Having a black cat means sometimes I talk to a sweater on my bed.
@QueenRandumb My mother used to have a furry black hat that I am quite sure she used to leave on the cat's favourite armchair on purpose
Does this work both ways? Does a sweater meow at you sometimes?
@QueenRandumb lol I have similar experiences with my fluffy brown cat and my fluffy brown throw blanket if I'm not wearing my glasses
@QueenRandumb when we rescued Baxter, he was quite nervous. So when I was working from home one day, and he was laying on the bed and snoozing, I just chatted to him when I was nearby. It wasn't until the evening I realised I'd been talking to my wife's cardigan all day. 😹
@guigsy lol I wonder how many times that day he called you a dummy.
@QueenRandumb He's mute, so probably just rolled his eyes. 😸
@QueenRandumb if it makes you feel better, having a white cat means I once went to the bathroom at night, said hello to my cat then switched the light on and realised I'd been talking to a toilet roll that had fallen on the floor and unrolled
@afewbugs better than getting it the other way round and trying to shove the cat onto the toilet roll holder
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@QueenRandumb @afewbugs or I trip over the poor cat who blends in with the rug too well
@ReggieHere @QueenRandumb Oh my word - I'd forgotten all about Winnie the Witch! My daughter loved those books πŸ˜„

@callunavulgaris

They had a really nice rhythm for reading aloud.

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@callunavulgaris @ReggieHere @QueenRandumb Didn't she turn the cat rainbow-coloured at some point, or was that only in the video game? (which my kids and I loved)
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"Oh helloo-oo! No, that's a pile of socks."
@QueenRandumb See also: Staring at random shadows in the garden for several seconds, trying to work out if it's your cat. Then calling out to it, only to find it's one of the many other black cats that live round here.

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i have spoken to a kitchen roll and a cardboard box recently (b&w who's almost all white from the front, lynx-point siamese who can look cardboard-coloured in very low light / when i'm exhausted) 

And sometimes the sweater meows back
@QueenRandumb Little black dog and half of my wardrobe result in same.
@QueenRandumb I have a black cat. This is 100% true and happens at least once a month. πŸ˜†
@QueenRandumb I had to label my couch because my colleagues always asked the same question during Zoom meetings.

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Yup!

And sometimes I had to stop in the hall in the middle of the night and look again, because I thought that shadow just moved and... yeah, it's the cat and he's about to attack my ankle. No, wait, maybe that's just a shadow... no... dammit, where's the light switch?

@realtegan the best is after alllll the confusion, you turn the light on. You look around. No cat at your feet. They're 4feet to the side. Staring at you like you're the dumbest person to ever walk the earth.
@QueenRandumb and to stumble in the dark
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@QueenRandumb @Fizzfizzpopop A dark purple circular meditation cushion is virtually indistinguishable from a curled up black cat
@QueenRandumb Hahahaha or black mini poodles
@asiny poodles are as sassy and stubborn as cats so yesssss
@QueenRandumb there is a simple solution. Buy colorful sweaters. 😜
@QueenRandumb I once stroked our priest's Russian fur hat when he'd put it on our table. (We had a black cat at the time.)