Hi! It's Austin here!
The Staff has been slightly more barmy strange peculiar weird chipper than usual! Not in a good way like this:
No! She's been kind of jumping up and down a lot! Just by way of an aside, I have noted this is not good for the infrastructure, either hers or the house, you know what I'm saying? I wouldn't try and visualise it! Much too distressing! She really needs to see someone about getting more bracing in her buttress if you get my drift!
Anyways, she's been going on and on about the fact that we are getting something called "fibrop ticks"!?? Now the only ticks I know are these:
The sticky kind! Yuk! However, I've never heard of the fibrop variety before!
Apparently these are virtual ones that roam the information superhighway and are from the species called elas-ticks! And it seems that in this part of Welsh Wales we are being upgraded from a Broad Elas-tick Band to a bigger and more efficient elas-tick band so it's quicker on the interwebs. This is called a Broad Fibrop-tick Band. It means that when The Staff clicks "send" on her keyboard to publish a blogpost, she won't have to sit for ages filing her nails or read War and Peace while she waits for Godot to arrive. It's so fast, it will reach where it's going before it's even left … allegedly!
So come June 13th she will have most likely wrecked the house, but at least she'll be able to scoot round cyberspace like a cat on nip. .. . . . Well we can but hope as the combination of BT incompetency and The Staff's defective brain cell might still scupper my plans for world domination!
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buttress, butt-ress - a place where I can ress my butt
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dood...we loved yur mewvie...we loved it sew much we watched it like thiz many timez......
ReplyDeletewe gived it 25 paws up but sinze we watched it thiz manee timez......
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we will enjoy restin Rz two !!
OMC! I had no idea what you were prattling on about until the end. Give me credit for sticking around. I thought there was some new internet bugs or something. Our old building says its too much money to switch us from cable to Fibrop ticks. That may be lucky cos my peeps would go through the floor if they jumped around.
ReplyDeleteThanks da Tabbies :)
ReplyDelete10 out of 10 for tenacity, CK! I didn't know I prattled! ::runs to dick shun airy::
Those are the "good" ticks Austin!
ReplyDeleteHOLY CAT? Where can we get some of these ticks? MOL! You actually has mommy going there for a paragraph or two! (which we absolutely love, cuz that feeling of superiority it gives us is priceless. Well almost priceless. We'd still choose noms and wand toys over it, but well, yanno....)
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing like a good roll on the grass in the sun.
ReplyDeleteThank you for explaining about those Fibrop ticks. My mum has been going on about them too. I thought that was why she has just given me the greasy neck. I hope she doesn't start jumping up and down too. I don't think the floor would take it.
Austin, was the Mom running around like you?? That would be really scary. Don't let her put that buttress on top of you Austin. We want to know more about this 'tick' deal. In English please.
ReplyDeleteTake care.
Austin - I am sure your Mommy will love the Fibrop ticks! And may I say that you are looking very sexy in the grass!
ReplyDeleteSassy
How exciting! Love your word today!
ReplyDeleteTicks? Well we are having some trouble with the live kinds.... Thanks to the drought here.
ReplyDeleteYeah we looked up Reeder and don't think it is for windows... But thanks for the other suggestions!
Licka,
Ruthie
I loved reading this! I've never heard of these ticks before so got an education the fun way by reading your blog post. I love this picture of you, Austin, framed by the window with the pretty background.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the broadband, when ours got upgraded to a higher speed the only thing that changed was the price.
ReplyDeleteSheba.
As long as this new kind of tick doesn't bite and suck out all your blog, you're gonna be okay. Promise. purrs
ReplyDeleteWell, at least it sounds like these are the good kind of ticks, Austin.
ReplyDeleteEiiieeewwww~~~
ReplyDeleteFibrop ticks rocks, your mom is going to so happy. There will probably be more jumping up and down so stay out of the way Austin.
ReplyDeleteWe love your roll in the warm sunny grass!
Purrs,
Cindi Lou & The Kitty Krew
You folks are hilarious! Congrats to Caro! (Psst...Austin is your video still evidence of the "vine"?)
ReplyDeleteIt's about time you got these ticks, Austin!
