It started when Thaddeus+, Irene's brother,
shared a photo of his lovely winkwink and their son:

Uh, my trewluv and our sssun.
Daddeus+

Da reesemblinse is uncanny!!!
Yur famly is beeyootiful, Thaddy+!
Omar, questioning the Single Life

What the &^%$'s a studmuffin like you single for?
Irene

Seriously startled, Omar hops sideways
Ohdeer...er.....ummm...hello, Ms. Irene, ma'am. I...uhh...stares at hisown toes....gess...dat is, I fink....purrhaps I just neffur met da rite...ahhhh.....girlkitty????
Omar sits, dazed expression on his face, synapses misfiring

Yeah, probly. Unless she's right in front of your %$#@ing nose.
Irene, hissin and spittin

Omar learns that you can run, but you can't hide

WOW!!!!
==Alex, thinking he's watching the match of the decade

(hiiisssssssss)
What the ^%$# are you looking at?!
Irene

Nuthing! Knot a thing!! I waz jusst leaving now...
==Alex, scampering to safety

Omar shakes his head, momentarily awake and aware
ALEX!!!! WAIT UP!!!!

Yes, sir???
==Alex, pausing

HurryRUN!!!! She's gainin on us!
Omar

YIKES!!!!!
(mini Maine Coon spins and runs full speed toward the horizon)

Ahem...Irene...maybe I can be of some assistance here. Call me Matchmaker.
Ashley (ever the romantic)

(cackle-hisss)
Trip him for me
Irene

Where you goin, HotStuff?
Irene, curling around a chair leg

Omar's eyes puddle up
I'ze not (gulp) a tuffkitty like yurownselv (noffin aginst tuffkitties, yu unnerstand)....an....an....ohdeerohmy....pleeeeeeeeze, Ms Irene, ma'am.....dont hurt me!

(baring her fangz) I woodn't hurt you. Let's have a little nip.
Irene, taking a small package from her purse

Omar's eyes widen
Ms Irene, ma'am, ar yu tryin to sidoose me???!!!

Omar's buddies are no help at all

SCREEEEEEECH!!
gray and white tabby skids to a stop and begins to set up his lawn chair and unpack a picnic hamper (Buster)

That's sorta whut it looks like from ovfur here.
Dexter, getting out a chair and umbrella

(ub: Dex....got another chair? Here's a Frottbattz. This is gonnna be a rilly gud shoew.....)
==Cody

Sure, Cody. Here, haff a seat.
Dexter opens up another chair and an umbrella and sets them up for Cody

Thanks fur thuh Frottbattz. Got any snacks?
Dexter

How kan you *eat* at uh tyme like thisss?
Thaddeus+, gagging

(HIISSSSSPII-WHAP!)
How *dare* you say such a thing to a *lady*!!!!
Irene, tarin open thuh package and pouring it on thuh floor

(gasp) (coff coff coff) MEDIC!!!! I'ze hiiiiiiiiitttttttttt......
Omar

Omar hopes for a bit of advice

UNKA OMAR?? Yoo okay????
==Bebe, scurrying to his side

I'ze not shure.....did yu see?....she WHAPPD me!
(snifffff) I neffur ment enny harm...(snifffle)
Omar

ssnicker. I think it was a love tap.
==Alex

Omar gives Bebe a little earlick in gratitude for her concern, then looks at Alex with alarm
Ohdeerohmy....yu reely fink so?
Omar, beginning to tremble

Yup.
==Alex, looking toward Irene

Ohdeerohmy.... Whut am I gonna DOOOOO????
Omar, distraught

I'm sure she'll dew it all.
==Cody

Large Grey/black Tabby passes the iodine to Omar
Here, pal, looks like you could use this!
Longfellow

Omar takes a personal inventory
Fangu, Longfellow; she just nocked me down an stunnd me...whut do yu finks goin on heer?
Omar, dazed and confused

Longfellow looks around, then whispers "crazed females, Omar!"

whispurrin back She skares da stuffin owt ov me, Longfellow!
Omar

Then have a little nip, Big Boy.
Irene, dumping a pawful of dried nip under thuh fluffy guy'z noze

(snuff sniff snuff) (aaaah CHOO)
Uh oh
Omar's legs begin to buckle, he starts to sag

whispering: Hey, Omar! Yoo okay, bub? Can I get yoo a chair or sumfing?
Maxwell

Aw geez! She's using the nip on him!!
Shadrach

Omar peers at Maxwell and Shadrach, eyes slightly glazed
Yur faisis ar familyar..........I.......cant..........qwite.......plaise ........yur........namez.......

Ssspitt! MEDIC!!! Call the choppers! Evac!
Shadrach

YIKES!! Doctor!!!! MAHLER????
Maxwell

Hidere hooeffur yu ar....dis is gudstuff....try a liddle snifff....
Omar gestures vaguely towards the pile o' nip

(cackle-hissssss)
So tell me about yourself, Fluffy.
Irene

Omar tries unsuccessfully to focus
Ummmmmmmmm...is dat yu, Ms Irene ma'am?

