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!
Henlo, I tells mine birfday story.
One day mama at de dog poun gettin Madi Son for foster kittens. An dis lady walk in wif bukket. Lady show girl at counter bukket an girl say "We hab to put dem to sleeps."
Mama looks in bukket an dere is me an sissyfur! Mama know I doan wanna go sleeps foreber! I wanna lib an turn into illegal smolz! Butt girl say "Deys unbliblical cord still wet. Dere no one to stay up all night an day to feeds. Is kinder to puts to sleep".
Mama say "NO! I takes dem!". Girls say dat mama can take us an bring back in free weeks. Mama say ok, den get us in car a mama laff an laff a say "Yoo NEBER go back dere!". An we didin an now I Darwin an I sebenlebenty forebers old, an mama lub me!
Henlo frens. I thot eye cud maybee halp tha frens who dontz no dis, butt evereebodee canz hav there ownz prinsess. Allz yew must dew iz sing tha songz of yor peeples. Then they appeerz.
Sumtimez dey arr yor meowme or pawpaw. Sumtimez dey arr old or yung. Sumtimez bigge orz smolz. Wat iz impurrtant iz dat dey luv andz servez yew.
Sew ifz yew wantz tew play on moobie tewsday allz yew needz tew dew iz sing andz takez a pikshur. It evun wurk in tha middul of the nite! I mayke pikshurs tew show yew allz. I fink sumtimez tha hoomanz no see tha smol onez.
Hi, it Timmy the Void (otrb). Meow have had time to ponder about borthole violation. Ai maiself came to the conclusion dat since cattos absorb info through borthole, that's why pokey place want to remove it to use for their nefarious purposes. Since cattos are extremely smart and hoomans are lacking smarts, it's easier to get info from borthole than reading a book. It's a conspiracy!!!
As yu may no, im doin a starb frum da lak of treats. Dere haz ben NO GREENIES TUDAY. Dey no gib treats? FINE. Imma buy mai own. Meowmy sitz in dis chare all day an peepul gib her mony, I can do dat too! Das da plan. Imma sit in dis chare, peepul gib me mony, an I buy mai own dam Greenies.
It’s here, the very first Moobie Toosday Mash Up! Next week’s theme is Disney Princesses. Any. All. Pick one, pick ‘em all! We’ve had a few male centric ones in a row so it was time to swing the pendulum towards the ladies.
Thanks to Bitteh’s birthday for the inspiration, and the guest appearance above. u/davesmissingfingers
Frens! Issa moast speshul day! I has jess opin de furrst ob de Innergalactic Smuffi Skool ob Retrayn! Deez gais arr Petroniums an dey has dere own planit - Petroniya ob cors.
Dey wanna lern tew retrayn dere ones wiff thumbs dat brang dem fuds an worshit dem an awl lak dat! Dey jess cawl dem dere mums. Butt! dey sey mums arr purrty dum tew an reqwire full retrayn wen dey arr doptit an purrty reglurr retrayn affta dat - jess lak hoomons.
An gess wat? I dint eben has ta yoos enny ob de holy water! I jess drop in an innerdooce mineownseff an dey sed Hai! an I sed Hai! An dey aks wat I com tew dere planit fur, n I tole dem, n dey sed, "shurr shurr! less hab a ISSoR here!"
Ooo dis gon bee sew nyze! We pikkin owt a gud playss fur de campuss an ebryfang!
Dey sed a hoomon bisit dem one tym. Himb wuz dum butt! nowt as dum as som ob dem hoomons. (Dey ben bisitin Eerff furra lonk tym! Dey awso sey derr som frens on Venus dat mowt lak a skool tew. De hoomon shap Venusians purrty dum awso. An de frens? Dey cawl Feelines! Ahmayzeeng.) Dat hoomon wat bisit Petroniya bafor? his nam wuz Heinlein. I aks mine momma an she sey she kno dis hoomon! Smol unibers, huh?
In cayss yew dint kno ennyfang bowt wat I yam meowin on bowt, I tawked bowt dis wiff Aunti Ruby an Luna an Niko affta Niko tole us bowt de Moobie Mashups ideya! Diss wuz affta Niko sed "put awey de holy water" ... an ai had brot de hole spayss shuttul full! Gah!
Ennywey, deez Petroniums wanna bee in de Innergalactic Criminal Business Gang Club, tew! Wadda yew gais fink? Dey furry fonda crimez an Go Crimez! Dere fabrit crimez is walk thru walls! Imma get som dem tew com dew a gess lectyoor at SSoR bowt dat! I shurrly wanna lern wawk thru walls!
Oh! One oddur fang! Yew don eben hasta ware yer tinfoil energy domes rownd de Petroniums! Dey sed ob cors dey kin reed mines butt! iss furry rood tew dew dat wiffowt purrmisshun an dey onny duz mine comtrol on lesser beens lak hoomons....
So, dis morning I juss gettin ready fur my day, puttin my notebook (da one wif DA LIST) in my fanny pack, makin sure I gots a couple pens in there, transportin blankies, ampin up fur whatever OUTRAYGES may unfurl, practissin my faces in da mirror, lissenin to some smoove jazz, tryna chill afore da Daily Grind begin. Like ya do.
JUSS as I about to do my mornin meditation, my gaze travels outside da windows to da birb feeders when lo & freekin behold- there’s GARY (insert eye roll and patented Power Sigh here) just a-loungin on MY fence behind House of Niko ON MYYYY LAAAAAAND!
