Well, I learned it from my mom and her family. You might remember them from such classic parodies as:
“They asked me how I knew
Turtle poo was blue
I of course replied
Bullshit you’ve been fed
Turtle poo is red.” [hey, that’s vaguely related to this thread!]
and
"We three kings of Orient are/smoking on a rubber cigar
It was loaded, it exploded – POOM!
We two kings of Orient are/smoking on a rubber cigar
It was loaded, it exploded – POOM!
I one king of Orient are/smoking on a rubber cigar
It was loaded, it exploded – POOM!
Ours used to do this as well. He didn’t much like some of the food we gave him - no canned stuff (GAGGGGGGGG - we couldn’t stand the smell), so the furlords got Tender Vittles.
He’d take one bite, glare at us, and scrape the floor with one front paw.
Mind you, he never buried his actual poop - he left that out to admire or something.
I keep coming back to this thread because “the cat buried a fart” is just hilarious to me. I wonder if this doesn’t happen more often and we just don’t find them because the buried farts eventually disappate and you were just lucky … unlucjy enough to be there while it was fresh. I usually have cats that can’t wait until I finish cleaning the litter box to use it but I have never experienced the buried fart. Mine prefer to just release theirs when they are all snuggled up next to me.
Our cat Sugar, who retrieved a cheese wedge-shaped piece of sponge rubber, once tried to pull a nail hole off a wall; also, when my cousin was sitting at the end of a couch, she jumped up and attacked his arm, which was hanging over the side of the couch. Goofy little kitty.
Oops, didn’t mean to abandon the thread, guys! I fried another modem and had to wait for the new one to arrive. Back in action now.
**Revtim **- if I can catch this on video I will definitely post it! I have actually been following all three cats into that room with a camera since then on the off-chance I’ll get a repeat. So far no luck.
dougie - I think that would be considered an insult! Does she refuse other “people food” too or just tuna? How long did it take Sugar to realize that nail hole wasn’t going to be removed?
Infovore - I like that saying and am going to steal it. “Cats is weird.” Like it!
rocking chair - I am glad I’ve never had to clean up a tipped litterbox!
Dr. Girlfriend, Bookkeeper - now that you mention it, mine do that tail-on-fire run too after using the box!
InternetLegend - I have fluffy cats too but I’ve never noticed mine running after messing up those fluffy britches - they tend to just walk funny and it’s the stilted gait that gives it away to me and alerts me to the need for a cleanup job.
Mama Zappa - Your kitty was probably saying “Look what I did Mom! Look! Look! Aren’t you proud of me?” My oldest has begun doing this - not covering his offerings I mean - and I"ve discovered that kitty litter does NOT work well to control smells if things are uncovered. I’m constantly going in there to scoop litter over his jobs when he finishes. He’s done good all his life up to now, but at an arthritic 18 yrs with 4th stage kidney disease, I guess he’s allowed to be a little slack on his duties.
Wile E - You bring up a good point. I wonder how many times he’s buried farts before and they’ve just disintegrated before I got to them. That would explain the sometimes foul odor emanating from that room when there isn’t anything in the boxes that need scooping.
Buddy Boy? HE was satisfied with the cat food we gave him and his brothers, sisters, and mother…Sugar apparently caught on in a few minutes that the hole was immovable. She was stubborn, though.
