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I love him dearly but.....

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phoenix Sat 16-Mar-19 17:47:47

Hello all, usual good wishes!

Well, as the OP says, I truly do love him, but wish:

He would wipe his feet (a mat is in place) and not leave prints everywhere

Not be so damn clumsy! Things on the table should stay on the table!

He would not make such a mess with his food confused he is surely old enough to be able to eat without making a mess!

Not interfere with the way the curtains hang, they are fine as they are.

Leave the cushions on the sofa alone, ditto the last 6 words above.

Refrain from bringing home things that he thinks I might be pleased with, which I then have to tactfully dispose of.

Feel the need for displays of affection at odd hours of the night, when I was happily asleep. blush

Make such a big thing of blatantly washing your (ahem) nether regions when we have company.

Oliver Sprout, you are a dear cat, and we do love you, but there is room for improvement!

Bellanonna Sun 17-Mar-19 10:49:20

That was very funny! Like everyone else the intimate washing had me puzzled. I like your humour.

annodomini Sun 17-Mar-19 11:07:15

Thanks Phoenix ?

Yorkshiregirl Sun 17-Mar-19 11:07:26

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inishowen Sun 17-Mar-19 11:42:53

Oh dear, I thought it was your husband! I worried he had a mental problem, washing his nether regions with an audience. Great post. I love it.

Chino Sun 17-Mar-19 11:49:40

Love it???

Nanevon Sun 17-Mar-19 11:56:45

Absolutely wonderful! needed a good laugh this morning. Thanks very much.

Craftycat Sun 17-Mar-19 11:59:29

Phew! I was getting worried when it got to nether regions.
I have read it out to our 4 cats & they cannot see what the problem is. Sounds all perfectly fine to them.
They are rather concerned you make no mention of sitting on kitchen work surfaces as they find this is guaranteed to get an immediate & noisy re-action & they hope Oliver Sprout will try this soon. They find it great fun.

Mollyplop Sun 17-Mar-19 12:15:22

I didn't catch on until the last paragraph!! blush

Juliet27 Sun 17-Mar-19 12:26:50

lemongrove. ?

grandtanteJE65 Sun 17-Mar-19 12:39:06

But Phoenix, surely you know that all cats and dogs believe they are doing you a great favour by walking carefully round the mat with their dirty paws. It keeps the mat nice and clean.

The same applies to sheets of newspaper spread on the floor we have just washed or polished.

grandtanteJE65 Sun 17-Mar-19 12:43:13

I can beat the live frog. A cat of mine, staying with my parents while I was abroad for a fortnight's holiday, woke my mother in the middle of the night, by bringing in a very large grasshopper, letting it go, and then proceeding to catch it again in the dining-room.

Megs36 Sun 17-Mar-19 12:51:08

I must add throwing up in the middle of the room when said visitors are here???

Sheilasue Sun 17-Mar-19 12:59:38

Pinching your seat when you get up to go to the loo etc.
Wanting to play when it’s bedtime. Fussy with he’s food.
Don’t we love our cats.

lakeview Sun 17-Mar-19 13:28:27

Dumbfounded till I realised it was a cat ho ho love the post
Needed the laugh thank you

ElaineRI55 Sun 17-Mar-19 13:29:50

Thank you so much - really funny. Felt a strange mix of bewilderment and sympathy till I realised it was your cat! smile

Bobdoesit Sun 17-Mar-19 14:06:38

I assumed you were talking about your husband and was feeling so sorry for him until I read the last bit! Thanks for making me laugh! smile

feline11 Sun 17-Mar-19 14:31:03

so so funny yes i thought it was hubby but no its the cat!! more please.(grin)

gingladys Sun 17-Mar-19 14:38:11

Made me laugh Phoenix!

VIOLETTE Sun 17-Mar-19 15:11:27

Ha ha ...loved it !!! mine yells furiously to go out of the window (she knows it is a bungalow !) …at 4.ooa.m. ...just why she refuses to use the cat flap I know not ……...cats! don't you just luv em ……..I was hoping it wasn't about your husband as I read to the end ………..grin

Willow10 Sun 17-Mar-19 15:40:31

gringringrin

phoenix Sun 17-Mar-19 16:26:04

I could have added "insisting on being a thorough, brisk fun down with a towel when you come in soaking wet!

Oliver Sprout seems to need re-waterproofing, I have never known a cat to get so sodden!

He loves being dried, and will present himself ready for drying, and will then often go out, and come back in, just as wet for the procedure to be repeated confused

Minnie just takes one look at any inclement weather and goes either back to bed, or to one of her favourite hobbies, namely moving the landing rug (she seems to think it looks better at a "jaunty" angle, rather than straight) or cataloguing and "filing" her sponge collection.

You have no idea of how disconcerting it can be to step on a washing up sponge in bare feet, in the dark..................

phoenix Sun 17-Mar-19 16:27:57

Not "fun down" rub down damn tablet!

Doodle Sun 17-Mar-19 20:23:03

Oh phoenix you should be available on the NHS. Your sponge in the dark comment made me laugh out loud. Frightened the life out of DH who wasn’t asleep (or so he says) ?

gulligranny Sun 17-Mar-19 21:28:00

Breeze, our darling girl brought one of those in for us - she looked so pleased with herself! Can't decide whether the live frog on the carpet is better or worse than the live mouse on the bed ...

lemongrove Sun 17-Mar-19 21:38:49

No, the worst is the disembowelled mouse in the bed.I still have nightmares about it.?