Even if it is a broom, leaving the room can often be a prudent precaution. Vacuum cleaners are often known to follow brooms around, especially if the cats weren’t responsible for that broken glass or vase that called the broom.
If trapped in a room with a vacuum cleaner, seeking elevation is an excellent option, especially if convenient curtains offer access to the tops of cabinetry. Humans are well -known to have great difficulty extracting a well-ensconced cat from behind the many satisfyingly breakable items usually stored at elevation.
Although, granted, ham is an unlikely commodity to be encountered in such a situation. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Love that last panel. Ham is the essential emergency supply. Strangely, our two boys are not very bothered by the vacuum. The Dreaded Doorbell, now, that’s another story.
Awww, their little vacuum awareness buttons! And is Elvis wearing a raincoat?? LOL. I’m curious, is Lupin scared of the vacuum irl? I always figured it was the noise that freaked them out, but maybe its the looming shape of the thing.
Fwiw, my kittehs hated vacuums until I got a Neato (which is like a Roomba, but doesn’t bounce off things). I thought it would terrify them, but they just let it bump right into them when they’re lounging on the floor, and then they give it an aggrieved look.
When she was young, my wife’s family had a cat who would run and lie down right where they were cleaning, just to make sure that he would get vacuumed.
Yep, they take a notion into their heads, swat it around for awhile—then get a notion to do something else.
Years ago we had a rescued cat named Meep, after the loudest sound she could make. She had enormous ears, and we think the abuse and dehydration she suffered as a kitten may have significantly lowered her intelligence. We figured she compensated by using those ears to catch dust motes, then watch them carom around the inside of her head as random thoughts. She also had cuteness and charm scores of 30+, no saving throw.
I was about to ask that same question about Lupin! Our cats are (and have been) none too fond of the vacuum monster, but we found out our dog was deaf when the cats skedaddled and she just looked at them like “…What’s up with you?” I can easily see a similar exchange between the boys!
I started laughing when I read the title and haven’t stopped, only now there are tears of hilarity running down my cheeks. I try to announce the vacuum cleaner – sort of a Vacuum Cleaner Alert – but my cats think I am bluffing.
Love it!!!! lvis’ emergency rain coat & whistle, If it’s not a broom, leave the room, and needing some ham for under the bed. All PRICELESS! But, I thought they had made peace with the vacuum at Christmas? or was that just a temporary holiday truce?
Just in case we haven’t said it enough, WE ARE SO GLAD YOU ARE BACK!!!!!! Did you get that apartment you saw?
welcome back with hugs to you all from lily and me.
must admit I’m having a hard time getting past the fact that you brought a cactus into the pink house. hopefully it’s no longer around. perhaps it was buried deep under the snow.
p.s. your little boy wants to hug the moon. so cute.
as for vacuums around here its cats on top of furniture and the dog wants out–NOW PLEASE 🙂
Another fabulous bit of advice from the boys, you are so very clever! I have a picture on my cubicle wall of a fully-poofed out kitten atop a canister vacuum cleaner, with this ever-so-excellent quote: “Nature abhors a vacuum, but not as much as cats do.” Quote apparently by Lee Entrekin. Thanks for the Monday grin!
My late Siamese Mai Ling would have failed miserably at this. She followed me around and lay down in front of the vacuum wanting me to vacuum her. She loved it.
What is “corporate housing”, please? Do you simply mean company-supplied housing, or is there another meaning that I am missing?
I have used a vacuum cleaner to deflea a cat. She did not like it at first, but when she realised that I was relieving her of those little sons-of-cats (or alternatively that I was not going to stop so she might as well co-operate), she calmed down.
My last 2 cats were not afraid unless the vacuum got too close, they acted like they were daring it to come and get them, too close and they would run!!! They were not smart enough to have anything to paw!!!
