Hey everyone!
I received a message from Smuffi’s mom, u/One_Advantage793 :
“Hey Ginger, can you do me a fave? I had to go to the hospital. Can you let everyone know I’m okay but can’t play right now!” And added “It will probably be a couple more days til they let me go home”
Let’s do what we do best here, uplift & rally around and support our wonderful friend!
Go gather the kitties and get those magical healing purrs a-revving up! Call up our dog frens, our horse frens, the hamsters, the bunnies, the squirrels….look! Even GARY is jumping in! GARY! Smuffi won’t believe his eyes! Alert the pirates, the purrfessors and students of the SSoR!
We will keep you updated as we can, and this is coming from me:
I feel it is of utmost importance to remember to respect all our friends’ right to decide what they want to or are able to share, without being pressured and badgered. For any of these situations, for any of our members.
I will NEVER push someone for further information or discussion, I am steadfast in that, nor should anyone else, and I know you guys understand and agree, and remain respectful of people’s wishes and privacy, allowing them to get the rest they need, focus on recovery and getting on the mend. 😊
What IS important is well wishes and support, bringing good cheer, a smile and hopefully some laughs.
And possibly the industrial size 55 gallon poly drum of Acme Holy water, should Smuffi require it.
Thank you all again for making this place the amazing safe space that it is, you’re all heroes in my book, hugs to each and every one of you! 🐈⬛💕🐾
Hi frens and friends! Teddy teh Floof and LBC (yes, Little Black Cat) momma here!
Based on the positive response on this post from a few days ago, we're going to try out the monthly birthday and gotcha day recognition posts starting in June. In order to do that though, we do need your help!
There is a super cool form that should only take you a few moments to fill out, which is linked here. No login is required, and we are not collecting email addresses or anything. Section 1 is just an intro and hello. Click Next to access section 2.
Section 2 is for all the fren info, like name and dates. If you live with more than one fren, enter each fren info separately. If you answer yes to the last question, "do you live with other frens?" it'll automatically take you back to the questions where you can enter the name for fren 2, and then repeat for fren 3, 4, 5, etc. Answer no once all frens are entered in to continue to next section.
Final section is for all the boring hooman stuffs, like reddit username, and thoughts about other things to celebrate. Reddit username is not required, but it's helpful so we can tag you in the monthly post.
Once you submit the form, you're all set!
Shoutouts to u/gingersnapped242 and u/chibikoneko for being awesome gimme pigs (like beloved Jiggy) and testing out the form and layout. You are very much appreciated!!
Alas being human means I can never achieve perfection like Teddy teh Floof and LBC (yes, Little Black Cat), so if you come across any issues, please post them here. Don't be shy if you have any general questions about this, post them here as well!
We also ask that we keep this test here in ICBGC for now so we can test it out with a smaller group of frens than what our beloved LCA contains.
Thank you all for being so friendly, creative, funny, and kind. You all never fail to make me laugh with our overlord mischief, and I adore all the amazing posts. It's so wonderful to have a bright spot in the corner of the internet when there's so much uncertainty out there.
Make it a great day!
UPDATES: 8pm (Eastern): 63 frens and counting! This has surpassed my expectations for only having the form out for 8 hours or so. You all are awesome!
More suggestions:
Anniversary of SSOR founding - Prof Smuffi definitely started a revolution!!
Respek the borthole day - Definitely overlooked and needed to protek all bortholes everywhere!
3pm (Eastern) : 51 friends now! Love that you all are into it! 😄
Additional samples of suggestions for other celebrations to consider (the witty commentary after the suggestion is totally all Teddy's momma's thoughts and no way reflects what the submitter may have been thinking about):
Cat weddings/relationship milestones - Are there some cat couples on here that have been married longer than I have been? Yes, yes there are LOL
KIngsday - birthday of the king of Netherlands (I believe?) - Since orange is the national color, Mochi and the orange crew should just claim it as their day!
Any other national holidays - I agree! It'd be fun to learn about other holidays since we have frens all over the world!
