And now it's time to play "You See/Your Cat Sees"!

[thatcrazycajun]

Here's a new LJ meme candidate I just came up with all my own self. I know lots of my friends list members can probably add to it...

YOU SEE.... A brand-new roll of paper towels or toilet paper hanging on its roller.
YOUR CAT SEES... A fun new shredding/spinning toy!

YOU SEE... A floor covered with berber carpet.
YOUR CAT SEES... An 800-square-foot scratching post.

YOU SEE... A nice clean pair of pants.
YOUR CAT SEES... A fashion faux-pas crying out for the addition of lots of fur exactly the opposite color.

YOU SEE... An innocent goldfish swimming in a bowl or tank.
YOUR CAT SEES... Breakfast.

YOU SEE... A lovely arrangement of flowers in a vase.
YOUR CAT SEES... A nice fresh salad lunch.

YOU SEE... A nice upholstered sofa or padded chair.
YOUR CAT SEES... A handy place to sharpen his/her claws.

YOU SEE... An actual scratching post or box, placed where your cat should easily be able to see and use it.
YOUR CAT SEES... Absolutely nothing at all.

YOU SEE... birds chirping in a nearby tree outside the window or door.
YOUR CAT SEES... A bunch of damned annoyances that would SO be dinner if you would only let him/her out to get at them.

YOU SEE... An open door to a bedroom, closet or other room in which the cat has been told any number of times s/he is NOT allowed.
YOUR CAT SEES... An invitation. (Never mind that they've been in it anyhow countless times before; something new may have been added this time!)

YOU SEE... The dining-room table and/or kitchen counter, on which the cat has also been repeatedly told s/he is NOT allowed.
YOUR CAT SEES... prime lounging space, easily defensible from any real or imagined enemies (in our case, the house's two other cats).

YOU SEE... Your lap as you sit watching TV.
YOUR CAT SEES... Either an obstacle in his/her way to wherever s/he is going, or the perfect place to sit and wait for you to pet him/her like you ought to be doing.

YOU SEE... A book, magazine or newspaper you are reading.
YOUR CAT SEES... Same as "your lap" above.

YOU SEE... A perfectly clean, freshly filled litter box.
YOUR CAT SEES... An affront to his/her dignity to be pointedly avoided in favor of the bathroom floor.

YOU SEE... A shoe or pair of shoes left on the floor.
YOUR CAT SEES... An opportunity for some hunting practice. (Particularly applies to indoors-only cats.)

YOU SEE... A towel or article of clothing hanging on a chair, door handle or bar.
YOUR CAT SEES... Something to be yanked down, dragged around the floor and finally curled up on.

YOU SEE... The refrigerator, the bookcase or the drapes.
YOUR CAT SEES... His/her own personal Mount Everest.

YOU SEE... An empty cat-food bowl, at any time of day or night.
YOUR CAT SEES... An offense unto the natural order of the universe, to be swiftly corrected by YOU on pain of endless yowling.

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[gorgeousgary]

YOU SEE...the box from your new notebook computer
YOUR CAT SEES...Wow! A new cat bed for little 'ol meeeeow!

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

I SEE... somebody else's cat.

MY DOG SEES... lunch.

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

YOU SEE ... cardboard box, crinkly plastic, and styrofoam peanuts from unpacking something.

YOUR CAT SEES ... handy dandy semi-edible noisemaker for chewing up and strewing about when your back is turned.

[thatcrazycajun.livejournal.com]

Yup, yup and yup. And don't forget empty paper bags (or even full ones)!

[tovahs.livejournal.com]

I see: nothing
Cat sees: a politer mouse or some thing else to play with

I see: a streak of color that has cat ears and a tail
Cat sees: a race track that goes through every room and every surface in the house.