BTW, my best friend and I are starting a D&D campaign we’ll be playing by talking over the Internets on Ventrilo. We’re introducing an 11-year old to the game. She is playing a part-cat/part-human wizard. The DM is having to make up some rules for it, but it’s worth it to see her excited and induct a new player. Hee!
We have two cats and the boy, Louie, looks away and tries to appear unconcerned when the vaccum comes out; the female, Thelma, no way! Her eyes get huge and she runs upstairs immediately. Too funny.
I only have hardwood floors so it’s all broom and mop for me. My cats HATES the broom though. He alternates hiding from it and launching kamikaze attacks on it, complete with hissing and clawing. It makes “Floor Day” quite an adventure.
“if it’s not a broom, leave the room.” This makes me sad because it reminds me of my shelter dog, Nikita, who was 4 or 7 or something when I adopted her.
Any way, one of my first clues that she had been abused in the past was when I got the broom out of the closet and she went into submission pose immediately in fear. She eventually just left the room, but was never really comfortable with it. I miss her (she developed MAST cell tumors.)
All of my cats and dog dislike the vacuum, and hair dryers, but I think it is the sound – maybe hurts their ears. Tabby would disappear under skirted furniture, which makes sense since it would muffle the noise.
The UN civil defense team! Now the poor news crew have to endure another move. I’m sure they will be thinking that the entire human race is insane, prone to cat abuse and totally unreliable. We will all be thinking good thoughts for you to have a smooth moving day and that your entire crew survives the ordeal.
Long ago in a previous life and house, we had a black cat — Inka — who had a tense relationship with vacuums. One day I was vacuuming in the rec room while he eyed the beast from the vantage of a side table. His head swiveled to watch its every move.
I finished the room and shut the cleaner off, leaving it standing near a wall in the room. I sat down on the couch to relax. Within five minutes I noticed the cat sneaking up on the now-quiet cleaner. Ears up, butt down and tail twitching, he approached with the greatest caution.
When well within range of the monster he reared up on hind feet, gave the vacuum head two good swats with a front paw (BAT! BAT!) and then walked smugly away, secure in the knowledge that he had killed it. From then on, the vacuum could come within a foot of him without causing any reaction.
“Oh well, I never! — was there ever a cat so clever…?”
OMGOSH! This is sooooooo funny! ! “If it’s not a broom, leave the room” has me rolling on the floor! Living in hurricane prone Florida this is definitely appropriate for me. I adore these cats and their creator! Thanks for making my day everyone!!!!!
Hi Georgia! Count Jake & Elwood among the cats that head for shelter when the vacuum comes out. It’s like a feline equivalent of a panic attack (a paw-nic attack?)(no offense intended to any humans who suffer from those). Same thing when the doorbell rings, even a doorbell that rings as part of a TV program.
Maybe if the vacuum wasn’t so noisy, the cats wouldn’t be so freaked out. Only one of my cats isn’t too afraid of the vacuum. She just watches me, but I’m sure she would run away if I got to close to her. The others just scatter to parts unknown.
It’s wonderful to hear that you got the apartment that you wanted🎈🎈🎈
My most beloved cat, (too smart for his own good) realised that if you destroyed the power cord on a vacuum that it wouldn’t work anymore. I still don’t know how he reasoned this out. After having to replace the cord twice, I had to put a cover over the cord so that he couldn’t chew it. But my laptop, which took time away from him, was a nightmare to try to keep him away from. My current cats have not destroyed my iPad cords, but they do detach them. Quelled horrible if I don’t notice in time. 🐾🐾
I knew a cat long ago who thought it was the rug making that horrible noise, so she would attack it. Obviously, the vacuum had alarmed it into a carpet war cry. (G)
I did read somewhere that pork and ham don’t end up in cat food as any “waste” meat ends up in sausages so there’s none left to go in kitty food! Not sure as to the truth of that, but it is odd that it never seems to be an option.
