Re: [CH] Chili Powder as a weapon?

Jim Graham (spooky130u@gmail.com)
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:24:06 -0500 

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:43:16PM -0500, Jim Graham wrote:

> Yep...I call it the FA2D (Feline Attitude Adjustment Device).  :-)

I should add that, particularly when combined with a bit of acting,
the FA2D is extremely effective with my two monsters, including the
ever-defiant Tux (he's just over 2 years old now).  If, for example,
Tux is scratching on the furniture, all I need to do is shout his
name in a very short, punched way[1] while also reaching for the
spray bottle...he *KNOWS* what's coming next if he doesn't stop.

And just to add a humorous picture in your mind....  When I do this,
Spooky, who is usually snoozing in a spot that puts him in the line
of fire (might get that bit of water that falls short), and gets up
and steps out of the way....

Without reaching for the spray bottle, neither cat reacts...Tux goes
on scratching, Spooky goes on snoozing.

If Spooky is the one misbehaving, Spooky stops after I reach for the
spray bottle, and Tux leaps in from whatever spot he was in, spreads
out, lands directly on Spooky, and knocks him right over.  Except for
the other day...Tux was laying on his back about 4 feet away, so he
pushed off of the furniture with his legs, slid ON HIS BACK across
the 4 feet, in a tiny fraction of a second, and pummelled Spooky (still
on his back).

I have yet to manage to get a video record of any of this, or Tux's other
acrobatics, e.g., he'll step toward something he wants to attack, then do
a forward roll---now on his back and facing the direction he just came
from, and attack that way.  I've also seen him start with that move, then
once he was on his back, slide across the same 4 feet or so as above to
attack Spooky.  But if I get any camera out, or if anyone else enters the
room, he'll stop and give that, "what, ME?  I'M not doing anything!" kind
of look.  :-)

Later,
   --jim

[1] Think of a musical note with what my old high school jazz band
     director referred to as a "rooftop" accent (^)...not just
     stacatto, but also punched really hard from the diaphragm (you
     did want that hernia, right?) and chopped really short with the
     tongue.

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