You can change your vote.
It’s not on the list, but my favorite Muppets are the singing vegetables.
So very incorrect.
Interestingly, I was listening to Hidden Brain on NPR last weekend, and they were talking about the psychology of keeping secrets. Apparently according to lots of studies, we look at people who admit to doing a bad thing more favorably than people who just refuse to answer the question.
I don’t so much as bark back to our pup, as say, “Bark-bark!”
Other (Big blue monster with ears)
https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Thog
I think I might have a Muppet type
Cookie Monster
Grover
Thog
I haven’t watched enough Muppets to have developed favorites.
Yes, I am old. My childhood predates them, and I didn’t raise any children.
I talk to the cats and dog in English; sometimes in bad imitations of meows and barks; and sometimes in my best attempts at their body languages.
Anchovies: no. I don’t like most fish. Those are particularly nasty.
Beer: yes. There are some I care less for than others but I like most at least enough to drink it.
Black licorice: I voted yes but that’s only for the tame American stuff I’ve had. Apparently it comes in much stronger flavors that I haven’t tried.
Blue cheese: I voted neutral because I don’t mind it in moderation but not when the flavor is front and center in a dish. I would rather do without.
Buttermilk: I said neutral because I like buttermilk pancakes. I’ve had it as an ingredient in other baked goods. I would never think to drink it.
Cilantro: neutral. Maybe I only have part of the gene. It doesn’t taste like soap but it has to be used sparingly or I won’t like it.
Coffee: no. I like the smell. Hate the taste of the drink and don’t like anything coffee flavored.
Liver: neutral. I would put no except every now and then I get a nostalgic feeling for liver wurst. I eat it but try to forget what it is.
Mushrooms: yes. I grew into that.
Tofu: yuck. Taste and texture are awful.
Back when I had pets, I would always instruct them to “watch the house” whenever I was heading out the door.
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My husband always lets the cats know which one of them is in charge while we’re out. We try to divide the responsibility evenly.
A few years ago I discovered I have the cilantro/soap gene which explains several disastrous restaurant encounters in the past. No more cilantro for me!
If your dog stretches and you don’t say “That’s a big stretch” you’re a communist.
When I leave the house I sometimes tell my dog “Conan, watch the house, you are in charge now” to the chagrin of my wife and son who are also staying but apparently to be supervised by the dog.
I tell the dog to “take care of the house.”
I don’t generally do that if there’s a human who’ll be staying in the house, though.
I have regular conversations with both of our cats, in particular Pippin. When I come downstairs in the morning, he greets me with a series of meows. Discussion goes something like this:
Pippin: “Meow!”
Me: “Hi, there!”
Pippin: “MEOW!”
Me: “Oh, really?”
Pippin: “MEOW!”
Me: “Is that so?”
Pippin: “MEOW MEOW!”
Me: “And then what happened?”
I answered as if I had a cat because I used to have a cat and I loved him. I loved him so much.
Mainly I would sing to him
(Tune of “Maniac”)
He’s a Merlin cat, Merlin cat that’s for sure
And he’s meowing like he’s never meowed before!
Which prompted my husband to retort: “But he has meowed before.”
(This is the Dope. I hope I don’t need to explain why that was infuriating.)
I’d also get weird with it.
(Madonna)
Gonna dress you up in my cat
All over, all over
Basically I would just insert him into as many songs as possible.
Our dog is almost 15. If I said that I would get a look like “If you want the house watched you better do it yourself I’m napping.”
Oh, I sing to my cat all the time. I guess I don’t consider that “conversing” so I didn’t think to include it in the poll.
(Tune of “Baby Shark”)
Nelson cat, do do do do do do…
Or (Tune of “GTO”)
Nelson kitty cat
You’re really lookin’ fine
Four paws and a tail
And a cute little nose
Listen to him meow-ow
Listen to him purr-rr-rr…
The Muppets poll omitted the Sesame Street martians.
OMG I love them too!
Uh-huh, uh-huh.