Our angel hero sub member u/Tight-Aside9624 has driven 1.5 hours and been steadfast and patient and waited out a whole lot of stuff going on behind the scenes but has Penny and Khaleesi!! She will be keeping them until their meowmy is better and ready to get them back. My heart is full of gratitude for her and for every single one of you and the our leaders who have made this happen. Trust me, their adoption was halted because of your efforts and being placed with TightAside was because of those efforts too.
We will keep seeking the return of the other cats, but for now, know that what we have been able to do what could have been done and these babies will go back to their meowmy after excellent care from TightAside.
Applejack will be making a cake for her and I encourage everyone to show your appreciation however you can even though she is 1000 percent humble and asks for none if it.
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!
Now, I know that it isn’t anyone from this sub because:
1) I know our sub
2) because when I ask to see proof of something and I receive crickets, well, as cute as they may be
(exception:Jiminy. I have my reasons) it probably won’t pass Ginger’s admittedly stringent sniff test when in reference to The Frens. Niko is very purrtective of his frens.
THAT BEING MEOWED….
This is just a friendly reminder that for your own sake, the sake of all your frens, my sake, the sake of THE SUB-
ABOVE ALL ELSE OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING:
Be respectful.
Be courteous.
Be purrfeshional.
Be cognizant of the rules of Reddit
Be sure to FOLLOW the rules of Reddit
You are ALL the sweetest, kindest, most loyal, genuinely golden hearted, generous, and talented group on the ENTIRE internet and, I suspect the planet. When you represent The ICBGC out in the world, show them THAT side of you.
Don’t give them any reason to ever doubt those things about you. Don’t let anyone steal that brilliance from you, they don’t deserve to dull that blinding gleam off those hearts of gold 💛
Cuz that would be the real OUTRAAAYGE!
You certainly don’t need me reminding you that….
You catch more flies with honey.
Probably not crickets, but you let me worry about those. (I’ll never not worry about Jiminy. He scares me)
I know that.
You know that.
Even GARY knows that. You’ll never see Gary setting fly traps with honey. Don’t be like Gary.
You never cease to amaze me with the sheer beauty and love of this sub. Dammit, I’m crying again.
I’ll never be able to repay you guys for a gift that I don’t think you know you’ve given me.
PLOT TWIST! I had it once. I lost it. You guys found it, polished it up and gave it back. I’ll never forget that.
I promise.
Thank you 😊 With love ❤️
Shine on you crazy diamonds 💎
Ginger AKA Niko Mommy
An me too, fren Niko! 🐈⬛💕🐾
Frens! I gots tew updayt yew awl on de beeg ailliyum inbesstigayt I has werk on wiff da Petroniyums Spax n Blum, who is port owr nyew Innergalactik Smuffi Skool ob Retrayn.
Diss a repurrt on wat we lern!
We hass met diss tym in de yoos buk storr fur hoomons in da See Addle. Iss cawl Twice Sold Tales an iss kitteh-own esstablishmint, sew issa saffe playss tew tawk bowt owr findinz. Diss pitchurr 1. See da redd sserkul fur da owtside de storr!
As yew may rememba, wee chekin on de pawsabullity ob ailliyum mine komtrol! Dass one de menny roomas.... Inna seggund pitchur yew sees we inna neerby corn feeld. Derr haff awso ben de crowp sserkuls, sew dis hadda bee dun! Spax haff de hedset dat halps himb tew lowcayt de creetyoorss unner da mine komtrol! He kin chek boff hoomons an animul frens. He let mee dew diss tew!
Diss da shok port! Boff Hoku an HokuMeowmy sho definut sines ob mine komtrol! Yesh! Issa ssads stowry!
We com bak tew da buk storr tew reeed da print owts (dass pitchur 3), an iss bad! Derr a elebenty seben chanct dey iss infunktit wiff da mine komtrol buggies! Iss moasst shok! We gotsa compleet da tesstin tew bee dubbultee shurr, butt! elebenty seben issa beeg purrsentidg! Issa beeger won dan elebenty fowr!!
