The Battle of the Trash Can

So, being a reasonably tidy human being, I believe that trash belongs in the trash can. At least until I can bestir my lazy butt to take it out to the big garbage cans on the porch.

My cats disagree. They believe that "trash" is really various foodstuffs and playthings, which should be distributed even throughout the house.

This, of course, leads directly to the title of this post...because it is a battle to keep the trash in the can.

I started out with your basic rectangular kitchen trash can. With no lid. Which honestly was a forlorn hope. I pretty much had to take out the trash every time I put something attractive to cats in it. Items attractive to my cats include:

• Empty plastic grocery bags
• Those creepy styrofoam trays that ground meat comes on
• Anything that previously contained chicken
• Or fish
• Empty bags of cat treats
• Anything that crinkles

Eventually, I wised up. I bought a trash can with a lid that snaps shut. Clearly, I've won this war, right? Wrong. Last week, I saw Kyo standing on top of the trash can, doing this funny little dance. It was mega cute, so I ran to get my phone to take a video of it...and by the time I got back, he had gotten the trash can lid to pop open. And I really did think that it was a coincidence, until I saw him doing the exact same dance ten minutes later. (Still didn't get it on video!) 

QED...Kyo is an evil genius. And possibly related to Fred Astaire. 

Love & Tuna!