Useless cat

[moonwise]

My husband cleaned the kitchen floor today, and when he moved one of the plants, he found a truly revolting insect (looked like a stink bug or sommat.)

Husband: Biscuit, look! *brings cat over* A bug!

Me: Biscuit, go get it!

Biscuit: *sniff sniff sniff*

Husband: Go on! *pushes bug towards Biscuit with a butter knife*

*Bug crawls slowly across the floor*

Biscuit: *sniff sniff sniff* Is there ham on the knife?

Husband: Not the knife, you silly kitten, the bug!

Biscuit: Bored now. Can I go in the oven, OH PLEASE?

Me: We have a useless cat.

Bug: w00t

Comments

[ramothhe.livejournal.com]

Hahah your cat always has funny things to say:P

[arafel.livejournal.com]

She's goofy!

[morgi.livejournal.com]

Either Rocket or Chyna once managed to pounce a mouse to death... and then left it in the middle of the floor because they didn't know what to do with it.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

That's so funny and sad at the same time. XD

[emiweebee.livejournal.com]

Faster bugs will be far more interesting.

And mice. Wait until you find out you have mice.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

She'll go nuts the next time we get a fly in the house. Thankfully, we haven't seen any signs of mice, no stray poops or nibbled corners or anything.

[emiweebee.livejournal.com]

We never saw them either. Until we found bodies. D:

Actually we knew they were here before we moved in, we just thought they'd moved on. They seem to come in during the fall.

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

Love your cat!

[arafel.livejournal.com]

<3 She's a silly girl.

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

No, you have an intelligent cat! A bug that crawls is no fun, show her a bug that FLIES!

[arafel.livejournal.com]

True, the bug didn't move too fast, and it might have been stinky to her nose. The true test of her interest will come in summertime.

[wpl510.livejournal.com]

My cats like to pounce bugs (and bats!) just until they're crippled and dragging themselves around on one leg, desperately struggling to reach the door. But still quite alive.

I once came home to find a bat hopping around my apartment... Weird.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Ack. You'd think that if they maimed the poor victim, they might at least kill and eat it.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Cats find that too be too much work, and generally give up when the victim is no longer fun.

[pantswarrior]

The more you post this stuff, the more your Biscuit sounds like our Button. Especially in this case, the "Can I go in the oven?" part. XD

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Maybe they're related. :) I'd let Biscuit find out for herself that the oven is a Bad Place, but she'd get hurt, and that's no good.

[torquemadman.livejournal.com]

You are doing it wrong. It's done like that: "Biscuit, don't touch this bug. Don't you DARE. I'm serious here. I mean it. Go away, now, let the little buggie alone!"

And then you turn your back on it.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Hee. When you want attention, the cat can't be bothered; when you're typing on the computer, it's a PET ME CRISIS.

[pointedview.livejournal.com]

We have had our cat for nearly 12 years. Not once has she caught a bug. Ever.

Useless, but quite cute. :)

[arafel.livejournal.com]

See, that's no good. The cat should do something to earn its keep other than be cute and loving. :)

[pointedview.livejournal.com]

We have spoken to her and informed her that she hasn't really been pulling her weight around here. She responded that she didn't have opposable thumbs.

I hate it when she plays a trump card like that. :)

However, she did help confirm a gas leak once, so I suppose that counts as minor heroism.