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Artist Makes Funny Comics About What It’s Like Living With A Cat, And Cat Owners Can Relate (30 New Pics)
Interview With Artist
When living with a feisty cat, life is never boring, and comic artist Nick Filippou and his cat Minnie are a good example of that. Nick makes comics based on his everyday life with his cat and captures funny moments that most cat owners can relate to.
We previously featured Nick’s comics here on Bored Panda and you can find them by clicking here for part 1!
In an older interview, Nick explained the full context of his comics to us: "So, the comics star my real-life rescue cat, Minnie. I adopted Minnie 5 years ago from a shelter in Baltimore. She was a former stray and part of a TNR program (trap neuter release) that spent most of her life living outside. The clipped ear in the comics is real, and is from her being a part of the TNR program. My first comic came from a Christmas poem I wrote about the cat’s perspective of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' and have been drawing them ever since. Minnie is always the inspiration."
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Aisling Raye 3 years ago
This is why cats are great... they give you space, they're not needy little buggers, and they always know when you're in need of a cuddle.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Cats who love you can kind of “tune into” you, and understand when you’re sick or feeling sad. Then they do their best to make you feel better. If they’re cuddlers, they cuddle closer to make you feel better. If they’re clowns, they clown more to get you laughing. If they’re stand-offish, they come sit next to you to let you know they care. When I tore a tendon and had surgery for it, I was told to stay strictly in bed for an entire month. I could only get up to go to the bathroom and wash (with assistance from my husband). At the time we had three cats. I’m not lying when I say that, 24/7 that entire month, I had between one and three cats on the bed with me. Some days they took shifts so I’d always have one as company. The only time they got off the bed during their shift was to go to the litter box or grab a quick bite to eat. Then it was right back up on the bed with Mama, so she wouldn’t be alone, especially while Daddy’s at work. That’s love.
D K 3 years ago
I miss my Smudge kitty so much. She was a lap cat. Always cheered me up when I needed it. Would climb onto me purring her head off and affectionately head-butt my chin really hard. She passed away Dec 28 2021 😢💔
Sherry Allison 3 years ago
Sorry for your loss. I hate when people say it's just a cat. I don't have children so my two cats are my babies. Smudge was probably yours too. Love is 💘
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Bored Panda reached out to Nick with even more questions regarding him and his work! First, we asked if the artist perhaps was working on some new projects we could be looking forward to.
"There’s a few! A big thing that’s happening in my personal life is that my wife and I are expecting! I have a lot of ideas of Minnie and the baby going on adventures… and driving their human dad nuts…
A larger project I’ve been working on is a collection of short stories starring Minnie and other cat adventures. I have no idea how long this will take me but it is something I’m having fun with!"
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Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Upvoted b/c it's also "pet o'clock", and "play o'clock" and "zoomies o'clock"....
Gerard Neaux 3 years ago
What is zoomies, the 3am circus with running on the walls?
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Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago (edited)
My cat let's me know exactly when it's time for breakfast 7am, lunch12pm, dinner 6pm and bedtime snack10pm, when it's time for treat snack 2pm when she wants to come up for morning "flops" 9:30am and when it's time to go to bed.11pm. I dont know where she keeps the watch, but I know she has one. She's the Queen and I am a mere serf at her command.
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Same here! :-) And oddly near the same schedule. Hmm....
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Crimro Courter 3 years ago
Yup!!! I work mornings so I feed my cats their wet food breakfast at 6am when I wake up(it's now the first thing I HAVE to do lol). On my days off, I'm now awaken at exactly 6am every morning and they don't stop till I feed them :) 😀. If I'm tired I'll just give them temptations and back to bed!
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MJ 3 years ago
I love so much that the cat has a tipped ear. When a cat has a tipped ear, it’s a feral cat that someone bas taken the time to catch it, take it to a vet to get spayed or neutered - on the person’s own dime - and release it back to it’s outside home. Which also means someone is feeding and caring for the cat, and preventing more feral cats being born.