Yang liked the broom, which he reasoned existed for the purpose of brushing his tummy. He also liked the vacuum for much the same reason. He lived before the Roomba age, but I have a feeling that he would have looked on it as the best of all possible worlds.
If I ever get a cat that has the traditional fear of this household appliance, I’m going to name her “Nature”. Because, as we all know, Nature abhors a vacuum.
I’ve had cats who were not afraid of vacuum. Now,I have two that I make sure they are in a different part of the house before I vacuum. I have a friend whose cat loved to be vacuum. She would use the duster brush on her and had a hard time just to get the house done. Prissy would follow her around demanding to be bushed some more.
“This year, POSSIBLY TRILLIONS of cats…” Well, if that’s not proof of cats being the most popular pets in the world, I don’t know what is. And that’s just from homes with vacuums!
Having been involved with Emergency Management for many years, I have to admit you have captured the essence of preparedness activities we like to see families work through to be ready when ANY disaster strikes. Our ‘Gang of 8’ scatter–some to the basement, others to their shelter of opportunity. We have one who braves the machine–but Nicodemus also runs TOWARDS the door when the doorbell rings…he’s a ‘people’ cat. The rest vanish.
I can only vacuum if the weather is nice enough for the cats to go out in the yard while i do it. Otherwise, i feel bad about ruining their day. Also, any other noisy chores, including washing dishes, may not be performed while cats are sleeping (which, as you all know, is most of the time), so i creep around trying to do housework as quietly as possible, also in the dark as disruptions of turning on lights are frowned upon as well.
I love how Lupin is writing his note… Water, Food, Ham. Naturally making a distinction between “food” and “ham”, because everyone knows that ham is better than regular food!
I had a cat that could see the infrared light beam that set the boundary for the Roomba. She would sit right behind the invisible (to me) beam, and look so smug when the Roomba would bounce against the beam and turn and go in the other direction.
Here’s a question . . . I thought Puck hugged the vacuum over the holidays, and told it (him? her?) to go forth and collect wrapping paper. Is the truce over?
Our cat, Uma, (the stunningly beautiful kitty on my gravatar!) will stare down the vacuum cleaner as I run it. She refuses to move until the last second, and her gaze is a very defiant one. Once it crosses the line, she will trot off in a huff and watch it from under a table.
My cat Nikki looks like uma, but at the sight of a broom or cane or vacuum will jump and RUN as fast as she can out of the room (she looks adorable doing it though)!
Fabulous comic! We have tornado preparedness week in Minnesota, but that’s not until later this spring. On a different note: Has Lupin transitioned from his hand-held recorder to the infamous yellow notepad (that Elvis recommended in a previous strip)??
My Mother had taught a cat of ours named Fergatha Fewmets (my sister swore it was a tom so her name started as Fergus Fewmets) to enjoy being vacuumed with a hose on a Kirby. Fergatha had a long and happy life, When I got married I of course had Fergatha. My wife didn’t understand why Fergie would come up to her when she was vacuuming and get in the way. My wife flatley didn’t believe that any cat would enjoy being vacuumed. She did not believe Fergie liked to be vacuumed until I put the hose on the Kirby and showed her just how Fergatha liked to be vacuumed. If the vacuum was out Fergatha wanted her time with it…she loved it
LOL! We were just talking about how the vacuum cleaner makes the cats SCATTER!
*giggles*
Awesome! My cats are grateful to you. They will start their drills between sleeping and eating
my cat Troy feels the same way about the hair dryer. I only have to open the cupboard that it lives in for him to run.
Love it! So true!
‘If it’s not a broom, leave the room.” Love it!!!
Even if it is a broom, leaving the room can often be a prudent precaution. Vacuum cleaners are often known to follow brooms around, especially if the cats weren’t responsible for that broken glass or vase that called the broom.
If trapped in a room with a vacuum cleaner, seeking elevation is an excellent option, especially if convenient curtains offer access to the tops of cabinetry. Humans are well -known to have great difficulty extracting a well-ensconced cat from behind the many satisfyingly breakable items usually stored at elevation.
