Deception and Lies

[plumtreeblossom]

Sometimes when I want to get the cat in off the balcony and he won't come, I crackle a packet of beef jerky, which brings him running. I didn't have any beef jerky today, so I crackled a packet of Twizzlers. The ruse worked, but you should have seen the poor guy's face when I offered him one.

I've reached a new depth in my shame spiral.

Comments

[strangeanimal.livejournal.com]

if I hear a packet crackling and I find out it's *not* Twizzlers, I'm upset.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Now I know how to get you in off the balcony!

[bex77]

Beware...he may get revenge in his own way. ;)

Been there, done that, seen the poop on the floor to prove it.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

I just got back from Trader Joe's, and the first thing out of the bag was beef jerky! Now both kitties have had some. :-)

[hotpoint.livejournal.com]

Once I was at a park with a horse paddock, and I followed my friends to pat the horse. The horse smelled something minty in my pocket and seemed insistent. I weighed the alternatives and decided that a "no, that's not tasty" would be insufficient, so I offered a Tums on the palm of my hand. The horse expressed its lack of enjoyment of the antacid by spitting it out and looking at me with great reproach as I walked away.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

It's amazing that the horse could even taste it at all, with a tongue that big. :-)

[kalisti23.livejournal.com]

Hey, at least you offered.