SUNDAY FUNNIES: CATTY CELEBRITY CITINGS: AUGUST 2025

 Hello Everybody! Piper D. Katt here!

I have absolute no idea how I ended up opening August instead of closing July, but it works out in my favor since August 8 is International Cat🐈 Day!

So this installment of Catty Celebrity Citings is going to be all about your favorite felines, including meow.

As usual, a real quote from an actual celebrity past or present will be followed by a witty comment from yours truly.

Ready?

"In ancient times, cats were worshipped as gods. They have never forgotten that."~~Famous author Terry Prachett, creator of the Discworld series.

You're darn right we've never forgotten. Now what about my neck rub and bubble bath?

"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life. Music and cats."~~Famous physician and humanitarian Albert Schweitzer.

That's why cats sing Albert. Now don't forget to knead the tension out of my shoulders gentlemen.

"Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges in life. Cats just have the courage to live by them."~~Jim Davis, creator of Garfield.

Unlike your famous cat, I've never developed a taste for lasagna but otherwise I totally agree Jim. Why can't people be more like cats?

"Cats are connoisseurs of comfort."~~James Herriot, pen name of the famous veterinarian who wrote All Creatures Great and Small.

Everyone suggests you should stop and smell the roses.🌹🌹 Cats actually sleep in the garden with them during good weather days and enjoy the outdoors too.

"I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It's not. Mine had me trained in two days."~~Comedian Bill Dana.

Good Human. Now, what's the status on that bubble bath? I shouldn't have to lick myself clean every time I'm dirty.

"Cats rock. They are smart, cunning, naughty and very loving."~~Fearne Cotton, English Broadcaster.

Now there's a lady who knows where it's at.

Bet she has at least a few cats in her household.

"I love cats because I enjoy my home and little by little, cats become its visible soul."~~French director Jean Cocteau.

Cats make a home, and we make ourselves at home. With the right human companions and the right feline company, it is a wonderful life for both of us.

So on that note♫, take care.

STAY SAFE!

Have a great week, and please be back next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!—PDK.

Hope the bubble bath water isn't too warm. My fur is sensitive. And don't forget my rubber ducky!🦆

THE PUZZLE CORNER: AUGUST 3, 2024

 😎FUN FACT

The Olympics date back to Ancient Greece, circa 776BC, with the modern games starting in 1896.

TRIVIA TIME⌚

Who developed the Olympics Flag?

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇

When was the Olympics Flag first flown?

We’ll reveal all next weekend but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the July 27, 2024 Puzzle Corner.

RHYME TIME⏰

The clue to something is below, but no matter how long your answer is, each word within it must rhyme. Ready?

Old slang for really loyal. = True Blue.

THE LETTER SHUFFLE

How many new words can you spell out of the letters in OLYMPICS?

Clip(s), Clop(s), Cop(s)

I, Icy, Is

Limp(s), Limo(s), Lop(s)

Mic(s, short for microphones), Mil (short for tax rates, based on 1000), Mop(s), My

Op(s, short for operations)

Pic(s, short for pictures), PS (short for postscript)

Sci (short for science), Sic (notation for error in text), Sim (short for simulation), Slim, So, Sip, Sop

Yo (informal greeting)

More than the 34 words listed above might be possible.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: AUGUST 3, 2019

😎FUN FACT
After gas/oil, coffee is the most bought and sold product internationally.

FAMOUS FIRSTS🥇
What originally fictional game was the first to become an actual sport?

THE 50/50 CHANCE
Just like a regular TRIVIA TIME question, except there are just two possible answers, hence the even odds of getting it right. Ready?

Which is the older game: checkers or chess?

We’ll reveal all next weekend, but for now, let’s open up THE ANSWERS BOX📦 and discover the results from the July 27, 2019 Puzzle Corner.

BEFORE AND AFTER
Two separate items share at least one word, and so can be combined to create something new. Based upon the clue below, do you know what the new thing is?

Saturday night country lobos activity = Square Dances With Wolves.🐺🐺🐺

RHYME TIME
The clue to something is below, but no matter how long your answer is, each word within it must rhyme. Ready?

Sarge’s jeep order to subordinate?
Drive it, Private.

SUNDAY FUNNIES: YOU ANIMAL, YOU

The Court Jester?

Hello Everybody.
My name is Waxy.
I'm a baby dragon, and today's jokes are animal related, because I just found out we animals have a kingdom all to ourselves!
I wonder why I haven't been invited to the castle yet?
Anyway, get ready to laugh!

What is smarter than a talking horse?
A spelling bee.

What did the Cinderella Fish wear to the ball?
Glass flippers.

If fish are so smart from staying in schools all the time, how come none have never decided to run a country?

"I see you, but hide too good to be seen."

I think I just answered my own question. Fish are too smart to ever enter politics to begin with!

When is it polite to drink milk from a saucer?
When you're a cat.

Why did the rooster cross the road?
To prove he wasn't chicken.

What did the monkeys have for dessert?
Chocolate Chimp Cookies.

Guest Commentator

I hope Autumn the Puppy doesn't get insulted over this one, but why do dogs wag their tails?
It's easier than wagging their tongues!

"Gee Waxy. You know I don't speak unless I have something to say. But I do know several busybody gossips who will wag their tongues all day long if you don't stop them soon enough."
Autumn the Puppy.

"I'll perch where I want to!"

Where does a 500 pound canary sit?
The answer is supposed to be "Anyplace it wants to", but I can't picture any perch strong enough to hold a 500 pound canary in the first place!

And on that n♪te, have a great week everybody and please be back here next weekend for more Sunday Funnies!--wd.

THE PUZZLE CORNER: AUGUST 3, 2013

Hey Puzzle Lovers! Guess what time it is?

TRIVIA TIME
Although not officially recognized on the calendar, what are "the dog days of summer"?
NOTE: Although the Southern Hemisphere has theirs at a different time than the Northern Hemisphere of Earth, the name and the question are still applicable.

COMMON BONDS
The items in each subset below have something in common. Do you know what it is?
01. {Austin Trevor, Peter Ustinov, Albert Finney, Tony Randall}
02. {Margaret Rutherford, Angela Lansbury, Helen Hayes, Joan Hickson}
03. {The answers to Groups 1 and 2}

We'll reveal all next weekend. Meanwhile, let's peek inside THE ANSWERS BOX and discover the results from the July 27, 2013 Puzzle Corner.

REBUS

Image circulating on Facebook, artist(s) unknown

The image on the left is a pictorial representation of The Beatles' classic: Lucy in the Sky, with Diamonds.

TRIVIA TIME
Although many people believe that the inspiration for Lucy in the Sky, with Diamonds comes from the main initials of the song title (LSD), songwriter John Lennon always said that the inspiration was a drawing his (then young) son Sean Lennon created and gave him. Either way, it is a great song and highly representative of the mid-to-late 1960s.