Schroedinger
I was working on the ad in which Schroedinger appeared, and I knew he had to be mine (he was “pet of the week” in the ad for a local car dealership that sponsors animals at the shelter here). I got him from the shelter the next day, and he’s just as cute in person as he is in his photo.
…..what a darling little furbag………………………….
*Schroedinger is a Hummdinger!*
hey this cat is not a furbag hes a very handsome boy watch out calling him names cause he just might bite your fingers off.
EEEP! He looks like a very soft, fuzzy lovebug! I would have snapped him up too if I saw him. He just looks like a nice kitty!
Just realized his name…… You’re not planning on putting him in a box are you with some radioactive material are you?
i love it - martha grimes right?
is he going to win the nobel prize too? (sweet baby boy!)
What a sweet face, I can see why you were captivated by this little bundle of fur.
He looks so gentle and clever. Very handsome!
very cute - what sweet colors for a boy!!
Sweet little kitty :))
Things a Cat Must Remember:
My human will never let me eat her pet hamster, and I am at peace with that.
A: I will not stand on the bathroom counter, stare down the hall, and growl at NOTHING
B: I will not puff my entire body to twice its size for no reason. - I will do neither A or B especially after my human has finished watching a horror movie.
I will not lean way over to drink out of the tub, fall in, and then pelt right for the box of clumping cat litter. (It took FOREVER to get the stuff out of my fur.)
I will not drag dirty socks up from the basement in the middle of the night, deposit them on the bed and yell at the top of my lungs so that my human can admire my “kill.”
I will not perch on my human’s chest in the middle of the night and stare into her eyes until she wakes up.
We will not play Herd of Thundering Wildebeests Stampeding Across the Plains of the Serengeti over any humans’ bed while they’re trying to sleep.
Screaming at the can of food will not make it open itself.
I cannot leap through closed windows to catch birds outside. If I forget this and bonk my head on the window and fall behind the couch in my attempt, I will not get up and do the same thing again.
I will not assume the patio door is open when I race outside to chase leaves.
I will not complain that my bottom is wet and that I am thirsty after sitting in my water bowl.
I will not intrude on my human’s candle-lit bubble bath and singe my bottom.
I will not stick my paw into any container to see if there is something in it. If I do, I will not hiss and scratch when my human has to shave me to get the rubber cement out of my fur.
If I bite the cactus, it will bite back..
When I am chasing my tail and catch my back leg instead, I will not bite down on my foot. This hurts, and my scream scares my human.
When it rains, it will be raining on all sides of the house. It is not necessary to check every door.
Birds do not come from the bird feeder. I will not knock it down and try to open it up to get the birds out.
I will not teach the parrot to meow in a loud and raucous manner.
Yes, there are still two very large dogs in the backyard. There have been for several years. I don’t have to act as if I’ve just discovered the Demon Horror of the Universe each time one of them appears in my window.
I will not play “dead cat on the stairs” while people are trying to bring in groceries or laundry, or else one of these days, it will really come true.
When the humans play darts, I will not leap into the air and attempt to catch them.
I will not swat my human’s head repeatedly when she’s on the family room floor trying to do sit ups.
When my human is typing at the computer, her forearms are *not* a hammock.
Computer and TV screens do not exist to backlight my lovely tail.
I will not eat spider plants and hallucinate behind the toilet.
I will not drag the magnets (and the papers they are holding up) off of the refrigerator and then bat them underneath it so that they adhere to the underside.
I will learn to relax at the vet’s office so they will start writing things in my records like “Good Kitty” and “Sweet Kitty” instead of the stuff that’s there now like “MEAN!!” “BITER!!!” and “GET HELP!!!!!”
I will not be miffed at my human all day and then kiss her on the nose at 2:00 a.m. to tell her that she is forgiven and can now pet me.
If I MUST claw my human, I will not do it in such a fashion that the scars resemble a botched suicide attempt.
If I must give a present to my human’s overnight guests, my toy mouse is much more socially acceptable than a big live cockroach, even if it isn’t as tasty.
I will not soak my catnip toy in the water bowl to make tea. I will not get high and sit there drinking my tea and kneading the floor afterwards. I will not then get delusions of grandeur and make tea in the toilet bowl or the tub. And I will not try to make tea with used socks, dirty panties or hair scrunches when my humans take the catnip toy away from me.
A warm pepperoni pizza is not a good place for a nap.
This is hilarious! Did you write it?
No Rori, found it surfing for all things cat :))
what excellent advice…i wish henry,cali,jimmi and ‘mybabay’ could read people messages!