Kate Johnson 3 years ago (edited)
I think this is an excellent idea, cats are dab hands at knowing when things happen, or should happen 😉. Daylight Savings throws them for a couple of days, but hell, it throws people, and we're the ones who thought of it! 🤔 Our neighbor's outside cat Kevin learned that my husband got a job away from home and always comes home around 7pm. Each day he worked, Kevin would just show up at 6:50pm (+/- a minute or two) and would go to the end of our front walk and wait for him. It never failed to make him smile, no matter how his day was. 🐈💕 (Edited because I forgot to do so before hitting 'save'.)
PhatShaddo 3 years ago
100% truth to this one. Mine somehow KNOWS when its treat time! Same time every day, and also when it's dinner time!
Merril R 3 years ago
That's exactly what they do too, built in clocks. My 23 year old guy does it every morning at 2:30am sharp. We'll be sleeping on the bed and he'll start meowing and walking on me trying to make sure I'm up. As soon as I get up and go into the kitchen he'll get comfortable and go back to sleep. He just wanted to make sure I was awake so I can get ready to leave.
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
And if your cat is ever just staring at a blank wall, it ain’t ghosts. It’s some kind of critter in between your inner and outer walls, or inside the chimney (if that wall is next to it). Basically, it’s either a bug or a rodent. But not a ghost.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
You're likely right. My dog does this and creeps me out sometimes but I have to remember he can hear and sense things that I don't.
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Kate Johnson 3 years ago
We call ours pointers, like hunting dogs. (We don't say that to their faces, of course. 😉) Our Rosie does get the crickets, but she doesn't like the legs and spits them out. Every so often, though, I'll find a lone leg or leg part(s) and I wonder if she's so excited that she eats them by mistake!
Levi Mittman 3 years ago
One time my cat Coco went up on her cat shelf to the highest point and started batting at something, and guess what? It was a spider. Best cat ever.
Amy Beckler 3 years ago
Best bug-alarm ever! Course-then they climb the curtains and break all the lamps...
Sherrie Bush 3 years ago
This is so my cat peaches lol won't stop till she kills first or I do she gets so mad if I kill it first
We also wanted to know if the artist had a comic he was proud of, and we thought it was only fair if he'd share his thoughts with us!
"That’s a hard one… I really like the 'Alone Together' comic where Minnie decides to be 'alone' with the human and it’s exactly what he needed. I’ve also enjoyed making all the Halloween comics like the 'Monster Under The Bed' and the Christmas comics. My favorite series has to be The Tuna Chronicles. I had a lot of fun making those."
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Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
Oh I see it, no mere mortal being could exude that level of contempt and superiority, cats always rule.
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Trisha Howson 3 years ago
My kitten tiny claws with everything she touched and comet our older kitten watching her and thinking it to sometimes he plays with her a lot other times he just watch her
Saint Lynnie 3 years ago
Is this a catch and release cat? You can tell by the clipped ear. Local humane shelters will go out into the communities and capture feral cats, spay or neuter them, clip their ears and then release them back into the neighborhoods. This is an effort to control the stray population
Who Panda 420 3 years ago (edited)
Has anyone tried the cucumber trick? Just curious. My roommates cats could've cared less. To clarify I don't think they tried to scare them but it was out on the counter and they walked over it.
Artists go through a few art phases trying to find the art style they could call their own, however, it seems like Filippou is pretty settled in that area, however, that doesn't mean the artist wouldn't like to try something new.
"I’d like to experiment with animation at some point! I haven’t started down that path yet but am interested. I also have some more ambitious stories and comics in my head that I don’t really know how to create yet… but like with everything, it just takes practice and some trial and error."
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Dark Fafnir 3 years ago
Its funny that people complain about animals going extinct...but think cats killing for fun is cute...my dog takes care of cats not in their own yards
Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
When the pupils dilate it's time for a quick but careful retreat.
Starting out with comics (or art in general) isn't easy, so we asked the artist if he had any tips to share.
"There’s a great comic by The Oatmeal called 'The Eight Marvelous And Melancholy Things I’ve Learned About Creativity.' It nails the highs and lows and the overall journey of creating in general. I highly suggest reading that. That said, my biggest advice is to just go ahead and start creating. Whether it’s on a piece of paper, a sketchbook, or a digital pad. Just start. That’s half the battle. Everything else falls into place after that. Don’t wait for the right time or think your art isn’t good enough yet. There are always going to be other artists who are more talented, more liked, more established, can work faster, etc. Who cares? Create because you want to create. Don’t worry about pleasing an audience or competing against other artists."
