“Although cats, when young, are playful and gay, they possess at the same time an innate malice and perverse disposition, which increases as they grow up, and which education teaches them to conceal but never to subdue. Constantly bent upon theft and rapine, though in a domestic state, they conceal all their designs; seize every opportunity of doing mischief, and then fly from punishment.
“They easily take on the habits of society, but never its manners, for they have only the appearance of friendship and attachment. This disingenuity of character is betrayed by the obliquity of their movements and the ambiguity of their looks. In a word, the cat is totally destitute of friendship; he thinks and acts for himself alone…Their sleep is light; and they often assume the appearance of sleeping when in reality they are meditating mischief.”
this quote was in the SF Chronicle submitted by a P. Partridge from an old Encyclopedia Britannica. and this is so true. so true.
my house has a lot of cats (6) and we also now have a fancy box for them to sleep on top of.
how fancy is that?! it’s got wainscoting. no, seriously. and guess who used the sweat of her brow to build it? oh, it was me. i got a blister! stupid screwdriver.
proof that at least one cat (the fish) likes to sleep on it. not as much as he likes to sleep on me, but i find him there on occasion.
but what’s this? it opens and holds a litter box? shocking!
so fancy, so accessible with the hole in the side, so cleverly designed to keep litter inside with the two holes to go through. also a hook! a hook to hold the scooper. it’s gold-plated. are you impressed yet?
is my life so narrow that this designer cat litter box can actually delight me so much? yes. yes, it is. it’s just so NICE. even if my kitten is a rapacious, friendless, wrecker of havoc; this box makes me happy.
This was my favorite Michele post in quite some time. I’m totally getting that box the next time we get cats! Evil disingenuous cats who “sleep” on top of white fuzzy beds with one eye open.