That Planter’s Nuts

“Hah! You mistook me for a plant, didn’t you? In a way, you’re right.”

“For I am a super secret spy cat, planted here to watch your every move.”

“And I’ll keep watching you forever. You cannot run. You cannot hide. But I have gotten rather comfortable in here, so if you could kind of remain in the general vicinity and not drive off or anything, that would be great.”

Sender-inner Sally G. writes: “On a walk recently, my daughter and I saw what we thought was a cute cat in a picturesque planter. Upon closer examination, however, we discovered a slightly different scene.”

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24 thoughts on “That Planter’s Nuts

  1. Phred’s Mom March 19, 2019 / 8:45 am

    I missed something; what did they discover?
    I will look again.

  2. N. Fritz March 19, 2019 / 9:08 am

    I’m with you Phred’s Mom. Is it because they thought they found a cute cat and it ended up being demonic?

  3. Lucy's Mom March 19, 2019 / 9:17 am

    Maybe they thought it was a garden ornament and not the Feline from Hell. 🙂

  4. Shan March 19, 2019 / 9:21 am

    I’ve looked and looked, I don’t see what they discovered other than the cute kitty.

  5. allein 🐾 March 19, 2019 / 9:26 am

    Demonic or not, I’d still pet him.

    (Hey, the name fill-in thingy looks different!)

    • Not That Mike The Other Mike March 19, 2019 / 9:38 am

      Re: the comment form, I turned this on because it lets people log in with social media profiles as well as the usual way. Downside: the photo-attachment system won’t work with it. If you folks don’t think that’s a good trade-off, let me know and I can restore the older comment form.

  6. Ricky's Mom March 19, 2019 / 9:36 am

    Demonic cat is still cute.

    Alas, it turns out I *still* have to enter my deets to comment. I thought it was working, and reported same, but now it’s not …

    • Not That Mike The Other Mike March 19, 2019 / 9:40 am

      I apologize for the frustration. I don’t have very much control over how this system works.

      • Ricky's Mom March 19, 2019 / 11:03 am

        You’ve nothing to apologize for, Mike. We all know you’re doing your best—and as long as Cutetropolis is up and running, personally I’m a happy camper. Please think of my comment as reportage, not a complaint!

    • Murray March 19, 2019 / 6:53 pm

      Me, too. As it just reminded me as I posted. I have even clicked the “save my name” doohickey.

  7. dubravkamcvmd March 19, 2019 / 9:54 am

    Really just testing the new commenting. It showed a different avatar for me and I was bidding a fond farewell to my old Maru avatar, but when I entered my email Maru, crab shell hat and all, reappeared. We shall see!

  8. Catwhisperer March 19, 2019 / 10:30 am

    I’m wondering if the closer inspection revealed that kitty was using the planter as a litterbox.

  9. Gigi_the cat lady March 19, 2019 / 10:42 am

    With the photo-attachment not working does that meant we can’t a post jpeg like we used to? Because ALLEIN always had the perfect jpegs to add to commentaries.
    Here let me test that …

    Edited : Oh good it works!!

    • allein 🐾 March 19, 2019 / 10:48 am

      (Amusingly, I actually write my name in all lower-case but the site shows names in all caps – allein 🐾 )

      • Ricky's Mom March 19, 2019 / 11:05 am

        How do you post a jpg? As a link? Or have you found a way to upload/attach?

        • allein 🐾 March 19, 2019 / 11:09 am

          Just post the image link (right-click on the image and there should be an option to copy the image address or some such wording, or else open the image in a new tab and copy the url from there). If it ends in .jpg, .png, or .gif it should automatically embed (same with youtube videos).

          • Not That Mike The Other Mike March 19, 2019 / 11:10 am

            Thank you, I was about to share those instructions but you beat me to it.

            One additional tip: Make sure the image/YouTube link is on a line by itself, not part of text.

            • Ricky's Mom March 19, 2019 / 2:23 pm

              Thank you both!

          • Murray March 19, 2019 / 6:55 pm

            Are you speaking in tongues? I have not a clue what you’re talking about! No, don’t reply, it probably wouldn’t help anyway – I am merely expressing frustration at not understand computer speak.

            • allein 🐾 March 19, 2019 / 6:58 pm

              lol…they’re file types. jpg and png are images and gif is (usually) an animated image.

      • Duckie 🐥 March 19, 2019 / 4:01 pm

        I want this kitten!

  10. Dulcie March 19, 2019 / 1:16 pm

    I need someone to come up with an explanation. What in actual fact was their mistaken impression??

    • fkaWaldenPond March 19, 2019 / 9:47 pm

      Perhaps the cat is pooping, marking the spot? High end outdoor litter box– just a guess.

  11. Doreen G March 23, 2019 / 11:17 pm

    I asked sender-inner Sally and she said, “Yeah, it was cute at first, then very serious and grouchy. I don’t think it was pooping. Just glaring.”

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