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Vexorg2 3 years ago
I want to be reincarnated as a well cared for house cat.
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Frumpy The Gwynnch 3 years ago
This is how I roll, and it actually is awesome most of the time. If I could subtract the crippling mental health issues, I'd be way happier, but then, I'd be working, and not napping.
Lisa Edwardsen 3 years ago
Eat and sleep. There must be more to life than this, but I hope not!
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Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago (edited)
My cat doesn't like tuna or really any fish, but he will kill you and hold your family hostage for a piece of beef.
RFT Daly 3 years ago
Omg, THIS! It doesn’t matter what it is, if I’m opening a can, Sir Buggington Buggingsworth comes running out of nowhere thinking it’s tuna. Because clearly that’s the only thing it could possibly be.
Teri Smith 3 years ago
Lmbbo hubby just made tuna and rice for dinner and of course he had to give the cat some tuna before he mixed our drinker.
When it comes to people having opinions on his comics, here's what the artist thinks, "I just hope that my comics can bring people joy. There’s a lot going on in this world, and if a comic about Minnie plotting to murder a house plant gives you a chuckle, that’s a win for me."
Each artist has different plans for the future, and here's what Nick's ideal future would look like.
"Id like to put together more books and collections! I’d really love to see my comics physically in a book store like Barnes and Noble someday. That’s always been a dream of mine."
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Aya Ravensong 3 years ago
In group therapy, I learned the wonderful phrase: Don't "should" all over yourself.
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Sheera Gandolfo 3 years ago
My cat does this. Any water bottle, cup or remote left near edge of flat surface is fair game. But she always looks right at me when she pushes it over to see my reaction!
Artists tend to receive various comments on their work, and sometimes one negative comment can affect one's thoughts quite significantly.
"There’s been a few over the years of similar comments of where a particular comic has helped them laugh during a tough time they were going through in their lives. The fact they took the time to let me know that meant a lot.
There have also been plenty of negative ones! And sometimes the negative ones you can take as an opportunity to improve, and some other negative comments you need to just learn to ignore. When you share things on the internet, you’re going to get plenty of both. (Mostly positive, though!)"
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Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
They leave a bloody, mangled, half eaten corpse for you to clean up and doubts about keeping such a ruthless devourer of wildlife in your home start to creep in but then they jump on your lap and purr and everything is fine.
Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
We tell ourselves they are just giving it to us to try to feed us...but really we know it's a warning, to keep us in line 😅
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Victoria Vest 3 years ago
Our family cat left a perfect dead rat in my 16 year olds bed... I tucked it in and waited for the screaming
Rikke Visby Wickberg 3 years ago (edited)
My cat used to eat everything except the mouse skull. That she would lick clean and place right inside the front door, where an unaware person carrying shopping bags, coats, kids etc wont notice until too late. For you who do not know, those skull can be pretty round...
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Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
That's why it feels like being knighted when a cat comes to you for pets and cuddles.
Crimro Courter 3 years ago
Right, I'm always like come to me kitty and they don't want loves and pets.. then when I'm doing something...Meeeeooowww mmmoooowwww I'm here now love me!! So I do lol
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"Art is expression. Most of my comics are inspired by real events. These comics are an outlet of what I’m feeling and it’s helped me with all the highs and lows of real life."
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Yes! If they kill any unwanted critters while indoors, then they’re a hero. I’ve been lucky that the cats I’ve rescued and adopted have all been skilled at hunting and killing rodents and/or bugs. We don’t need to set traps. We have our little fuzzy army protecting us from invaders.
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Ugh_What_Now 3 years ago
Domestic cats live in colonies. Even when not hungry, they hunt for the old, young, sick, and weak. It's not just for "fun". Domestic cats are not and were never meant to be wild. Keep them indoors at all times.
Jaime Blackwater 3 years ago
Mildly less impressive when you consider most of those critter kills are small helpless animals and not something large like a lion, wolf or bear would kill and eat haha.