Although, granted, ham is an unlikely commodity to be encountered in such a situation. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Love that last panel. Ham is the essential emergency supply. Strangely, our two boys are not very bothered by the vacuum. The Dreaded Doorbell, now, that’s another story.
Love the vacuum badges!
If it is not a broom, leave the room. Priceless. Also loved “dad cat” with the whistle and poor pucky holding his tail anxiously.
So cute! Love their anti vacuum awareness buttons.
They would need that circle with a slash to be “anti-“. Maybe, they were intended as part of a “Know the Enemy” briefing.
When I was in Wolf Cubs (the level below Boy Scouts), there was a House Orderly badge. The picture looked about like that (though with more colours).
Love the vacuum cleaner badge! Is Elvis wearing a raincoat?
Yes, ha!
Awww, their little vacuum awareness buttons! And is Elvis wearing a raincoat?? LOL. I’m curious, is Lupin scared of the vacuum irl? I always figured it was the noise that freaked them out, but maybe its the looming shape of the thing.
Fwiw, my kittehs hated vacuums until I got a Neato (which is like a Roomba, but doesn’t bounce off things). I thought it would terrify them, but they just let it bump right into them when they’re lounging on the floor, and then they give it an aggrieved look.
No, Lupin is not scared of the vacuum in real life. In fact, when he was a kitten he would try to RIDE it!!! (I may bring that in one day…)
My Mom wants to get us a Roomba style vacuum more for the cats than us, ha!
Someone posted a very short clip with a cat riding a Roomba slapping a dog. I can definitely see Luping riding on one!
We once had a cat who ENJOYED being vacuumed. Cats are notional …
When she was young, my wife’s family had a cat who would run and lie down right where they were cleaning, just to make sure that he would get vacuumed.
Is that what cats are? And here I thought they were all crazy! It’s why I love cats so much.
Yep, they take a notion into their heads, swat it around for awhile—then get a notion to do something else.
Years ago we had a rescued cat named Meep, after the loudest sound she could make. She had enormous ears, and we think the abuse and dehydration she suffered as a kitten may have significantly lowered her intelligence. We figured she compensated by using those ears to catch dust motes, then watch them carom around the inside of her head as random thoughts. She also had cuteness and charm scores of 30+, no saving throw.
I was about to ask that same question about Lupin! Our cats are (and have been) none too fond of the vacuum monster, but we found out our dog was deaf when the cats skedaddled and she just looked at them like “…What’s up with you?” I can easily see a similar exchange between the boys!
My deaf cat did the same thing. She would ride on top of it. I think it was a soothing vibration for her.
Oddly enough, our Roomba-style vacuum doesn’t bother my boys one bit. A normal vacuum, on the other hand, sends them both scampering.
Loved it! I have never seen my boy, Felix, run upstairs faster than when I pull out the vacuum. I don’t even have to turn it on, and POOF!! He’s gone!
I started laughing when I read the title and haven’t stopped, only now there are tears of hilarity running down my cheeks. I try to announce the vacuum cleaner – sort of a Vacuum Cleaner Alert – but my cats think I am bluffing.
Love it!!!! lvis’ emergency rain coat & whistle, If it’s not a broom, leave the room, and needing some ham for under the bed. All PRICELESS! But, I thought they had made peace with the vacuum at Christmas? or was that just a temporary holiday truce?
Just in case we haven’t said it enough, WE ARE SO GLAD YOU ARE BACK!!!!!! Did you get that apartment you saw?
welcome back with hugs to you all from lily and me.
must admit I’m having a hard time getting past the fact that you brought a cactus into the pink house. hopefully it’s no longer around. perhaps it was buried deep under the snow.
p.s. your little boy wants to hug the moon. so cute.
as for vacuums around here its cats on top of furniture and the dog wants out–NOW PLEASE 🙂
Absolutely have to have ham for emergency supplies! And the buttons! I need one! lol
Another fabulous bit of advice from the boys, you are so very clever! I have a picture on my cubicle wall of a fully-poofed out kitten atop a canister vacuum cleaner, with this ever-so-excellent quote: “Nature abhors a vacuum, but not as much as cats do.” Quote apparently by Lee Entrekin. Thanks for the Monday grin!
