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A comment on one of my videos made me stop and think. I carry on a
running dialogue with my cats, talking to them constantly. Ben is
always yelling downstairs "What? What did you say?" and I have to
answer, "Nothing, I'm just talking to Archer." It's always in a
high-pitched tone, not exactly baby-talk, but sort of like "Meow Chat"
in its grammatical errors.

How about you? Have any good discussions with your cats lately?

--
Hugs,

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On Aug 31, 6:18*pm, CatNipped wrote:
A comment on one of my videos made me stop and think. *I carry on a
running dialogue with my cats, talking to them constantly. *Ben is
always yelling downstairs "What? *What did you say?" and I have to
answer, "Nothing, I'm just talking to Archer." *It's always in a
high-pitched tone, not exactly baby-talk, but sort of like "Meow Chat"
in its grammatical errors.

How about you? *Have any good discussions with your cats lately?

--
Hugs,

CatNipped

We have a lot of discussions. I talk to my cats in a high-pitched
tone, too,
which I have learned from posting Flip camera vids on FB make me
sound like a complete, and total, idiot.
DH says he feels like the guy in the commercial whose wife is looking
at
the cat and saying "I LOVE you"....and the guy thinks she is talking
to
him.

Sherry

On 8/31/2011 9:40 PM, Sherry wrote:
On Aug 31, 6:18 pm, wrote:
A comment on one of my videos made me stop and think. I carry on a
running dialogue with my cats, talking to them constantly. Ben is
always yelling downstairs "What? What did you say?" and I have to
answer, "Nothing, I'm just talking to Archer." It's always in a
high-pitched tone, not exactly baby-talk, but sort of like "Meow Chat"
in its grammatical errors.

How about you? Have any good discussions with your cats lately?

--
Hugs,

CatNipped

We have a lot of discussions. I talk to my cats in a high-pitched
tone, too,
which I have learned from posting Flip camera vids on FB make me
sound like a complete, and total, idiot.
DH says he feels like the guy in the commercial whose wife is looking
at
the cat and saying "I LOVE you"....and the guy thinks she is talking
to
him.

Sherry

LOL! If Ben ever uttered the words, "It's me or the cats." I'd have to
tell him, "Wait, I'll help you pack." ; Fortunately, not only does he
know better, but his love of the cats almost rivals mine.


--
Hugs,

CatNipped
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I talk to my cats but in my normal voice. I tell Amber how beautiful
she is and I tell Tiger what a good boy he is.


---MIKE---
In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44° 15' N - Elevation 1580')

"CatNipped" wrote in message
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A comment on one of my videos made me stop and think. I carry on a
running dialogue with my cats, talking to them constantly. Ben is always
yelling downstairs "What? What did you say?" and I have to answer,
"Nothing, I'm just talking to Archer." It's always in a high-pitched
tone, not exactly baby-talk, but sort of like "Meow Chat" in its
grammatical errors.

How about you? Have any good discussions with your cats lately?

--
Hugs,

CatNipped
See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped

I talk to Persia all the time but not in "meow chat". Just sort of a
sing-song voice so she'll know I'm talking to her

Jill

On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:18:27 -0500, CatNipped
wrote:

A comment on one of my videos made me stop and think. I carry on a
running dialogue with my cats, talking to them constantly. Ben is
always yelling downstairs "What? What did you say?" and I have to
answer, "Nothing, I'm just talking to Archer." It's always in a
high-pitched tone, not exactly baby-talk, but sort of like "Meow Chat"
in its grammatical errors.

How about you? Have any good discussions with your cats lately?

I find that they make lousy conversationalists. That does not stop me
from talking to them, nor them to me. I'm just never sure that we're
talking about the same thing, unless it's about food. Then we do come
to some agreement. I get them the food.

"dgk" wrote in message
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On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:18:27 -0500, CatNipped
wrote:

A comment on one of my videos made me stop and think. I carry on a
running dialogue with my cats, talking to them constantly. Ben is
always yelling downstairs "What? What did you say?" and I have to
answer, "Nothing, I'm just talking to Archer." It's always in a
high-pitched tone, not exactly baby-talk, but sort of like "Meow Chat"
in its grammatical errors.

How about you? Have any good discussions with your cats lately?

I find that they make lousy conversationalists. That does not stop me
from talking to them, nor them to me. I'm just never sure that we're
talking about the same thing, unless it's about food. Then we do come
to some agreement. I get them the food.


Funny, the same happened to me. I was at my daughter's, making breakfast,
and both her cats looked hungrily at the hard boiled eggs I was peeling. I
reminded them in no uncertain terms that (1) one of them does not like eggs
at all; (2) the one that does like eggs likes only the yolk, and she makes
little footballs from the white and then kicks it around; (3) they had
already received one treat that morning; (4) So what did they have to say to
all that ?

The reply was very unsatisfying. The one that doesn't like eggs continued to
look hungrily at the eggs. I gave her a tiny bit, and she promptly turned
her nose up at it. The one that does like eggs ate a bit of yolk and made a
little football out of the white and then kicked it around. They had no
reply to my claim that they had already been given a treat that morning
(their premise obviously being a diplomatic "deny, deny, deny, and he'll
think he forgot to give us our treat"). What did they have to say to all
that? Some vigorouns meowing, which I took as a protest against their not
getting more treats.

Jay

On 9/1/2011 10:47 AM, J J Levin wrote:
wrote in message
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On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:18:27 -0500,
wrote:

A comment on one of my videos made me stop and think. I carry on a
running dialogue with my cats, talking to them constantly. Ben is
always yelling downstairs "What? What did you say?" and I have to
answer, "Nothing, I'm just talking to Archer." It's always in a
high-pitched tone, not exactly baby-talk, but sort of like "Meow Chat"
in its grammatical errors.

