Funny Pic

[ruffledfeathers]

Don't know why but this odd photo cracked me up. Enjoy!

 

[Boysmom]

That is so funny, they do look like they are dancing.

 

[Featheredsamurai]

Lol, that's hilarious!

 

[getwozzy]

LOL! This is thrilllller!!!

I always think of that scene in "13 going on 30" when Jennifer Garner? gets everyone to do the thriller dance lol

 

[ruffledfeathers]

LOL! This is thrilllller!!!

I always think of that scene in "13 going on 30" when Jennifer Garner? gets everyone to do the thriller dance lol

haha, i love that silly movie. Mark Ruffalo is so charming in that role.

 

[MikeyTN]

Cute pic of the dancing bats! I always find bats to be very interesting.

 

[Autumn]

I like it, if you didn't say they were upside down I'd believe these bats were on their feet right side up. Was going to to say now I understand why they hang because they look ridiculous

 

[antoinette]

Love it
Thanks for sharing I had a good giggle

 

[JerseyWendy]

I can't believe I missed this.

I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE bats!!!! I have 2 bat houses, and in peak season house over 200 bats.

AWESOME picture! Thanks so much for sharing!!!

 

[Betrisher]

You should see the size of the bats that visit us in the summer time! They have a four-foot wingspan and would do a pretty good Thriller dance, I'm thinking!

There are lots of palm trees in our area (we cut ours down, but the neighbours haven't... yet...) and the bats come in their hundreds to gorge on the nuts. Of course, the palm-nut pulp goes straight through your basic bat digestive system and shoots out the other end to land inevitably on your children, your washing and your dog.

Ever tried to scrape bright orange bat-poo off a squealing dog? Or worse, off your lovely percale sheets? Or out of the bum-length hair of a five-year-old? Thing is, if you don't get it off right away, it hardens to the consistency of thick caramel which has melted and then set. Permanently! One year, the little dears pooped all over our car, which still sports pale tamarind-coloured spots from it's payload of bat poop!

Mind you, when the flying foxes (that's what they're called - they're not true bats, but fruit bats, which are different) are carrying their little babies, it's enchanting to shine a torch up the trees and see the tiny, tiny faces peering down at you.

 

[JerseyWendy]

Trish, I'm laughing so hard I've got tears flowing down my face. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!

Trying to remove bright orange guano off my dogs has never been part of my "to do list". HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

 

[Betrisher]

But... but... Wendy... it's really *awful*! And not only that, but the blessed dog *eats* the orange bat guano and then has the most dreadful time - er - expelling the proceeds. I have to give her paraffin and she rewards me with nasty little orange heaps all over the rose garden. AND the nasty little orange heaps germinate because they've been through a) a bat and b) a bull terrier. I'm forever pulling tiny palm trees out of my rose beds!

Not only that, but one of the cats has been poaching in the neighbours' arty-pharty phishpond! I was stumbling out to the dunny (long story - yes, we have outdoor plumbing) one night and saw what I thought was a chicken drumstick on the ground. Then it flipped! I looked closer (didn't have me specs on) and saw it was a fish. A *live* fish! So, I seized it and put it in the sink in the bathroom. As luck would have it, the fish survived (minus a few scales of course). Next morning, I put it in a container and sent the kids to return it to the neighbour. That's when she tartly informed them that this was the twenty-fourth fish our cats had stolen from her pond and why did we bother sending it back? Geez! I mean, she could've a) let me know my cats were poaching in her pond and b) put something over it (the pond) to keep the cats out. So now, every time I pass her place, she *glares* at me. Even after I offered to buy twenty-four new koi for her pond. Poetic justice was served when a kookaburra took the remaining two fishes. The neighbour has now got a romantic raked stone Japanese garden instead of her manky fishpond. You may depend that Genevieve and Seamus will now begin pooping among her pebbles in the absence of phish!

Sorry for going on at such length. I just needed to... vent... a little... y'know?

 

[getwozzy]

But... but... Wendy... it's really *awful*! And not only that, but the blessed dog *eats* the orange bat guano and then has the most dreadful time - er - expelling the proceeds. I have to give her paraffin and she rewards me with nasty little orange heaps all over the rose garden. AND the nasty little orange heaps germinate because they've been through a) a bat and b) a bull terrier. I'm forever pulling tiny palm trees out of my rose beds!

