Cat hork is the other thing I wish cats didn’t do. Although Crook is justified here. Poor kitty.
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Cat hork is the other thing I wish cats didn’t do. Although Crook is justified here. Poor kitty.
I agree with Selkie, it serves that cat right!! Mean ol’ kitty, bitin’ Selkie.. Grrrrs! Also, ewww, kitty hork. Yuck.
Oh thank god. When they said the cat was tripping I thought it was because Selkie was just -that- tasty. Maybe she’s poisonous?
Confirmed, ten-years-ago-me.
Last panel wins for everything.
Well, this is certainly the last time Crook will make the mistake of biting Selkie…
Not many people realize just how smart cats are, or how long their memories can be. If Crook’s body is reacting this badly, I wouldn’t be surprised if he totally avoids her for years to come.
Huh, I wonder. Is Selkies blood slightly poisonous? I’m not talking “Drop dead) poison, more like “nausea” inducing.
Like soles (the fish)- nothing wants to eat them because they taste nasty.
Any blood makes me nauseous. 🙂
Dave> Awesome strip!
Lazruth> Neat idea:)
It almost looks like kitty is growing gills in the second to last panel.
I found this comic through TV tropes (the “Happily Adopted” trope), and I like it. It’s a good story. Kinda reminds me of the first Stuart Little movie.
This page is funny. I wonder how Selkie’s blood tastes to Crook?
……….–trying hard not to laugh- ok I’m probably one of the few fans that shouldn’t talk hear cause I don’t have a cat and they only cat i had died the same day I found it but…..HAHHAHAHAAHAH serves you right! thats what you get for biting something that you shouldn’t!!!! ahahahahahha
That last panel….is win
poor cat. if a giant hamburger walked into your home wouldn’t you take a bite? ( but then again ive never had a cat, wanted one but never had one, so maybe they bite just because)
They do … it’s very annoying. I’ve had 2 cats over the years, they both did that whole “pet me till I bite you” thing. It’s one of the main reasons I prefer dogs.
Hmmm… our household has had many, many cats over the years, and I can only think of two that were biters. Both female, it should be noted.
I don’t think Selkie is the cause of the poor felines discomfort. I attribute it to spoiled meat (I don’t think the fish was the only thing to go off).
Did you use “Ryuk” in the cat-hurk noises on purpose too? Deathnote anyone?
thats actually preety close to the noise cats actually makes as they start throwing up.
its a sound you learn to fear as a cat owner
I can’t claim “ryuk” to be an intentional shout-out (although I am willing to cal it one retroactively!). I basically sat at my desk making cat-hork noises out loud to myself to figure out how the phonetics sounded.
And I am aware how inSANE that sounds. XD
I really hope no one heard you while you were doing that…
When I read that I started making cat-hork noises to check – and “ryuk” really is pretty close. (And no one was here to hear me except Maho and Tomo, and they’re cats.)
Also, is Selkie now going to draw a “cat-vomit” picture to go with the “vomit-fish” picture? (The wallpaper of that with Selkie is my current desktop, by the way. Also, also: are the wallpapers available somewhere on the site? I went looking for them, found the TV-tropes link, and didn’t escape until about 2 hours later.)
That is a good point, I should make some form of Ancillary Art page. I’m out of town at the moment, but if you need the wallpapers I can get them linked.
I’ve already got the one I like best and it’s my current desktop. People who found Selkie later might want to go back and look at those though. And then the vomit fish will spread to more and more desktops. Selkie would be amused, so that must be a good thing. Right?
Worst sound to wake up to in the middle of the night? Cat horking somewhere in the house… normally somewhere you’ll step later.
No, that’s the second worst. The first worst is the terrified squeek-skitter-thunk of a cornered mouse breathing its last and then being deposited outside the bedroom door.
that is unless you have a sadistic cat who will wait till the mouse is in your bed and you notice it before he chases it. >..<
My family had a calico-wildcat mix that would catch those little green Anole lizards and sit outside the windows by the dining table. Holding the (still alive) lizard in her mouth, she would wait until two or more people were looking at her and then she would flick the lizard up in the air and swallow it whole.
The sound we learned to dread was a guest saying “Oh look, your cat caught a lizard……OH MY GOD!!!”
I think the worst is when you hear the cat howling and never find it. Then you learn later why (kitty ate her own hork)
One of my cats will eat too fast sometimes and throws up but then she immediately eats it again. :/ (this was the same cat dumb enough to eat a sewing needle)
I’m a cat person, but Crook had that coming. I think he’ll be giving Selkie a wide berth in future…
Cats are like that. Some neighbors had a “friendly” cat who would greet me when I came home from work. She liked to be stroked for about 30-60 seconds, then her body language would change very subtly… and I learned to pull my hand out of reach quickly! Very sweet cat otherwise.
Ah, yes. When owner of a horking cat, you learn to keep towels always handy. XD Or newspaper….
The cat definitely had it comming. We have two cats and both of them come up wanting to be petted and then when they’re all happy and done they bite me. The older of the two will even hiss and scratch at you if you even just point at her.
One time when I was sitting on the couch I pet one of the cats and when I stopped before she was happy she clawed my arm and ripped a two inch trail that wouldnt stop bleeding for atleast an hour.
Bad kitty is bad…
Everytime I try and put something underneath one of my cats they run and throw up across the carpet mid-air. It’s a mess and now I just let them do their business and then clean up one spot rather than a barf trail.
Look on the bright side: if Crook survives, and if he possesses the common sense that God gave gravel, that cat sure as hell won’t try this again any time soon.
Also, lol at Theo’s amusement at the whole spectacle in panel three. 😛
poor cat, I hope it’s not a bad trip, but it certainly looks like one!
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HEH! Serves him right for biting. Never been bitten myself. Most cats get the idea that if they claw or even swipe at me, they find out what it’s like to be Airborne. >:D
Don’t get me wrong. I love cats more than dogs. But there are somethings that cannot be allowed and biting is one of them.
He probably thought Selkie was a big fish… how can you blame him for wanting to take a bite? Though he definitely seems to be having a really bad trip from the looks of it. You can train a cat from biting and also scratching, it takes time and effort but is well worth it. Unless the cat is just exceptionally stupid, in which case it’s just better to get a different cat.
Also, the worst sound to wake up to isn’t the sound of a cat horking somewhere in the house, it’s waking up to hear a cat horking on you. I’ve had a lot of cats throughout my life, some of them were sweet and some of there were sadistic. But my favorite cat story came from my best friend… his cat would fall into the sadistic category.
His cat Max was in the habit of waking him up when he wanted to be fed. One day he woke my friend up by rubbing up against his head all lovey dovey like till he was sure that my friend Rook was awake. Then he turned around, raised his tail with his but in Rook’s face and farted… talk about an evil cat.
Justified?! Ha! Jerk DESERVES what he gets. Dork don’t eat what you don’t know what is.
Totally was wondering if Selkie bled blue earlier… I’m loving this exposition of what she is~
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Ohhhh that last pannel. Selkie’s laugh and Tod’s expression. I have 3 kitties myself, and yeah, that’s a cat hork aight. Pffthahaha! Thanks for the laughs. 🙂
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One of my room mate’s cats bites to show his love. Literally. He gnaws on noses, purring his little heart out. It’s a shame he does it; he is far less of a jerk than the other one…
Poor kitty! =(
Clearly Selkie needs to have the poison cooked out of her before she is fine for nomming.