Yes this is real, and I took it. Right before I burst into flames.
So, the only thing worse than surviving a week-long, record breaking heatwave in Phoenix…is having your air conditioning die right in the middle of it. Four days and three repairmen later…we’re finally back in our house.
Me: I’m no longer a vagrant!
Ryan: Yea! Did you lower the thermostat to 72, just because you can?
Me: The house is finally down to 84, I’m trying not to push it too fast.
Ryan: I had a brand new unit go out once, and the house got up to 95. The cats weren’t happy.
Me: I’m guessing because the fur?
Ryan: I tried to get them wet, but they didn’t like it.
Me: I’m gonna go ahead and let you reread that last sentence to yourself.
Fisticuffs and Shenanigans 
Who doesn’t like getting wet?
Two cranky pussies apparently.
Good bloody god… Did he try to drop the cats in cold water? No wonder they didn’t like it. And probably wanted to take some of his skin along once they were done with him. 😀
Apparently wet washcloths? I’m surprised I haven’t seen the scars.
it’s not so much the wet of it, it’s the temperature. too cool and they react… badly. All my cats — including the rescue (currently sitting on my shoulders) all have loved bathing and being wet — just as long as it’s not too cold (or too hot).
Oh and tan him up… you’ll see the scars then 😀
I love that you know exactly how to bathe a cat. 🙂 I think I’ll bring a blacklight over…that’s easier than trying to tan an Irishman.
Extra Points if that Irishman is a ginger.. Bring the sunlamp over and we’ll watch him toast through “spontaneous human combustion”…. pity I can’t find the video… I think TomSka did something on the subject some years ago…
Consolation prize for reminding you of the upcoming school year here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5fzmmrk6kk
HA! He isn’t actually. I think his hair is light brown, but he assures me it was blond and shifted. He also does tan a little. I blame the Sicilian genes that snuck in. I, on the other hand, and straight ginger, so I’m the one who will combust.
This will be quite the sight, given I’m a pasty half-frenchman… I’ll start the timer to see who goes up first.
Yes, but if you’re half French, the pale is covered by a pelt of hair. 🙂
I manscape. It’s not enough to prevent the burn
Ryan does not (which I’m into…I likes ’em hairy, if I were gay, I’d totally be into bears.) which might be the only reason he survives beaches.
Don’t they make like SPF 5,000,000 for those poor Irishfolk to survive?
Damn it! It’s sending you to spam again!
Oh and before you react all weird; remember… I’m a Mad Scientist™. The kind that would make HP (Lovecraft) proud.
Trust me, if I ever need to hire for my volcano fortress, I’m coming to hire you.
Bahahahaha!
🙂
Deoderant manufactures must make a killing in Phoenix.
Wait…I’m supposed to be wearing deodorant?
I can smell you all the way over here in Canada.
If you can smell me past the meeses, than I better shower.
Lol! “I tried to get them wet, but they didn’t like it!!!” Lol!!
🙂
“but they didn’t like it” hahahaha I’m sure that’s a huge understatement!!
I would have loved to be a fly on the wall for that whole scene, I assure you. 🙂
Are you kidding? A fly? On the Wall? In front of pissed off cats? Your life expectancy would be in seconds! And chasing after you would dry off the cats.
Let’s just hope these cats stay lazy enough to avoid jumping, in this scenario. 🙂 Better start overfeeding those bastards.
And suddenly I feel sorry for you…and pity Ryan.
HA! I assure you he only has trouble with the ones that have claws. (note: mine doesn’t have claws…unless I’m angry)
Ha ha ha ha. I would think Phoenix would be a great place for hairless cats. Also, I really hate summer.
This has been the most insane August I can remember. Suuuuuuuucks. Everyone is nuts and on edge and driving like assholes because their brains are melted. *whiiiiine* When is November? You know…when I can finally turn the air off.
122? That’s insane! I was at Hoover Dam when I was a kid and it was 115 and my sister fainted. Hot cats can be a problem. Did he try putting an ice cube in their water bowl?
Let’s just hope he did, right after he started trying to drown the poor things, in an effort to save them.
In July it got up to 97 here in Washington state. You would have thought the world was ending the way people acted… 122 degrees? Yikes, and holy shit, and a bunch of other possibly inappropriate words.
AND IT WAS HUMID! Not like 90% humid, but in the high 30s-40s, which, for us, is friggin’ ridiculous. Everybody was being an asshole last week. And with cause.
Ugh,t hat’s just inhumane!
Right!? I’m movin’ to Canada!
Um, I heard that. You can certainly apply for a passport and all Meggy, but you got to put up with the moose and more importantly, one Trent P. Lewin. That’s right: P!
First, moose are ADORABLE. Secondly, I know how to distract you… Beer and maple doughnuts.
Am I that predictable? Maybe. Am I that awesome? Absolutely.
Agreed. It’s a Canadian immigration selling point.