Some of the most fun a human being can have is exercising an active cat with a laser pointer. A friend of mine is very adept at getting his cat to leap halfway up the wall chasing after it. The cat loves it.
Yes, keep it on the floor or wall and out of their eyes, but–good times.
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Omnes Omnibus
FWIW I don’t think things are going well for FitzWalker in Judge Sumi’s courtroom. Legislative clerks are testifying and basically saying that there is no real conflict between legislative rules and Open Meetings Law. If true, this means that Legislature must obey law. It is clear that they did not follow the 24 hour rule and the 2 hour emergency exception is problematic because 1) it is not clear that a proper 2 hour notice was given and 2) it is unlikely that this was an emergency that justified the exception. Also there are questions about whether the bill has actually passed both houses; if not, there may be no ability to call joint conference committee. All this is from this twitter feed. No, I am not getting a lot of real work done today; why do you ask?
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Starfish
My cat doesn’t fall for that laser pointer nonsense.
mine either. all I get is a yawn. and mine NEEDS the exercise.
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Original Lee
@Omnes Omnibus: Thanks for the update. I’m not getting a lot of work done, either.
Quasi-serious question: Why are we not hearing much about Mitt Romney for President lately? My impression of the GOP (having been one in my youth) is that they tend to go with the heir apparent and that there’s an unstated pecking order amongst their “presidential timber” politicritters. So if this a true theory, Romney is next because he did almost as well as McCain in 2008, and McCain was the candidate last time because it was “his turn”.
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Omnes Omnibus
@Omnes Omnibus: It looks like the Republican leadership knew they were going to call the 3/9 joint session on 3/7. Also not good for them.
@Original Lee: GOP common wisdom went out the window with all the rest of the wisdom. It really does seem like we’re seeing a party in crisis, or transition, or at least in disarray.
That dog looks like it’s asleep, compared to my German Shepherd Dog Oka’s reaction to a laser pointer. He’ll leap six feet (from a down position) across the room onto the point of light, or spin around in a tight circle to chase it.
But he won’t attack it if it’s on a person or another animal. He just barks until it goes back onto the floor. That was not the result of training, just his own understanding of the game.
@Omnes Omnibus: What, other than Republican ego which refuses to be corrected, is keeping them from giving 24 hours notice for a meeting and just doing it again?
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Trentrunner
I wonder if we’d also all have the yuks over a doberman chomping a girl’s vagina.
Just askin’.
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Omnes Omnibus
@joes527: I have heard some talk that they wouldn’t have the votes to do it again. Pure rumor; no reliable source.
Interestingly (or not), they are currently questioning about why the Republicans couldn’t have just scheduled the vote for one day later.
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Punchy
Curious to know if my greyhounds would fall for this. I’m sure if it was in the shape of a rabbit or squirrel they would.
@Omnes Omnibus: maybe they have yet to play their final card, holding their collective breath until the judge relents.
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Anoniminous
The Wisconsin election on 1/5 will be the first evidence of the amount of “Buyer’s Remorse” from the November election. Before the recent foo-foo Prosser (GOP, Nut-Job) was expected to be re-elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Now there’s a chance he’ll be defeated; if people actually get off their fat lazy asses and vote he will be defeated.
At least according to the polls.
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Omnes Omnibus
@piratedan: Somehow, I am not sure it would be effective. They already pissed off the judge, so she might just let them pass out.
@piratedan: I have a feeling that they wont give up their office(s) should any of them get defeated on a recall election. Something about it not being legit, or tainted, or because shut up, that’s why.
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Paul in KY
@Catsy: I have one who’s pretty much figured out it is me doing that & now can’t be bothered to chase it. The other 2 tear around like nuts after it.
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Paul in KY
@Trentrunner: Depends on the girl. Sarah! or Ann (I think she’s a woman), best of times!
@Dork: If this keeps up, the entire assembly will have to go to their rooms without dinner…. and wipe that look off your face…. just wait til the Governor gets home!
What, other than Republican ego which refuses to be corrected, is keeping them from giving 24 hours notice for a meeting and just doing it again?
Aside from the possibility that they don’t have the votes, doing so would be an implicit acknowledgment that they didn’t do it right the first time. Not only will Republican egos not allow that, it would hurt them (even more) politically, and possibly legally as well.
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Dork
This is interesting. Some guy on a beer-only diet for Lent.
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Yutsano
Did that Dobie just get his ears docked??
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Tim, Interrupted
ummm…the laser pointer wielder is an asshole.
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Paul in KY
@WereBear: I use a red laser when playing with cats. I also have a green one that will go 2 1/2 miles, tried it with the cats & they all ran off.
@Tim, Interrupted: Evidently, “dog bites man in the balls” is a whole section of Youtube.
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Svensker
OT even for an OT — radio surfing in Canukistan and just heard a French Canuck version of “Doo Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Doo” apparently sung by pubescent girls backed by Euro trash. The brain has been seriously damaged. And the ears are bleeding.
