Cats and Cucumbers

We never had a cat since we prefer dogs. A friend of ours has two Burmese cats and he shared a photo of one of them that recently got clipped to look like a lion due to a coat problem. That reminded us of an article my husband saw about cats being afraid of cucumbers accompanied by several videos of cats jumping and scared when they saw a cucumber. So we asked our friend if his cats were afraid of cucumbers. He said he didn’t know but would find out. He sent us videos of both cats passing by the cucumbers without hardly noticing - more like ignoring them. That was a failed experiment. So he said he would try it with his son’s three cats and sent back videos of their reactions. They too ignored the cucumber - even when the whole family was participating in the experiment. All the while we were having a very fun back and forth over two days. It takes something as stupid as this to lift the spirits these days. In the end I don’t know why cats are afraid of cucumbers because five out of five ignored it. But it was a reminder that maybe slowly life will return back to normal. We have stayed more connected with friends over this kind of stupid stuff than ever before. It’s nice to have people around us who are as interested in pursuing weird ideas as we are. That’s what friends are for.