Suuuure it was.
I’m lucky to be alive after sustaining ‘car crash injuries’ tripping over my cat.
He suffered cat-astrophic injuries.
A UK man miraculously survived after sustaining a broken neck, fractured spine, smashed ribs, blood in his lungs and other “car crash”-evoking injuries from — wait for it — tripping over his cat.
“I can’t remember much, just falling fast — it was quick and it was over within seconds, then I was at the bottom,” victim Chris Rowley, 59, told the Mirror.
The freak “Apocalypse Meow” accident reportedly occurred on the evening of Oct. 23 while the Leicestershire-based professional musician was home alone with his hairless Egyptian sphinx kitten, Eric Morecambe. more here
I wrenched my leg and groin really bad years ago playing with my cat. I did the splits trying not to land on her.
We love playing with dogs.
Cats love playing with us.
Now I call that a catastrophic accident. And that’s one truly ugly cat.
I love living with our cats but there’s always a constant underlying tension due to the fact that the cats want to kill me.
To be fair, they also want to kill everything else that moves.
I fell down the stairs once; had just moved into a new apartment and we had a ‘house warming ‘ party that night so I went to bed fairly drunk. Got up in the middle of the night to relieve myself but turned where the bathroom used to be and went down the stairs on my ass bumpity bump all the way. Probably a good thing I was tipsy or I might have been hurt.
Was Paul Pelosi’s “friend” there, by any chance?
If ever another two cats enter our lives, I think I’ll name them Wesson and Smith.
No matter how loving cats are, when they see you at the top of the stairs ready to go down, their feral instinct kicks in. You are now the prey and they are the wild big cat.
Be wary! 😉
As Mrs. Uncle Al says, when your cat walks up to you and gently pats you on the arm with its paw, it isn’t being affectionate. It’s check to see if you’re dead or alive.
checking
A dog’s diary is filled with page after page of “Happy day! Best day EVER!
A cat’s diary is filled with 101 ways to kill you and make it look like an accident.
A coworker and me were talking about our pets. She has a lovable dog by her description. I told her I had a cat who is sweet, but typically chases and stalks birds, on occasion-can take down a mouse, when he can find one, eats bugs and hisses at other cats. She replied, “Oh, so he’s a serial killer”. I laughed out loud. Obviously, not a cat lover, but she said it, “tongue in cheek”. Never thought of a cat’s behavior like that, but that comes close.
My wife and I torqued off my sister-in-law once years ago who was a cat lover when we sent her a copy of 101 uses for a dead cat, she was not amused but we thought it was hilarious.
@geoff – Funny book! I’ll never forget ‘oven mitts’.
^^^ I seem to recall a picture of a cat on a long pole being used as a mine sweeper!
Harry, that would be a polecat.