Evangeline–I laughed till I cried. Or maybe cried till I laughed. No cat would ever sign such a document. Abandon hope.
Catherine
OMG! That was toooo funny!!! I can’t stop laughing. I especially like the part about the Herd of Thundering Wildebeests Stampeding Across the Plains of the Serengeti and Demon Horror of the Universe. You made my day!
Schroedinger is sure a handsome little boy. I’d love to see a grown up picture too.
So funny I’m still crying and my kitties are coming over to see what’s wrong. Thanks for the belly laugh, I really needed it!
Things a Cat Must Remember:
this is SOOO funny . . .fwd it to all the cat lovers I knw
What a cutie…he looks so calm! But looks can be deceiving. I’m sure he has his kitty-krazy moments. I’m so happy for him and for you that he found his forever home!
OK, I must admit I’ve been out of school for many years, and can only vaguely remember the whole Schroedinger’s cat theory…..but here is a link that explains it….
http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/ardlouis/dissipative/Schrcat.html
That’s what I was talking about way up there Dee. It’s a rather interesting theory about quantum uncertainty. Just in a rather non-cat friendly way.
Ffrreedd—-whoops, should have read entire thread before I posted. I think this cat’s name is kind of disturbing.
I agree w/ you Dee - I personally think it’s morbid and cruel. To each their own, of course and I don’t mean to criticize - not in the least. But to even think along those lines and then to follow through and test it…gives me the goosebumps
Gee, thanks Dee. Now if you guys want to read something funny,
try this link
http://www.flippyscatpage.com/schrodingersothercat.html
Evangeline—that was so funny! Her searching for her lost cat that was “supposedly” there the whole time reminds me of my
(since departed) black cat Juliet—the best pet I’ve ever had.(I hope my three cats are not reading this.) While I was having new carpeting put into my apartment, I took her to my friend’s house to cat-sit overnight. My friend called me in a panic. “I can’t find Juliet! I’ve looked all over! She’s nowhere in the house! I didn’t open the front door! I don’t know how she could have gotten out!!” I think she was afraid of my potential wrath had she lost my cat….haha. I raced over to her house and called for Juliet as soon I walked in. And, of course, she (my cat, not my friend) immediately crawled out from her hiding place—underneath a big, leather recliner. My friend SWORE she looked under that chair twice! The joke has been that Juliet must have been clinging upside-down, in cartoon fashion, to the under-belly of the chair while my friend was frantically calling for her. I think they live to mess with us.
Dee, I am having a difficult time typing, am laughing so hard!
I think we all have ‘misplaced’ our babies. Through the years I have lost 3 different cats to the underbelly of 2 different reclyners! YES! You are right, they live to mess with us! :))
Oh my god, this JUST happened to me LAST NIGHT. I’m having the floor in my extra bedroom re-finished, so I had all 8 of my cats crammed into my own bedroom during the day while the guys were there working. Of course they had STRICT instructions NOT TO OPEN THAT DOOR. And I KNEW all eight were in there - it had been quite the operation to get them all rounded up and in there (but that is a whole nother story for another time!). So I get home from work and I open the bedroom door, and of course some come running right out, but the more skittish ones will come out on their own time, I know. So I’m cleaning and sweeping (those work guys always make such a mess!), and quite some time goes by, and I start thinking about how I haven’t seen Patches yet. Now Patches is a semi-feral kitten, that started out as a foster kitten, but that I never really got socialized enough to be adoptable, so she has stayed with me, and she is still very very scared of life sometimes. So now I start looking for her. And of course I have furniture and stuff from the extra bedroom stacked and stuck everywhere else in the house, so there are about a billion places for a cat to get into now. Needless to say, I am just freaking, pretty much in panic mode. If she somehow got out - since I’m sure they had the front door propped open while they were working - I would NEVER be able to find her and she would be so petrified that she would NEVER come to me, even though she knows me, being still semi-feral. Horrible thoughts are running through my mind - I tell myself to STOP thinking like that! It will only make bad things like that HAPPEN. Ok, turns out she was hiding, probably still scared from all the noise the workers had been making, squished behind a box in the bedroom that I would have sworn was flush up against the wall!!! I actually started crying when I found her. Which of course scared the bejeebers out of her even more, and she ran like the dickens to hide somewhere else for several more hours. Ah but I love the little stinker…
why is it every cat is cuter than the one before? adorable!!
