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November 10, 2016 8:48 PM

Cat likes broom rides (don't we all?)
posted by Johnny Wallflower (22 comments total)

We all need broom rides these days
posted by wheelieman at 8:51 PM on November 10, 2016 [4 favorites]

More cats and brooms.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 9:04 PM on November 10, 2016 [1 favorite]

Should definitely be named Puck if it isn't already...
posted by jim in austin at 9:46 PM on November 10, 2016 [7 favorites]

Vrooooooom wheeeeeee!
posted by soakimbo at 10:30 PM on November 10, 2016 [1 favorite]

I want to see modified curling with cats! this one seems ready for competition.
posted by gkr at 11:16 PM on November 10, 2016 [1 favorite]

Cat curling is just what cats do when they go to sleep (when they don't stretch out or drape themselves over the settee). This is more cat hovercrafting (or that's what the cat tells themself, I'll bet). At any rate, they look very happy.
posted by GenjiandProust at 2:41 AM on November 11, 2016

I love how kitties make up games to play with their humans. Years ago I had a kitten who would run to the top of the stairs and stare at me until I got out the mop and bucket and mopped the kitchen floor. Then he would come racing down and accross the floor til he slid into the cupboards and then he'd skedaddle back up across the wet floor and up the stairs to start over. My job was to re-mop in between runs to ensure maximum slipperiness. I bet he would've loooooved cat curling too.
posted by kitten magic at 3:07 AM on November 11, 2016 [31 favorites]

I see what you do there, Johnny Wallflower. Cat distraction du jour duly noted, and duly appreciated. :-)
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 4:45 AM on November 11, 2016 [3 favorites]

does it vibrate?
posted by andrewcooke at 6:15 AM on November 11, 2016 [1 favorite]

How do you figure out that what your cat loves, more than anything else, is being shoved across a floor by a broom?
posted by jeather at 7:03 AM on November 11, 2016 [4 favorites]

How do you figure out that what your cat loves,

Sweep. The cat "helps." Hijinx ensue.

This is how I discovered my cat loved ripping bristles out of my nice broom.
posted by GenjiandProust at 7:06 AM on November 11, 2016 [7 favorites]

Oh, I have to actually do chores? That's the problem.
posted by jeather at 8:03 AM on November 11, 2016 [4 favorites]

I'm sure my cat would never, ever leave me alone again if I did this.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 8:19 AM on November 11, 2016

Oh, I so needed this.
posted by Kitteh at 8:47 AM on November 11, 2016 [1 favorite]

How do you figure out that what your cat loves, more than anything else, is being shoved across a floor by a broom?

Sometimes by accident (I threw a pair of socks on the floor one day and my cat went tearing after them like a bat out of hell and brought them back to me. I tossed them again and low in behold he brought them back to me again. Thus I learned my cat can play fetch) and sometimes because cats are a pushy sort. I bet you that when human was sweeping one day, cat laid in front of the broom. Human pushed cat with broom out of frustration - cat came back (the very next day~) and human discovered cat likes to be pushed by the broom.
posted by INFJ at 9:11 AM on November 11, 2016 [6 favorites]

youngercatbailard is a big fan of "rollercoaster" rides in an old ikea/laundry bag. And fusses when she has to jump from kitchen island to fridge without a human shoulder to use as step.
posted by sebastienbailard at 9:15 AM on November 11, 2016 [1 favorite]

How do you figure out that what your cat loves,

Cats that like being vacuumed with the wand attachment are outliers, according to my research.
posted by sebastienbailard at 9:17 AM on November 11, 2016 [2 favorites]

Y'all are completely misreading this. That's not a cat having fun. That is a cat masterfully thwarting its human's attempts to rid the floor of cat hair by tricking the human into efficiently facilitating the distribution of cat hair.

Well done, cat. Well done.
posted by mudpuppie at 9:56 AM on November 11, 2016 [5 favorites]

Hurry hard!
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 9:58 AM on November 11, 2016 [2 favorites]

Another read is that the kitty just wants to rub up against the bristles and, in the charming way of cats, will relentlessly (and with increasing glee instead of the rancor that humans develop when so obviously thwarted) keep trying to do what it wants to do no matter what steps we take to prevent it.
posted by lefty lucky cat at 10:32 AM on November 11, 2016 [2 favorites]

Not a cat, but it made me laugh so hard: Peek-a-boo!
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 10:59 AM on November 11, 2016 [3 favorites]

Cats also like sandal scooters.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 10:32 AM on November 12, 2016 [3 favorites]