It was Friday night. I had just wrapped up the Tangiers affair and was returning to the headquarters of WHAP to be debriefed by head of operations Tiffany Vavoom, and time permitting report the details of the case as well. I was in the lobby when I saw it: an enemy TORT-S unit. The Terrestrial Ordinance Roving Tank is an unstoppable killing machine, and the S series was especially tough. Its invisible force shield deflected any attempt to disarm it. It had only one weakness: it could be distracted from its programmed course via interpretive dance. And thanks to my years with the Mitzi Schlorr Dancers, I was just the man for the job.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcoI_aU-CIQ
Suggested by Cheryl S.
I must know what WHAP stands for.
Wonderful Headquarters of Animal Pounciness
Wait that doesn’t work, the headquarters of headquarters?? Wonderful Happyplace of Animal Pounciness?
Wonderful Hindquarters of Animal Pounciness?
Headquarters of hindquarters. I like it.
Interpretive dance is funny in so many ways! Such a brave kitten!
I love the way kitten tail control is a work-in-progress. The fur rises, but the tail doesn’t, it just curls.
Lookit that TORT motor! What a speedster!
And Brock, you are my hewo! Your interpwetive gwace, and extweme tewwificness make me want to pick you up and snorgle your belly fur!
WHAP: Wiggle, Hop aaaaand Pounce? (Has to be a drawn out “and” to signify the pause between the hop and pounce)
Genius!
I like it.
Like Ed McMahon on the Johnny Carson Show – “…..and he-e-e-e-ere’s Johnny!”
NTMTOM has truly elevated the ridiculous to the sublime. Or perhaps evelated, as I first typed.
I concur. Great way to start a busy week–laughing helplessly in my office while I watch Brock dance.
I thought, “I don’t want to watch this unless there’s crabwalking.”
I was not disappointed.
serious crab
Is that where kitty gets all crazy spikey and dances sideways on tiptoe?
Well, you had me at “interpretive dance” before seeing the video and, boy, it was! This was, truly a LOL. Amazing what the music does, too.
Way to start the Monday, NTMTOM!!
WHAP
TORT-S
Interpretative dance
There is so much to love about this post. My cup runneth over.
Thanks, NomTom!
PLUS …and time permitting report the details of the case
It’s like Easter egg hunting!
Minou Barychnikat strikes again
Am I the only one who got the “debrief” joke, or is my mind just less pristine than I have believed?
You’re not alone! See my reply to Julie.
Oh, thank you! You have saved my reputation with myself.
Oh, I was slow on that one. And Duckie, remember, a dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste!?
Good, now I don’t feel so bad about my inappropriate joke from yesterday 😉
Snerk.
Oh yes, I got it and giggled like an eighth-grader. I could actually envision Roger Moore or Pierce Brosnan using that line (Daniel Craig, not so much).
TORT-S didn’t seem all that distracted by this interpretive dance. He appeared to be bound and determined to reach his destination. While I–on the other hand–could watch that dance all day.
TORT-S “Out of my way kid!!” Not a dance aficionado.
I don’t think the brave kitty actually made any contact but that dance of doom was epic.
That dance should have made something happen SOMEwhere! Were any super-cell thunderstorms reported in the area? Hurricanes? Swarms of locust? I could watch that kitteh all day!?
WHAP = Wriggling Haunches from Animal Pounces
The little kitty was lucky the turtle didn’t feel like giving chase.
You really missed your calling. The Pentagon so needs your talent in designating Acronyms.
I like that at the very start of the video there is also a toy tank on the floor, and it and the TORT-S could be twins, or at least cousins.
Really NTMTOM, you should write some kind of book that would happily pay money for.
Second!
standing ovation here!!!