Ha! I got ahead of the game and just had an unfinished basement for five years! Even easier access!

This happened on screen with “let’s go” by Arin from Game Grumps.

I was going to reference that book if you hadn’t. My mom was a big fan of it.

I still recall the kangaroo section, at least in part, and some of the anecdotes that are similar to yours.

My cats once got in a fight with a praying mantis in an old townhouse.

I’d seen praying mantisses before but this one was a. in my home and b. large enough to be genuinely a little intimidating. The cats won, but it took a long time because they were being more cautious than usual.

I used to use canned air, but they eventually stopped caring.

The room where I spend most of my time and they get up to most of their shenanigans is pretty long across so, unless I used a super soaker, I’m not sure I could hit them with water.

I have occasionally thrown something soft - like a pillow, I have no desire to issue actual corporal punishment - in their direction. That’s gotten mixed results.

Of course, how could I have forgotten!

I used to work a job wherein I had to record a log of my daily activities, but they took me all around the place and the log wasn’t a physical item so I couldn’t really write down everything as it happened.

Often I would struggle to remember enough even to populate the five daily entries we were expected to fill out.

Once I shamefacedly brought this up to the “rock star” of the team who was held to lower standards, reporting wise, because he got results. I was greatly gratified when he said that sometimes he just logged “I don’t remember” for some activities.

No, this is Patrick Ed.

I suspect it was probably “Phil.”

I’ve never once had a cat who cared about verbal excoriation. Mine will only stop doing naughty things if you get up and approach them, then as soon as you sit back down they’re back to doing it again.

Yeah, probably.

Also wasps.

Good to know, thanks!

Very regal.

To be clear, mine has bald spots (one above each eye) and I was curious whether yours did … A question I suppose I could have answered by simply looking at your picture. I apologize and thank you for responding!

edit: As I said, she doesn’t like to look at the camera, so I don’t have a lot of photos of her from head on … But this near four year old photo kinda shows the bald spots. I think they only increase how adorable she is.

You not only stole my cat but cloned her? How rude.

Beautiful, though.

edit: Wait, do they have the bald spots?

edit: So far as I know, she’s a cat, not a car.

You lemmings keep stealing my cats.

(She doesn’t like to look at the camera but she has the same eyes also)

I thought it came from the bones of the fifth elephant.

edit: Bones. Bones of the fifth elephant. AFAIK they don’t have video in Discworld other than in that one book and that didn’t go so well.

I was gonna say “;)”

I hope your scary event goes well!

Also I don’t remember any Discworld characters named “Ben.”