By the Power of Numbskull!

One fateful night, Tuxedo Marvin wandered into the laboratory of reclusive scientist J. Morton Florfkin, who had absentmindedly left his Electro-Orbitron running. After absorbing its mysterious power, the timid mild-mannered cat became (drum roll)…

… rather interested in the thing and annoyed when it was turned off.

(PS: I don’t think the cat felt any physical sensation, because I’ve touched those toys and they don’t do that.)

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21 thoughts on “By the Power of Numbskull!

  1. Caz July 5, 2017 / 11:50 am

    I was waiting for the whap! 🙂

    • Murray C July 5, 2017 / 6:23 pm

      That was the nerdiest Whap I’ve ever seen!

  2. Elaine C Williamson July 5, 2017 / 11:50 am

    All of my cats have acted like that, being extra cautious. “If not sure, jump back.” ?

    • murkle46 July 5, 2017 / 4:56 pm

      “If not sure jump back,give it three good “whaps!”,then investigate again” seems to be a universal rule with cats!

  3. debg July 5, 2017 / 12:05 pm

    Don’t interrupt my experiment!

  4. Mal July 5, 2017 / 12:06 pm

    Later, Marvin was heard to mutter under his breath, “Laugh while you can, Monkey Boy!” but when questioned denied having said anything.

    • Kar July 5, 2017 / 5:01 pm

      “Please exshtinguish all schmoking materials…”

  5. Doug July 5, 2017 / 12:43 pm

    Throw The Switch (Back On) Igor !!

    • Dana July 5, 2017 / 1:54 pm

      Not the third switch!

      • Kar July 5, 2017 / 5:02 pm

        Put the Candle Back!!!

        • murkle46 July 5, 2017 / 5:38 pm

          Seda-give?

        • Murray C July 5, 2017 / 6:23 pm

          ?

  6. EAG46 July 5, 2017 / 1:08 pm

    Maybe the cat liked the “buzzy” sensation on its nose. I recall an earlier Cuteropolis entry featuring a cat and one of these plasma globes.

  7. Gigi the cat lady July 5, 2017 / 1:56 pm

    I had a plasma lamp years ago but my cat at the time couldn’t have cared less. Then again if you couldn’t eat it Fatso wasn’t interested.

  8. Hilda July 5, 2017 / 4:56 pm

    Florfkin!

  9. Alice Shortcake July 5, 2017 / 5:35 pm

    Mmm…delicious electricity!

  10. Rhea July 5, 2017 / 6:26 pm

    Surprised it didn’t get whapped onto the floor.

  11. Claire July 5, 2017 / 9:03 pm

    I can’t believe no one has posted this yet!

    • EAG46 July 6, 2017 / 4:45 am

      This was the entry I was talking about! I remember the pink sparks around the black cat’s paws.

  12. Michael July 6, 2017 / 6:25 am

    NTMTOM trying to assuage nuffers: I don’t think the cat felt any physical sensation, because I’ve touched those toys and they don’t do that.

    Me: Did you lick the toy? (If so, ick!) Maybe it’s different if you lick it. Or maybe it made a sound we couldn’t hear. The cat was reacting to SOMEthing.

    • Not That Mike The Other Mike July 6, 2017 / 7:32 am

      The toy is designed to react to touch with plasma filaments that look like mini lightning bolts (but aren’t; the electricity is in the electrode in the center). So I think the cat was reacting to movement, not electrical sensation.

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