Friday, November 15, 2013

How much do seeing eye dogs cost anyway...

In the laundry...

Me:  (filling the washing machine) Hey Gypsy, you okay down there?
Gypsy the Feline Dictator: ... 
Me:  Usually you're meowing up a storm, begging for food.  Gotta say, it's nice to be able to finish this without having to stop to get you a chicken wing. 
Gypsy the Feline Dictator: ... 
Me:  How about I finish up with this laundry, then you can come into the bedroom with me and we'll snuggle up while I read?   
Gypsy the Feline Dictator: ... 
Me:  You really are being quiet, are you okay? 
(reaches down to pat her, then jerks away) 
Me:  Um ... 
Vacuum cleaner: ...

I actually spent ten minutes talking to the vacuum cleaner last night.  Ten minutes, using that sickly voice you always use with animals, not realising that the cat was sitting out in the loungeroom and I was talking to a cleaning appliance.

I think perhaps it's time to look into laser eye surgery ... or I could just remember to put my glasses on before wandering around the house.

21 comments:

  1. This is hilarious. I've done this before with a towel. I had a very thoughtful conversation with (I thought) my cat, only to find out I was talking to a brown towel someone threw on the floor.

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  2. Gypsy was probably on the phone to the Humane Society, looking for a new home.

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  3. You need to weigh your options.

    I mean, no vet bills. No food bills. Don't have to clean litter boxes.

    And the vacuum listens better than a cat.

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  4. Vacuum cleaners make lousy friends.....they NEVER listen. They just suck! ;)

    Stick with Gypsy. At least she pretends to listen.

    S

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  5. Vacuums are good! They clean up cat hair around the house. Great friends!

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  6. You feed your cat chicken wings? Can I be your cat?

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  7. I hope that you at least kept your promise and snuggled up with the vacuum while you read.

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  8. That's so funny. I quite often talk to Willy Dunne Wooters and then realize he's not in the room.

    Love,
    Janie

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  9. I could have a more intelligent conversation with the vacuum than with some people I know!!

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  10. Bah, don't worry about it, I talk to inanimate objects all the time!

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  11. well you got me laughing thats for sure, I'm a visually impaired person, I have no sight in my right eye and very limited in my left, I could relate to this, lol, a seeing eye dog can cost as much as 3000 dollars but it depends on your income, maybe you could train the cat! Thanks for a good smile maker today,

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  12. Whaddya wanna bet that Gypsy was laughing into her paw...

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  13. I talk to Ted the Wonder Pony whether I have my glasses on or not. He's a stuffed toy but he doesn't know it, so shshshshshsh!

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  14. Absolutely takes the cake! You are a riot,

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  15. I do it sometimes...knowingly though..just to have some conversation that nobody give a bloody damn care about! :)

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  16. My girls both have contact lenses that they can sleep in, so they can see when they first open their eyes in the morning.

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  17. LOL! It's OK, I've often mistaken a black footstool for our black cat!

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  18. That is so funny. I am sure your vacuum cleaner appreciated someone talking to it for a change. As for Gypsy the Feline Dictator, she was probably listening and laughing at you.

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  19. I talk to my computer - always find it behaves itself and gives me no problems as long as I talk to it nicely regularly

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