Not only that, but one of the cats has been poaching in the neighbours' arty-pharty phishpond! I was stumbling out to the dunny (long story - yes, we have outdoor plumbing) one night and saw what I thought was a chicken drumstick on the ground. Then it flipped! I looked closer (didn't have me specs on) and saw it was a fish. A *live* fish! So, I seized it and put it in the sink in the bathroom. As luck would have it, the fish survived (minus a few scales of course). Next morning, I put it in a container and sent the kids to return it to the neighbour. That's when she tartly informed them that this was the twenty-fourth fish our cats had stolen from her pond and why did we bother sending it back? Geez! I mean, she could've a) let me know my cats were poaching in her pond and b) put something over it (the pond) to keep the cats out. So now, every time I pass her place, she *glares* at me. Even after I offered to buy twenty-four new koi for her pond. Poetic justice was served when a kookaburra took the remaining two fishes. The neighbour has now got a romantic raked stone Japanese garden instead of her manky fishpond. You may depend that Genevieve and Seamus will now begin pooping among her pebbles in the absence of phish!

Sorry for going on at such length. I just needed to... vent... a little... y'know?

BHAHAHAHA!!!!! I'm sorry but I'm dying from laughter over here!! Lol!

So maybe your cats didn't steal all 24 fish?? Obviously the kookaburra liked them too!! Lol

I'm gonna laugh if they start pooping in her Japanese garden!! Lol the cats are probably thinking "hey, this is THEE most relaxing potty box EVER!" they can meditate while taking a crap- hahaha!!! Henry has this spot in the driveway -which is all gravel- that he likes to bury his treasures in and then Bella the dog loves to find herself some kitty-roca

 

[JerseyWendy]

I.....CAN'T......BREATHE......HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH

 

[getwozzy]

I'm just glad the kid hasn't ate any cat poop yet.

 

[Betrisher]

Shi-iii-rre! Please don't say 'driveway'! That word gives me a nervous rash!

Our senior (ancient) cat, Barfy, also poops on what's our equivalent of a driveway (we don't have one - driveway, I mean - we have, instead, a convict-built sandstone path that goes from the bottom of the steps to the front gate). Our car ('The Jewel') lives out front in the street.

So, anyway, Barfy poops on the front path on the frightfully de rigeur sandstone blocks. Without doing that dig-a-hole-and-bury-it thing cats are supposed to do. We believe that Barfy thinks she is leaving us offerings of Great Value. However, what actually happens is that visitors and other persons who come to my door fail to notice the little string of *****-poops lurking in the cracks of the path. They walk on them. Approximately fifty percent of these now-squashed-and-sticking-to-the-soles-of-the-incomer poops find their way indoors and onto my carpet. Sigh. Thankfully, I have a built-in carpet cleaner (name of Matthew) who takes care of the problem for me. And we shampoo. Frequently.

Barfy is nearly seventeen years old. She came to us at the age of four, having been relinquished by an elderly lady who was blind and who continually sat on her. Oh, and who was very large. Consequently, Barfy has always had an extremely nervous disposition (comes of expecting the sky to fall on one at any moment) and therefore an *extremely* dodgy digestive system. She barfs. All the time. Has done for thirteen years. We've tried every diet known to man, but the only thing I've seen our Barfy eat and not bounce was a large Five-lined Skink. Y'can't get those at the supermarket, sadly. So, along with the little *****-poops, our front path is also likely to be littered with little piles of cat chunder. Which is why family and close friends usually come to our place via the back entrance. It's a problem all right. What with bat-poop and cat-poop and dog-poop... the bird-poop is a doddle!

 

[AussieChris]

Not only that, but one of the cats has been poaching in the neighbours' arty-pharty phishpond! I was stumbling out to the dunny (long story - yes, we have outdoor plumbing) one night and saw what I thought was a chicken drumstick on the ground. Then it flipped! I looked closer (didn't have me specs on) and saw it was a fish. A *live* fish! So, I seized it and put it in the sink in the bathroom. As luck would have it, the fish survived (minus a few scales of course). Next morning, I put it in a container and sent the kids to return it to the neighbour. That's when she tartly informed them that this was the twenty-fourth fish our cats had stolen from her pond and why did we bother sending it back? Geez! I mean, she could've a) let me know my cats were poaching in her pond and b) put something over it (the pond) to keep the cats out. So now, every time I pass her place, she *glares* at me. Even after I offered to buy twenty-four new koi for her pond. Poetic justice was served when a kookaburra took the remaining two fishes. The neighbour has now got a romantic raked stone Japanese garden instead of her manky fishpond. You may depend that Genevieve and Seamus will now begin pooping among her pebbles in the absence of phish!

