7/28/2006: Cat is glove thief

Undertoad · 07-28-2006, 05:36 AM

It's axlrosen again with this item: the full story explains, this cat named Willy has stolen all the gloves on that line.

This one-year-old goes around the neighborhood, finds gloves (9 pairs and 5 singles in a number of weeks) and brings them home, leaving them as a gift on the back steps of his house.

A friend, Claudia Bonci, said she was in the Pifers' kitchen recently and had noticed a single gardening glove on the sidewalk.

"Jennifer was telling me all about how Willy was bringing home all these gloves, and there was a small pile of them outside the door, and then here comes the cat with a glove in its mouth, proud as could be, like he was giving me a gift."

Cat owners will identify with that sort of behavior. Some cats are just outgoing:

Despite his criminal nature, neighbors get a kick out of Willy. Cassone said the cat likes to accompany the mailman up and down the block, all the way to each front door. Willy also likes to climb trees and bat at the heads of people below.

Ibby · 07-28-2006, 06:05 AM

It must be friday, that cat is toooo cuuuute!

xoxoxoBruce · 07-28-2006, 06:33 AM

They're lucky, my cats left dead things, and worse, half dead things, on the back steps.

MaggieL · 07-28-2006, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

They're lucky, my cats left dead things, and worse, half dead things, on the back steps.

When I lived with cats, they often left their quarry by the catfood dish.

We were never certain whether it was an offering in exchange, or that they simply realized that Kittie Krunchies (tm Fat Freddy's Cat, The Fabulous Furry Freak Bros. by Gilbert Shelton) simply tasted better than random unfortunate rodentia et avia, dropped the fresh kill and subsequently forgot about it.

We were pretty sure that the ones left on pillows in the bed were simple bragging.

Flint · 07-28-2006, 08:49 AM

One of my cats collects paper clips. When he hears the sound of paper clips jingling, he becomes obsessed with locating them, biting them up off the ground, "accidentally" dropping them a few times so they make more jingling sounds, and eventually taking them back to the food bowl, where I find them at the bottom of the bowl when their food runs out.

wolf · 07-28-2006, 10:01 AM

I hadn't realized that behavior was that common. We always thought my friend's Rex was a mutant because she did things like that.

Checking the food bowl for paperclips was a daily task when I was petsitting, even if we hadn't been playing paperclip game that day.

Flint · 07-28-2006, 10:17 AM

Seriously, paperclips??? I just thought my cat rode "the short bus."

Iggy · 07-28-2006, 11:06 AM

My cat likes pens, or anything small and long that will fit in her mouth. Mascara tubes, lipstick, eyeliner, even small brushes. But mostly pens and pencils. She likes to leave them in my bedroom doorway so I will see them when I go in there. You can't leave you pens out for a second, because she will jump up and get it and move it. At least I know she isn't crazy.

Slothboy · 07-28-2006, 11:48 AM

I always joke that I was raised by cats. We always had at least a couple around at any given time growing up.

You haven't lived until you open the door and a cat runs in from outside in a panic with huge bird wings wrapped around his head. It happens so fast there is nothing you can do to stop it. You can almost hear the cat yelling, "Backup! I need Backup!" Then he lets go of the live and pissed blackbird inside the house.

The dead mice on the doorstep I could live with. The Alfred Hitchcock re-enactment I could do without.

Spexxvet · 07-28-2006, 11:54 AM

mmmmmmmm, Chinese food.

Shawnee123 · 07-28-2006, 11:56 AM

My ex and I had the best cat, Toonces, who was almost human. When he passed away it nearly killed us. Anyway, once we were watching TV, my ex on one side of the sectional and me on the other, with the remote somewhere in between. Toonces walked on the in between section, stepped on the remote, and changed the channel to Animal Planet. Not only do I kid you not, he did it TWICE!

Animal Planet may have been on the "last channel" button but I don't think so. It was really funny!

glatt · 07-28-2006, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Toonces walked on the in between section, stepped on the remote, and changed the channel to Animal Planet. Not only do I kid you not, he did it TWICE!

I would expect nothing less from the cat who could drive a car.

Shawnee123 · 07-28-2006, 12:06 PM

Absolutely! Of course that's where we got his name. Toonces Riley...I miss him!

