Box Hugger

“Keep your grubby hands off my box, you pathetic paparazzo!”
But you have too many boxes, Silver.
“Au contraire! Hapless hermaphrodite.”
Um, Silver, do you even know what a hermaphrodite is?
“Hermaphodities is the Greek Gato Goddess of Duopoly.”
Hmmm. Duopoly is an economic term, not a biological term, Silver.
“In Meowingistics, it means having it both ways.”
Where do you come up with this stuff?
“From the CAT-a-Log of Greek Gatoology.”
I’ve never seen you reading a catalog, Silver.
“That’s because you’re a blithering, blind bog dweller stuck in 3D. We cats can access all kinds of resources in our interdimensional Caterverse. You humans are hamstrung when it comes to thinking outside the kitty litter box. That’s why it was so easy to domesticate you humans over 10,000 years ago.”
That’s all very interesting, Silver, but it doesn’t change the fact that you have too many boxes.
“No! No! No! Keep your cranky, curmudgeonly claws off my box!”

Dusk

33 thoughts on “Box Hugger

  1. Tim, I think you were a cat (the advanced creature) in a previous life! You know how to speak “meow” language perfectly. I especially appreciated the nod to Hermaphodities and the best is “CAT-a-Log of Greek Gatoology”. Brilliant!!

    • I could have been a kitty. One of my nicknames in high school was Catman. Calico kitties are normally females, but they can be hermaphrodites. I’ve always wondered where the kitties come up with their info. Sliver spilled the kitty beans. Thanks, Rebecca.

  2. I really enjoyed this conversation, Silver.

    Did you ever get rid of that “blithering, blind bog dweller stuck in 3D” bit of paparazzo?

    Nice box collection! You might get good money for it one day.

    Say hi to Tim for me!

  3. Wow, right there is a big difference between kitties and doggies – when I try to tell the pups they have too many anything they just respond with a short, firm, unfaltering “NOPE” and turn back to whatever task they were previously involved with.

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