We here at Grumpy Rumblings hereby pledge that we will NOT talk about the weather this week. Whew.
This post has replaced the Food for Other Folks post you may have been expecting to give you some breaking news and to ask an important question.
Random bullet of timely news:
Dr. Daryl Bem, about whom I have posted before, attempts to explain his concept of time-traveling pr0n by invoking quantum physics:
Time-Traveling Porn – Daryl Bem
In related news, we have a burning question for the blogosphere. Please tell us: WHY do cats always hack up on the carpet? My house is less than half-carpeted and yet, without fail, the cat picks the carpeted (hard-to-clean) areas to make his hairballs in. This is true even in houses with far less carpet. Everyone else with cats reports the same thing. Is there some physiological reason? Do they like to be comfy when yarfing? I believe it is sheer cussedness, myself. Someone please enlighten us!
W0rd.
We now return you to your regular posting. Food for other folks will now be appearing Feb 23rd. Look forward to it.
February 10, 2011 at 5:48 am
Carpet feels more like grass, so it reminds them of the outdoors? That’s all I’ve got for a theory.
February 10, 2011 at 8:53 am
But my cat has never been outside! Some deep instinct?
February 10, 2011 at 10:23 am
They want to ingrain their smell as much as possible. They know you can just wipe it off the floor, but the carpet? MWAHAHAHA!
February 10, 2011 at 9:16 pm
That’s probably it.
February 10, 2011 at 11:32 am
I vote for the comfort. I think it’s more like fur, and nice under their little paws in a time of unpleasantness.
February 10, 2011 at 11:38 am
Cat physiology – they need the carpet to provide something to grip onto with their claws. Sort of like a drunk teenager clinging onto a toilet bowl.
I have a long haired cat and he does about two a year now. Try pumpkin, butter and / or psyllium husk powder.
February 10, 2011 at 9:17 pm
Ahhh, they cling when they do it? I confess I’ve never looked that closely. That’s interesting!
February 11, 2011 at 6:01 am
Heheh – unfortunately you have to have one hack up on you (or start to anyway) to know they dig in.
February 11, 2011 at 6:04 am
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February 10, 2011 at 1:23 pm
Dogs do the same thing. We have all hard floors with area rugs in areas where furniture s grouped. Every time the dog gets sick, he heads STRAIGHT for a rug. Never fails.
I think it feels like grass under their feet. Maybe there’s some survival reason for barfing on grass instead of hard stuff. Maybe it seems like it’s “outside” then den???
February 10, 2011 at 4:02 pm
Our cats hack up all over the house – carpet, hard wood, cutting board, table top, blanket, piano bench. They are not picky.
February 10, 2011 at 5:52 pm
I’m not sure if that makes you lucky or un-
February 10, 2011 at 5:44 pm
Mine manages to hit the food bowl and water fountain too (I have one of those fountains for pets). It’s especially nasty in the water fountain – you have to take everything apart to clean it and you have to do it now or it will clog the pump.
February 10, 2011 at 5:51 pm
ew
ew ew ew
February 10, 2011 at 9:17 pm
#1 chimes in: ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. You win the ICK award.
February 11, 2011 at 12:32 pm
Cats in the outdoors bury their puke to hide it. I suspect that they perceive carpet as a surface they can more readily dig into to bury.
February 11, 2011 at 12:35 pm
oooh
… if only they’d take that a step further and puke in the litter box
February 11, 2011 at 4:51 pm
I suspect that they don’t puke in the shittebox, because sometimes the puke is worthy of reingesting, and they don’t want to soil it with shitte.
February 11, 2011 at 4:54 pm
Oh YUCK.
February 11, 2011 at 5:25 pm
You have seen your cat lick up its puke, right?
February 11, 2011 at 5:27 pm
No… I always thought that was a dog thing.
February 11, 2011 at 6:00 pm
Cats, too.
February 11, 2011 at 6:05 pm
Maybe your cats…
February 11, 2011 at 6:59 pm
My cat never re-ingests. Not even when I’m gone and don’t find it for several days. But to be clear, he only ever yarfs up hairballs (which are not edible). He doesn’t yakk his food, for which I am grateful.
February 11, 2011 at 7:17 pm
Our big kitty barfs up food occasionally, but she does not reingest.
February 11, 2011 at 12:49 pm
I have one cat who always goes under the couch to puke. (No carpet, no rug.) We deeply appreciate his consideration, because the hairball is out of the way and will not get stepped on by a sleepy or distracted person.
The others . . . oh, let’s not talk about them. But the Grammarian is a true gentleman.
February 11, 2011 at 4:55 pm
I’m trying really hard not to ask if those hairballs ever get cleaned up or if the couch is going to reach maximum capacity some day…
February 13, 2011 at 1:48 am
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