Cats, Computers and Home Insurance

What is it about cats and computers? What is it about a computer keypad that's so irresistible to felines? It's not just about heat, it's like they are compelled to type sending us strange alien messages we're just too stupid to understand. For example, what does this mean I wonder?

;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;; ;;;;;;;;;;;; 999990iii i00000 iiiiiioooo ooooo oooooooo oooo00

Probably on some distant planet of cats it's the meaning of life.

Cats also have a habit of discovering Computer Key Commands you never knew existed. For example, after one recent visit from Trouble (the cat) my computer started speaking to me. It read out every word I typed in a weird Stephen Hawking voice and ­ took me ages to find out what she'd done. Very odd.

But what's that got to do with Home Insurance? Well I'm currently, genuinely, wondering if my Home Insurance covers 'Act of Cat' or more accurately the coming together of cat, computer and glass of delicious full cream milk...

Is that accidental damage? I suppose it is. I could always say I spilt the milk I suppose but one must never lie to one's home insurance company. But there's more to this story, you see the computer still works...

But it smells absolutely disgusting and underneath the keyboard is going a luminous greeny­yellow colour.

So I guess the question I'm too scared to ask but hope that I may get an answer too via this blog is; does Home Insurance contents cover allow for claims made for computers made unusable due to smell following Act of Cat?

I'm sure Home Insurance brokers hear things like this ever day...

cute cat with paw in milk glass

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