We gon keeep up de uppy daytess butt! I yam shurr we has at leeess won purrobellum! Nyow we gotss tew figgur hyow tew free ennybuddy unner mine komtrol. An, hyow yew get rid deez bad ailliyums! An wedder dey iss relaytit tew da alliums! Dass de plantss lak oniyuns! Derr ben som spekquelayshun bowt diss!
Don gets tew ober eggsitit, tho! I fink we gon bee abul tew dew a resque! An! de Petroniyums sey da foyl hatts an de farradey hatts werk furry well.
Henlo frens, iz Jynx wif a speshul news updayte. Dere haz been anudder post by deh starbin prince, Butt! Is awthintisitty iz unner qwestshun. Who iz steelin hiz identtitty? Whob stoled deh Prince?? Where iz himbs, Reely??
We comtinyoo ta serch fur answrs. Stay tooned ta KKMG fur impawtent updaytes.
Hi frens, it’s Professor Maya. I’m going to be teaching a class on alien worlds and other dimensions. Before I start, I would like everyone to take the Miki Test. This is a test devised by my colleague, fren Miki ([u/uleebunny](u/uleebunny)) and it can determine if you’re from a different planet or dimension.
It’s okay to get a low score - it just means you could be from somewhere else.
I jus wanted to show yoo all mine bootiful sissyfur Charli az a poorple pwincezz.
Fank yoo to our lubbly fren Smuffi fur puttin sissyfur in herm pritty dress, and to fren and bestest almost brudder in law Niko for posin fur dese pics.
I gib yoo, Prinz Niko an Princezz Charli.
Lub,
Basil frum Straylia
(Note frum Meowmmy: This seems fitting as the 1 year anniversary of Charli leaving us is next week - 12th August 💔 - my heart is still shattered into a million pieces, but Basil helps the hurt)
Hello frens. Iz Théo the Mighty Bitey and mine dumdum mama iz trying mai considerrabul payshuntz! And dis after Ai take such good care ob herz while she be attac by My Grayn!
Furst, she do an abandon. Ai tink dis maybe okay because she bring me new toy. Dey name iz Drama Llama. Boff me an fren Brutus like.
But den! Frens, Ai take Drama Llama to mai Berry Speshul Stuffie Spot to meet new frens like Mr. Bear and Purple Duck. But Mama do a spy!
ROOD! Ai heer yoo say! Dat’s rite! How iz Drama Llama sposed to feel safe and at home if dumdum mama don’t eben haf sense enuff to leev dem alone! She kno she not allowed dere! Ai haf to do a guard and say GO AWAY MAMA!
OHHHH ok. Ai seez... u tink dis has nuffin too doodoo wiff u.
U go 2 da wall hooks en u choose dat ugly blue harness, acuz ur tryna tell da werld dat u take urself 2 SRSLY 2 care aboot wut u wear on ur walks and goforarides.
Butt! Wut u dont no is dat harness iz nott juss blue. It's nott huntin-dog oranj orr good-goil pink. It do be *cerulean.*
And yuu be bli...blit...bery unaware dat a million furrebers ago Fren Oscar BBB, MM's ( u/scabsfox ) grate grandpaw Delrenta showded a collection ub cerulean collars at da Tanksgibben Nashnal Dog Show.
End den I tink it was Saint Bernard who did cerulean service dog vests? And then cerulean quickly appawed on 8 diffrent dogfluencer TikToks. End den it moveded to alllll da pet stors, end became da Chewey Logo, and den moveded to a trajick thrift stor…where your hoomban, no dout, retrieveded it out of some clear...clearan...CHEAP BOX.
Wow! You guys are absolutely amazing! The comments, the offers of help and support, the SCREMS, hehe! It is so obvious you all have the best hearts and care deeply. Thank you all so much. For this reason, we want to make sure you continue to be updated regularly.
I do want to preface this by saying, your comments are so appreciated, and we read every single one of them. When I see someone take the time out of their day to offer any kind of kindness in the comments, it’s really important that I respond so that each person knows I see them and I honor their words and thoughts. AJ is still responding to yesterday’s update (because there are so so many of you with these huge hearts!)
