How To Wrap Presents With A CAT Around

Roy

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How To Wrap A Present With A Cat Around .....


1. Clear large space on table for wrapping present.

2. Go to wardrobe and collect bag in which present is contained, and close
door.

3. Open door and remove cat from wardrobe.

4. Go to cupboard and retrieve rolls of wrapping paper.

5. Go back and remove cat from cupboard.

6. Go to drawer, and collect transparent sticky tape, ribbons, scissors
labels etc.

7. Lay out presents and wrapping materials on table, to enable wrapping
strategy to be formed.

8. Go back to drawer to get string, remove cat that has been in the drawer
since last visit and collect string.

9. Reopen drawer and re-remove cat.

10. Remove present from bag.

11. Remove cat from bag.

12. Open box to check present, remove cat from box, replace present.

13. Lay out paper to enable cutting to size,

14. Try and smooth out paper, realize cat is underneath and remove cat.

15. Cut the paper to size, trying to keep the cutting line straight.

16. Throw away first sheet as cat tried to chase the scissors, and tore
paper.

17. Cut second sheet of paper to size. By putting cat in the bag the present
came out of.

18. Place present on cut to size paper

19. Lift up edges of paper to seal in present, wonder why edges now don't
reach, and realize cat is between present and paper. Remove cat and retry.

20. Place object on paper, to hold in place, while cutting transparent
sticky tape.

21. Spend next 20 minuets carefully trying to remove transparent sticky tape
from cat with pair of nail scissors.

22. Seal paper down, with transparent sticky tape, making corners as neat as
possible.

23. Look for roll of ribbon, chase cat down hall, in order to retrieve
ribbon.

24. Try to wrap present with ribbon in a two directional turn.

25. Re-roll up ribbon and remove paper that is now torn, due to cat's
enthusiasm to chase ribbon end.

26. Repeat steps 13-20 until down to last sheet of paper.

27. Decide to skip steps 13-17, in order to save time and reduce risk of
loosing last sheet of paper. By retrieving old cardboard box, that you know is
right size for sheet of paper.

28. Put present in box, and tie down with string.

29. Remove string, open box and remove cat.

30. Put all packing materials in bag with present and head for lock able
room.

31. Once inside room, lock door and start to re-lay out packing materials.

32. Remove cat from box, unlock door, put cat outside door, close door and
re-lock.

33. Repeat previous step as often as is necessary. Until you can hear the
cries from the cat outside the door.

34. Lay out last sheet of paper. (I know this is difficult in the small area
of the toilet. But try your best)

35. Realize cat has already got to the paper. Unlock door go out and hunt
through various cupboards, looking for sheet of last years paper, until you
remember that you haven't got any left, due to cats help with wrapping last year.

36. Retire back to room lock door, and sit on toilet whilst trying to work
out how to make torn sheet of paper look halfway presentable.

37. Seal box, wrap with paper and start repairs by very carefully seal down
tears with transparent sticky tape. Now tie up with ribbon and decorate with
bows to hide worst effected areas.

38. Label, then sit back and admire your handiwork, congratulating yourself
on making good of a bad job.

39. Unlock door, and go to kitchen to make drink and feed cat.

40. Spend next 15 minuets looking for cat, before coming to obvious
conclusion.

41. Unwrap present, untie box and remove cat.

42. Retrieve all thrown away sheets of wrapping paper, feed cat and retire
back to room for last attempt, making certain you are alone and the door is
locked.

43. Find least torn and wrinkled sheets of paper, along with the ones that
the pattern matches closet.

44. Vainly try and wrap present in patchwork of paper. Tie with the now
tattered ribbon and decorate with the now limp bows. Label and put present in
bag, for fear of anyone seeing this disaster.

45. At time of handing over present, smile sweetly at receivers face, as
they try and hide their contempt at being handed such a badly wrapped present.

46. Swear to yourself that next year, you will get the store to wrap the
darn thing for you.
 

Pydpiper

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That is funny! :lolsign:

I just use a 1" piece of tape, stick it to the bottom of one of his feet, and he's gone for an hour. :whistle:
 

TorchMan

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Hilarious and true. One of my cats is always getting on the "mouse" for my computer. She's on it now. I guess that's what's called cat and mouse. She will grab my hand when I move her, or get to the mouse. Sometimes gently, sometimes not...
 

vontech

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We have **10** indoor cats! One of them is deathly ill, and my wife drove him to a specialist over 100 miles away today (we live on the remote Oregon coast).

I think this message will cheer her up!

Thank you so much, Roy! :clap: :)

Tom
 

IsaacHayes

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should be 1) lock cat in another room that contains no supplies, but has a scratching post and toys. :p
 

yuandrew

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Hey, Get out of the tree!

(I had to stop using those glass ornaments as my cat would always knock them out of the tree when she tries to climb it.)

It's a bit tougher to hang lights up inside the house as she likes to chase the cord as well.
 

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chmsam

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Ahem, this might not be for the kiddie crowd, and don't get me wrong - I love cats, but...

Do you know when the Christmas season is over? It's when the last piece of tinsel comes out the cats' butt. I can swear to that one because it happened with every cat we had when I was a kid. You'd think that Mom & Dad would've learned. Or maybe they were a lot more perverse than I thought. Hmmmmm...

Ah, and then there were the mouse "presents" from the cat. Ewwwww. All I can say is watch it when you put on your shoes.

Merry Christmas.
 

PhotonWrangler

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When I was a child one of our cats brought in a live mouse. The poor cat thought she was doing us a favor by bringing home some "groceries" while we were all screaming and chasing her, trying to get her to take it back outside!

She never did that again, btw... :rolleyes:
 
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