JustSomeScroller 3 years ago
Less impressive but more damaging to the environment
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Mark Moore 3 years ago
Omg yes! Barney accept challenges that he made up himself
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Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
During the witch trials cats were declared to be in cahoots with the devil and therefore killed bthe thousands, which led to a surge in the rodent population which led to the spread of the literal plague.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
I read it’s the reason all black cats have at least a couple white hairs. Medieval farmers knew they needed cats to keep rats and mice from eating all their grain stores. At the time, all pure black cats were immediately called witch familiars and killed. But the law concerning black cats also stated that any black cat with at least ONE white hair would be spared. So the farmers started breeding any black cats that showed up on their property with white or light-colored cats, to get that white hair that would spare the kittens, thereby keeping all their ratters and mousers—-and their grain—-safe. I don’t know if it’s entirely true but it’s a cool story. Plus, I’m 61 now, and have been a lifelong cat sibling/parent. I have never ever seen a black cat that didn’t have at least one white hair. Ever.
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Annette Browne 3 years ago
I absolutely love every one of these comics. Minnie is both my Bella and Nicolas. I laughed and giggled. Thanks for making my day
Donna Benjamin 3 years ago
My baby girl knows she's the queen of the house. She gets priority over everything. We are such pushovers. .
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Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
We rescued our youngest cat as a 5-6 week old kitten, weighing barely one pound, who was dumped all by herself on our property (she’ll be two years old in April 2022). She may have been tiny, but she had the lungs of an elephant, which is how we finally found her. She basically lived up in or near my hair, on my neck and shoulders, for the first couple weeks, so I became her Mama. Being taken from her Cat Mama that early, she’s now become a wool sucker (compensation for not being able to nurse after being abandoned). She also likes to “groom” me on any exposed skin, including my hair and face, to wake me up. She’s a highly effective wake up call, as having a cat’s rough tongue diligently licking your face and hair at 5 o’clock in the morning would wake the dead (she’s not hungry, she just wants Mama awake—-my husband works a weird schedule that has him up at 2am and on the road at 3am, so he feeds the cats while he’s having his coffee).
Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
Or worse, they suddenly run off and it's real quiet. Suspiciously so. Better get up quick and have a look.
AngelWingsYT 3 years ago
Mine just stands on my chest stomach n bladder. 12lbs of fluff :) and if he REALLY needs me up he adds throat to the mix
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Aisling Raye 3 years ago
My cats over the last 16 years... cat 1: loved boxes until she was about 5y/o... cats 2&3 (current ages 5 and 1) have never so much as jumped in a box despite having plenty of opportunities to do so. (Cat 2 does love a good nap in the little garbage can in the bedroom tho.) Has every cat I've owned been broken? Lol
Leo Domitrix 3 years ago
Wrong boxes? I dunno, I'm still trying to get rid of a parcel box from 2020 that my cats howl to get back if I try to recycle it... It wa
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Rebecca Bourgeois 3 years ago
O'Malley, 14 y.o., has such a love of boxes that he samples every single one that enters this house... but he always comes back to the same, now completely round because of him circling in it before laying down. Molly, 12 y.o., couldn't care less.
Sheera Gandolfo 3 years ago
My son bought me one of those multi cooking machines last year so I put the big box on a chair in my kitchen. Honestly I don't even know what the thing is or does because my chonky cat immediately climbed aboard and sat on it before I could open it. A year later it is covered with a comfy towel and is her sleep spot in the kitchen. At Christmas my husband suggested moving it finally because company coming. I was like, "where's the cat gonna sleep?" Priorities man!
Victoria Vest 3 years ago
My cat hiding in a Wal Mart bag, i walk by by and Ack! I've been punked by my own cat
Donna Benjamin 3 years ago
My cat is not interested in boxes at all and we have plenty coming in the house from online ordering. She will give it the sniff test then scratch her lip on the corner and that's it.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago
My Chihuahua thinks he's a kitty and can often be found sleeping in a box.
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Crimro Courter 3 years ago
What you gonna kill the cat? Not feed it? Throw it out? Nope, so they get away with it lol
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Alan Gale 3 years ago
I have spent many hours trying to catch Baby Bunnies that got loose in my house. Not fun, cannot recommend.
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Karen Kaiser 3 years ago
My sister's tortie. Woke 1 morning to a dead 1. Next morning thought the same til it started moving and spraying blood.
