My Million Dollar Idea
Typical Conversation with Mike:
Me: I’m going to take Rusty for a walk.
Mike: Oh great, I’ll come with you.
Me: If you’re coming, do you think we could bring Mimi? I could strap her in, you know, like a Baby Bjorn?
Mike: Yes, I like where this is going…
Me: BITTY BJORN! It’s a brilliant idea!
Mike: Your best one yet.
See, I’m often scheming about ways to take the cat with me, because I know she absolutely hates it. Like most normal cats, Mimi detests going places against her will. She also can’t stand being held, because she’s half feral. If she wants affection, it’s completely on her terms (this is why I love her – she doesn’t take any shit. Or maybe I just like emotionally withholding animals). So the idea of taking her anywhere fills me with glee, especially if it involves tucking her in my purse or some such other torture device.
Also, “bitty” is my personal nickname for kitties, as in, “bitty-kitty.” I say this in a tone that implies I would like to eat anything adorable. Yes, I am super creative and weird.
Actually, Mike is really the creative one in the relationship, he just doesn’t admit it. He was the one that started singing classic rock songs and inserting our pet’s names into key parts. In my favorite example, he was the one responsible for adapting “Me and Rusty Down By the Schoolyard.” His more contemporary attempt, “Call Me Mimi,” was effective at getting that stupid song stuck in my head, so win for him. Sometimes he freestyles, though. Boy’s got talent – don’t let him fool you into thinking otherwise!
So anyway, I worked up a prototype of my brilliant idea. Let me know what you guys think.
25 Comments
Vanessa
Cool, except for the claws so very close to the face…
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Natalie the Singingfool
Working on built-in paw restrainers…
Joe Cardillo
I used to just put the cats in my shirt and hold the ends down so they could escape. Probably I should have gotten a bitty bijorn.
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Joe Cardillo
*couldn’t ^ (darnit.)
Natalie the Singingfool
You would be my target demographic…
catherine gacad
OMG, this post totally cracks me up.
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Dianne
You funny lady!
Natalie the Singingfool
You know you want one, Dianne. Although I’d have to make a bigger model for the dogs…
Ericamos
If you make a Bitty Bjorn, I will go out and adopt a cat, just so I can use it!
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Natalie the Singingfool
Reason enough for me!
Punky Coletta
Love it!
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Cheryl Nicholl
This is brilliant: A Bitty Bjorn! How about a bitty- stroller? When people bend down to admire your baby they solidly know you’re nuts. A win all around!
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Natalie the Singingfool
I’d have to find a way to straight-jacket them in…haha, it could work, though!
Beduwen
Hilarious! I also have a self-absorbed cat. She’s a complete wack job on top of being aloof. I make her at least speak to me before I feed her. Otherwise she just runs past me as if I don’t exist, and her food somehow miraculously just appears in her dish.
Natalie the Singingfool
Used. That’s how it makes me feel.
Samantha Brinn Merel
Brilliant! Also, I’m pretty sure David has that power drill and hence, that power drill carrier.
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Natalie the Singingfool
Get to work! They make great kitty carriers…
Michelle Liew
Oww………convenient, but you might get a little scratched so you’d have to wear something thick. And I could not help but giggle as I read! Thanks for sharing!!!
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Natalie the Singingfool
I’m working on claw suppression features as well…;P
Considerer
Fine….but with a kevlar bra underneath.
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Natalie the Singingfool
Excellent. I’ll have to add that to the prototype.
Chris Plumb
Cats; why’d it have to be cats. (Nice photoshopping skills).
Every time I try to force cats to do something uncatlike I always end up with a bite and claw marks. Cats don’t like to dance, wrestle, be tossed in the air, clean the floor like a mop…
Now my dog, he will literally let me do anything as long as he’s getting attention. Sometimes my daughters will trap him in a clothes hamper and he won’t whimper or anything…just stay until they release him.
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Natalie the Singingfool
It had to be cats, because I am a cat lady, Chris. Simple.
I had a cat once that sounded like your dog…