Oh this made me laugh! Was it inspired by your move to earthquake country?
Yes!! I was listening to a radio PSA and thought it might be fun to see what a BCN PSA would look like!
My thought exactly. One of the first things to learn about California is your standard earthquake drill & prep kit. Well done.
My late Siamese Mai Ling would have failed miserably at this. She followed me around and lay down in front of the vacuum wanting me to vacuum her. She loved it.
How are you enjoying the new house Georgia?
We’re still in corporate housing, alas–but we just found out we got the apartment we wanted!!! We move in Saturday!!! I’m so excited!
Congratulations on the new place.
It’s so good to have you back.
Cool!!
What is “corporate housing”, please? Do you simply mean company-supplied housing, or is there another meaning that I am missing?
I have used a vacuum cleaner to deflea a cat. She did not like it at first, but when she realised that I was relieving her of those little sons-of-cats (or alternatively that I was not going to stop so she might as well co-operate), she calmed down.
It’s an apartment his company rents for folks to stay in when they relocate to the area for work.
My last 2 cats were not afraid unless the vacuum got too close, they acted like they were daring it to come and get them, too close and they would run!!! They were not smart enough to have anything to paw!!!
This was my apartment this morning. They scatter so quickly, I think they must have drills like this.
How big is that whistle? Does it belong to the People?
It does! I meant for it to be a People whistle.
As usual, you’re spot on with the details.
BTW, my best friend and I are starting a D&D campaign we’ll be playing by talking over the Internets on Ventrilo. We’re introducing an 11-year old to the game. She is playing a part-cat/part-human wizard. The DM is having to make up some rules for it, but it’s worth it to see her excited and induct a new player. Hee!
That is awesome!!
Played one of those wizards in ’95 in an Urban Fantasy D&D game…good times
We have two cats and the boy, Louie, looks away and tries to appear unconcerned when the vaccum comes out; the female, Thelma, no way! Her eyes get huge and she runs upstairs immediately. Too funny.
I only have hardwood floors so it’s all broom and mop for me. My cats HATES the broom though. He alternates hiding from it and launching kamikaze attacks on it, complete with hissing and clawing. It makes “Floor Day” quite an adventure.
“if it’s not a broom, leave the room.” This makes me sad because it reminds me of my shelter dog, Nikita, who was 4 or 7 or something when I adopted her.
Any way, one of my first clues that she had been abused in the past was when I got the broom out of the closet and she went into submission pose immediately in fear. She eventually just left the room, but was never really comfortable with it. I miss her (she developed MAST cell tumors.)
All of my cats and dog dislike the vacuum, and hair dryers, but I think it is the sound – maybe hurts their ears. Tabby would disappear under skirted furniture, which makes sense since it would muffle the noise.
I had a similar realization with my rescued cat Lucy Furr (RIP), that she would cringe when I tried to brush her.
The UN civil defense team! Now the poor news crew have to endure another move. I’m sure they will be thinking that the entire human race is insane, prone to cat abuse and totally unreliable. We will all be thinking good thoughts for you to have a smooth moving day and that your entire crew survives the ordeal.
Long ago in a previous life and house, we had a black cat — Inka — who had a tense relationship with vacuums. One day I was vacuuming in the rec room while he eyed the beast from the vantage of a side table. His head swiveled to watch its every move.
I finished the room and shut the cleaner off, leaving it standing near a wall in the room. I sat down on the couch to relax. Within five minutes I noticed the cat sneaking up on the now-quiet cleaner. Ears up, butt down and tail twitching, he approached with the greatest caution.
