. After some pretty funny mishaps, she's gotten adept at jumping up to the sink to poke her nose into the toothbrushing business.

But her ears aren't quite finely attuned to the precise sound of water in the sink. If somebody goes into the bathroom and pees (which does happen, now and then, y'know, with six people living here) the kitten hears "water running." She comes in a hurry, barges in, jumps up into the sink, and is shocked to find the sink dry. Now, just what's up with THAT?

(It's good to have a clown in the house!)

1 comment:

  1. My cat had a water fetish, big time. We had to get water bottles to protect ourselves...but if the bathtub was running, the sink is running, etc. There he was.

    As he got older, he would insist on fresh water. He had to see it running into the sink in order for him to drink it or he would just bug the heck out of us. Eventually he got to the point where it had to be running and he'd stick his head under the faucet to drink.

    He'd also sleep in the sink to make sure we knew he was waiting. It was also slightly cooler than the rest of the house there, too, I'm sure.

    Cats are a hoot.

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