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Punchy
Tim Eff, can we get a Beer Blog on this Fine Friday?
Speaking of animal cruelty, have you seen the current kerfluffle about GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons travelling to Zimbabwe to shoot an elephant? It’s wrapped in lots of nice colonialist rhetoric (he shot the elephant because it was destroying crops! The villagers get to eat the elephant!) but it’s sparking a fierce backlash. Namecheap is offering domain transfers from GoDaddy at a loss, and donating a dollar for each transfer to Save The Elephants. (via Wonkette).
I have friends who had 3 cats. They tied a ball on a string to the kitchen light and two cats would sit on chairs and bat the ball back and forth. The third chased the shadow.
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Gus
Wow, that’s mean.
Cris
LOL. Also too, in before deeply concerned pet owners chastise us for endangering our pets’ eyesight with lasers.
cyntax
Good times.
Cris
Football in the groin!
Catsy
Some of the most fun a human being can have is exercising an active cat with a laser pointer. A friend of mine is very adept at getting his cat to leap halfway up the wall chasing after it. The cat loves it.
Yes, keep it on the floor or wall and out of their eyes, but–good times.
Omnes Omnibus
FWIW I don’t think things are going well for FitzWalker in Judge Sumi’s courtroom. Legislative clerks are testifying and basically saying that there is no real conflict between legislative rules and Open Meetings Law. If true, this means that Legislature must obey law. It is clear that they did not follow the 24 hour rule and the 2 hour emergency exception is problematic because 1) it is not clear that a proper 2 hour notice was given and 2) it is unlikely that this was an emergency that justified the exception. Also there are questions about whether the bill has actually passed both houses; if not, there may be no ability to call joint conference committee. All this is from this twitter feed. No, I am not getting a lot of real work done today; why do you ask?
Starfish
My cat doesn’t fall for that laser pointer nonsense.
Rosalita
@Starfish:
mine either. all I get is a yawn. and mine NEEDS the exercise.
Original Lee
@Omnes Omnibus: Thanks for the update. I’m not getting a lot of work done, either.
Quasi-serious question: Why are we not hearing much about Mitt Romney for President lately? My impression of the GOP (having been one in my youth) is that they tend to go with the heir apparent and that there’s an unstated pecking order amongst their “presidential timber” politicritters. So if this a true theory, Romney is next because he did almost as well as McCain in 2008, and McCain was the candidate last time because it was “his turn”.
Omnes Omnibus
@Omnes Omnibus: It looks like the Republican leadership knew they were going to call the 3/9 joint session on 3/7. Also not good for them.
Cris
@Original Lee: GOP common wisdom went out the window with all the rest of the wisdom. It really does seem like we’re seeing a party in crisis, or transition, or at least in disarray.
Dave Trowbridge
That dog looks like it’s asleep, compared to my German Shepherd Dog Oka’s reaction to a laser pointer. He’ll leap six feet (from a down position) across the room onto the point of light, or spin around in a tight circle to chase it.
But he won’t attack it if it’s on a person or another animal. He just barks until it goes back onto the floor. That was not the result of training, just his own understanding of the game.
Bruce S
Fool – http://titanicsailsatdawn.blogspot.com/2011/04/titanics-april-fools-link.html
No fool – http://titanicsailsatdawn.blogspot.com/2011/04/no-fool.html
joes527
@Omnes Omnibus: What, other than Republican ego which refuses to be corrected, is keeping them from giving 24 hours notice for a meeting and just doing it again?
Trentrunner
I wonder if we’d also all have the yuks over a doberman chomping a girl’s vagina.
Just askin’.
Omnes Omnibus
@joes527: I have heard some talk that they wouldn’t have the votes to do it again. Pure rumor; no reliable source.
Interestingly (or not), they are currently questioning about why the Republicans couldn’t have just scheduled the vote for one day later.
Punchy
Curious to know if my greyhounds would fall for this. I’m sure if it was in the shape of a rabbit or squirrel they would.
cyntax
@Trentrunner:
Of course not–this is an XY chromosome thing.
Though I think it was a headbutt not a bite, that pretty much wouldn’t be funny regardless.
peach flavored shampoo
@Trentrunner: Yes, we would.
piratedan
@Omnes Omnibus: maybe they have yet to play their final card, holding their collective breath until the judge relents.
Anoniminous
The Wisconsin election on 1/5 will be the first evidence of the amount of “Buyer’s Remorse” from the November election. Before the recent foo-foo Prosser (GOP, Nut-Job) was expected to be re-elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Now there’s a chance he’ll be defeated; if people actually get off their fat lazy asses and vote he will be defeated.
At least according to the polls.
Omnes Omnibus
@piratedan: Somehow, I am not sure it would be effective. They already pissed off the judge, so she might just let them pass out.
Moonbatting Average
Terry Jones just got at least 8 UN workers killed with his latest Koran-burning stunt
Just Some Fuckhead
I do that to the kids with the kitten, Batman. He has an issue retracting his claws so he gets stuck. Too funny.