MMRRRROOWWWW-HISSS...
Irene, rolling in thuh nip

Omar sloooooowly falls on his side
Yu no......I dont beeleef.......yu ment dat hissssssss....

Omar's buddies continue to digress

(mini MC thinks the show is getting good)

(black manx kitty thinks so too)

Show??? Ware???
Omar tries to look for the "show", gives up and rolls onto his back, legs waving in the air

Is Irene really grinning all ovur her faise?
- Sheba

Yup...looks like it frum here.
Dexter, peeking over Sheba's shoulder

Neffur trusst grinning kittiez.
==Alex, wise beyond his yearz

speshully those bearing nip.
Dexter

(mrrrrrrrrrrowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwrooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww)
Irene, rollin around

Dere now, see? Yu'ze much nizer wenn yu dont tawk meen.......
Omar, still lying on his back, peers at Irene upside-down and has no idea who he's talking to

hissssssssssssssssssss
Irene, rolling round and round

Omar flinches slightly but continues to peer upside-down at Irene
(sigh) How can yu be so unhappy wennyu'ze warin dis (snufff snifff) GRAAAATE nip alloffur yur furrs?

Unka Omar, I'z no expert wif gurlkitty stuff, but she duzn't look unhappy to me...
==Alex

(whispurrin) It's all dat hissin...in 2 yeers in dis myOneTrooHome, I haff only hissd wunse, an I wuz *furry* unhappy at da time.
Omar

mmmmMMMMMRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOWWWWWW!!!!!
Irene, delirious

Omar briefly wonders what was meant by that remark but is promptly distracted as he wriggles more nip into his *own* furs.

ppppuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrr-hissssssssssssss
Irene, eyes a-glaze

Omar opens his eyes to a teeny slit
Now, *dat* wuz noo!

So(hic) whachewsay we (hic) go over to my(hic) I said my place, Big Boy?(hic)
IrEne

More unsolicited comments from the gallery
Mietze nudges Dexter
LukatDAT!!! She's turnin into LaRRy!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
==Alex

Wow! That'z scary!!
Dexter, wide-eyed

The theme song to "The Odd Couple" plays relentlessly in his head as Omar fruitlessly waves his legs in the air
Uh....am I standin up?

(hic)yep.
Irene, rolling round and round, nip flyin everyware

Sure, Bub, how's thuh ceiling?
Major

Omar peers through his toefurs at the ceiling
OHmyGAWD...I'ze STANDIN onnit!

Omar's buddies begin to scheme

uh oh...I fink he's gettin delusional. Is there anyfing we can do to help him?
Dexter, getting worried

What was *in* that nip, anyway???
==Cody, who wants sum

dunno. But I gotta get some of it.
Dexter

no sspitt! I think we shud set up a concession stand. We cud make a furtune!!! ==Cody

uh....why don't yoo sneak up behind Irene and get a sample of thuh stuff....then maybe Mahler and TT can mix up a batch and we can sell it.
Dexter, entrepreneur

Uh, *who* dew you think shud do thuh sneaking????
==Alex, way concerned

Uh....anycat but me. Got any suggestions?
Dexter

callie.
==Alex

uh.....two prollems wif that. One, she's Irene's frend and wudn't go fur thuh idea. And two, Ize not gonna ask her. Next idea?
Dexter, not an idiot

Schmutz?
==Alex

WHAT!?!
Schmutz

Uh, I'z thinkin yoo shud dew it, Schmutz.
==Alex

Yup. Yoo shud. Itz a chance to make a furrtune.
Dexter

Waitaminit! Wee dont haff to send ennywun IN...wee just haff to git Omar OWT! Luk at dat reedikyulos tayle ov his...I bet wee cud git eenuff nip to chek it owt just by shakin it!
it's meeee....Mietze

uh....I fink gettin' Omar out may be tuffer than gettin sumwon IN. I don't fink Irene wants him to leev just yet.
Dexter

But *luk* at him! Hee's like a dustmop an hee's *coffured" in dat gudgud nip! Dere has to bee *sumfing* wee can do!
Is ennywun heeer not skairt ov growlmonsturs....wee cud use a longlong hosefingy mebbee...
it's meee.....Mietze

Well, that's a gud idea, Mietze....but Ize not thuh kitty fur that eiffur.
Dexter looks around Any kitty wanna try it?

(sssigh) OK, I'll dew it.
Thaddeus+, plunjin hedfurssst into thuh uhbisss

Well, if yoo insist.... But be careful, Thaddy!! Dexter, watching from the sidelines

I'm knot ssskared ov her!
Thaddeus+, floppin nexxt to thuh bich and tosssin thuh nip around

OHHH NOOOOO!!!!! Whut were we finkin???!!!
Now da killer nip has THADDY+!!!
it's meee.....Mietze

OH NO!!! It DUZ!!! (ub: geez..how'm I gonna get that nip sample?)
Dexter



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