When well within range of the monster he reared up on hind feet, gave the vacuum head two good swats with a front paw (BAT! BAT!) and then walked smugly away, secure in the knowledge that he had killed it. From then on, the vacuum could come within a foot of him without causing any reaction.
“Oh well, I never! — was there ever a cat so clever…?”
That is fabulous!!
OMGOSH! This is sooooooo funny! ! “If it’s not a broom, leave the room” has me rolling on the floor! Living in hurricane prone Florida this is definitely appropriate for me. I adore these cats and their creator! Thanks for making my day everyone!!!!!
Hi Georgia! Count Jake & Elwood among the cats that head for shelter when the vacuum comes out. It’s like a feline equivalent of a panic attack (a paw-nic attack?)(no offense intended to any humans who suffer from those). Same thing when the doorbell rings, even a doorbell that rings as part of a TV program.
Chairs are the preferred shelter spots here….
Maybe if the vacuum wasn’t so noisy, the cats wouldn’t be so freaked out. Only one of my cats isn’t too afraid of the vacuum. She just watches me, but I’m sure she would run away if I got to close to her. The others just scatter to parts unknown.
I love this so much. The drills, the slogan… 🙂 I love Elvis wearing a rain coat. Totally ready for anything 😀
But, Lupin, Elvis is already under the couch. How much more ham do you need?
Oh, that’s good! Hope no one tells Elvis what you wrote.
My cats believe “Blow Dryer” is “Vacuum’s” evil cousin. ☺️
“Keep in paw” XD wow, nice one!
My scaredy cat hates the broom, too.
Cupboards! Closets? Don’t they realize that vacuum cleaners hide in closets and cupboards waiting to be launched??? No. Stay away!
I had the sweetest cat who would follow me around and keep a careful eye on me when i vacuumed – like he was making sure i was safe and okay.
Love it, love it, love it, what a perfect strip 🙂
It’s wonderful to hear that you got the apartment that you wanted🎈🎈🎈
My most beloved cat, (too smart for his own good) realised that if you destroyed the power cord on a vacuum that it wouldn’t work anymore. I still don’t know how he reasoned this out. After having to replace the cord twice, I had to put a cover over the cord so that he couldn’t chew it. But my laptop, which took time away from him, was a nightmare to try to keep him away from. My current cats have not destroyed my iPad cords, but they do detach them. Quelled horrible if I don’t notice in time. 🐾🐾
Our late cate Anthony would follow us around when we vacuumed. He was in more danger of being stepped on than of being sucked into disaster!
BTW, congrats on getting the new apartment! And so soon, too!
Thank you!!! We are delighted, I can’t wait for Saturday!
I knew a cat long ago who thought it was the rug making that horrible noise, so she would attack it. Obviously, the vacuum had alarmed it into a carpet war cry. (G)
What we need under the bed is ham! Haha!! 😀 I’ll bet Puck fully endorses that quintessential item. 😉
The worst thing is when the vacuum chases them from room to room!
My girls like to go high to avoid the evil noise monster… bunkbeds, bureaus, bookcases… hmmm, or maybe they just like B places.
I’ve never understood why they don’t make ham flavored kitty food. My cat loves the little jars of ham baby food (with the vet’s permission).
I did read somewhere that pork and ham don’t end up in cat food as any “waste” meat ends up in sausages so there’s none left to go in kitty food! Not sure as to the truth of that, but it is odd that it never seems to be an option.
Yang liked the broom, which he reasoned existed for the purpose of brushing his tummy. He also liked the vacuum for much the same reason. He lived before the Roomba age, but I have a feeling that he would have looked on it as the best of all possible worlds.
If I ever get a cat that has the traditional fear of this household appliance, I’m going to name her “Nature”. Because, as we all know, Nature abhors a vacuum.
