Because of the group purchase discount, and since the three cats in the family had reached the age to be spayed/neutered, the owner took them to get spayed/neutered.
Unexpectedly, after the surgery, while the anesthesia was still in effect, the three brothers looked both funny and pitiful.
Meow: Good heavens, now neither of us can laugh at the other!
I thought this was from an animated film.
Only then can you see the scene...