That darned cat indeed. Purring in your ear.

Actually, that sounds like a nice way to wake up for me.

My cat (one of two) has taken an unnatural liking to my son's socks, which he left on the floor. As a result, I was awakened at 4 AM by strange yowling and had to go upstairs and remove the socks from the area.

Cats really, really like ear wax, Joe Beese. Seriously.

Yes, I know the link is from b3ta, but it's from a b3tan scientist.

Stewie: heh
;)

Why stewie? Do you like being woken by that darned cat??

I'm with Stewriffic on this one. There's nothing like the silky coldness and prickle of a cat nose and whiskers stuffed into your ear to get the morning off to a good start.

It's better than the alternative - which is the cat lying over your face and purring like a cement mixer whilst slowly suffocating you to death with bountiful soft cat belly.

No, the alternative is waking up with the damn cat's ass in your face. I just know Sookie does that on purpose.

[jerry] So what's the deal with cats always sticking their ass in your face? [/jerry]

So what's the deal with cats always sticking their ass in your face?

I've learned something fairly horrifying now that I have multiple cats who are friendly with each other: they sniff each other's asses all damn day. And it's not the dog brand of quickie ass sniff either, which is the equivalent of head nodding at someone you know at work when you pass by in the hallway. Cats really cram their noses way up there to the extent that I'm amazed eyes are not bulging on the receiving cat. Worse, they do sniff trains and sniff circles which last, I kid you not, up to 10 minutes or more often as long as it takes until I'm completely overwhelmed with disgust and fling a rolled up sock in their midst. Then the train breaks up and they all stand around with their mouths agape.

Observing this behavior has led me to believe that when a cat backs up to you, he's waiting for you to take the next step. It also makes me wonder about your ear, Joe.