ReplyDeleteIt is so nice to be able to go faster on the computer. I was pulling my hair out when I first started blogging on my old slow computer. I hate the bug ticks and glad you don't have any of those... I found one on Shiner tonight.. yuck!
ReplyDeleteBOL we didn't have a clue till the end Austin, we fawght your Mom was gonna say youz got tick'z Bawahwawwawhhaw, now she'z gonna be like super woman :) xx00xxx
ReplyDeleteMollie and Alfie
Austin we hope the upgrade goes smoothly but don't get rid of the nail files and War & Peace just yet. If it is BT you know it ain't going to go smoothly. We upgraded to infinity and it went wrong from day one. Eventually they had to rewire the whole house. Our paws are crossed for you pal. Have a terrific Thursday.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes Molly
Faster internets is definitely a good thing for the staffs to has!
ReplyDeleteBravo for your upgrade Austin! We don't have those ticks in our neighborhood YET (too far out of civilization apparently) but some day probably we'll crawl out of the dark ages. I thought "Buttress" was when my Mom spends too danged much time on the couch! Hmm....I learn something every day from you buddy!
ReplyDeleteKitty Hugs, Sammy
You don't thinks he is going to all this trouble just to prevent you from world domination do you? *worried ears*
ReplyDeleteGosh. Mommy had to re-read your post before she figured out what fibrop-ticks was. It was so funny listening to her mumble "fibrop ticks, fibro pticks, fibro...". MOL!
ReplyDeleteWe had ours installed about 2 years ago and now Mommy doesn't have to worry about lightening zapping the modem / router!
OMC I thought you were talking about REAL ticks! lol!
ReplyDeleteHahaha so glad you haven't got real ticks and just cyber ones lol
ReplyDeleteOoo real ticks STINK! My porch brofur, Oliver, has to deal with them. MomKatt pulled one off of him the other day & now there is a new one, but he's not letting her pull it off of him! :(
ReplyDeleteWe love your daily word today!
PURRZ!
Selina
We had a LOT of ticks in our yard---way more then ever before b/c of the critters all coming over here to live!!! They bring their fleas & ticks with them!!
ReplyDeleteI want to get get a video of Circle rolling-- she does too!!!
Wow you was scared Austin :-)
ReplyDeleteOh!!! Oh!!! Oh!! What exciting news! We wishes we could get fibrop ticks here!
ReplyDeleteAnd Austin, me LOVES the movie of yous! Me reached out and tried to catch yous with my paw! Me made Mommy play it over and over and over...yous really has the moves
Ardent Kisses
Nellie
Love seeing Autin so happy but horrors, our jungle garden is tick city. Our cat dad plucked one off my buttress this morning!
ReplyDeleteWe're with Cathy Keisha... we were not quite sure where you were going with all this, but it is nice to have you living in the same internet century as the rest of us!! Purrs from the Zee/Zoey gang!
ReplyDeleteWell that would not tick me off MOL!!!
ReplyDeleteI loved every single word and play on words. ( mommy is an English as well as a Business major) so that was. Sheer joy to rad.
ReplyDeleteCongarats on getting the super fast speed. Mommy said she is hooked on it.
Austin, I showed my bikini top. Did you notice while you were visiting?
We lubz fast innerwebs. Sometimes it's faster than others, but usually we can't get too far in War and Peace before the post appears, MOL. We loved your movie today. Good luck with the up-tick in service ;-)
ReplyDeleteJust tell her not to get any speeding tick-ets!!!
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Loved your silly post and fun video rolling around the pretty grass, handsome Austin!...We always enjoy your word of the day too=it makes us laugh every time!!hehe...Happy Holiday weekend, sweet friend...kisses...Calle, Halle, Sukki, Mommy Cat, Daddy Cat
ReplyDeleteCute post as always, and I loved seeing you roll around on the grass all cat happy!! I would not want to have to read War and Peace waiting for a blog post to load, MOL.
ReplyDeleteMost fantas-TICK post today, Austin!
ReplyDeleteConstantly amazing us with the way your mind works. Keep it up. You always gives the chance to MOL. Purrs and hugs from the kitties at The Cat on My Head, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Josette.
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