Callie spends her mornings walking in clockwise circles around my work/computer desk. She stops on the far side of the desk and begins batting cables. She wants attention. I used to ignore it, but then she starts biting cables. She destroyed an HDMI cable by biting it, so I can't ignore it any more. Now I douse her with water from a 20oz Diet Dr. Pepper bottle... daily... for the last four years.
My demonic calico this AM. If you look at her back, she's got some fur standing up because it's wet.

A dousing will buy me two or three minutes of peace while she cleans (drinks) herself. And Callie gets *tons* of attention. She always wants more though. Anyone who says cats are anti-social should meet this one.