Wednesday 22 February 2023

quit your gripin'


Oh quit your griping, woman, would ya?


MOUSES!


I said, quit your gripin'.


Woman.


Yeah, I actually said, quit your gripin', WOMAN.  And a good ol' MOUSES! followed that.


MOUSES!


I SAID, QUIT YOUR GRIPIN'!  Quit your gripin', woman.


MOUSES!


Well I'm sure you were gripin' about somethin', Peepers.  Not anythin' important, mind you.  Not anythin' worth gripin' about, at all.  But in your mind, I'm assumin' there was somethin' about which to gripe.  Or at least so you thought.  Well that's what I'm assumin', you see.


MOUSES!


Holdie on there, ol' peep of mine.  I never once said anythin' about my knowin' about what you were gripin'.


The power goin' out this mornin' - AGAIN - causin' you to not be able to make a hot pot of tea, first thing?


No...  No, I don't think you were gripin' about that.


The big white splotch you noticed on the car today left by some birdie who did a fly by while poopin'?


No...  No, I don't think you were gripin' about that, either.


The weather man sayin' tonight is gonna be cold as all get out and talking 'bout snow tomorrow, provin' ME right - of course - when I told you not to put away the snow shovels?


No...  No, I don't think you were gripin' about that, either.


To tell you the truth, Peepers, I have no idea about what you were gripin'.


Although I KNOW you were gripin' about somethin' - well, in your mind, anyway, no matter how misguided your reasoning may have been - on account of your often gripin' about this and that and whatnot and...


Oh.


Wait a minute...


Ummm...  Peepers?  Never mind.  Just forget about this conversation, okay?


Yeah, that's what I said: never mind 'bout my gripin' about your gripin'.


Well you see...  Truth be told...  Hehehe...  Uh...  It's kinda funny, actually.  Umm...


Well you see...


Well you see, Saffy has informed me that you were actually griping 'bout MY griping 'bout when you rushed us to make up our minds 'bout goin' outside this mornin', on account of it bein' chilly outside and the heat bein' off inside - due to the power outage, of course - and your attempt to keep the warm air in and the cold air out, and not wantin' to leave the door open for fifteen or twenty minutes while we made up our minds 'bout whether or not we wanted to go outside in the first place.


Which we didn't.


Go outside, I mean.


BUT THE THING IS THOUGH, KITTIES DECIDIN' WHETHER THEY WANT TO BE INSIDE OR OUT SHOULD NEVER BE RUSHED.


SO OF COURSE, I, SEVILLE THE CAT, HAD A VERY GOOD REASON TO GRIPE.


So quit your griping 'bout MY gripin', woman.


I'd say it was unbecoming of a peep but to be perfectly honest, gripin' for no good reason is a very peeperly thing to do.


MOUSES!


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And remember:

IF IN DOUBT,

DON'T. GO. OUT.

Continue to practice SOCIAL DISTANCIN' measures

AND KEEP WASHIN' YOUR PAWS.

MOUSES!

Remember to mask up, too.

6 comments:

  1. Well. Normally I'd agree cats should never be rushed but this time.. it's a greater awful to let the warm air escape.

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  2. Hope the power came back on!! While we still have our power, there are lots of them around our area today, on account of a bad ice storm and high winds.

    Mouses, indeed!

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  3. Um, Sivvers ... is this one of those "meow as I say, not as I do" things?

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  4. You obviously live with uncivilized people, Seville.
    Hehehehe

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  5. guyz...sneekin round two day on free wi fi and wanted two make sure we stopped bye two say hi, hope everee onez doin sooper grate and heerz two an awesum week oh end !! ♥♥♥

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    1. And I hope you have a great weekend, too! It's been snowin' here today and it's kinda cold but I'm hopin' AND HOPIN' spring will be here, soon. PURRS

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