Hello,

I fail to see any humour here, your Cats are killing her Pets and you think that is alright ? And if your neighbours kids let all your Birds out of your aviary would that be OK ? Cats have to be contained, as they decimate native wildlife. Why should she have to cover her pond to keep your Cats out ? And yes, I do know that some Birds will take fish from Ponds also. Cats taking a dump in a neighbours property or Kids Sandbox is fine by your standards too then. I just can not understand the self centered thinking of typical Cat owners.

 

[getwozzy]

Not only that, but one of the cats has been poaching in the neighbours' arty-pharty phishpond! I was stumbling out to the dunny (long story - yes, we have outdoor plumbing) one night and saw what I thought was a chicken drumstick on the ground. Then it flipped! I looked closer (didn't have me specs on) and saw it was a fish. A *live* fish! So, I seized it and put it in the sink in the bathroom. As luck would have it, the fish survived (minus a few scales of course). Next morning, I put it in a container and sent the kids to return it to the neighbour. That's when she tartly informed them that this was the twenty-fourth fish our cats had stolen from her pond and why did we bother sending it back? Geez! I mean, she could've a) let me know my cats were poaching in her pond and b) put something over it (the pond) to keep the cats out. So now, every time I pass her place, she *glares* at me. Even after I offered to buy twenty-four new koi for her pond. Poetic justice was served when a kookaburra took the remaining two fishes. The neighbour has now got a romantic raked stone Japanese garden instead of her manky fishpond. You may depend that Genevieve and Seamus will now begin pooping among her pebbles in the absence of phish!

Hello,

I fail to see any humour here, your Cats are killing her Pets and you think that is alright ? And if your neighbours kids let all your Birds out of your aviary would that be OK ? Cats have to be contained, as they decimate native wildlife. Why should she have to cover her pond to keep your Cats out ? And yes, I do know that some Birds will take fish from Ponds also. Cats taking a dump in a neighbours property or Kids Sandbox is fine by your standards too then. I just can not understand the self centered thinking of typical Cat owners.

Nobody said it was ok for the cats to be taking and/or killing the neighbor's fish. It was the ironic part of the whole thing that here the lady was blaming the cats for the "decimation" of her fish, when it possibly could've been the kookaburras who stole most of them. If there's a cat around, then everyone automatically assumes their the culprit.

And cats taking dumps in sandboxes and such are not fine by my standards. It was a joke. I think a cat's bathroom habits are completely disgusting and I had better not catch any of our cats pooping in my son's sandbox- if we had one. I would take measures to keep them from doing so in the first place.

 

[Betrisher]

Woooo! AussieChris! Stop and take a breath!

You're making a few wild accusations here which might not be exactly accurate. I understand where you're coming from, however I don't have to justify my cat ownership to you. I could just as easily say that exotic carp have no place in my neighborhood.

There are sixteen cats living on our side of the block and so I do think my neighbour might have covered her pond in the interest of safety, just as I lock my birds AND MY CATS in at night. The quip about the cats pooping in her Japanese garden was by way of a little joke as the lady was not very accepting of my abject apology and the whole situation made me feel bad. Sorry if my joke offended you: it was directed more at myself. I must say, I am somewhat offended that you feel a right to judge me harshly despite not knowing all of my situation. What about the Kookaburra who ate the last two fish? D'you think he ought to be contained as well?

"I just can not understand the self-centered thinking of typical Cat owners"

I'd ask you to re-read that sentence and have a think about the loads of prejudice it contains.

OK. Have learned my lesson. Will shut up in future.

 

[AussieChris]

Hello,

Do you think you are a " typical " cat owner ? I was general in my comment. I have 1 question for you. Do any of your cats ever leave the boundaries of your property ?