Saint Lynnie 3 years ago
I attribute d!¢|{ pics to be the same as when a cat brings you a dead mouse. You know they're proud of it, but no one wants to see that
LadyEncredible Rand 3 years ago
My cat hunts lizards. He brings them into the house to hunt better, so yeah, I'll be cleaning and come across a freaking dead lizard or their tail.
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Kay blue 3 years ago
I have two house gargoyles, they take it in turns to launch themselves onto my head when they think it's time I was awake. This morning it was 4am.
Linda HS 3 years ago
I have one gargoyle who is watching over me and every time I stretch, turn or twitch my eyes is in my face meowing, bumping my face, “touching me” until I get up and feed him. If I don't, God forbid get up, he goes to the potty…Trick number …(?) to get me up. It happens every night…at 2am, 3am, 4 am, 5 am, 6 am…That is when I get up finally…Then he goes to bed…on my pillow, in my spot…COFFEE!!!
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LadyEncredible Rand 3 years ago
My cat does this with Milk. If I'm drinking milk or eating cereal, he will literally jump init my lap and pull the spoon near him. So now whenever I want milk, I have to give him milk as well.
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Who Panda 420 3 years ago (edited)
Every time. The dog with its head on the side of the bed it's like they've seen in my bedroom.
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Zero sense of boundaries. Not only does my kitten watch sexytimes, she'll just crawl closer and closer till she's laying on or against on of us. .... While we're still busy. I mean c'mon kitten a little decency!!
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Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
Would've helped with Mrs. Norris and he would've gotten rid of "Scabbers" real quick.
Amy Beckler 3 years ago
😬 oops...do I dare say puss tongue 👅? Probably not...oh well summoned best results.
Redwood Rebelgirl 3 years ago
I don't get it. What is "parseltongue"? What has it to do with snakes?
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Rachel Ruff 3 years ago
My cats know when I'm taking their photo and always make this move, like they are posing.
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Amy Beckler 3 years ago
-except when I do-then I will make absolutely sure you do care....like incredibly stinky in the litter box care...like eeew! care...
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Victoria Vest 3 years ago
I swear my cat made her catnip toy into a voodoo doll of me, and if I'm late with a meal I get the claw..ouch
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Mere Cat 3 years ago
Lucky. What I see is the butt... At a close range. (Yes, I know cats consider this an honor. I'm blessed :D )
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Tina Harnish 3 years ago
Actually, I've never had cats go after ladybugs. Pretty well every other type of insect, tho...
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Chamber Laine 3 years ago
You eat waaay to much tuna. All that Mercury is gonna get you........Mercury is my cat.
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Nadine Bamberger 3 years ago
They've conditioned us so well. Mine has learned the quickest way to get let outside is to jump up the drapes.
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Lawrence Thatcher 3 years ago
Don't worry, the owner might get off easy with just a life sentence of community service! For the record, "community" here refers solely to to the cat. Complete devotion. 24/7.
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Kaelum Gardner 3 years ago
I've had to literally not move for 3 HOURS with NO ELECTRONICS!!! Amateurs.
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Lawrence Thatcher 3 years ago
"I am never eating another pill my human gives me ever again! Unless of course it's covered in peanut butter, because: c'mon it's PEANUT BUTTER!"
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Dachshunds #1 3 years ago
in the last panel i thought the cat was adorable until i saw her paws
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bv7hearts 3 years ago
I have a former feral house panther and he's a total love bug. <3
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totally a german 3 years ago
as a cat owner, all of these are spot on, also, my cat is currently trapped in my closet because he shut the door on himself.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago (edited)
Come on man these are always funny but where are the ones about living with dogs? I enjoy them but they always seem to be about cats and relationships Minnie was adorable though!
bv7hearts 3 years ago
I have a former feral house panther and he's a total love bug. <3
Load More Replies... totally a german 3 years ago
as a cat owner, all of these are spot on, also, my cat is currently trapped in my closet because he shut the door on himself.
Who Panda 420 3 years ago (edited)
Come on man these are always funny but where are the ones about living with dogs? I enjoy them but they always seem to be about cats and relationships Minnie was adorable though!
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