"Toonces CAN drive a car. Just not very well!"
--Lyle Clark

(Wishing for a cat smilie)

Flint · 07-28-2006, 12:45 PM

My cats are fascinated by anything that resembles a mouse tail, but terrified by anything that resembles a snake! I know, this is a very fine distinction. Shoelaces are considered "mice tails", while a belt is considered a "snake." Etc.

Shawnee123 · 07-28-2006, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

My cats are fascinated by anything that resembles a mouse tail, but terrified by anything that resembles a snake! I know, this is a very fine distinction. Shoelaces are considered "mice tails", while a belt is considered a "snake." Etc.

I feel sad for people who don't like cats!

07-28-2006, 05:36 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	7/28/2006: Cat is glove thief It's axlrosen again with this item: the full story explains, this cat named Willy has stolen all the gloves on that line. This one-year-old goes around the neighborhood, finds gloves (9 pairs and 5 singles in a number of weeks) and brings them home, leaving them as a gift on the back steps of his house. A friend, Claudia Bonci, said she was in the Pifers' kitchen recently and had noticed a single gardening glove on the sidewalk. "Jennifer was telling me all about how Willy was bringing home all these gloves, and there was a small pile of them outside the door, and then here comes the cat with a glove in its mouth, proud as could be, like he was giving me a gift." Cat owners will identify with that sort of behavior. Some cats are just outgoing: Despite his criminal nature, neighbors get a kick out of Willy. Cassone said the cat likes to accompany the mailman up and down the block, all the way to each front door. Willy also likes to climb trees and bat at the heads of people below.

07-28-2006, 06:05 AM	#2
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	It must be friday, that cat is toooo cuuuute! __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

07-28-2006, 06:33 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They're lucky, my cats left dead things, and worse, half dead things, on the back steps. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-28-2006, 08:49 AM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	One of my cats collects paper clips. When he hears the sound of paper clips jingling, he becomes obsessed with locating them, biting them up off the ground, "accidentally" dropping them a few times so they make more jingling sounds, and eventually taking them back to the food bowl, where I find them at the bottom of the bowl when their food runs out. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-28-2006, 10:01 AM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I hadn't realized that behavior was that common. We always thought my friend's Rex was a mutant because she did things like that. Checking the food bowl for paperclips was a daily task when I was petsitting, even if we hadn't been playing paperclip game that day. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

07-28-2006, 10:17 AM	#7
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Seriously, paperclips??? I just thought my cat rode "the short bus." __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-28-2006, 11:06 AM	#8
Iggy Back and ready to tart up the place Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 850	My cat likes pens, or anything small and long that will fit in her mouth. Mascara tubes, lipstick, eyeliner, even small brushes. But mostly pens and pencils. She likes to leave them in my bedroom doorway so I will see them when I go in there. You can't leave you pens out for a second, because she will jump up and get it and move it. At least I know she isn't crazy. __________________ Chock-full of naughty goodness.

07-28-2006, 11:48 AM	#9
Slothboy *No known superpowers. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 48	I always joke that I was raised by cats. We always had at least a couple around at any given time growing up. You haven't lived until you open the door and a cat runs in from outside in a panic with huge bird wings wrapped around his head. It happens so fast there is nothing you can do to stop it. You can almost hear the cat yelling, "Backup! I need Backup!" Then he lets go of the live and pissed blackbird inside the house. The dead mice on the doorstep I could live with. The Alfred Hitchcock re-enactment I could do without. __________________ Super perfundo on the early eve of your day.

07-28-2006, 11:54 AM	#10
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	mmmmmmmm, Chinese food. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

07-28-2006, 11:56 AM	#11
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	My ex and I had the best cat, Toonces, who was almost human. When he passed away it nearly killed us. Anyway, once we were watching TV, my ex on one side of the sectional and me on the other, with the remote somewhere in between. Toonces walked on the in between section, stepped on the remote, and changed the channel to Animal Planet. Not only do I kid you not, he did it TWICE! Animal Planet may have been on the "last channel" button but I don't think so. It was really funny! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-28-2006, 12:06 PM	#13
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Absolutely! Of course that's where we got his name. Toonces Riley...I miss him! "Toonces CAN drive a car. Just not very well!" --Lyle Clark (Wishing for a cat smilie) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-28-2006, 12:45 PM	#14
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Objects Cats Are Interested In My cats are fascinated by anything that resembles a mouse tail, but terrified by anything that resembles a snake! I know, this is a very fine distinction. Shoelaces are considered "mice tails", while a belt is considered a "snake." Etc. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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