How Does THAT Work?: ToolBelt Edition

Today I am BACK with a SPECIAL edition of How Does THAT Work?!? Because this is the TOOLBELT edition!

I will EXPLAIN what happens when WATER drips from your CEILING! First they cut a HOLE in your ceiling. Then LOUD and BAD fans blow DAY and NIGHT for a very LONG time until everything is DRIED up.

Then MEN come into your HOUSE and RIP your SHOWER all APART! This causes lots of NOISE, too. Since there is LOTS of DUST and DIRT, you will have a PLASTIC CURTAIN dividing that room from the REST of your house. You are NOT SUPPOSED to sneak in through the CURTAIN.

After all the MESS is removed, if there is MORE WATER, then a CARPENTER comes to replace the FLOOR!

Then stuff starts getting put back TOGETHER. But you still cannot USE the shower. This is about THREE weeks later. Once they pour CEMENT over this, you are also NOT SUPPOSED to stick your paw in it. Ooopsie.

I PICKED the very BEST tiles I could to MATCH the EXISTING tiles.

And FINALLY, the shower is FIXED back UP! Come on INSIDE Daisy, I will SHOW you around!

How Does THAT Work?: ToolBelt Edition

How Does THAT Work? Monkeys!

Today I am posting a SPECIAL edition of How Does THAT Work!? I will EXPLAIN why I WANT to have my very OWN PET MONKEY!

MONKEYS are COOL! If I had a PET MONKEY, I could go into OUTER SPACE with him. This is BAKER the monkey. She went into outer SPACE and returned ALIVE after a 15 MINUTE flight! ALBERT was the FIRST monkey in space. Monkeys are space HEROES! I am SAD that some of the Space Monkeys had to give their lives to make space flight SAFER.

If I had a MONKEY FRIEND, I could attend MOVIE PREMIERES! I am not 100% CERTAIN that my COWBOY gear is the CORRECT fashion for a movie PREMIERE.

I could join a MONKEY BAND!

If I had MORE than ONE monkey FRIEND, we could play BOARD GAMES together!

Wouldn't you like to have a PET MONKEY, too?!!!

How Does THAT Work? Monkeys!

How Does THAT Work: Gerbils!

You know I LOVE my gerbil pals BERT and ERNIE. Today I am going to EXPLAIN where GERBILS come from!

Bert and Ernie are MONGOLIAN GERBILS. This means they come from MONGOLIA. They live in SEMI-DESERT and STEPPES. I am pretty SURE it is very BORING there. Once Bert and Ernie got TOO BORED, they decided to LEAVE Mongolia.

So they PACKED up all of their STUFF and LEFT! I am pretty SURE they WALKED because HITCH-HIKNG is DANGEROUS.

When they first got to AMERICA, they went to a PET SHOP. There were lots of TOYS and and lots of FUN stuff to do there. So Bert and Ernie were HAPPY for a while. But then they got LONELY and wanted a REAL family. So they came to live with US!

Now Bert and Ernie are HAPPY all the time!

How Does THAT Work: Gerbils!

How Does THAT Work? At the Vet's Office!

I know MANY of you wonder what happens at the VET'S OFFICE! Well, I had to GO there RECENTLY, so I have a REPORT for you.

It is very HARD to become a VET. I did some RESEARCH and found that you have to SERVE in the MILITARY first, BEFORE you can BECOME a vet! This is ME at the VET'S OFFICE! Even though I look NERVOUS, I was just PRETENDING. I am BRAVE!

Here is a little MOVIE of me in my CARRIER. I am WAITING for my EXAM. Sometimes the NOISES can be SKERRY, but your MOM can keep you CALM. (You can CLICK HERE to see the movie on YOUTUBE).

The VET will ask to LOOK INSIDE your EARS and your EYES. He wanted to see all of my TEETH. And then he said, "Harley, you have too much tartar sauce there!" Maybe the TARTAR SAUCE got on my TEETH from eating too much FISH!

Sometimes you get STABBED with a long, skinny metal STICK. They use this metal STICK to TAKE some of your BLOOD!!!!! It is TRUE! This is because your BLOOD has to have an EXAM to see if you are GOOD. If they take blood from your NECK, it is possible you could turn into a VAMPIRE. Do not WORRY too much about this though.

Here is the TEST my OWN bloods took. I think I PASSED. The parts with the CHECK marks, are where my BLOODS were EXCEPTIONAL!

Going to the see the Vet is NOT FUN. I recommend RUNNING and HIDING when it is your turn to go.

How Does THAT Work? At the Vet's Office!

How Does THAT Work: Cameras!

It's ME. HARLEY! I have been trying to FIGURE OUT how cameras work for a LONG time. I know you POINT the camera and PRESS a button, but THEN what happens? Well, I finally have the ANSWER for you!

Inside EVERY camera is a wad of SILLY PUTTY!

You SEE, images are instantly TRANSFERRED onto the SILLY PUTTY! Daisy will DEMONSTRATE for you.

Sometimes, the pictures MIGHT come out BLURRY, if your mom does not KNOW HOW to take good pictures. This happens to OUR mom ALL the time!

