Smarty Pants Brendel's New Trick
By CarolDM
@CarolDM (203422)
Nashville, Tennessee
September 23, 2021 11:11am CST
Yesterday I was typing on my laptop. Brendel came and sat in my lap. Then she moved in between my laptop and the table.
And she kept going. Sat right down on top of my laptop. Then turned around and looked at me. As if to say, now you will stop typing and pay attention to me!
She has never done this before. She gets all of my attention. But when I get on the laptop, I guess she feels like I should be looking at her instead. And that is what I did.
Snapped her photo as she looked at me. These cats are so entertaining. I call her smarty pants when she does something new.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
28 Sep 21
Just be glad that she hasn't yet started looking for ways to eliminate the competition there. Really, you're looking at a screen rather than her? Oh, the felinity!
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
28 Sep 21
@CarolDM My eldest is. My youngest is... currently somewhere he really, really shouldn't be. *Crash* "Spirited." I think the word is "spirited"...
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
28 Sep 21
@wilsongoddard I do understand. Brendel is 12 and the Dude is 8.
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@FourWalls (67403)
• United States
23 Sep 21
“I want to play with your computer mouse, Mommy!” 
What a sweetheart.
What a sweetheart.2 people like this
@Marilynda1225 (82596)
• United States
24 Sep 21
Brendel certainly didn't want you on your computer. Maybe she just wanted you to take her picture so we could see her1 person likes this
@Marilynda1225 (82596)
• United States
24 Sep 21
@CarolDM she looks good. Is she doing better?
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
24 Sep 21
@Marilynda1225 She is eating her baby food every day again. That is a plus.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
24 Sep 21
@CarolDM
I find that they do not understand when we need to work and think we need to pay attention to them all the time. From what I remember Brendel is shy so for her to do what she did sounds like she wanted to try something new to get your attention.
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@snowy22315 (179752)
• United States
24 Sep 21
At least she is moving around. Nico generally stays clear of me and the computer. He knows when I am on it, I am pretty much occupied and he might as well do something else.
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@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
23 Sep 21
Well done Brendel.
My Haiiro used to do that a lot when I was on my computer. Doing the lockdown last year, when we could hardly go out and my fur babies and I would just stay in the room all day, Danie would also do that.1 person likes this
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
24 Sep 21
@CarolDM She's needing your attention.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
24 Sep 21
@toniganzon She gets it 98% of the time.
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@Dena91 (16576)
• United States
24 Sep 21
Buttons loved to snuggle on me when I got on the tablet. I would put on some bird videos and she watched them intently.
Ginger is indifferent when we are on our gadgets. She's not as much a snuggler. She wants to be in her room more than she wants to be with us. We'll sit with her, play with her, brush her. She's happy and content.
Smarty pants Brendel is so beautiful. 
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
23 Sep 21
Mindy use to do this, any time I tried to read a newspaper or a book. She'd climb into my lap and stare in my face? Nope, I couldn't read, with her sitting inside my book!
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
23 Sep 21
@CarolDM She wants all your attention, not just part of it! LOL
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@oahuwriter (26777)
• United States
25 Sep 21
@CarolDM
Some pets do that. I've seen videos of them. I don't know why they do that... maybe they like the warmth of the machine?
Some pets do that. I've seen videos of them. I don't know why they do that... maybe they like the warmth of the machine?1 person likes this
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
25 Sep 21
@oahuwriter Maybe she does like the heat.
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@arunima25 (87737)
• Bangalore, India
24 Sep 21
Oh! Look at those eyes. You will have no heart to say NO to her demands. She is really smarty pants.
. She is really smarty pants.1 person likes this
@RasmaSandra (79362)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
24 Sep 21
That is so cute. You should see me now at my laptop, I am typing on my keyboard and to my left I have two kittens scrunched together and sleeping so I can hardly move my hands,
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@aninditasen (16337)
• Raurkela, India
24 Sep 21
She looks really cute and cats always try to attract attention when they are staying and home.
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@LindaOHio (176725)
• United States
24 Sep 21
Cute picture. I had my little Buhund puppy with me at work many years ago. She would walk on my keyboard. They all love their attention; and we love giving it to them!
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
24 Sep 21
This is so cute. She wanted all your attention. She's so pretty!
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
24 Sep 21
love is wonderful, clearly Brendel adores you, but, she does feel like you spend too much time on the puter!
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