MikeJ
@Moonbatting Average: He would probably consider that a feature, not a bug.
Dork
@piratedan: I have a feeling that they wont give up their office(s) should any of them get defeated on a recall election. Something about it not being legit, or tainted, or because shut up, that’s why.
Paul in KY
@Catsy: I have one who’s pretty much figured out it is me doing that & now can’t be bothered to chase it. The other 2 tear around like nuts after it.
Paul in KY
@Trentrunner: Depends on the girl. Sarah! or Ann (I think she’s a woman), best of times!
piratedan
@Dork: If this keeps up, the entire assembly will have to go to their rooms without dinner…. and wipe that look off your face…. just wait til the Governor gets home!
Svensker
@Trentrunner:
You’re not supposed to use body part language. Say instead,
I wonder if we’d also all have the yuks over a doberman chomping a girl’s gloryhole.
Also, too, the answer is “no” because girls don’t leap like trout when hit in the crotch.
MattR
Here is a UStream link for audio of today’s hearing in Wisconsin (they are on a break for another minute or two at the moment)
Meg
@Trentrunner:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48dIs9LTu8M
Not quite the same, but still.
Comrade Mary
@Trentrunner:
Nah, the average dog’s snout is way too big to manage that. I could see some vulva molesting being possible, though.
Vulva. Vagina. They’re different. Seriously.
Comrade Mary
Oh! Pleasepleaseplease, can somebody front page the best Poisson d’Avril I’ve seen yet? It’s worth it for the live demo guy alone.
Gmail Motion from Google Labs.
dr. bloor
@Comrade Mary:
Please, not in front of the children or the legislature. If you must, please refer to it as “down there.”
geg6
@Omnes Omnibus:
I’m sure you’re aware of this, but for the rest of BJ’s edification:
http://m.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_d5240e94-5c0c-11e0-b582-001cc4c002e0.html
One down, seven to go, I believe.
WereBear
I did some laser pointer research. They are the weakest kind of laser.
Is it okay to play with cats and laser pointers?
Mine do grow out of it… so the two kittens can still be worn out that way.
Comrade DougJ
Resized to 480 width.
Catsy
@joes527:
Aside from the possibility that they don’t have the votes, doing so would be an implicit acknowledgment that they didn’t do it right the first time. Not only will Republican egos not allow that, it would hurt them (even more) politically, and possibly legally as well.
Dork
This is interesting. Some guy on a beer-only diet for Lent.
Yutsano
Did that Dobie just get his ears docked??
Tim, Interrupted
ummm…the laser pointer wielder is an asshole.
Paul in KY
@WereBear: I use a red laser when playing with cats. I also have a green one that will go 2 1/2 miles, tried it with the cats & they all ran off.
WereBear
@Paul in KY: Smart cats. That sounds like a Mad Scientist kind of laser.
Cris
@Yutsano: Yes :(
maya
@dr. bloor: I believe the proper Talibangelical terminology is; “down at Mary’s place”.
Comrade Mary
@maya:
HEY! That flashing neon sign is only there because I like bright colours, I swear.
Paul in KY
@WereBear: Why thank you. Buwhahahahahahahaha, soon I will rule the world!
srv
Scott Brown borrows Obama’s bus and throws the Teaparty under it:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/52391.html
joes527
@Tim, Interrupted: Evidently, “dog bites man in the balls” is a whole section of Youtube.
Svensker
OT even for an OT — radio surfing in Canukistan and just heard a French Canuck version of “Doo Wah Diddy Diddy Dum Diddy Doo” apparently sung by pubescent girls backed by Euro trash. The brain has been seriously damaged. And the ears are bleeding.
Punchy
Tim Eff, can we get a Beer Blog on this Fine Friday?
kaythxbuy
Cris
Speaking of animal cruelty, have you seen the current kerfluffle about GoDaddy CEO Bob Parsons travelling to Zimbabwe to shoot an elephant? It’s wrapped in lots of nice colonialist rhetoric (he shot the elephant because it was destroying crops! The villagers get to eat the elephant!) but it’s sparking a fierce backlash. Namecheap is offering domain transfers from GoDaddy at a loss, and donating a dollar for each transfer to Save The Elephants. (via Wonkette).
Jebediah
@piratedan:
They won’t do that – if they hold it too long, they might turn blue, and they are trying to turn Wisconsin red, so that just wouldn’t do.
MikeJ
@geg6: They said they had enough for Hopper last week, but they haven’t released an official count or turned them in.
Cliff in NH
Molly and me are very very annoyed with ear choppers.
http://mollymaesden.blogspot.com/2010/09/neighbor-puppy-followed-us-home.html
Don’t chop off ears.
Jim
I have friends who had 3 cats. They tied a ball on a string to the kitchen light and two cats would sit on chairs and bat the ball back and forth. The third chased the shadow.