You know that smell?

[joflasher]

That rotten t-shirt smell? The one that happens when you forget a load of laundry in the washing machine and it sits there for six days in the middle of July and you have to run everything through the cycle about 5 times to get rid of the stench? Yeah, That smell. My cat smelled like that today. I have no clue what Banichi got into but he smelled like week old, dead t-shirts. He also made everything he rubbed against smell like week old, dead t-shirts ... the couch, his blanket, me. The Boy and I applied the only logical solution to the problem. We gave him a bath.

Now few things are as fun* as giving 15lbs of highly upset tom cat a bath. Its amazing the range of noises that such an animal can produce. Its also amazing how much damage one loose paw can inflict on an innocent jade plant that just happened to be a little too close to the sink for safety. Said plant ended up landing upside down on said wet cat, plastering him with dirt and requiring yet another bath. Ironic, that.

All three of us came out of it relatively unscathed but the jade plant might need some help. Afterwards, we sat in front of the toasty fireplace and dried him off and hand fed him kitty treats until he forgot that he had sworn everlasting hatred upon us and all of our descendants. Within 15 minutes, he was purring and rubbing against us. I swear, that cat has the attention span of a bi-polar goldfish.

Afterwards, I spent the evening eyeball deep into my taxes. All things considered, I think I'd rather bath another cat. I'm sure the jade plant would disagree.

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* Because putting life, limb and eyeballs in mortal risk IS fun, dammit. Why else are sports so popular?

Comments

[toeknuckles.livejournal.com]

haha. man...i'm feeling rather happy that today my day does not involve any tom cat bathing...

[tg2k.livejournal.com]

I really don't know what I'd do without TaxCut. I had my taxes done in mid-February.

[georgejas.livejournal.com]

leeking now. thanks. :-)

[luminifer.livejournal.com]

do you mean the mildewy smell, or the more fermeneted, ripened, pungent smell?

(yes, i've had a lot of experience with wet left-around shirts, apparently)

i sometimes have trouble getting people to acknowledge the mildew smell, but it sure bothers me!

[flasher.livejournal.com]

The fermented version. The mildewy smell normally only takes one washing to get rid of.