So, by now anyone and everyone, including my neighbors…since they’re well within earshot, should know that the “ne’er-do-well” is not supposed to touch my stuff. I mean, really. How hard is that to understand? I don’t think I’m being unreasonable. She has her toys. She has the rest of the house. She has all manner of things to keep her occupied. Why, I ask? WHY, why, why must she insist on touching my things with her nasty, ne’er-do-well, adorable, precious little paws? And she doesn’t even try to hide it. She does it right in front of me. Or at least, she maintains her breaking the rules position when I come back in the room after having left for only a few minutes. It’s a conspiracy…I just know it is.
I gave her a stern talking to, I’ll have you know. Don’t you see the obvious fear in her eyes as she gazes up at me when I’m telling her off? The utter terror at being caught in a “you know that’s not allowed” predicament? No? Yeah, well, I don’t either. That’s because pure evil isn’t afraid of anything. Anything, I tell you.
Musings from a Tangled Mind 
She loves you and wants your attention. You love your computer and give your attention to that. She stages an intervention, you blog about it. Next stage: Urination.
It’s probably more like her being obnoxious and saying: “See, I’ll touch whatever I want, whenever I want and you will do nothing you puny human! Nothing! Now bring me treats!”
This is just the first step in her evil plan of complete world domination.
Now see, YOU get it! She has everyone else fooled.
She just wants some love lol and she is staking her claim by touching something you give your time that rivals hers
Staking it as hers maybe. She couldn’t give two hoots about me. LOL
LOL
In that stare I see the smug knowledge that she’s not REALLY touching that computer. Her paw is a fraction of a millimeter above it and she’s thinking, “I’m not touching you!” It makes about as much sense to a cat as it did to a carload of five-year-olds trying to drive their parents (i.e., ME) nuts.
Besides, possession is 9/10 of the law.
This cat is a trip. I leave the room and she’s in my spot, whether it’s the bed, the couch, the dining room chair, wherever. I left the room one time and she was not only in my spot, but had her leg and foot reaching over and splayed out on my end table. It’s like she’s saying…this is mine. And this. And this is mine too.She probably wonders why I keep touching HER stuff. LOL
She is a Cat–EVERYTHING belongs to her. Why do you keep telling her not to touch her things? Purringly, Quicksilver et al
I think you’re right about that. She’s probably trying to put me in my place. LOL
cats have no sense of decorum. do cats down in Georgia have a southern drawl too? just curious.
You’re right about that. They do what they want, when they want. And look lovely doing it most of the time. 😀 As for the accents, I’m not sure about that. I always figured ALL cats have a haughty, snobby accent as befitting their station in life. LOL
She’s trying to train you. You still don’t seem to understand that EVERYTHING belongs to her.
LOL 😄
Hey! No laughing at my sad situation here!
I know. I’m a slow learner. Looking at it that way, she likely has the patience of a saint…what with putting up with my stupidity and all. LOL
Rules are for people. Cats have no rules.
That’s very true. I keep forgetting that. 😀
lol
So I read this post on my smartphone. I was thinking who is this horrible neighbor. I need more details …. and then I scrolled down and saw the cat. THE CAT.
My theory is she’s keeping the lid closed on your laptop because she doesn’t want you blogging or emailing — or worse, looking at photos of other cats — she wants your full undivided attention. NOW! When kitties want attention they mean business.
Don’t you love your black kitty? I know I love mine. ❤
I see that she has you fooled, just like all of the others. She’s a ne’er-do-well for a reason. She’s telling me off is what she’s doing. “Rules? Your rules are stupid and I’ll touch whatever I want, whenever I want, you stupid human! Now bring me tuna!” But she’s so cute, everyone thinks she’s adorable and that I’m nuts. She has it all figured out. LOL Ah well, that’s okay. She IS kinda cute I guess. In a ne’er-do-well kind of way. 😀
My two cats have to come see and explore anything new we get in the house. Anything. I’m not sure how they notice what’s new but they do.