And, once in place, a feline must do what a feline must do! There are a few simple rules, though.
"Maintaining Your Dignity in Front of a Computer", by Judy Heim:
Remember that you are a creature of beauty and intelligence. If the computer fails to cooperate, simply sigh and turn your head away ever so slowly. Maintain your dignity at all costs.
Flip your tail at the computer's screen if it fails to adequately acknowledge your regal presence. Then gnaw its electrical cords.
Never sit on top of the monitor. You may fall off. But do make sure to drop as much cat litter into its vents as possible.
Never eat shrink-wrap. It's too hard to digest. Try disk labels instead.
Never stick your nose inside a printer that goes "clack-clack" when it's going "clack-clack."
Only walk over the keyboard when you have fresh cat litter between your toes.
When spitting up fur balls, always do so behind the computer where no one will find them.
If the computer gives you a hard time, tear its plastic face off (you know, the one that lists the model number). Bat it around the floor. Then eat it.
While dropping a dead mammal on the keyboard when someone is typing usually never fails to elicit some kind of response, most humans will misinterpret the action. They will think you are offering them a token of affection, when what you are actually trying to tell them is that they should stop fooling around with the computer and go hunt for small rodents before they and their family starve.
Never underestimate the power of stepping on someone when they're trying to use that stupid computer. Should they try to remove you from their lap, grab a lampshade with one paw, flail your back feet in their face, and mew your heart out. Eventually they will return you to their lap. They will apologize, pet you, and feel guilty for having taken you from your mother at such an early age.
Don't let a human con you into thinking it's OK to stroke you with one hand while typing on the computer with the other. You want to be stroked with both hands! You are a direct descendent of the Egyptian cat-goddess Bastet and deserve no less. Should they persist in giving you only half their attention, rise up on your hind legs and position yourself so that your body obstructs their reach of the keyboard. Flap your tail in their face to make sure that they devote their full attention to you.
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