CAGE MATCH! Kitty vs. Fluffy

Brushing my teeth last night, I spotted a house centipede squirming around inside the tub. So I did what any responsible thoughtful pet owner would do: I went out into the hall, scooped the cat off the carpet, and lower him in.

As I suspected (I've seen him hunt these critters down before) he was immediately fascinated and began emitting a low threatening growl. But if I was expecting a quick and grisly end to things, well, let's just say it was less cinematic and more amateur videogame-atic. His technique consisted of staring at the thing for a while, then trying to pick it up with his mouth. But fluffies' bodies are small and low in contrast to their legs, so after a half-dozen attempts, all he had to show for this was a couple of appendages sticking to his whiskers.

At times, he seemed to look back to me for encouragement, so I'd scratch his rump a bit and he'd refocus on the prey. Repeat that at least three times, and finally you'll see him get the drop on the harried bug and leap out of the tub to crunch it squatting on the bedroom floor. Victory!

WotD: thongs; flip flops

1. die Badelatschen, die Flip-flops
2. de teenslippers
3. las chancletas
4. les xancletes
5. les tongs
6. y fflip-fflops
8. japonki
9. 고무 슬리퍼
10. 人字拖 rénzìtuō

Notes: It's strange for me to read online that "thongs" is considered a specifically Australian usage, since that is all my family called them when I was growing up. (References to thong underwear baffled me well into my early twenties.)