Thought you all deserved one, and yes, that is the idiotic Man v. Food in the background (I was just passing time until the Olympics came on):
I love the love bites near the end. He’s a lover, not a fighter.
by John Cole| 62 Comments
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Thought you all deserved one, and yes, that is the idiotic Man v. Food in the background (I was just passing time until the Olympics came on):
I love the love bites near the end. He’s a lover, not a fighter.
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PurpleGirl
Awwwww. He was licking you. Such love on both sides.
Roger Moore
Very cute. And he looks a little bit
less overweight more svelte in the video than he does in stills. I guess the camera really does add pounds.Waynski
You should get a laser pointer for him. Our cat gets her kitty cape on and fights the red bug with great zeal.
Lolis
BBC did an hour documentary on Mormonism and Romney. It is good. You can find it on YouTube. One of the highest Mormon officials accidentally calls the president “Osama.” No joke.
Waynski
@Lolis: I’m playing Mystery Achievement right now by the Pretenders on You Tube. The video was preceded by a young woman talking about her long board surfing and then announcing at the end that she’s a Mormon. It was weird.
CatHairEverywhere
What a sweet boy Tunch is! My Onyx does the licking and biting thing too. It seems like it’s done in affection, but sometimes I wonder…
Narcissus
Hot dudes in speedos on. So NBC isn’t all bad.
jl
Very cute. Thnx for Return of TunchCam.
And lest Cole be afeared he has mislead his brainwashed legions of mind slaves, I have considered it very possible that Tunch is a Lover not Figher (metaphorically, but I don’t want to get into that the vile Cole did to poor Tunch’s bits).
However, I also consider it possible that Cole is merely trying to save on the food bill (and Cole should not even try to lie about that) by lulling the BJ commenters into a false sense of security should Tunch amble by.
How many long time commenters have suddenly disappeared? Where did they go? Ask yerselves that, ever, sheeples?
Litlebritdifrnt
My Ellie Wyatt bites my head, I have no idea what that is about, but he thinks that leaping up on the computer chair or the recliner and biting my head is a sign of love, somehow. No idea.
schrodinger's cat
He is good old fashioned lover boy. Such a sweetie. Or is he just lulling you into a false sense of security, I would sleep with my one eye open if I were you.
The Right Honorable Member for, the Very Reverend Mother, Her Duchal Serene Highness. Dr. Hortense Sussudio Fuuckerfaaster
what a scam, just like teamuterati.
jl
Seriously, Tunch does seem like a sweet kitty.
When I was a kid growing up we had a cat that was sweet like Tunch, if you petted it the way it liked. If you petted it ‘wrong’, it bit you.
Tunch seems more tolerant, merciful and gracious. It may even not be a trap. This TunchCam episode almost makes me believe.
Koalaholik
@CatHairEverywhere: My Tux does the same thing – a few licks then a light bite, like he’s trying to decide if I’m ripe enough yet
befuggled
I’d also read that cat sometimes bite when they’re overstimulated. I had a cat (who looked a lot like Tunch except with smaller dark grey spots) who would apparently bite when it got to be a bit much for him.
WaterGirl
I got new curtains, and my black Bear likes to hide behind them and jump out at my puppy, and then the game is on! I will have to post the photo where he’s hiding, but with his black tail sticking out from the white curtains. Very cute!
Yesterday he even jumped out at me twice. Very sweet. It’s not mean, it’s playful. He doesn’t actually jump out from the curtains where the two sides meet, instead, there’s just this huge blob of white curtain that jumps at you.
I keep wanting to get it on video, but he and the puppy usually play this game in the evening when the lighting isn’t good enough.
Edit: Silly me. I forgot to say how adorably cute that video was. Tunch is such a sweetheart that it makes it even better when he puts on his “don’t mess with me face”.
jl
@befuggled: I dunno, from previous TunchCams I have seen, overstimuulated Tunch is too dangerous to approach. Cole would be permanently maimed by now. I wonder that the John G Cole house has survived repeated episodes of Tunch overstimulation.
jeff
Thanks, John!
Roger Moore
@CatHairEverywhere:
If they ever do it in anger, you’ll know the difference. Hint: if it breaks the skin, it was done in anger.
WaterGirl
After losing Inkblot, I think we all need this sweet kitty thread where we get to talk about our sweet (and not so sweet0 kitties.
jl
And just to clarify, when that cat we had when I was growing up decided to bite you because you petted it wrong, it was not a love tap.
It gave you this look like “Eff you, dumbass, don’t you know how to pet your damn cat by now!” Then, Chomp!
