PennyCat Asks????

How do you tell when you run out of invisible ink?

How does Teflon stick to the pan?

What was the best thing before sliced bread?

When it rains, why don’t sheep shrink?

If a turtle doesn’t have a shell, is he homeless or naked?

Who Dat……with PennyCat!!!

Who Dat?  Who what??? The chant — “Who dat say dey gonna beat dem Saints” — is often shortened to “Who Dat” on shirts and signs and has been a mainstay at the Superdome since the 1980s for Saints fans.

The “Who Dat” chant’s origins are somewhat murky. Some historians say it came about in the days of late 19th-century minstrel shows and later showed up in vaudeville routines. In 1937’s “A Day at the Races,” the Marx Brothers purrformed a number — in blackface — called “Who Dat Man.”

In 1983, Steve Monistere produced the song “Who Dat Say They Gonna Beat Dem Saints” with Aaron Neville and several Saints players.

The “Who Dat” catchphrase has been in the news and caused quite an uproar the past few weeks……….Come on humans……let the Saints have their phrase, they deserve it after their 43 year run of bad luck!!

That’s the WHO DAT from PennyCat…….Go Saints!!!!

Super Bowl with Sheddenisky!!!!

Well as ridiculous as it may seem to us cats, millions of humans will be glued to their televisions this Sunday to watch the Super Bowl.  The first time I heard the word super bowl, I thought it was some type of big eating event, and actually that is partly right.  Humans use this odd sports celebration as an excuse to eat anything and everything, covered in cheese, dripping with grease and loaded with calories.

Here in our home we are not big football fans.  I’m not even sure the tv will be on….but I thought it wise to expand my knowledge of the game and purrrhaps make a suggestion on food choices, and a purrdiction of a win….

Soooooo, here are some interesting, not so well known facts about the humans and their silly super bowl traditions.

14,500 tons of chips are consumed on Super Bowl Sunday!!!  6% of the humans who watch the Super Bowl on Sunday call in sick to work on Monday.  There is a twenty percent sales increase in antacids on the Monday after the game.

Favorite human Super Bowl foods, include, a red soup concoction called “Chili”.  This makes no sense to me as the soup is served ”Hot” not “Chilly”, but whatever!  Chicken wings with some type of sauce, I purrrsonally prefurrr chicken thighs plain, and dips and chips of all varieties (ohhhh, we like dip!!!)  Our favorite is the HF’s ConQueso dip, as we are all cheese fans here.  We don’t use chips, just our paws and tongues!!

As far as Super Bowl predictions……..well Duster and myself are Saints fans…….basically because we like the hissing sound of the word SSSSSSSaints!  It reminds us of our sister PennyCat always “Hissssing” at us!!!  We predict a 17 point spread……and a three pound gain!!

The Art of the Purrrrrrr

All of us domestic cats are born with the unique vocal feature of purring.  Other species in the Felidae family also purr like the  Bobcat, Cheetah, Eurasian Lynx, Puma, and Wild Cat.  Although some big cats like lions exhibit a purr-like sound, studies show that the Patherinae subfamily of Lion, Leopard, Jaguar, Tiger, Snow Leopard, and Clouded Leopard do not have true purring skills.

Our purrs can range from a deep rumble to a raspy, broken sound, to a high-pitched trill depending on what we feel like.  We can wind up or wind down, like when we go to sleep. The measurable Hertz of a cat’s purr lies between 25 and 150. It has been found that sound frequency in this range can stimulate bone growth and healing.  Purring releases our endorphins – natural analgesics that reduce pain while healing proceeds.

Cats purr to each other, but the scientists found felines really exaggerate their solicitation purring when communicating with humans, making us felines nearly impossible to ignore.

Not all purrs are happy purrs, however. Deep purrs may show that we are in pain. Sometimes we purr when we are injured or dying. We can also purr when we are afraid or distressed.  We can purr when we anticipate something good, such as food or affection.

So next time Fluffy starts to rumble…..pay attention and see if you can figure out what she is saying. 

That’s all PurrrNow,

PennyCat

Salsa Slip-up!!!!

Last night we settled down in our respective spots to watch American Idol.  The HF was parked in his lazyboy with a plate of cheese and crackers and the HM was settled in her chair with a bowl of freshly made salsa and some chips.  Shedden was lounging on the kitty tower and I was nestled comfortably on my fleece blanket in my basket between the two chairs.  Our sister Penny was a sleep on her plastic bag.

The show was off to a good start, and Simon was being his usual weird self, when out of no where I was hit with a flying bowl of salsa!!!!  apparently the HM’s hand skills are failing and I was covered with cilantro, peppers and onions, in a nice red tomato purée!!!

I had to have the peppers combed out of my fur and a tail wash!!!  My fleece kitty blanket was a mess, and the evening was a total wash!!  Soooo, consequently I have now been renamed “Duster Diablo”  the mexican long hair!

Groundhog Predictions!!!!

Your kidding right?  You humans actually believe that some over weight animal who lives in a freakin hole-in-the-ground can tell you if winter is going to be over soon!!  Good grief, you humans are really something.

This Punxy Guy is supposidly 120 years old.  Yeah Right!!!! I believe that furrrsure.  They say he is this old because he drinks some “special elixer”……….. (it’s probably woodchuck cider).  I heard he has a drinking problem alright……..that’s how he fell into that hole!!

So they believe that if Punxy sees his stupid shadow we will have six more weeks of winter weather…….Well DAHH…….. we live in Upstate New York!  You will ALWAYS have six more weeks of winter, no matter what time of year it is!!!

Here in Upstate New York we have four seasons, almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.

Words, Words and Words……….

In 1884 on this day the Oxford Dictionary debuts……..

Wow,  This alphabetical compilation of human words, gives their meanings, spellings, etymology, pronunciation and asyllabication. The actual word dictionary is also applied to any alphabetically arranged compendium of special aspects of a language such as abbreviations, slang or etymology, or in which the special terms of a subject are defined.

How’s that for a felines explanation????????

The feline dictionary is a much smaller version of course; because us cats are far more intelligent, so there is no need to be so “wordy”.  One of my favorite words is “PURRrrrrrrrNoww”  This word is diverse in it’s meaning.  It can mean “Hey human give me some food” or “get your fat head off my pillow!”  The meaning changes with volume, tone, timbre and length……..  It’s much too complexed to explain in human terms.

CATastrophy……….

Yeah…..You would think that as responsible CAT owners, someone would have let the fluffy orange cat know…….

that there was fresh sticky gooey shellac applied to the floor surface of the kitchen!! YOU WOULD THINK SOMEONE WOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING…….

BUT NOOooooooooo!!!!!

Excuse me, I think I’ll go stand on their toilet seat!!

Under Construction???

Wow, our day turned interesting!!  Late last night the HM and HF started moving things from our “eating area’.  They took the chairs and the table, and the big cold box that stores our food and moved it into the living room.  Things were really messed up.  Then this morning the kitty bowls and our fountain got relocated to Dad’s bedroom.  How strange we thought, what the hell!!

Then a strange man who smelled like other cats showed up with buckets and stuff (we inspected all items for weapons of mass destruction) and he started ripping up our floor!!!  Holy Cow!!!! 

He made so much noise!!  Hammering and ripping, pounding and tearing@!!!!

We kept a close eye on him, watching to make sure he was “kitty friendly” and not a predator!!

Duster inspects the work!!!

Purrs of Wisdom from PennyCat

 

 

 

“A closed mouth gathers no fur.”