Ridiculous ideas. They usually don't seem ridiculous at the time, and if you have any initial doubts, you tend to squelch the part of you that wants to nay-say and embrace the foolish hopeful portion that says "Grand idea! Why didn't I think of that?!"
It was not actually my ridiculous idea. I was just the pawn
who bought the ridiculous idea. I was
simply lured in by genius advertising and marketing. Bravo, advertisers,
marketers and pushers. Well done, good sirs. I was now the proud owner of
a twenty-claw set of teeny tiny (complete with glue!) cat claw nail tips.
What did I think would happen? I don't really know. I was
previous-to-my-ridiculous-purchase an irritated cat owner who became enraged at
the far off sound of one of our two cats clawing at the furniture or carpet.
The clever felines always managed to claw at something at a moment when I was
otherwise engaged and could not spring to the rescue of my furniture or carpet:
curled up under a blanket watching TV, guarding soon-to-be-boiling water, or
viewing a particularly funny video on YouTube of a cat drinking water from a
faucet. (Adorable!)
The clouds parted and a ray of holy sunshine hugged my soul with solution-ish bliss.
My package arrived in the mail a few days later and I
excitedly showed my family the answer to our problems. They laughed
hysterically (spouse) rolled their eyes (daughter) and feigned disinterest (son).
This made me vow to be the saver-of-furniture-and-carpet via my astutely-discovered
purchase. I put my save-the-furniture purchase "in a safe place" for
future contemplation.
Ten months later, while cleaning up my "home
office", I came across the $12.99 (+ free shipping!) package and decided
to give it a go. The following is a photo story of the events as they occurred:
Smudge and I become acquainted with the solution.
We read the simple directions.
I remind myself how I will save the furniture and carpet.
I look to Smudge for the nod of approval/We'll-show-them! validation.
I think I see a glimmer of cooperative spirit in her eyes.
Nope. It was a show of claws.
Project abandoned. Cats win.
Okay, it was a ridiculous idea. But, ridiculous ideas must be faced head-on and embraced until they are roundly defeated by a cat swipe to the hand that feeds them.
While Smudge destroyed the product and packaging of the-answer-to-our-problems, I settled in to watch some (adorable!) cat on YouTube drinking water from a faucet:
