radfringe got runover by

[radfringe]

a cat!

around 2:30am, I'm sound asleep -- and one of our cats decides to hop up on the bed --

unfortunately she landed on my face, and skittered her back claw on my forehead... yes it bled, a bit...

then she hunkered down under the covers

I'm just glad it was the smallest of the cats and not our cat-zilla

[anti_shrub]

1. Consider yourself lucky

I had a 20+ pound cat who liked to jump from my dresser and do a full body press on my sleeping form, pro wrestling style.

Nothing wakes you up faster than all the air being forced out of your chest by 4 massive cat feet.

Still, I miss the big ol' fuzzball....

[Skittles]

2. imagine if it was my namesake Skittles

all solid black 26 pounds of him. :o

[radfringe]

9. our CAT-Zilla

runs about 18-20 lbs... we "adopted" him 2 years ago on New Years Eve

He was a stray hanging around my workplace. At first I thought he was the "daddy" to the feral cat colony in our shipping/receiving yard -- but a quick check under the "hood" confirmed he was not...

He was also de-clawed -- we ran an ad in the lost/found -- but no response.

I had mentioned him several times to my partner -- only to be told "no, I don't want another cat in the house -- 3 is enough + the 2 dogs..."

Well, it was nearing New Years day, and a storm was moving in -- so I did what I could -- tugged at my partner's heartstrings. I made a sign -- "will purr for food" - hung it around the cat's neck, snapped a picture and left the pic on the kitchen table...

When she arrived home that evening -- the pic was the first thing she saw -- big sigh -- and a begrudging "ok bring him home, but he's here on probation..."

The next day, as the storm was moving in, I wrangled him into a carrier and brought him home. True to his "sign" he nuzzled up under my partner's arm and started purring. Unofficially, I think the probation period ended at that point. To seal the bonding I told her to name him. She named him Gato - although his nick-name is cat-zilla

The following week we took him to the vet for a check-up. He was in good shape, though for his size he was underweight (11 lbs) -- but we fixed that in short order...

He's a tabby, white stripe down the nose, white chest/paws and loves belly rubs, catnip and the laser-light toy

on edit: stretch out - end of paws to tip of tail he measure 36"

[Skittles]

12. what a great story!

Skittles was a 7 pound starving stray with a severely dislocated leg - you could see the bone showing - 800 bucks later I had a workable cat and now he is very spoiled. He lives at the farm with my ex-boyfriend Tom. :D

[R Hickey]

3. My cat wakes me up by pushing his paw on my nose like its a button.

He's been doing this for about a month now. It gets him a can of food almost everytime.

[ogradda]

4. i'm sure you deserved it.

next time be more considerate when you're sleeping:spank:

[mhr]

5. Catzilla - That Would Have Really Hurt!

eom

[Florida_Geek]

6. Just Remember

Picture from http://www.cafepress.com/shop/t-shirts/browse/Ntt-cat+t+shirts_p-8_N-0_pv-theturtlebox.10729270_No-1_Ntk-All_D-cat+t+shirts_Nao-1

[Lost4words]

7. flordia humor I guess, Floridia, where dumb shits meet,

remember, humans are also part of the food chain. And Big cats, well, they would eat your prick ass in a heartbeat.

not funny geek

[Florida_Geek]

8. .

And as florida_geek pull out his Super Duper Ray Gun...

Buh Bye!
Ping!

[ogradda]

10. hehe

did you get that gun for christmas?

[Lost4words]

11. save your gun for the neighborhood dogs and cats

I am sure thats how you spend your time. When you are really bored, rotate barrel toward self. You wont be missed.

oh cutsie little colors too, I am soooooooooooooo frightened by your little ping

[jellybelly]

13. cats suck sometimes

I had a kitty-kitty named 'Smokey the Cat' and whenever he saw me he would start climbing me. I was his tree. His claws dug in pretty well. Stupid kitty-kitty.