How about you? Have any good discussions with your cats lately?

I find that they make lousy conversationalists. That does not stop me
from talking to them, nor them to me. I'm just never sure that we're
talking about the same thing, unless it's about food. Then we do come
to some agreement. I get them the food.


Funny, the same happened to me. I was at my daughter's, making breakfast,
and both her cats looked hungrily at the hard boiled eggs I was peeling. I
reminded them in no uncertain terms that (1) one of them does not like eggs
at all; (2) the one that does like eggs likes only the yolk, and she makes
little footballs from the white and then kicks it around; (3) they had
already received one treat that morning; (4) So what did they have to say to
all that ?

The reply was very unsatisfying. The one that doesn't like eggs continued to
look hungrily at the eggs. I gave her a tiny bit, and she promptly turned
her nose up at it. The one that does like eggs ate a bit of yolk and made a
little football out of the white and then kicked it around. They had no
reply to my claim that they had already been given a treat that morning
(their premise obviously being a diplomatic "deny, deny, deny, and he'll
think he forgot to give us our treat"). What did they have to say to all
that? Some vigorouns meowing, which I took as a protest against their not
getting more treats.

Jay


Ah, you're coming along fine, Grasshopper, you'll make a lovely slave
once your masters have chosen you.


--
Hugs,

CatNipped
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"CatNipped" wrote in message
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On 9/1/2011 10:47 AM, J J Levin wrote:
wrote in message
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On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:18:27 -0500,
wrote:

A comment on one of my videos made me stop and think. I carry on a
running dialogue with my cats, talking to them constantly. Ben is
always yelling downstairs "What? What did you say?" and I have to
answer, "Nothing, I'm just talking to Archer." It's always in a
high-pitched tone, not exactly baby-talk, but sort of like "Meow Chat"
in its grammatical errors.

How about you? Have any good discussions with your cats lately?

I find that they make lousy conversationalists. That does not stop me
from talking to them, nor them to me. I'm just never sure that we're
talking about the same thing, unless it's about food. Then we do come
to some agreement. I get them the food.


Funny, the same happened to me. I was at my daughter's, making breakfast,
and both her cats looked hungrily at the hard boiled eggs I was peeling.
I
reminded them in no uncertain terms that (1) one of them does not like
eggs
at all; (2) the one that does like eggs likes only the yolk, and she
makes
little footballs from the white and then kicks it around; (3) they had
already received one treat that morning; (4) So what did they have to say
to
all that ?

The reply was very unsatisfying. The one that doesn't like eggs continued
to
look hungrily at the eggs. I gave her a tiny bit, and she promptly turned
her nose up at it. The one that does like eggs ate a bit of yolk and made
a
little football out of the white and then kicked it around. They had no
reply to my claim that they had already been given a treat that morning
(their premise obviously being a diplomatic "deny, deny, deny, and he'll
think he forgot to give us our treat"). What did they have to say to all
that? Some vigorouns meowing, which I took as a protest against their not
getting more treats.

Jay


Ah, you're coming along fine, Grasshopper, you'll make a lovely slave once
your masters have chosen you.


--
Hugs,

CatNipped


"Grasshopper" sounds ominous. Don't cats EAT grasshoppers??

Jay

On 9/1/2011 12:45 PM, J J Levin wrote:
wrote in message
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On 9/1/2011 10:47 AM, J J Levin wrote:
wrote in message
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On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:18:27 -0500,
wrote:

A comment on one of my videos made me stop and think. I carry on a
running dialogue with my cats, talking to them constantly. Ben is
always yelling downstairs "What? What did you say?" and I have to
answer, "Nothing, I'm just talking to Archer." It's always in a
high-pitched tone, not exactly baby-talk, but sort of like "Meow Chat"
in its grammatical errors.

How about you? Have any good discussions with your cats lately?

I find that they make lousy conversationalists. That does not stop me
from talking to them, nor them to me. I'm just never sure that we're
talking about the same thing, unless it's about food. Then we do come
to some agreement. I get them the food.


Funny, the same happened to me. I was at my daughter's, making breakfast,
and both her cats looked hungrily at the hard boiled eggs I was peeling.
I
reminded them in no uncertain terms that (1) one of them does not like
eggs
at all; (2) the one that does like eggs likes only the yolk, and she
makes
little footballs from the white and then kicks it around; (3) they had
already received one treat that morning; (4) So what did they have to say
to
all that ?

The reply was very unsatisfying. The one that doesn't like eggs continued
to
look hungrily at the eggs. I gave her a tiny bit, and she promptly turned
her nose up at it. The one that does like eggs ate a bit of yolk and made
a
little football out of the white and then kicked it around. They had no
reply to my claim that they had already been given a treat that morning
(their premise obviously being a diplomatic "deny, deny, deny, and he'll
think he forgot to give us our treat"). What did they have to say to all
that? Some vigorouns meowing, which I took as a protest against their not
getting more treats.

Jay


Ah, you're coming along fine, Grasshopper, you'll make a lovely slave once
your masters have chosen you.


--
Hugs,

CatNipped


"Grasshopper" sounds ominous. Don't cats EAT grasshoppers??

Jay

Not *this* Grasshopper - he turned into a master of martial arts...
although even he couldn't match the weird mix of grace and deadliness
that defines a feline.



--
Hugs,

CatNipped
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