And for reference:

[desperance]

Yes. The cats will pinch a sausage out of the frying-pan, while it's actually sizzling. I'm not sure why I ever doubted it. I'm not actually sure if I ever doubted it, I think I was just waiting for it to happen in order to be furious and frustrated and such.

Am.

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[devonellington.livejournal.com]

And I'm sure they dropped them onto the floor so they could cool off before eating them! Yup, right there with you.

One of our cats when I was a kid

[bellatrys.livejournal.com]

did that with frying bacon, whenever she could get away with it. She was kind of a hellion, and also drank orange juice, though her tastes otherwise were more normally feline.

(BTW, I ordered Bridge of Dreams from Amazon, and something funny happened: it's US $7.99, and the sequel's $7.99, and they offered me them both as a package deal for $21 - my math isn't the best, but somehow it didn't seem to make sense...!)

Re: One of our cats when I was a kid

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Hee. That's very good. Both of those are very good, actually; that was a bold cat (sausages being much fatter & easier to hook out than bacon, which I wouldn't much want to do with my fingers).

I wonder if Amazon was offering you a hardback/paperback combo...?

That could be it

[bellatrys.livejournal.com]

I thought at first it was the shipping, but they don't add the shipping until you check out, and the joint listing didn't say. It seems odd that they'd pair two different editions, but maybe the robot was slacking on the job...

BTW, I've had other cats that liked un-catlike foods - pizza crusts, Chinese stir-fry, ginger biscuits - but none that liked as wide a range as yours. I wonder if Mac really is a cat - are you sure you weren't tricked into adopting one of these?

Re: That could be it

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Hee. Other people have questioned his felinity - but yup, pygmy goat is the best thus far. I shall enquire further.

Ginger biscuits? Both boys go for baked goods generically, but I'm not sure about the ginger. I'll ask...

general sweet tooth

[bellatrys.livejournal.com]

So any kind of cake or cookie or candy was at risk, but I didn't expect to have to guard the gingersnaps from him, the old dear.

Pygmy goats like to rub up against your legs and have their backs petted and their chins scratched, too... is he supposed to be a Manx, or does he have a long tail? That would be the critical difference, since goats are good at jumping and climbing, but none of them have long tails afaik!

Re: general sweet tooth

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Mac has the longest tail I've ever known on a cat; when he's startled, it's positively lemur-like. I think he was spooked by the washing machine this afternoon; he came out of the kitchen all bottle-brush, and I couldn't see anything else that might have triggered him. Besides, he has a known affinity for white goods, but they don't usually make sudden swooshing noises at him...

oh, maybe that's it - he's really some kind of monkey!

[bellatrys.livejournal.com]

Omnivorous, long-tailed, extraordinary dexterity - he's not feline, he's a primate!