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No Judge, no jury, no defense!!

post #1 of 11
1/21/10 at 4:20pm
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Since we sleep on the third floor and the crash of the valuable statue occurred on the first floor, neither of us heard it. But when we got up this morning and found what used to be in one piece in hundreds of pieces on the floor I immediately started screaming at Persi (as did DW). Yes, I fully realize that yelling at a cat hours after something happens is futile.

When we went to the first floor however, Persi was right there, surveying the damage he had done.

We knew it was not Alley. She has never got onto anything in three years except the master bed to sleep with us. Persi has free range of the house, any counter, and shelf, and any other place he wants to go. OK, I never had children so I did not bring Persi up properly. Somebody else brought Alley up properly however.

Is it fair for us to assume that anything that gets broken in the house was done by Persi? We do not believe in ghosts by the way. Persi was guilty as charged, no Judge, no jury, no defense!

Does anybody else have a situation like this where there can be absolutely no doubt at all as to who the guilty culprit is?
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post #2 of 11
1/21/10 at 4:25pm
Poor Persi...

I know that when all of the kitchen cubbards are opened that it's Elliott. We've caught him numerous times. It's funny though, sometimes from the living room, we can hear him doing it, so we'll yell "Elliott!" and he comes running right in to us and meow as if to say "It wasn't me!".
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post #3 of 11
1/21/10 at 4:45pm
We were out running errands the other day, and when we returned we found my newly constructed floral arrangement on the bathroom counter shattered. The glass vase pieces were everywhere, and the marbles were scattered all the way into the bedroom. Squeak was playfully batting around the marbles.

Dusty was outside while we were gone. No eyewitnesses. No report of local earthquakes. No other living creature inside the house. The evidence was certainly circumstantial. But I believe the evidence eliminates any and all other possibility. Squeak is guilty.
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post #4 of 11
1/21/10 at 5:43pm
If I recall correctly, Alley doesn't "change floors" so it's either Persi or a ghost!
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post #5 of 11
1/21/10 at 6:33pm
Does Alley perchance have powers of telekenisis?

I know that when I hear a crash or thud from the other room that the culprit is Aristotle. Many times I yell his name and get a meow that sounds like "What!".
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post #6 of 11
1/21/10 at 6:37pm
If it has been knocked down or opened, it is Fluffy. Even if she is caught in the act, she is totally unrepentant.
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post #7 of 11
1/21/10 at 6:44pm
In our home, it's usually JC. one time, my grandson & I were spending the weekend at my mom's (we shared one room, with twin beds). JC & Joey were locked in the room with us, but JC works doors back & forth until they open. Anyway, JC had snuck downstairs and went into my mom's kitchen (ultra big no-no in that house, and all the animals instinctively respect that). At 3am, my mom got up & her bedroom door made it's unmistakeable squeak. I heard two loud pounces as JC made the staircase in prob. 2 leaps, our bedroom door flew open, I saw 16lbs of fur sail completely over my bed, JC landed on my grandson's bed & instantly crumpled into a curled, sweetly sleeping kitty, head down on his tail. "JC!" I cried, whereupon he sleepily lifted his head, blinked & gave a groggy "Mrrrww?"....I couldn't help but laugh - he even knew enough to act innocent
....and in the daylight, it was discovered that 'someone' had lifted my dad's bread from on top of the fridge and carried to the bottom of the stairs... now who could that have been...."O, Jay-CEE-uh...."
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post #8 of 11
1/22/10 at 1:03am
I don't have breakables

I do know when the show ribbons are on the floor that Farley is to blame, he climbs across the curtain rod to knock off the ribbons he can reach.
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post #9 of 11
1/22/10 at 1:17am
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Originally Posted by catsknowme View Post
In our home, it's usually JC. one time, my grandson & I were spending the weekend at my mom's (we shared one room, with twin beds). JC & Joey were locked in the room with us, but JC works doors back & forth until they open. Anyway, JC had snuck downstairs and went into my mom's kitchen (ultra big no-no in that house, and all the animals instinctively respect that). At 3am, my mom got up & her bedroom door made it's unmistakeable squeak. I heard two loud pounces as JC made the staircase in prob. 2 leaps, our bedroom door flew open, I saw 16lbs of fur sail completely over my bed, JC landed on my grandson's bed & instantly crumpled into a curled, sweetly sleeping kitty, head down on his tail. "JC!" I cried, whereupon he sleepily lifted his head, blinked & gave a groggy "Mrrrww?"....I couldn't help but laugh - he even knew enough to act innocent
....and in the daylight, it was discovered that 'someone' had lifted my dad's bread from on top of the fridge and carried to the bottom of the stairs... now who could that have been...."O, Jay-CEE-uh...."
Funniest thing I've read all day. I can picture every bit of it!!
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post #10 of 11
1/22/10 at 5:58am
I have a house full of curious troublemakers... so I never know who to blame unless I witness it. Except if a cabinet door is open and the contents are on the floor. THAT is Archie!!!
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post #11 of 11
1/22/10 at 10:20am
If one of my hair ties have gone missing (basically anything of mine from the bathroom) its GiGi. If a roll of toilet paper (we keep one loose for "tissues") gets into the bathroom sink and is unrolled its Hercules. He eats boxes paper tissues anything like that its his. If there is a wrapper to a cupcake or candy bar laying around and you find it on the floor it was Fatman. Fatman also likes to knock the giant bottle of Ibuprofen off my desk because he makes the same sound his cat treats did. Each one of the cats has his or her own vice and we catch them all the time doing stuff they arent supposed to be doing but none of them have any manners whatsoever. They are free spirited little boogers so when I dont want them to get in trouble by daddy I blame it one the ghost in the house..LOL...I know he doesnt believe me but it gets the cats off the hook!
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