We accidentally discovered a brand-new game today. Sean and I had both just voted in the City Council primary elections, and had the "I Voted!" stickers to show for it. In a moment of fancy, Sean decided to affix his sticker to the nether-portion of Reggie's back. Immediately, Reggie's skin started shaking in an involuntary attempt to remove the sticker. Then he whipped around, bit the sticker and dropped it into Sean's lap (shwwack-ptooey). Sean picked it up and started to move it around Reggie's face. Reggie followed it with excitement and kept nipping at it. He seemed to be having fun (which is weird, because usually Reggie likes his toys to be cylindrical, or at least stick-like).
So I took my sticker off and stuck it on Otto. His skin started reacting, too, then he whipped around and tore it off with his teeth and spit it out (shwwack-ptooey). But his whiskers were forward, and he seemed to be daring me to do it again. So I did, and he gamely whipped around and grabbed it again and deposited it in front of him. We did this for, like, five minutes--Otto seeming to enjoy the challenge and me laughing uproariously.
I stuck two of them on Otto. He removed them both with a one-two punch (shwwack-ptooey, shwwack-ptooey!!). Then I stuck one of them on Wanda, who promptly ran from the room in terror. Okay, lesson learned.
Finally, we put one of the stickers on Elroy...nothing. Elroy barely seemed to register that it was there. I put another one on him. Meh, he seemed to say. I let him smell it. It smelled like Otto, so he then wanted to rub his face on it. Wow, that was really no fun. Maybe he'll get the hang of the game eventually.
Now we have to go give blood or something since we won't have any more stickers until November!
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