UPDATE: there are now 5 kittens! they all seem to be healthy, and mom is doing a great job - even getting protective of the babies (she gives the ol’ evil eye when i come close to the babes, but still lets me touch them). she’s eating a lot, which is good since she was so skinny when we found her, and the antibiotics have made a world of difference.
we’re definately going to keep her. as for the kittens, i wish i could keep them all, but we already have 3 other cats, and with roxy makes 4…sigh.
when they’e a bit bigger, i’ll send in pics.
that’s awesome! I am glad to hear everything went well and all seem healthy! Can’t wait to see the whole *FUZZ* *CREW*
what do the kittens look like - solid colors, mixture?
dottcomm1 - that is wonderful that you will keep roxy. I used to do rescue work with kitties, and it is SO much harder to find homes for the mamas than the babies! Thank you for that!
He’s a handsome little guy!
He looks full of love and mischief!
*ATTN: Delaware Residents*
Please copy and paste link below and thank your Governor!
https://secure2.convio.net/aspca/site/Advocacy?id=2025&autologin=true&JServSessionIdr004=hjjcsw9f71.app24b
Dee….thanks for the link, I lived in Delaware before moving here to Va last July and I have to say that this law is the only thing that RuthAnne has done right in all the time she has been in office…….
That’s so funny!
Cat looks spoiled
Looks fresh to me! :))
ARG!
You should be ashamed of yourself, proliferating bad puns!
This is one adorable kitten!
What a sweet little guy!! How could anyone NOT love this little rascal. I bet that there is NO WAY you will ever be able to be “mad” at him for more than an 8 second bull ride!!!!
I just love his green eyes & with the orange fur he looks like an Irish kitty!!
~ j
His fur looks like velvet, thank you for sharing this wonderful picture!
Ben—how are the kids?
Did you read the article I referred you to a couple days ago?
The kids are great! Christopher can now say, “Come here, Captain!” and “Please pass the chicken.” (He really says “Peez pass de chicken.”) Caitlyn can say “My daddy is handsome.” (She really says “My da-da is hansom.”)
Great! They like the animals, eh? You didn’t answer part 2 of my prying!
Is he in an elevator? haha
He looks like an Irish Kitty. Thanks For Sharing.
I hope no one thinks I’m evil if I say that I’m creeped out by the kitten at the following link…..
http://www.nbc10.com/health/9515335/detail.html#
Wow Dee, how did you find this? Btw you could never be ‘evil.’My first reaction was one of horror..but then I read that the poor kitty will probably be able to function normally and there is a little boy who loves him so I guess things could be worse!
Evangeline—I find these things by avoiding work all day! Thanks for the nice comment. The article said that the kitten will function normally—seems premature to make that comment—still so young…
Yes, you are right. It is a little soon, but what is encouraging is that he has started to suckle and somebody loves him!:))
oh my yes…poor little thing. I can’t believe that he won’t have other serious problems, if not now, when he becomes older. I hope that they do right by this kitty and don’t exploit the oddity. I would be surprised if he makes it to adulthood. If he continues to thrive, I would have him thoroughly checked out by a vet.
I guess we need to remind ourselves that the cat doesn’t know/care what he looks like. It just makes me sad.
This little guy is a humdinger, such a sweet little face. Love his coloring. Couldn’t help but love the little guy.
*Contemplating his theoretical namesake FUZZ*
omg he is just precious! i love his sweet angelic face. i just wanna scoop him up and kiss him
SO SWEET! We just love this gentle-faced, beautiful little baby. God bless you and him always.
good to see car dealer support for our furry frinds in need
Schroedinger, I love your fuzzy face & your eyes! Congratulations on your new home.
Oh God!!! That´s a very cute kitten!!!!! I love the light haired kittens!!!! this one´s a cutie pie!!!!
I love him
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Another handsome young man! What lovely coloring, so soft! Glad he is in a good home now. Hope he brings you lots of love and happiness. Thanks for taking him.
Thank you all for admiring Shoe (for short). He’s a wonderful kitten! When he went to the vet, the doctor couldn’t get his heartbeat because he wouldn’t stop purring. I think he hasn’t stopped purring since I got him.
And for those of you that are disturbed, Schröedinger’s Box is a metaphor, an illustration of a principle of physics, and to my knowledge has never actually been tried with a real cat and a real box; there would be no need.
Thanks again, and many thanks to the dealership that has helped over 300 cats and dogs find homes since last Christmas.
…oh, and the “Things A Cat Must Remember”…HILARIOUS!
Least place you’d of thought you would have found your pet, at work, Heaven Scent! (a little twist on the sent) should be the name.
Sweet & innocent, with a little bit of sadness. Very pretty coloring. Glad you couldn’t resist and decided to make this little guy a part of your home. Looks like he’d be very affectionate and a constant companion.