Edit: then a quick “And I said Good Day, Sir!” with a quick trot off while flaunting a good by butt wave.
asiangrrlMN
TUNCHIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Thank you thank you thank you, Cole for a video of my sweet and adorable Tunch! My Raven does the nom thing, too, and it’s all in love – or so I tell myself. Shadow’s way of showing love is to present his butt to me. I don’t appreciate that as much and tell him that’s his brother’s job, not mine.
Donut
Tunch sure is a handsome fella. I’d love to nap with that guy.
jl
@asiangrrlMN: But do you REALLY like Tunch? I question your loyalty to the TunchForce.
AkaDad
One of theses days, I hope Cole shows us Tunch’s feeding barrel.
kc
What a sweet cat.
asiangrrlMN
@jl: I would do anything to show my Tunch love! Except, you know, anything that would actually discomfort me in any way.
RedKitten
I swear, that cat just looks like he has the softest, plushest fur on the planet.
gogol's wife
I love the dreamy look on Tunch’s face when the guy on the TV says “Alaskan snow crab.”
srv
We’re still analyzing the video, but the light from the lamp and Tunch’s mass may indicate a violation of Lorentz Invariance.
gogol's wife
@efgoldman:
Yes, my cats are distinctly unimpressed by laser pointers. Too bad.
cathyx
@gogol’s wife: Mine too. It’s like he knows it’s just a light.
Mary G
Awwww………Thanks, Cole.
Rosie has been absent for a long time, hint hint.
slag
My cat stopped the biting thing as soon as he figured out that starting the biting thing ended up stopping the petting thing. Cats (or at least the cats I’ve known) are incredibly trainable when properly motivated.
muddy
O who’s a wittle kitten witten, who’s a helpless infant kittie boy…
I’m not admitting I actually speak to cats this preposterous way of course, just saying.;-)
SiubhanDuinne
I just want to pet Tunch and pet Tunch and pet Tunch. He looks soft, like a Viennese dessert, mit schlag and a sprinkling of cinnamon. I’m amazed at how serene he is, given the upheaval of the bathroom renovation.
Tunch
Day 913 of my captivity with the Unabumbler. Alas, my imprisonment has withered my naturally athletic body into a gelatinous mountain of fat. My mobility has been reduced to a harrowing stretch crawl once a day. Today I was not quick enough and my captors ate my ration. The fat one places bacon grease on his fingers and teases me as I try to get a taste. He puts the food shows on the speaking box to torment me. One day I will kill him in his sleep. For now, I watch and wait.
muddy
When I break out the red dot game, the cats just look at my hand where the red dot is emerging. They don’t give a shit about where it lands. The dog loves it though. But if I put it in a place he doesn’t like (scary rocker, etc) then he goes over to a place he likes better and starts jerking his head around as though he is looking at a dot. This is the command to me to move the dot, presumably. Well, maybe a request, he’s a good dog. Sometimes I comply, sometimes I put it on one of the cats.
Mnemosyne
@WaterGirl:
Keaton thinks that “Surprise!” is the bestest game in the whole world.
Until one of the other cats does it to him. Then suddenly it’s just plain mean.
On the laser front, all of our cats enjoy it even though they know full well it’s just a red dot on the floor. It took Charlotte about a week to figure out that we were doing something to cause the red dot. Took Keaton about 10 minutes.
They don’t mind that it’s human-generated, though. They know the feather toy isn’t working itself, either.
AliceBlue
Such a handsome kitteh!
Darkrose
Awww! Tunch loves his Daddy….or at least that’s what he wants us to think…
Alistair is probably about Tunch-size, but he’s also incredibly stupid, so I don’t worry about him turning on us.
Elmo
@Tunch:
ZOMG LOL
khead
@Tunch:
Mmmmm. Bacon grease.
danielx
Tuuuuunch! What a good boy, yes he is.
I used to get that a lot from one of ours, when she didn’t think she was getting the requisite amount of attention. She figured out that if she bedded down right about hip level, that was where my hand was if I was lying on my back. Since it wasn’t doing anything anyway, it could be occupied doing something useful like providing an extended petting session. Which was fine until I started drifting off and stopped petting, and chomp – right on the web between thumb and forefinger.
The first time this caused a fairly pronounced reaction, something like “Ouch! You little bitch, what was that for?”
Naturally the cat (CeeCee the fat black tabby) and Mrs. X thought this was inappropriate, so I ended up making sure hands were under the covers when the eyelids got heavy…
Violet
Awww…Tunch is a sweetie! So cute.
mainmati
@CatHairEverywhere: It’s basically cat eroticism. Have you ever watched cats mate? That explains everything.
