I Wish You Well, Timmy

I know this isn’t the most politically correct point of view, but I think people should learn to fend for themselves and stop waiting for others to bail them out. I mean, if that nanny-state Lassie were here, she’d run off barking “Timmy’s in the well! Timmy’s in the well!” but I say: the kid fell in by himself, he can climb out by himself. Learn some self-reliance, ya whiny little brat.

cat at well
I assume he’s working on an escape plan, because he stopped screaming.

Reader SoccerSue sent this picture of her cat Lahara ages ago, and it got lost in my inbox! My apologies for the delay and my thanks for mentioning “Lassie.”

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20 thoughts on “I Wish You Well, Timmy

  1. allein ๐Ÿพ September 5, 2019 / 10:25 am

    Yeah, there’s a reason Lassie wasn’t a cat…

    • Dulcie September 5, 2019 / 12:25 pm

      Yup! If Lassie was a cat I believe that pic would be the entire show. One scene and done. ๐Ÿ˜

    • debg September 6, 2019 / 9:17 am

      Exactamundo!

  2. fkaWaldenPond September 5, 2019 / 10:28 am

    ๐Ÿ˜€ LOL !!!!!!!

  3. Faye September 5, 2019 / 10:55 am

    Typical cat for sure. Gorgeous though.

  4. SoccerSue September 5, 2019 / 11:03 am

    Ha! I had forgotten I sent this photo in, so I sat here blinking for a few seconds trying to figure out if my computer had somehow loaded a really old page of Cutetropolis.

    I think my original caption for this was “What’s that, Timmy? Lassie PUSHED you?!” I like Mike’s story better, though. ๐Ÿ˜€

  5. Shan September 5, 2019 / 11:11 am

    Probably gave Timmy a little push ๐Ÿ™‚

    • Lucy's Mom September 5, 2019 / 11:45 am

      I can just see him doing one of those sweeping paw whacks. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

      I recently saw an article entitled “How to get your cat to stop knocking things over.” Yeah, lotsa luck with that.

      • allein ๐Ÿพ September 5, 2019 / 11:59 am

        I imagine the entire article was “don’t leave your stuff out.”

        • Lucy's Mom September 5, 2019 / 12:09 pm

          There were actually 12 steps listed but basically it was a matter of “keep your stuff away from the cat.” Duh. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

          • allein ๐Ÿพ September 5, 2019 / 12:14 pm

            A 12-step program for cats who knock things over? Thwappers Anonymous?

        • Dulcie September 5, 2019 / 12:28 pm

          I know I have said this before but you crack me up Allein. ๐Ÿ˜‚

          • allein ๐Ÿพ September 5, 2019 / 3:01 pm

            Aw, shucks…

  6. AJ September 5, 2019 / 11:34 am

    No wonder black cats get such a bad rap. And yes, I agree with kitty …. Timmy should either stay away from the well or figure it out himself.

    • Wuyizidi September 5, 2019 / 2:40 pm

      Thatโ€™s right – if Timmyโ€™s really principled heโ€™d refuse any โ€œhelpโ€ from Lahara.

      • dubravkamcvmd September 5, 2019 / 3:13 pm

        Oh that is a good one.

  7. Wuyizidi September 5, 2019 / 11:47 am

    Thatโ€™s Late Catpitalism for you.

    • allein ๐Ÿพ September 5, 2019 / 12:01 pm

      Bootstraps!

      • Wuyizidi September 5, 2019 / 2:31 pm

        Made by Tangleman, with reinforced NanoFilament technology of course.

        • allein ๐Ÿพ September 5, 2019 / 3:02 pm

          Of course! Bright pink, please.

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