SCAMMERS!

                All of you dog owners out there can attest to the good nature of dogs—open, honest, loyal, repentant when naughty—the kind of animal you can trust with your life.  Cats operate under a whole different code of conduct—they are self-serving scam artists.

                This morning was a good example.  My husband was up early and fed the cats.  Once empty, we normally leave the cat food plates on the floor for the other spouse to see, for reasons that will be obvious in a moment.   Today, however, my husband (being the awesome, super great guy that he is) washed all the weekend dishes, including the empty cat food plates.

                This is where the cats’ dishonest nature plays in.  When I walked into the kitchen an hour later, all the cats (I don’t know if they had a meeting and discussed it ahead of time, but there definitely was consensus) started play-acting a scene called, “Nobody has fed us yet and we’re all dying of hunger so DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!”

                At first I believed them since the plates weren’t out but then I spotted the empty cat food can.  BUSTED!  As soon as they saw I was onto them, they each went “hfft” at me and the clowder crowd dissipated.

                Don’t worry that their spirits are broken.  They’ll try again another day…and the day after…and the day after that…

Evidence!