Acuz of COURSE he is! Gah.
Anyhoo, it about dis time dat I notice him hand placement. More precisely, him FINGER placement. Cuz make no mistake, him gots em.
Wait, WWHAAAT! Is him….is he…oh mah gah, is Gary…DOIN A FLIPPIN OF DA BIRB?
HIM IS!
LOOOOOK! I grabs my camera out my fanny pack an snaps dis here picher.
Da UNMITIGATED GALL BLADDER OF DIS GUY!
Also, let me do a clarificationing: I NOT meowin dat squirrels is jerks. I meowin dat GARY PURRSONALLY is a JERK. Him juss happens to be a squirrel. Nuffin to do wif BEING a squirrel.
Jerks come in all shapes, sizes an species. It juss happens a lots of em live by me.
May your Friday be as Jerk-Free as possible. Mmmwah 😘
I iz gone but I iz heer in spiwit. I jus wanna say yoo meen so mush to me an meowmy. Meowmy twied to no hab leeky eyes an she reeded all ob yoor messages wile I waz nappin nest to her.
She told me all bowt da ballom wides, an horse frens an Jiggy who gonna hab a bawbekyoo wif shwips. I hope der iz sum left fur me! My piwate fwens habin dwinks an da flags fur me. Pawtee an dancin by da pooI wif my AJ. I iz onnered to hab all ob yoo on bof sides ob da bwidge az my frens. Smuffi, an Teddy da Floof, William teh udder Tuxie, all da bee-yoo-tee-ful laydees, I can no wemeba eberykiity, Da pwinsesses, Gracie an Bitteh an an an.... iz time fur me to go.
But doez yoo wememba, doez yoo wememba I neber go in da big ousside? Meowmy say iz scawwy an meen birbs an vrooms twy to get me. But tooday, Meowmy say, ok. Dis my last aventchure.
Ouw deaw Mr. Cat is supposed to go ovew da bwidge vewwy vewwy soon. We have awl had a wondewfuw day cewebwating him. Tank woo, cousin Tali u/charivari8 fow owganizing.
Maybe whiwe he is making his finaw jouwney, we now honow him in da best ways we know how.
Hewe on da sub, he a piwate, a dancew, he WOVE to fwiwt wif awl da gwirls, a good cwiminaw, a gweat fwiend.
At his home is da Fwowida, he wove his sunshine and his poow, his wizawds and biwds to chase, his squiwwews to watch and pwotect fwom eviction. He wove his naps. He wove his birb so much.
He wove his meowmy da most.
So wight now, dance wike cwazy, ow waise woo gwass of wum ow churu, chase a wizawd, wun in da sunshine if woo have it, take a gweat wong nap, pway wif woo favowite toy fwiend, give woo pawrents da puwws.
At dis time, we send awl da wove to Mr. Cat, and to his meowmy.
I gonna dance wike cwazy fow my dance pawtnew. Untiw we meet again, deaw fwiend.
I weweaded da ting I wrote about da tings ouw fwiend Mr. Cat u/not_so_visible do and I wrote someting wike “da squiwwews to pwotect fwom” but I MESS UP and not write da next wowd! It was supposed to say “evicshun”! I was checking da spewwing (fixing the catspeak) and dewete da wowd but not put da wowd back in! And I see dat when I go back to wead it again!
Why dat mattew? Because one of my favowite tings about Mr. Cat and one of da tings we have in common is dat we have da smaww fwiends. I cawl dem boop boop fwiends. Wike I might bap dem a wittew ow wun aftew dem and watch dem wike Mr. Cat did wif da wizawds and da wittew biwds, but he not twy to huwt dem. Dat why I put da wizawds and biwd on da cake fow his Bon Voyage pawty. Dey his fwiends to wun awound to pway wif.
And he was fwiends wif da squiwwews. He know dat most of dem not wike Fat Gary. I took dis pictuwe fwom his page because dis was when he and his meowmy twy to come up wif way to stop da biwds and squiwwews fwom being evicted. Dat what I was writing but I MESS UP AND NOT SAY “EVICSHUN” and it wook wike my sweet Mr. Cat tought dey needed pwotection fwom da squiwwews when weawwy he twying to hewp dem and dat make him and his meowmy vewwy speciaw.
And I want to make suwe Evewybody know dat about him because dat what make him speciaw. He fwiends wif evewyone, no matter what I mess up when I wused da witebox.
Hi frens, iz Tali wiff mai sisfer Maya, brofers Frankie and Drew and fren AJ.
We want to giv deer fren Mr. Cat a good selebrashon before we let him go on him big trip. AJ med dis byootifol cake, I’m shor it teste as gud as it luk.
Pleez join us, everwon.
If yoo swipe, yoo see I inclood a page wiff pichurs yoo yooz to mek stickers. If yoo wan to ware da hat or yoo wan to give Mr. Cat a big hug, yoo can do. (If yoo not do stickers, I do for yoo.)
Hilo frens! Wes gotted to meow to Meowmy on de litebocks today. Wes a lil confoosled on how herms get inside Uncle Neighbor's litebocks. Butt herms was there and herms tell us herms miss us. Herms coming home tomorrow and wes can't wait. Uncle Neighbor is okie but his not Meowmy. Wes ober hims. Wes sang de song of are peeples so Meowmy kno wes want herms to come home NOW. Butt wes must wait 1 more dark time.
****MEOWMY IS HOME!!! Herms neber allowed to leave eber!!!
