We once had a cat who couldn't bear to be shut out of anything, so anytime one of us took a shower she'd be waiting outside when we came out. She'd sniff at our legs and, if there were any drops of water, delicately lick them off.

All 3 pets feel it's their god-given right to barge in to the bathroom -- often all 3 at the same time -- when Their Humans are on the toilet. Well, it's not really "barging," since we never shut the bathroom door unless there's company over. It's more "Hey! You're in that room again! Sitting on that strange chair! I will lie on your feet/demand pettins/sit on your lap!"

Then one day I was getting something out of the office, where 2 of the litter boxes are, and Toke was using a litter box and gave me the dirtiest look for intruding. I told her, "See? It's not so fun when another species invades your poopin' time, is it?" Of course, it had no effect, because she still comes in the bathroom and lies on my feet when I'm trying to do my business.

Bertie Wooster sings the blues?. Well, no, but Hugh Laurie apparently does.

I actually have that CD. It's pretty good.

My cat follows me to the bathroom and jumps up on the sink for head scritches. If I don't comply, he head butts me.

Mom is on her way here. The 1 1/2 hour drive has so far taken her 2 1/2 hours due to all the rain.

Bartleby comes into the bathroom and puts his front paws up on my knees for a little eye-to-eye time. I have no idea why.

I guess the one thing we can take away from this discussion is that critters is weird.

Yes, the animals in my house seem to think the bathroom is our very special meeting place too.

If I leave a towel outside the shower, it becomes a great huge tugging to begin drying myself. Bonus? Organic towel warmer...just add kibble.

We recently repurposed an old memory-foam mattress topper that was getting too thin for our bed -- it turns out that if we cut it and stack it 4 thicknesses high, it makes a superb dog bed. Kato is now loafing like a freaking KING. I'm expecting him to request silk sheets any day now.

And the cats are looking at it with a gleam in their eyes that leads me to believe they're going to request a Sooper Special heated bed soon, in the interest of parity.

My cat always has to sit in the hallway right outside the bathroom while I'm using it. I leave the door open when I'm alone, but always close it when someone is over, including Mom, although I will leave it cracked open if I'm using the shower when Mom's visiting. That way, Amarna can come in and use her litter box if she has to while I'm soaping myself up.

I've had times when I've been showering and all of the sudden I'll hear a very plaintive "Mrrrwww?" coming from the sink, where Amarna has stationed herself to check on me, since I'm obviously having a brain melt if I'm willingly getting myself wet. Also, she occasionally likes to watch the toilet flush--it fascinates her almost as much as the DVD/CD tray (when I pop it open to put in a new disc, she's immediately there, using her paw to either push it shut or block it from closing all the way).