The Wild Party

by Jimmy Johnson


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This not-so-old comic strip is from 2014. It is more current than that, however, at least around this house. We’ve had a bit of similar action the past 24 hours or so, with feral and semi-feral cats congregating in nearby underbrush to, judging by the sound of it, disembowel one another with dull switchblades. Our three pampered cats look at one another and then to me, seeking explanation. That’s when we have kitty treats!

66 responses to “The Wild Party”

  1. Mark in TTown Avatar
    Mark in TTown

    Good night, all. May you all be safe during this stormy period.

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    Lord it is after 11 already. I ate something for dinner I knew better and I am going to be nauseated all night. Got to Walmart about 3 minutes after pharmacy slammed the steel curtains down. Why It Urp?

    I am feeling punnish.

  3. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    Debbe 😉 Love you, hon. I know what it’s like to go through a rough patch.

  4. TruckerRon Avatar

    And, if that link fails, here’s one that will work:

    http://www.gocomics.com/ziggy/2016/02/02

  5. Galliglo in Ohio Avatar
    Galliglo in Ohio

    Thoughts and prayers going out your way,Debbe. We DO love you…

  6. Jerry in Fl Avatar
    Jerry in Fl

    Ditto Debbe.

  7. Steve From Royal Oak, MI Avatar

    I use the “Scroll” method of political discussion. If I disagree with anything you say here on the blog, I use the scroll wheel on my mouse and your opinions are gone, at least to me. You can still have your opinion, I don’t have to listen. Not quite what today’s gag was going for, but sometimes it works.

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    Debbe, I lived through eating an order of chili from our local dairy outlet. I just can’t tolerate stuff that others thrive on. Now I am worried about you as you are not here this morning. Like everyone else air care about you and love you. Get medical all care. Love.

  9. Woodrowfan Avatar
    Woodrowfan

    Feral cats can be fixed and vaccinated. Most are not adoptable but once they are sterilized and get their shots they don’t fight nearly as much (and of course they don;t breed). We have a small colony on our suburban property. We feed them and have small insulated shelters for them. They survived Snowzilla 2016 just fine. The only problem is the cat poop. I’ve talked with my neighbors and they’re OK with the occasional poop in their garden. (Most have dogs so they’re not unused to poop in the yard) One of cats follows me around and keeps me company when I work outside.

    They keep the squirrel and rodent population down. (one reason why the neighbors don’t mind them) They catch an occasional bird, but not really as many as the bird folks claim they do. Actually I have bird feeders too and the squirrels leave them alone for the most part.

    for more info on feral cats see http://www.alleycat.org/

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    Jeez, I completely type words as I intend to say and Hal changes it to garbled and rearranges sentence.

    Friend just posted photos of Caligulas floating palace, discovered by archeologists intact and destroyed in WWII. Really interesting, a cruise ship for one but crewed by rest of those aboard. An unbelievable boat and he had more than one.

    Cue Mark.

  11. Ghost Rider 6 Avatar
    Ghost Rider 6

    It’s good to be the Emperor.

    Jackie, I again forget what flavor phone/tablet/device you are using, but it’s hard to believe that HAL’s speel chek/predictive text/psychotic behavior/whatever cannot be turned off. Have you tried that?

  12. Morphy Avatar
    Morphy

    domaucan1: I do, but poorly. Strictly social, my Morphy number is probably 8. That’s the theoretical limit, 150 years down the line. I can beat a chess engine in teach mode, but am only competitive even at the lowest settings of gameplay. I prefer opponents who don’t give mulligans, and take every muggins, but don’t grind each other over bad play. ‘Huh, that didn’t work. Want to play again?’ is likely to be heard. Like my bowling and golf, where my goal is to break 100, just in opposite directions.

  13. Morphy Avatar
    Morphy

    The Morphy number chain is: I played A, who played B, who played … going towards Paul Morphy the origin, who has the only Morphy number 0. Mortality makes it impossible for any one today to earn a Morphy number 3. But the passage of time opens the matrix of relationships pretty quickly. Loosely, if you can spell chess you’re essentially a 10. If you know a rook on sight, and can set up the board, you were probably shown by someone who knew, you are probably a 9. If you’ve played someone you didn’t know before, they are very likely a seven or higher, making you an eight. Actual pedigree may be hard to obtain.

  14. Morphy Avatar
    Morphy

    TruckerRon: Some people, through no fault of their own, have initials easy to mock. Normally it makes no difference. Being a teen in the days of video arcade champion boards caused me grief my parents could not foresee.