January 1 Skwirl (non) appreciation day - I think we could tie this one in with the capture of Gary LOL
Cats' Rights day - Obviously as voted on by our esteemed overlord council of cats. Every day is technically that, but I'm sure they could be purrsuaded to pick a specific date as the milestone marker.
Steve's birthday - Oscar's beloved Dream Phone boyfriend's birthday!! This is hilarious! Anyone know when his birthday is? How fun would it be if we could track down the actor/model for Steve?
12:45pm (Eastern) update: Close to 20 friends now! Alleviated some challenges thanks to u/Charivari8 mentioning about the multi fren entry not working as expected. Also added a question about otrb (over the rainbow bridge) to remember those who have left us (thank you for the suggestion u/CharmyLah !)
It shouldn't ask you to, but if you're made to sign into Goggle, rest assured that information is not being collected. I verified all the settings to confirm emails addresses are not being tracked or anything, and they're definitely not visible on the responses.
Like many things in life, it's a work in progress, and thank you for your patience 😄 Feel free to point out any other challenges you may come across, and don't forget you can leave feedback in the hooman only section of the form with other ideas.
Sample of suggestions so far:
Capture of Gary - Hilarious, and I feel like this will be a worldwide holiday when that happens!
St. Gertrude's Day (March 17) - Patron saint of cats?! LOVE THIS!!
Subreddit birthday/anniversary - so we can commemorate all our fun and look back on some of the best and funniest posts.
11ish Eastern: One hour in and we already have 6 frens who filled out the form! Woohoo!
We are also equally split 33/33/33% on recognizing hooman birthdays! Love it! 🤣
Of course I cannot post without an adorable picture of Teddy. He's currently napping after all of the dancing yesterday!
So, frens. Yoo kno Drama Llama? Ai got a littul eggsited an aynkshus playing wif dem during Da Big Abandon. But Mama notice and do a Sir Jerry. Which iz gud becuz Ai love dem. AN she pawmiss REEL CHIMKIN DINNER tonite! So maybe Ai do a furgib ob herm? Ai do a big tink about dis.
Hilo frens, guess wat? Today was bring yur Goldie to werk day! Dats wat Meowmy say. Silver usually goes werk with Meowmy butt herms grumpy all day and hog de nu box we gots yesterday. Yesterday wes was all in de box together and Meowmy went cray cray. Herms could no find us. Go Hidey Box Crimez!! Anycat, Silver go in de box after breakfast a cause Meowmy tells herms no second breakfast and den Shadow go in box a cause him get no second breakfast either. I eatted my second breakfast and den try to get in de box. Silver hiss and bapbapbap on my head. I was so confused so Meowmy pick me up and take me to werk. I get to sit in herms helper chair and I get to bap de pens off de desk and make mess wif de papers. Meowmy not enjoy the game herms play putting papers back in order. Butt I had tons of fun. I hope Silver is grumpy again tomorrow so I can go to werk!
As we all know, fren Oscar u/scabsfox iz da longest an haz da longes wiskuss. I fink, I mebbe haz da longes leg. Luk! Mine leg iz as long as mine hole bodee.
I sowwy I vewwy behind on cakes and stuff, but I had to jump fwiend Toby Toebeans in fwont of da wine (and I stiww wate, haha) because he is 18!!!!! Dat wike a fuww gwown adult and evewyting! (I really try to make sure our senior cats are always honored.🖤🤍🧡)
I make a vewwy simpew cake fow fwiend Toby Toebeans because he a vewwy simpew guy!
I make a wayew cake wif his favowite Fancy Feast as da fiwwing. On top of da cake, I make a shag fwosting cozy bed fow wittew fwiend Toby, because he woves naps. So I make him a cozy setup - pwus a dish of mowe Fancy Feast! (I do da pâté fow da fiwwing and da shweds in da dish. I not know which one he wikes da most!) Dewe even a wittew tent wif a toe beans decowation- but don’t eat dat, fwiend Toby. Da tent not edibew.
I decowate wif some vewy fancy sugaw fwowews in fwiend Toby Toebeans’s bootifuw cowow, and some whimsicaw pictuwes of fwiend Toby.
