A new expression

I have a new expression, it came out of a dream. I have definitely never heard it before, but I understood it as soon as I heard it in the dream.
"When the cat whistles"
As in "I'll expect to see that $100.00 I loaned him when my cat whistles."  or  "Of course that will get done, just as soon as the cat whistles."

:D

Mind if I try it out?....

"It ain't over til the cat whistles..."

Landlord/Property Tax Office:    "...so we can expect your check at the end of the week?"
Tenant:   "....you will have that check in your hands even before the cat whistles..."

"Start your campaign now and when the cat whistles you will be sworn in on election day!...."

Seems to work pretty good!....

I've heard cats whistle.

*snore* *whistle* *snore* *whistle*

There are a lot of sounds that come from cats... I feel rather unfortunate to hear the worst ones most recently, as our elderly market gardener neighbor let hers go semi-feral.

*RRRYAAAA*
*HISSSSSS* *rumble* *SCYA!*

And then of course there's the *mmmmrrraaaaa* *mrraaaaaa* *MMMMRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAA* that goes on for about fifteen minutes. Yech.

I used to like cats you know... Not so much these days. They poop in my raised beds some times.

Nod to H.G. Wells:

"When the sleeper wakes"

L. Johnson wrote:I've heard cats whistle.
*snore* *whistle* *snore* *whistle*

Yeah, I have too, but a cat casually walking by, whistling a jaunty tune? That's more what I visualize here.

I used to like cats you know... Not so much these days. They poop in my raised beds some times.

We have a thread about that... How do you keep the cats from shitting in your garden?
My opinion is in there someplace, leave a place you don't mind them pooping ripped up and bare, make sure you have lots of plants where you don't want them to go, they generally won't dig where there's plants over about 4-6 inches tall.
Although, with raised beds, a barrier that can't be jumped on the edge (like a floppy piece of fabric that goes up 2 feet) or jumped over easy will keep them out. They don't leap over things that they aren't sure of and can't stop on the top of.

Listen, they might be out there whistling while they pee!  

One of my cat wheezes when he's content, but I'm not sure that counts. If one of my cats walked by whistling a happy tune I'd look at what I ate last and were the mushrooms of the magical variety? Either that or I'm dead and went to cat heaven. Hmm.  Cat heaven.