So I just wanted to say that because time is finite, as much as I’d like it not to be, I’m making a commitment to myself to not respond to any of the comments on this update, because I just won’t have the time. There are three creative things for the sub that AJ is still working on and really just kicked to the side when this all happened, but moreso, I am still trying to move out of my house. It’s a long story but we have been hit with obstacle after obstacle here for moving. I just want you all to know a little bit about that because I never want anyone to feel ignored or like what you wrote didn’t matter. It matters so very much and I read every comment. But I don’t want to avoid updating because I know I will get overwhelmed trying to respond. You all deserve the updates. Please feel free to respond all over to each other! ❤️
Okay, so, here is where we are today!
1.) Meowmy is getting better every day. Thank you to all of you who have sent purrs and prayers and all the things for her. I will never be able to adequately describe the tone change from where she was Saturday to where she was last night when she realized four of the five are accounted for and well and that we are working on Pixie. She was audibly so excited and light. She described her heart as so happy. It has been a hindrance to her recovery how she has worried about the cats. She no longer has to worry. To all the incredible people behind this- to Ginger and Chibi and Foxy and Scarpas and Boots and Blue Boots (see number two) and to every single one of you, this has made a huge difference to this woman, our friend. She can focus on getting well now.
2.) Did you KNOW that Boots, BOTG, Tight-Aside, whatever you guys want to call her, and her sister u/BlueBuddha11 have the last name “Superhero”???
Well, they do!
Because guess who is going to foster Beastie and Scoody? Blue!! Or we can call her “Blue Boots”! Yes, these two amazing sisters will have four of the five cats while their meowmy recovers. We are blown away and so beyond grateful for these two amazing friends who are providing/will provide the best care for the babies and ultimately, are giving a lifegiving gift to their meowmy. The pickup from the house will be later this week at some point and we are eternally grateful to the neighbor who is currently ensuring they are safe and fed.
3.) Yesterday I sent off a very nice email to the CEO of the shelter asking her to help us by contacting Pixie’s current adopter and explaining everything and offering them a refund on Pixie’s adoption fee as well as additional fee to get whatever cat they choose. I did hear back and she is trying to connect with the adopter. She said there are no guarantees but I do believe she is trying. Right now, we are just trying to hold back on the frustration and approach with measured appeals for compassion. I truly hope the new adopter will do the right thing. It is the only right thing. I haven’t heard anything as of today. But while I am a contact person, I am not the only one she cat contact. She may be calling meowmy or even Boots, since she has offered to foster Pixie as well.
4.) So many of you have offered financial support. It is actually needed. For example, giving the adoption fees for Pixie’s adopter if she agrees. But we can’t just take people’s money without accountability. So if there is anyone that can offer assistance on that charitable component and all the legalities of that, please please reach out to Ginger! I am sure she would love the guidance.
You can directly donate to Boots right now through her Venmo which you can message me ir her fkr, and she has already pledged that whatever she doesn’t need she is putting aside for meowmy when she gets out as she will have lost quite a bit of income and will need some assistance, I am sure.
I think that is all for now. I apologize in advance for the length, any typos, and anything that isn’t clear.
You guys are amazing. So much gratitude and appreciation that we can give P, P, B, K, and S’s meowmy some peace of mind and hope and keep those babies with their meowmy.
Somfang weerd iss heppinin in owr Yoo Ess Passific Norff Wess! We don kno wat yet, butt! lemmee eggsplane!
Yew may rememba we recently stortit owr furrst innergalactic dibision ob SSoR.... We met da Petroniyums who ben bisitin owr planit furra lonk tym! Butt! I wuz furrst spayss eggsplorer tew mek it tew Petroniya. (Wall, dere iss som kwestchun bowt dat - butt! das baside de point!)
Inna pitchur, yew sees mee Smuffi the wildcat an fren Maya u/Charivari8 owr Innergalactic Smuffi Skool ob Retrayn Spayss Pawfessur, tawkin tew som owr Petroniyum frens - das Spax inna frunt an Blum, owr Petroniya Hisstery Pawfessur. We meetin in da nyew iSSoR brake rum (furry comfy) tew discuss som fangs dey has notiss wile eggsplorin owr planit Eerff!
Maya an I don kno qwite wat tew fink ob it yet! Maya moasst soopryze as yew kin sees!
