once I figured it out he was the happiest cat in the world.

After you smacked him for scratching? 8^) I don't know if you told me that story, it hasn't stuck with me.

Then there was the time when Meg was so mad that meat had disappeared from the world that she crapped in the living room with you there! Screaming at full volume.

Food was her #1 priority, too. Never doubted it.