So the Cat is fine with “Whee-Plops” where you swing him back and forth in a two handed supporting grip as if you were going to toss him but instead only pretend to and keep ahold of him until dropping him into a couch or chair at the last half-second.

However “kitty in a bucket” (five gallon variety) does not seem to be quite as easy to sell him on being harmless. Perhaps I just need to just go back to some kind of gainful employment rather than resting on my savings and devising new ways to torture entertain the cat?