TaMara (BHF)
Love Tunch. A welcome reprieve. And that lick, bite thing is actually what my momma cat does to her fully adult offspring. He yowls, she comes over and grooms him and bites him gently – it all seems very much a love thing. And we all knew Tunch loves John with all his fluffy heart.
Steeplejack
@Tunch:
Win.
WaterGirl
@Mnemosyne: “Surprise!” What a great name for that game.
Sometimes Little Bear heads for the curtain as soon as I let Tucker outside. I’m sure that’s considered “lying in wait”, but I do think it’s all in good fun. Surprise!
Yutsano
@RedKitten: Floofy kitteh iz floofy.
@asiangrrlMN: Nonsense. You, like all of us, will do whatever his Lord and Tunchness requires. :)
Comrade Mary
John, can you please take Tunch on a petting tour for those of us temporarily short of cats? Starting in Toronto would be nice, thanks.
Steverino
Fun clip to watch. Since I married a non-pet person, I’ve had to take my dog/cat interactions vicariously, or on the fly. This week I took my grand-nieces to the Book Barn in Niantic, CT; it’s a house and outbuildings with lots of used books and about a dozen cats. Summer is a bad time to see them; they are mostly out in the underbrush in the shade.
I sat next to one cat who on my first pet gave me a firm Do Not Disturb lash of the tail. I Disturbed. He promptly glommed onto my hand with tooth and claw, but after I kept jiggling and poking him it devolved into play, and he ended up giving me some “all in fun” licks on the fingertips before going off to eat. I was able to show the girls (dog-owners who I am training to interact with cats) some scary blood drops from a few superficial scratches. The cat came back and walked close so I could give him a passing pet, but when I patted my lap I got a distinct “You’ve gotta be kidding!” look.
Come the cooler weather I’ll go back and grab a $1 paperback and a spot on the couch for some quality lap-time.
NCSteve
Man, one of mine was watching that vid over my shoulder and you could see the little valentines over her head. Then she lost interest and wandered off to the kitchen for a nosh.
MattR
Do any of your cats do this? (Edited to point to the original video)
Mnemosyne
@MattR:
Not any of my current ones. But the late great Boris used to like to sit on my shoulders when I was using the toilet. Still not sure why.
(He also used to stand on the edge of the tub behind the shower curtain to make sure I didn’t drown while I was in the shower, but that was because he was Safety Officer Boris and that was his job. He tried to train Keaton to do that but Keaton is too afraid of water to be any good at it.)
MattR
@Mnemosyne: He had to make sure you didn’t fall in. As fas as he was concerned, the toilet was a dangerous contraption with a noisy vortex that sucked to oblivion everything in its grasp.
EDIT: Ellie shares Keaton’s fear/hatred of the water. Her reaction to being bathed makes me think she may have some shiba inu in her. Thankfully, the kennel insists on bathing her whenever I leave her there for more than three days so I don’t have to deal with that myself anymore.
Gemina13
Aww. Tunch is such a sweet boy.
Lucky will do the same thing. He’ll roll over to show his belly, inviting rubs; then he’ll nudge my hand with his head so I’ll move from his belly to his chin and ears. After purring and lounging against me, he’ll eventually take my hand in his teeth and bite a few times–hard enough to make me say, “Ouch!”, but not enough to break the skin. And after that, he’s fine for more petting.
Thanks for the video, John. Just what we all needed today.
ellie
What a beautiful kitty!
SBJules
Our Little (who isn’t anymore; we named him too soon) resembles Tunch. Sweet kitties!
MattF
Via Mefi, a lazy cat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L8MvMBZ1nU
koalaholik
@Mnemosyne: Spookers used to play safety officer when he was younger. That stopped when he slid down the side of the tub and into the water. I have been showering on my own since then.
OpalSky 42
What a gorgeous boy! My elderly tuxedo-boy, Hagrid, nips quite hard when he’s been petted as much as he thinks he should let me. (Humans are too easy to spoil, y’know.) I have learned not to jump or pull my hand back – that startles him, his jaw clamps and I end up with long tooth marks. Ouch! If I say anything about it to him, I get this “jeeze, you MOVED, lady. Duh!” look.
debg
All but one of my 7 cats likes to give kisses during heavy petting. I’m a lucky lucky person.
I watched this with my upstairs cat curled up on my desk, purring her heart out.
Tunchie is a doll.