I’ve had cats who were not afraid of vacuum. Now,I have two that I make sure they are in a different part of the house before I vacuum. I have a friend whose cat loved to be vacuum. She would use the duster brush on her and had a hard time just to get the house done. Prissy would follow her around demanding to be bushed some more.
“This year, POSSIBLY TRILLIONS of cats…” Well, if that’s not proof of cats being the most popular pets in the world, I don’t know what is. And that’s just from homes with vacuums!
Having been involved with Emergency Management for many years, I have to admit you have captured the essence of preparedness activities we like to see families work through to be ready when ANY disaster strikes. Our ‘Gang of 8’ scatter–some to the basement, others to their shelter of opportunity. We have one who braves the machine–but Nicodemus also runs TOWARDS the door when the doorbell rings…he’s a ‘people’ cat. The rest vanish.
You named your cat after the leader of the Nickleheads? That’s pretty cool.
My ex-wife got lax on cleaning the house including vacuuming because the cats were more important
She was right …
(Just kidding. A straight line like that doesn’t come along often.)
That’s my excuse, too, and I’m sticking to it.
I can only vacuum if the weather is nice enough for the cats to go out in the yard while i do it. Otherwise, i feel bad about ruining their day. Also, any other noisy chores, including washing dishes, may not be performed while cats are sleeping (which, as you all know, is most of the time), so i creep around trying to do housework as quietly as possible, also in the dark as disruptions of turning on lights are frowned upon as well.
You might as well know: Humans are in charge of quarters, rations, and the weather. The cats are in charge of everything else. Just deal with it.
I love how Lupin is writing his note… Water, Food, Ham. Naturally making a distinction between “food” and “ham”, because everyone knows that ham is better than regular food!
I wish time travel existed so that I can go fast forward to Saturday.
I had a cat that could see the infrared light beam that set the boundary for the Roomba. She would sit right behind the invisible (to me) beam, and look so smug when the Roomba would bounce against the beam and turn and go in the other direction.
Here’s a question . . . I thought Puck hugged the vacuum over the holidays, and told it (him? her?) to go forth and collect wrapping paper. Is the truce over?
Our cat, Uma, (the stunningly beautiful kitty on my gravatar!) will stare down the vacuum cleaner as I run it. She refuses to move until the last second, and her gaze is a very defiant one. Once it crosses the line, she will trot off in a huff and watch it from under a table.
My cat Nikki looks like uma, but at the sight of a broom or cane or vacuum will jump and RUN as fast as she can out of the room (she looks adorable doing it though)!
Happy to read that the last step in your move is ready to happen – enjoy your new digs!!!
Fabulous comic! We have tornado preparedness week in Minnesota, but that’s not until later this spring. On a different note: Has Lupin transitioned from his hand-held recorder to the infamous yellow notepad (that Elvis recommended in a previous strip)??
Elvis blowing on the whistle is adorable
“If it’s not a broom, leave the room.” is such a nice send-up of slogans: the rhythm, the rhyme.
“If it sucks air, don’t be there.” is my try, and it is not nearly as good.
I love this strip. Our two cats scatter and hide when I pull out the vaccum monster from the cupboard, before its even plugged in.
This is amazing.
We must fight back against vacuum cleaners
I bought the “world’s quietest vacuum cleaner” but my cats still do the world’s fastest exit.
My Mother had taught a cat of ours named Fergatha Fewmets (my sister swore it was a tom so her name started as Fergus Fewmets) to enjoy being vacuumed with a hose on a Kirby. Fergatha had a long and happy life, When I got married I of course had Fergatha. My wife didn’t understand why Fergie would come up to her when she was vacuuming and get in the way. My wife flatley didn’t believe that any cat would enjoy being vacuumed. She did not believe Fergie liked to be vacuumed until I put the hose on the Kirby and showed her just how Fergatha liked to be vacuumed. If the vacuum was out Fergatha wanted her time with it…she loved it
My cat heads for higher ground and, watches with her tail thumping.