Simon has moved on to Step 2 of the crazy scheme. Aside from the fact that this is what my bathroom looks like now, things are going very well so far. He doesn't seem to mind the contraption at all, or that he has to jump on the toilet to use it. He keeps pulling kleenex out of the box and dragging them everywhere, but that doesn't really surprise me since he's always been obsessed with those little travel packs of kleenex. He's been pretty curious about the flush lever, but he hasn't yet figured out what it does. I doubt he ever will, which is probably for the best because when he was a baby and he figured out what light switches do, he'd flip one on and off and on and off and it was like a damn strobe light until the bulb burned out and he'd move on to another light and do the same thing all over again.
Anyway, the instructions for this nonsense say about 7,500 times not to rush the cat or they might flip out and, I dunno, pee in your hair or something. Definitely better safe than sorry when it comes to cat pee, so I think I'll wait until at least next weekend before moving on to Step 3, which is the orange-ish insert tray with the hole in the middle. I'll also have to buy flushable litter then, as I suspect it will probably end up half on the floor and half in the toilet every day.
Again, aside from the fact that my bathroom now looks like some kind of practical joke is being perpetrated on my toilet, the only real drawback to these shenanigans so far is the litter that Simon kicks everywhere since he's no longer using an enclosed box. I have to sweep the floor three times a day, and he still tracks litter into the hallway so I have to vacuum every single day. I'm a bit of a neatnick anyway, but this is pretty extreme even for me. However, if this craziness actually works, there will be no more litter anywhere ever again, so I'm still okay with the hassle. I will be so excited to throw the litter box off the roof and then run it over with my car and set the remnants on fire.
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Now, see...that's exactly why I won't do it. Think about it...you have to share the toilet. With a cat. Look at that thing. You have to take the whole thing off when you have to use it (and forget about being able to do that on drunk nights).
And what happens when you go to the bathroom to use the toilet, and find the cat there? It would get kinda awkward. You'd both look away...you shuffle your feet...he whistles to cover up the peeing sounds...
And he doesn't wash his hands afterwards either. Disgusting.
Girl, I just...I just don't know. I'm shaking my head in bewilderment. I hate sharing a bathroom with my sister.
i think its adorable and cannot wait to hear how it actually pans out (possibly not as adorably but hilarious either way!)
ps simon is absolutely gorgeous!
This sounds awesome! You make me want to try this. Unfortunately, it seems to run more than $50. How did you find it for only 5?
And I have those exact pictures hanging in my bathroom but not over my toilet.
Katherine, the Petsmart in Eagan had two of them marked down to $4.50, so I picked it up on a whim. It wasn't on those big clearance tables at the front of the store, but on that weird rack full of random crap in the back by the clinic. I have no idea if all their stores have it marked down, or if I just got lucky. In any case, the regular price listed on the sign was only $29.99, which is still a lot better than $50.
It's so funny and crazy that you also have those pictures! I got them from my aunt Annette in Dublin. She gave them to me because the frames matched the paint in my bathroom.
ok, i have one request: please please please have someone film your destruction of the litter box. i haven't laughed in a while.
thanks!
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