22 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

Why do I equate surreptitious with fun?

Because there are a lot of silly animals in your life like coyotes, roadrunners, wabbits, ducks and an Elmer of two?  Personally, I have a very surreptitious cat that loves to prank me.

You must be surreptitious when pulling pranks on your friends if you want them to be effective.  

2 hours ago, raven1 said:

Because there are a lot of silly animals in your life like coyotes, roadrunners, wabbits, ducks and an Elmer of two?  Personally, I have a very surreptitious cat that loves to prank me.

Haven't you learned that you'll never catch a cat by chasing it?  😁

8 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

My first cat would hide and wait until I walked by to leap out and wrap himself around my lower leg.

I'm glad your cat only attacked your lower leg and not the one higher up.  🤡

28 minutes ago, drpaladin said:

He wouldn't use his claws. He only clawed me once. We had taken him to the vet for shots. I had him in my arms and he stuck his claws into my chest and naturally I let go of him. He ran into the brush behind the building and wouldn't come back. I was devastated. He was gone for four weeks and one day he came walking around the corner of the house like he had never been gone. No idea how he found his way home.

Animals have a way of finding their way home or to their owners, even if their owner has moved away since then.  

6 hours ago, drpaladin said:

My first cat would hide and wait until I walked by to leap out and wrap himself around my lower leg.

He was having fun. That's a kitten playing big game hunter.

There is nothing at all surreptitious about the way my cats remind me when it's supper time. At six o'clock, all five are so insistent, there's nothing I can do but feed them or trip over them.

48 minutes ago, JamesSavik said:

He was having fun. That's a kitten playing big game hunter.

 

There is nothing at all surreptitious about the way my cats remind me when it's supper time. At six o'clock, all five are so insistent, there's nothing I can do but feed them or trip over them.

My 12 certainly let you know when it's breakfast and dinner time. 

16 minutes ago, chris191070 said:

My 12 certainly let you know when it's breakfast and dinner time. 

12?   You'd better feed them or they might eat you instead.  

the penguin surreptitiously got its revenge

I guess being a bully and an a-hole isn't just a human trait.