Memphis Upchucks = $

Post by **Dale** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:08 pm

The Undisputed Cat, whose legal name is Memphis Tennessee Wisely, has taken, in her old age, to lying on top of my Dell 17" CRT Monitor. How cute. Today she puked into the top vent and liquid puke shorted out the innards of the monitor.

It's on the family computer, as opposed to the Nitrogen Cooled Supercomputer that is the main C&F computer.

I've taken off the cover to encourage vomit-drying, hoping against hope that it will power up again.

That is all.

Dale

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:10 pm

That is so adorable!!

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:12 pm

Thank you for sharing.

Slan,
D.

ShadowBG625 · Post by **ShadowBG625** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:12 pm

People flu...dog flu...bird flu.............CAT FLU?!??!?

djm · Post by **djm** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:18 pm

This is almost worth bringing back Bill <ack>

djm

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:18 pm

My cat pulled the same trick with our cable box once. I was sitting upstairs when I heard the unmistakable sound of hairball horking, followed by the unmistakable smell of electronics frying. I looked over the railing to see Khani sitting like a sphynx on top of the cable box while blue smoke rose all around her. I ran downstairs, shooed her off the box, unplugged it, and surveyed the damage. It was toast.

When I called the cable company, I only said that "something had gotten spilled on it" (fearful of being charged for an expensive digital cable box). When the cable guy got here, I confessed that the cat had puked in it (I figured all the singed hairs around the box were a dead giveaway anyway). He said "oh, that's OK then...they won't charge you for that...we even have a code for it!" He then went on to tell me that, if my kid had spilled something in it, we would have been liable for the price of the box, but "cat puke" is evidently considered to be an occupational hazard of electronic devices, and they just write it off!

Redwolf

Jerry Freeman · Post by **Jerry Freeman** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:38 pm

One day, I was visiting the local mom and pop hardware store, Deaton's. Through the office door, I heard Mrs. Deaton's voice.

"If you're going to throw up, go outside."

After a moment's puzzlement, I remembered the store's resident cat.

Best wishes,
Jerry

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:14 pm

DaleWisely wrote:The Undisputed Cat, whose legal name is Memphis Tennessee Wisely, has taken, in her old age, to lying on top of my Dell 17" CRT Monitor. How cute.

Cats have a hard time lying on an LCD monitor

Post by **Dale** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:21 pm

fearfaoin wrote:
DaleWisely wrote:The Undisputed Cat, whose legal name is Memphis Tennessee Wisely, has taken, in her old age, to lying on top of my Dell 17" CRT Monitor. How cute.
Cats have a hard time lying on an LCD monitor

Memphis T. Wisely will find a way.

I'm looking at newegg.com for 17" LCD monitors.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:31 pm

DaleWisely wrote:Memphis T. Wisely will find a way.

I'm looking at newegg.com for 17" LCD monitors.

If you find one you want to buy online, make sure to go to a store and
look at the monitor you want. It's hard to tell how bright or how wide a
viewing angle the LCD has without actually looking at it. Try to get one
with a guaranteed low number of dead pixels.

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:31 pm

I like that special little noise they make right before they puke. They crouch there, hunched over, making that ghastly erooooo sound . . .

I used to be really good at running through the house and sliding into base to get a newspaper under their nose before they finished making that noise.

susnfx · Post by **susnfx** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:40 pm

I know it's not particularly funny, Dale, but thanks for my first laugh-out-loud moment today.

I have a friend who some years ago was a missionary...one evening she and her companion were visiting a home, having a lovely discussion, when the owner's cat suddenly threw up - directly into my friend's purse. Anyone familiar with the usual contents of a woman's purse can imagine the clean-up...

Do they aim, or what???

Susan

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:47 pm

Your poor kitty. I hope she's okay! Have you seen these heating pads for cats? They are always plugged in but they just warm up when the cat is lying on it. It is about $27.00. Ours has lasted a number of years now and our cats just love it. Maybe your cat would like it better than the computer, although I guess if you're getting a different monitor....
I didn't price hunt or anything, this is just what it looks like. The cover is removeable and washable, the heating thing is inside.

http://futurepet.com/cgi-bin/FULLPRES.e ... UM=LEC3092
Oh, I'm sorry about your monitor.

Post by **Dale** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:29 pm

Cynth wrote:Your poor kitty. I hope she's okay! Have you seen these heating pads for cats? They are always plugged in but they just warm up when the cat is lying on it. It is about $27.00. Ours has lasted a number of years now and our cats just love it. Maybe your cat would like it better than the computer, although I guess if you're getting a different monitor....
I didn't price hunt or anything, this is just what it looks like. The cover is removeable and washable, the heating thing is inside.
http://futurepet.com/cgi-bin/FULLPRES.e ... UM=LEC3092
Oh, I'm sorry about your monitor.

I think that's a lovely idea.

Dale

vomitbunny · Post by **vomitbunny** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 9:57 pm

Dale I've taken old monitors and literally washed them out with a hose befor and left them in a hot place to dry for a few days. (garage). Just make sure they are totally dry befor plugging them back in.

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