Let me set the scene. Mom and I are having a cuddle time while she is sitting by the computer at night. Everything is quiet and still. I swivel my ears and jump back, looking with wide eyes through the sliding glass doors. Mom starts looking too. I keep staring with wide eyes…then suddenly jump back…while still staring out the door. haha. Mom slowly gets up saying “Everything is fine Shoko, quit staring, you’re scaring me.” She quickly closes the blinds and still I stare….mom peeks out through the blinds….opening the blinds just a wee bit. She looks at me and I jump down and get some crumbles. What a freak out on mom’s part. Very little effort from me. This ploy gets top marks from me as it is so entertaining. When life is giving us nothing but cwappy moments…remember this fake out…..you will laugh out loud my friends.
Do you have a special way to freak out your mom? Tell me about it?
The Canadian Cats 
shoko…stare at de ceeling…itz best if ya grab a slite snax furst tho… coz if ya can sit & stare at dee ceeling for like 10 hole minits…….it getz em everee time….AND… aza added bonus… if ya can growl or mew or make sum cat speech noize……well ~~~~~ !!!! ♥♥♥
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Really…just the ceiling? I thought it would be better out the door…course I guess the ceiling could be falling in. I must try this.
Thanks for the advice.
(((Shoko)))
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That’s a good one!!! We sometimes stare at the ceiling…..she never know what we see and we won’t tell her.
The Florida Furkids
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Definitely don’t tell her, it tales all the mystery out of why you are staring.
(((Shoko)))
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MOL ! We do it sometimes too, it always works with humans ! Purrs
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hahaha..it’s a hoot!! You’re right…they always fall for it.
(((Shoko)))
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Yep…we like to stare and follow invisible thingies…drives mum nutz..she just keeps starin..nothing..or we do random curtain climbin and growlin…MOL.MOL..poor old cheese can’t stand it….MOL..paw pats Dinnermintz xx
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Never got into the curtain climbing Dnnermintz but have tried the growlin’ at nothing. That’s a pretty good alternative…get’s about the same reaction from mom. These scenarios must be universal.
(((Shoko)))
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Ohhhh you are one tricky kitty!!!!
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That’s only cause I’m getting bored…that’s my excuse anyhow…hehehe
(((Shoko)))
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MOL! That was a good one, Shoko! We’ll hafta try that.
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You must try it…specially when you’re bored…you’ll be chuckling for hours.
(((Shoko)))
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That’s a cool strategy, S. Usually, Mom gets freaked out when I stare at her. She says the word, “What? What? WHAT TO YOU WANT??” And “Quit eyeballing me!” It’s fun…
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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hahaha…I guess any form of staring freaks moms out, Cupcake. It’s worth trying a different stare technique.
(((Shoko)))
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I remember the day when our Mom watched me sit in front of the kitchen window and stare down at something. I must have sat there for about an hour, just looking. She started to wonder what I was looking at until she got up to look. I thought it was a porcupine, but it ended up being a small ground hog sitting under the kitchen window!
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Good catness! I would’ve flipped out. You handled it oh so cool….I mean staring at it for that long. You must be an awesome dude.
(((Shoko)))
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It surely kept my interest! Mommy even wrote a blog post on it, but she was the one who said it was a porcupine! LOL
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I would imagine it did my friend. I must tell you mom tried the vinegar dawn solution on the kitchen sprayer and it worked like a hot dam. She’s one happy mom!
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YEAH! YIPPEE! I am so glad that it worked for you too! I was amazed when it cleaned my gunk off too! Pass it on!
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I am going to try the inside of the tap….odd looking tap…it’s open…like on a farm. It fills with calcium…otherwise it is cool or was. We are going away Monday so I’ll try this on a Kleenex and live it on the tap for quite awhile. I’ll bet there are lots of things that could be spruced up. Can I get your name and e-mail? My name is Jean at jeanneil@telus.net.
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I would use a paper towel rather than a kleenex. It’s thicker. Not sure what kind of tap you are referring to, but could you use a small baggie and put the vinegar & Dawn solution in the bag, then soak the tap this way? (like for example, you could do the baggie thing on a shower head that is calcified)
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We like to play “watch dog” and stare at the front door as if someone is coming.
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That’s a super good idea. I never thought of it. Mom would be running around looking for her dressing gown…hehehe…and then wait for a knock that doesn’t come. I love it.
(((Shoko)))
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hahahaha, bravo Shoko…I do that too… I get a bristle on my back and I look as if Mr. Al Clawpone would enter our crib the next moment… or I stare in a corner, point with my paw and switch into hunting mode… that drives her crazy, because she thinks there is a spider or a snake or Mr. Catweazle…
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hahaha…isn’t it fun Easy! Moms are fooled so quickly and so little effort on our part.
(((Shoko)))
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I like looking up at the ceiling or in a corner and just STARING for five minutes……Mom freaks out from that pretty well! I think we kitties SEE stuff humans don’t see but I’m not telling her that….I’d rather her wonder what’s going on in my head!
Hugs, Sammy
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OMC A fake out Shoko? Dat’s not nice. Yous skeered yous poor mommy. Weez do dat too sumtimes. MOL Hav a pawsum day.
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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All in good fun Dezi…sometimes we need to perk mom up and it works!!
(((Shoko)))
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Dat’s pawsum Shoko. 🙂
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
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I throw myself into the door just after she falls asleep. Heehee. – Crepes.
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That’s a great one! Crash! Crash! I dig and dig in the kit lit and make little piles of kit lit…usually gets the light on fairly quickly.
(((Shoko)))
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Shoko it is easy to see why you and Einstein get along MOL. He is a little trouble maker too. Our favorite is to wait till Dad is in bed reading and thinks we are all settled down. Then all of a sudden a head goes up staring out into the living room. Then we all Zoom out leaving Dad alone in the bed. He used to come out and look but I think we need a new one.
Purrs
Timmy and Einstein
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hehehe…That’s a great one…we should try that one. I can’t wait to try the one where I stare at the door….run backwards a bit, prick my ears and continue to stare. Mom will run and get her dressing gown and wait for a knock that doesn’t come…The when she gets into bed….I throw myself at the front door…hehehe…..what a hoot!
(((Shoko)))
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MOL..When I stare and Granny doesn’t see anything, she says “are you doing interesting again”… well, what does she know 😀 Pawkisses 🙂 ❤
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