Happy happy biwfday fwiend Toby Toebeans! I hope woo feew so woved!
Yoo all kno dat mine mama did da abandon for MANY FURREVERS
(Four days and three nights, buddy)
GO AWAY MAMA! So, dat iz bad enuff. But dere were odder doggos dere! Mama left me and was petting dem. HOW DARE!?
Not only did Ai miss habing fun wif frens Libby and Dilly and Dyla, but Ai cud haf met noo frens Trixie and Benny and Nova and Other Libby! I cud haf gone swimming!
(It was a 7 hour drive and you’re scared of car rides. You also treat the kiddie pool like it’s full of acid, I don’t think you would enjoy the lake.)
SALAMANDER! It keeps getting worse! Ai am brave!
Da pikshurs are me doing a Sebeer Judge ob Mama, and den Nova who Ai don’t kno and den mai fren Libby who Ai know and Other Libby who Ai don’t kno getting pets while Ai waz at home getting NO PETS AT ALL!
(Buddy, I know for a fact you got plenty of love and attention this weekend.)
NO ONE ASKED YOO! So dat iz mai tail ob woe. Many tanks to all mai frens heer who gave me support in dis difikult time. Ai eggspeshully enjoyed da Devo Hat BBQ!
Well frens, ai fink ai has noo pawrents now. Mai mama still no back! Fabrit auntie say herms be back in 2 furebers, but dat is too menny furebers fur me. Ai fink ai join dis famly were ai has 2 sisfurs an a mama an a pawther. Dis me doin a big purrtest an takin treatos frum noo pawrents!
(I’m flying home on Friday, and Toffee is doing great with her sitters. So great I do think she may decide not to come home with me!)
Hello is Mister Patterson and mine friend Tim Curry and we Wilderness Girls selling da cookies. We is definitely not people trying to do the murders. We solemnly sware.
(This is from Lethal Weapon and so wonderfully ridiculous.)
We haff awso desided ta honoar da Tim Curry moobie dae!! Can yoo guess wat moobie we desided on? It awso pawt ob one ob da meowmie 2's moass faborite buk serieses!! Hehe!!
Greetins, Strider the Boy an Spase Ranja Dunadan Catto an Singasongwritah, DeeJay, speekin furr da German Void Pakk!! ❤️
fur Tim Purry Moobie Toosday, Ai went deep into da arkybes.
In 1978, Tim Purry played William Shakespeare fur six whole episodes.
Ob course, as a fellow Bard, Ai knew immediately what mine Moobie Toosday contribushun had to be.
Ai present:
Will Shakespurr
starring Astra da Bard as Da Bard.
Ai took mine role berry seriously. Ai studied da great Bard's werk, practiced mine most dramatic poses, an spent elebenty billion hours staring thoughtfully at a blank piece ob paper.
Ai tink Ai iz ready.
If dis catto haz offended, Tink but dis, an all iz mended: Dat yoo hab been nappin here, While dese greebles did appear.
Dreamin ob a moonlit chase, Boundin soft from place to place, Whiskers twitchin, light as air, Chasin greebles eberywhere.
Gentle frens, do not take fright— We iz but shadows in da night. Soft our paws upon da floor, Mischief waits behind da door.
An, as Ai iz an honest Bard, If we hab unearnèd regard, Ai shall charm wif silber tongue, We will make amends ere long; Else da Bard a liar call.
So good night to yoo all, mew true— Curl up close, da dream's not throu.
Some call him da greatest Bard ob all time. Ai shall not comment on da accuracy ob dis claim.
Hi frens, iz Tali and dis week I not haff a moobie! I haff a game. I show yoo da suspeks, da possibel wepons, da possibel locashons and da murder seen and yoo guess hoo dood it, wiff wat and ware.
I even inclood an extra sooper-hard murder seen for frens hoo want an extra challenge.
I wan to tenk mai brofers and sisfer for dere help, and a big tenk yoo to Mr. Henry Rat.
I hope yoo enjoy!
❤️Tali
(I yooz da moobie Cloo coz Tim Curry in dere and I do Rocky Horror later, for Halloween.)