Puzzles, puke and patience?

[RICHARD]

I love my newspaper puzzles.

I do two a day, a hard and easy one.

Sometimes Ed will come and sit on my lap and we battle about positioning.

Getting my legs crossed so he can sit in lap, I rest the clipboard on top of him and we go for it. We do have symbiotic relationship.

He gets love and I get a little brain time.

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Today I was puzzling solo when I heard a little squeak and thought, "Oh, oh! Someone is going to blow chunks!"

I have come to know that sound and noticed that Ed was in the kitchen on the tile-no problem I am not going to panic! Easy Wipe Up!!!!!!!

I started to get up off the chair when he scampers into the front room and starts to gag.

NOW I CAN PANIC.....I don't want him to puke on the rug and I don't want to pick him up and have him puke all over me.

Ahhhhhhh, ahhhhhhh.......


I shove the puzzle on the clipboard underneath his face and he pukes all over the puzzle-thank god the clipboard was make of plastic.

He hits the target with with the first wretch!

He turns away because of my sudden charge at him, but it got most of the second one!

The third spasm isn't as bad!
I am thrilled at not having to clean up a huge puddle o' puke!

Then I realized that both my puzzles were covered in Friskies Dry (at one time) food..


I stood there like an idiot for a few seconds and started to laugh.

I went from being happy that Ed's 'mess' wasn't that bad, to being
'puzzled' that all my work was for naught!

I don't mind, that's part of being a pet owner!

LOL, Thank god I wasn't doing my taxes?

[aTailOf2Kitties]

I've played that scenario out before myself. Cat puke is one of the mysteries of life- nobody knows when or why it will appear but you know it's out there.

At least you caught Ed in the act. Nothing wakes you up faster than stepping in/on something squishy in the dark.

[katladyd]

I hate cat puke! Ming never, ever, pukes unless he is ill (which is rarely). You know Mac is in the room by the inevitable retching sound (we all know the sound). Mac is the King of the Scarf and Barf! "I Puke, Therefore I Am" is his motto. I, too, have had the stuff squish between my toes in the dark!

[RICHARD]

I hate cat puke! Ming never, ever, pukes unless he is ill (which is rarely). You know Mac is in the room by the inevitable retching sound (we all know the sound). Mac is the King of the Scarf and Barf! "I Puke, Therefore I Am" is his motto. I, too, have had the stuff squish between my toes in the dark!

But, can you send me the puzzles out of the Los Angeles Daily News for tuesday?

My OCD is kicking in about now!

LOL, I didn't start Monday's puzzle, I have that, but, not the Tuesday puzzle with the answers, that went into the fireplace....

[happylabs]

Yuck. Yesterday I came home from work, took off my shoes and began to give the cats their canned food for dinner. As I walked into the room where their bowls are I stepped directly into a pile of cat puke...in my socks!

[katladyd]

Sorry Richard, but I get my news online. Don't worry, another one will come tomorrow!

[smokey the elder]

I can see explaining that to the IRS: "My cat barfed on my tax return!"