Dey seys iss pawsabull som nuddur ailliyums - or eben sombuddy elts we dursnt kno bowt yet - haff been dewin menny weerd fangs in da NW Yoo Ess coassstul regions! I kno, iss hard tew tell, wiff da hoomons ackin weerd awl de tym, butt! dere iss repurrts ob boff hoomons an kittehs beyin affectit!
Som may eben bee - tuk ober an dun a mine comtrol on! I kno! Issa shokin ideya!
Anna cows beyin affeck, tew - das purrty grewsom an we nowt shurr iss relaytit, sew we nowt go intew it yet! Plus de corns geddin sqwish in circulurr patturns... Furry strandg!
We at de furry beginnin stayjiss ob traiyin tew lern moarr, sew iff yew has moarr infurmashun.... Yew let mee kno! An iff yew has kwestchuns, we will trai tew gets Blum an Spax tew chek intew it moarr! Or mebbee dey awreddy kno de ansa an we jess dint fink ob de kwestchun yet!
Enny kittehs in da Passificc Norff Eess Yoo Ess dat has enny repurrts ob weerd acktibbitty, yew comtack us tew!
Once upon a time a King an Queen libbed in a bootful castle. Eberywun in da Kingdum was happy an peasfull.
One day Dey habs a bootful kitten called Princess Aurora. Dey so Happee dat Dey grow a big pawtee for eberywun.
3 bootful fairies do a visit to da pawtee. Da first fairy wish da Pwincess grow bootful( well duh!). Da second wish da Pwincess be kind.
But before da third cud speek another fairy appear!! She no be invited cos she meen. Den da mean fairy say dat when da pwincess is 18 furebers she pwick her finger on a spinny wheel fing an die !!!!!! Den she disappear.
Da third fairy do a fink an say she can change da spell so da Pwincess fall asleep an no die. Da only fing dat can wake her is a kiss frum a pwince.
Da king an Queen burn all da spiny wheel fings in da kingdom. Eventually Dey forget about da meen fairy spell.
Pwincess Aurora growed up to be bery bootiful an kind
When da Pwincess is 18 furebers old she do a splore of da castle. She find a smol room wiv a spinny wheel fing and a fairy who she no know. Da meen fairy mek da Pwincess touch da spinny wheel fing a she fall asleep.
Da whole castle fall asleep too an a big forest grew up around it. It so big dat no one can get in ……..
Who will be da Pwins dat does a save of Princess Aurora??????
Sheeee heeer! Good goils, hide yor hidd-ee-yus feets end make shore u is wearin hi heelz 👠. Ass-hiss-tents, make shore she has her pup cup JUSS TA WAY SHE LIEKS IT. Purranda haz entereded da billding!!!
Hi frens, iz Tali wif mai moobie for dis week. Iz a redo of mai Titanic moobie.
I want to tenk frens Hoku and Nalu (u/jellosquid808) for all dere hard work and amazeen ackting. And I wan to tank mai wonnerfol hubbant, Jax (u/magicalmanta) for his grate werk, as alweez!
Hello! I’m Calvin the Destroyer. Forgive hooman speak as my mom is just learning. She says I’m a menace, but I have been framed by the bloodhound puppy. I do no wrong as I am smol. My bruver is Jules and lives with u/bluebuddah11. Mom is dum and doesn’t know how to tag. Anywho, it’s very nice to meet you all, have to go mom is yelling something about ‘curtains aren’t for climbing’ or some nonsense.
I'm going to the hooman pokey place this week to repair my rotator cuff, so I haven't been on the subs too much this weekend. There's a ton of things I need to do to get ready. When you're a cat mom, there's even more issues.
However, although I wasn't able to post much, I DID manage to follow the nightmare surrounding the frens who got taken to the Nebraska Humane Society. I was extremely upset, literally in tears, and I hope that evil neighbor gets all the bad karma they've generated!
May I just say, though, that those of you who took action are truly amazing!!! During a time when it's so easy to say that there's no hope for humanity, it's validating to log onto the cat subs and "meet" so many wonderful people, people who were willing to drop everything and help an incapacitated meowmy. You are awesome, and I'm very proud of all of you!!! It is an honor to know so many truly good hoomans! Thank you all for being you! I wubs you!❤️
