Constitutionally evil

[desperance]

Hmmph. He may not be feeling that bad. I was just cosseting the little invalid under his favourite sun-lamp, which is the halogen light on my desk, when he discovered my new thumb-drive jutting from the USB port on the side of the screen. It is a shiny, and it jingles.

"No, Baz," I said, "that is not a cat toy."

I said this many times, but he refuted it. So here I was with one hand on the back of his neck to dissuade him while the other was saving the work and dismounting the drive so's I could safely remove it - when he did that for me, with a lizard-swift twist of that same stubborn neck. Then he hurled it over the back of the desk with a toss of his head.

He is teh evil, I tell you. I would send him to bed with no supper, but he already knows he's not getting supper, and his bed is my bed in any case. What has he got to lose?

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Sounds like a convalescent cat to me.

[brisingamen.livejournal.com]

I've been very keen on corded mice since an incident involving Bandit, a cordless mouse and the shelves on the other side of the room from under which I had to retrieve it after he played pat-a-mouse.

[martyn44.livejournal.com]

His chains, you bloated plutocrat, you.

[ogre-san.livejournal.com]

You do realize that cats parse the phrase "That is not a cat toy" as a challenge? :p

[shewhomust.livejournal.com]

His chains, which are shiny, and jingle...

[mroctober.livejournal.com]

Daulton is amused by Baz.

[esmeraldus-neo.livejournal.com]

Mal's new favorites are my medications--two capsules I take every morning. I lay them down on the laptop while I swallow the tablets. He's lurking behind the laptop screen, and if I am not quick, [swipe!] they're gone.

I knew I named him Mal for a reason.

[badbookworm.livejournal.com]

He's malingering!

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Yes, indeed - but I had already swapped out the thumb drive with the long lanyard for precisely this reason (which was already a substitute for the little thumb drive that has disappeared We Know Not Where, do we, boys...?). I had never thought I would need to say "This is not a cat toy," because it looks (comparatively) nothing like a cat toy. It may be that their little minds do not do comparisons...?

[desperance.livejournal.com]

He is. He has just spend the entire period of Mac's supper-time trying to tunnel under the kitchen door, to get at Mac's supper. I was ruthless. Giggly, but ruthless. I am not officially Relieved until we get to breakfast-time tomorrow, with no more upset tummies and a proper appetite; but I am now officially hopeful of it...

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Trouble with that, of course, is that corded mice are just mice with tails. Really long tails! That can be biffed, and tugged on, and chewed, and...

[badbookworm.livejournal.com]

Dude, you bought smoked sossidge earlier. You must *know* this is some sort of trick.

[pennski.livejournal.com]

Ours take an intermittent interest in our cod liver oil tablets - but I never know when it's going to happen!

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Is true. And duck sossidge also. And I have nibbled slices of both, and Mac got all the skins. Is an outrage.

[badbookworm.livejournal.com]

Well, duh, whats wrong with you? This whole thing smacks of: "Delicate cat having to subside onto the fainting couch before the Duke comes in. The younger sisters, who have always liked the cat, dance attendance. But when the Duke comes in (with sossidge, hem-hem), the heroine swoons once again"

n00b.