But DO NOT WORRY! If you use PHOTOSHOP, you can FIX your picture. Here is how the IMAGE looks AFTER PHOTOSHOP!

I hope I have ANSWERED all of your QUESTIONS about CAMERAS.

How Does THAT Work: Cameras!

How Does THAT Work? Getting SPADED!

I had to put on my THINKING cap for a LONG time to figure THIS one out. I ALREADY explained how BOY cats get NEUTERED. Many of you wanted to know, WHAT happens to GIRL cats? Well, they get SPADED. I have HEARD it called being "SPAYED" but this is a spelling ERROR.

See, GIRL cats have a LADY GARDEN in their INSIDES. The GARDEN must be pretty BIG, which is why Daisy has a big BELLIE!

This is what the GARDEN looks like on the INSIDE. There are just REGULAR plants inside there until a BEE comes along to FERTILIZE the plants. One day, your mom and dad will EXPLAIN the BIRDS and the BEES to you. The FERTILIZER part is CONFUSING.

NEXT, the seedling turns into a KITTEN! They get BORNED after a lot of DAYS. But since there are ALREADY a lot of KITTEN plants getting BORNED, this is not always a GOOD thing. Maybe SOME cats use MIRACLE GROW!

MORE kitten plants are not NEEDED because not all kittens have HOMES. So, ONE DAY, the GIRL cat goes to a GARDEN CENTER. The GARDEN GNOME will use his SPADE to FIX the GARDEN. This is why it is called being SPADED. The spade REMOVES the GARDEN!!! But do not WORRY, because the girlcat will be ASLEEP when it happens.

Daisy is very SHOCKED to learn the REAL truth. But she got SPADED many YEARS ago. She probably FORGOT all about the GARDEN CENTER! It is a GOOD thing I can FIGURE out how stuff WORKS!

How Does THAT Work? Getting SPADED!

How Does THAT Work? Neutering!

Today I will explain an IMPORTANT subject. Many Mancats might wonder, WHAT is NEUTERING? Well, I am here to EXPLAIN everything!

Baby KITTENS do not get NEUTERED. This is because you must WAIT until you get LOTS and LOTS of toy BALLS. Once you have ENOUGH balls, your mom and dad will decide you are READY to be NEUTERED. See, I have LOTS of balls!

USUALLY, the doctor will TAKE your balls when you are SLEEPING. This is so you do not NOTICE your balls are MISSING! Your doctor will ONLY take TWO balls, so you will still have MANY left to play with. When you WAKE UP, they are just GONE!

Once you have been NEUTERED, you cannot make BEBBEHS any more. This is because GIRL cats mainly like MANCATS with LOTS of balls. It is IMPORTANT for every MANCAT to get NEUTERED. Since there are MANY cats without HOMES, giving up your EXTRA balls is a NICE thing to do.

ps: GUESS WHAT!?! I got this fancy BUTTON with my PICTURE on it, wearing my BEST uniform! You can get one, TOO, if you want by clicking on THIS LINK! It is not a REAL badge like REAL police wear though. Oh yeah, and I do not have a REAL fan club, just a PRETEND one.

How Does THAT Work? Neutering!

How Does THAT Work? Telephones!

The latest PUZZLE that I have FIGURED out is how the TELEPHONE works. I ADMIT that this one took me a LONG time to SOLVE. TELEPHONES are sort of CONFUSING, until you FIGURE out the INNARDS.

SEE? Inside the part that you TALK into, there is a RECORDING device. This is how the HANDLE of the TELEPHONE would look if you had X-RAY EYES! I made an ARROW in case you MISSED the RECORDER inside.

THEN, the TAPE goes along the TELEPHONE WIRES. This is just an ILLUSTRATION, because in REAL life, the TAPE moves faster than you can SEE! The speed of the TAPE is called the SPEED OF SOUND!

The CASSETTE TAPE gets to the RECEIVER on the OTHER phone. And then it PLAYS BACK!
Things are pretty SIMPLE when you figure them OUT!

We would also like to share hugs with our friends today during this time of sadness. Goodbye, sweet Luxor, Eric, Molly and tiny Wintergreen. May you rest in peace.

Grieve not,
nor speak of me with tears,
but laugh and talk of me
as if I were beside you.
Twas heaven here with you,
I loved you so.

Isla Paschal Richardson

How Does THAT Work? Telephones!

How Does THAT Work? Hairballs!

The LAST time when I explained DIGESTION, many cats wanted to know how we get HAIRBALLS. I been THINKING as hard as I can to figure this one out.

And here is the answer! ALL cats have a special thing in their THROATS that MAKE the hairballs for us! It is a LOT like this special invention called a KNIT-WIT! Only the ones inside CATS are made of BLOOD and GUTS and BONES and stuff instead of PLASTIC.

Here is a DEMONSTRATION. You can SEE that the little HAIRS go inside the throat and THROUGH the KNITWIT bone inside the E-SOFTA-GUS! And the furs KNIT into a TUBE!

Of course, our GOAL is to knit up something FANCY like this SCARF. So far, I have NOT been able to FINISH a KNITWIT project. Yet. I will KEEP trying.
What have YOU made with your KNITWIT bone?

How Does THAT Work? Hairballs!