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    I bought a new pair of slippers today.

    I went shopping and got a deal on some cheapo water socks/slippers...5 dollars.

    My old slippers were starting to lose their sole...that and someone threw up in them this morning.

    I won't mention any names *edward d katz* but it was quite a wake up call.

    This happened at 4 a.m. this morning. There I was minding my own business when I awoke to the sound of a wretching cat.

    Ed makes this mewling noise before he blows chunks, I think I may have heard it in my sleep, and that is my hint to get a piece of newspaper and run to get it under his mouth. No such luck his time.

    I sat up and thought, "Don't step into the mess, turn on the light and find out exactly where he threw up.
    The light goes on and I look and look for the pile of puke - it will show up against the blue of the rug......
    I look again and don't see anything.

    False alarm?

    I swing my legs off the bed and go for my slippers and stop dead in my tracks.

    There, perfectly camoflauged in the foot bed of my slipper is a pile of puke.

    Aw crap.

    I managed to get a paper towel and wipe it up and thought, "it's time to get a new pair...."

    Now, I just have to get the cat to throw up on some of my other stuff?

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    He was doing you a service, it was time to get new slippers, Dad!

    Selective puking - a cat specialty!
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    OMG this make gave me the laugh I so desperately needed. You are right Karen - selective puking. My RB Max was expert at that. I remember a time at 3am. She was sleeping right by my head and I awoke to hearing that gagging sound. Next thing I know projectile puke was hitting my cheek. Gotta love it....NOT!
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    Selective puking ... good addition for the Furminology Dictionary!

    Richard, it sounds like Edster wanted you to have new slippers
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    Mac is my resident puker. Always, always at 4 in the morning. Sometimes (often) on the rug and sometimes on the tile , sometimes on my son's shoes and sometimes on mine, but always at around 4 in the morning. Yes, my slippers have been puked in. also. Cats...gotta love 'em.
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    Ed makes a real bizarre 'mewling' sound before he lets go. I have a 10-15 second 'window of opportunity' to run and get a piece of newspaper, run to where he is and strategically position it in front of him.

    If I do get lucky and get the paper down, I have to make sure he doesn't flinch or turn away from the target.

    So I use one hand to scoot the paper in front and the other on his shoulder to corral him.

    When I was first able to decode the noise and figure I had enough time to get the paper under him?
    I had to find out where he was!

    One of the other strange things about his SP is that it is always done in 'twos'. He has a pre-yak and his real yak.

    Nover one, never three. Just two.

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    One of Ed's other talents is to plant a pile in the dirty laundry on the floor, there is nothing more vile than to put a hand in to a wet, mushy pile of red and brown cat food?

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    Mac gives an "urka, urka, urka" sound for about 10 seconds before he lets loose. It's funny, Mac is the only cat I have had that pukes without actually being ill, but I know it's pretty common.
    Proud to be a crazy cat lady!

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    This happened to me once, long, long ago. My husband and I took an overnight trip - just one night. Evidently, this was not acceptable to the feline member of the household at that time (and I can't remember exactly who that was), but I came home to find a lovely pile of puke in my bedroom slipper. I took this as a sign of displeasure at my overnight abscence!



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