| Pussy Pop!; A soft drink with your cat in mind | |
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| Mobson | Mar 30 2012, 09:15 AM Post #1 |
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Does that mean it tastes like a refreshing saucer of milk?
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| rumbaba | Mar 30 2012, 06:06 PM Post #2 |
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..............better not
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| chris crossing | Apr 2 2012, 09:32 AM Post #3 |
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A term for a band such as Atomic Kitten or Bananarama (see Pop Tarts). |
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| rumbaba | Apr 2 2012, 09:56 AM Post #4 |
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Particularly appropriate for Atomic Kitten, Chris
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| caissier | Apr 2 2012, 01:49 PM Post #5 |
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Don't tell my cat about that - he's fussy enough as it is. (Someone's going to become a millionaire with that idea )I'm tempted by this gadget though - http://www.deben.com/eyenimal/eyenimal.html?gclid=CIaA-7-nlq8CFY8PfAodpi7IkA - "So THAT'S where you've been!" .... find out who he's been cadging food off; he comes home sometimes with a whiff of perfume on him ..... Edited by caissier, Apr 2 2012, 01:53 PM.
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| chris crossing | Apr 2 2012, 05:24 PM Post #6 |
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Well, after rum's post 2 (reminds me of an ex-girlfriend...) I thought I should raise the tone. Slightly.True story, BTW, I once had a cat which disappeared. I feared the worst for a day or two. Then I received an envelope through the door containing about a dozen photos of my cat in various poses, mostly with bowls of delicious fish, cream, sitting on velvet cushions, etc. No ransom demand, but a note saying 'He is having a good time'. After a week I tracked them down: two elderly (dotty) women, known for their links with the local cat rescue home. They had seized numerous cats in the neighbourhood, 'spoiled' them for a couple of days and then handed them in as strays. I had to pay £10 to get my cat back. I never kept a copy of the letter I sent them, but I think the point was made. |
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| Mobson | Apr 2 2012, 07:12 PM Post #7 |
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They sound delightfully eccentric (joking!) and could be played by Alec Guinness and Alastair Sims in a movie!!! My mother feeds the next door neighbours cat, who is sorely neglected, (according to her) with little treats...after she lost her own 3 years back to cat aids....it is difficult to get angry with someone who is older and lonely and thinks they are doing the cat a good turn!
Edited by Mobson, Apr 2 2012, 07:16 PM.
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| chris crossing | Apr 2 2012, 08:05 PM Post #8 |
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Hi Mobs - well, when I lived in London we had a lodger living in the basement flat who used to delight in feeding my cat (a different one to the above story) regularly and to such an extent that I had to stop feeding her, as she became obese. When this lodger moved out, she kidnapped my 14-year-old cat and took her to Ipswich! After hunting high and low, I finally phoned her up and accused her, but she denied it. It was only when I phoned a second time that she broke down and admitted that she hadn't been able to bear parting company with the cat. She returned her the following day in a wicker basket - and she (the cat) lived to the ripe old age of 22! |
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| Mobson | Apr 2 2012, 08:52 PM Post #9 |
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You and cats, eh Chris! You certainly have had your share of angst being a cat owner - so good both stories had a happy ending! My only London cat story. Living just off Jermyn Street, we were going out one evening to dinner and saw a little grey kitten rubbing itself against the door of Trumpers...no-one was around so we rushed it back home to our children's nanny and when we came back later, she had made a little home for it! We made enquiries which drew a blank so we called her Mimi and she stayed with us for several months...my, she was naughty & beautiful - my husband worked from home then and she would jump on his back whilst he was at his drawing board, then glide her claws over his negatives - she seemed to love drawing ink - maybe she was an artist in a previous life! We made an improvised cradle from a laundry box lid to gently let her out onto the first floor roof and she would get back in when she wanted to come in - one day she disappeared for hours and I received a call from our housekeeper saying she was on the fifth floor roof meowing her head off - she was rescued but we realised we could not keep her, especially when a old Tom appeared from nowhere and started making a racket outside our building every night; so we called the RSPCA who said they would collect her the following day assuring us that they had a home for her - she must have known - she took off, this time for good - although not entirely - one day walking along a local street I saw a beautiful grey feral tabby - she stopped and stared at me for a moment or two and then ran off. She was probably a restaurant cat or someone was looking after her. We don't see wild cats in this area anymore..... Edited by Mobson, Apr 2 2012, 09:12 PM.
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| chris crossing | Apr 2 2012, 10:38 PM Post #10 |
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I'm not particularly a cat person, Mobs - but one inevitably seems to turn up and move into the house, although for the last few years I've been cat-free (and dog-free for the first time in ages too). Way back when I got married, one of our wedding guests arrived with a kitten they'd found in the middle of nowhere after stopping for a picnic en route (as you do), and presented it to us as a wedding gift. It turned out to be completely wild with mad eyes and tufted ears and a vicious streak. Quick as lightning. Never managed to house-train her and I had to put her on a lead and take her for walks in the park. She chased dogs all down the road, tried to kill other cats (occasionally succeeding) and would often come home with a dead squirrel. She had a litter (heaven only knows what mated with her) and made a nest at the top of our wardrobe, which she reached (even the day before giving birth to six kittens) from a standing jump. We kept one kitten - stark staring mad also. They both used to catch flies or wasps in mid-air - and you couldn't leave food unattended for a second! Up and down the curtains, out of the window like a rocket, bouncing off car bonnets and along gutters on fourth-floor flats. The younger one used to play this game of dashing across the road when a car came past and timing her run in order to pounce on its bonnet and bounce off on the opposite pavement. You can imagine how it would freak out the driver. One day she blew it and that was the end of her. The mother suddenly vanished a year or so later and I assumed she had been run over too, but after an interval of at least two years, she suddenly arrived on the doorstep, came in all nonchalantly and consumed an enormous meal, went out again and we never saw her again. Crazy cat, but quite a character! |
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| Caro | Apr 2 2012, 10:46 PM Post #11 |
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I do think wild cats are really quite a different - I was going to say 'kettle of fish' but perhaps that's not the most appropriate metaphor/cliche - thing from housecats. They do seem untamable and very difficult to live with. A friend of mine has one, adopted from under the house when her mother died/disappeared. I wouldn't put up with being scratched and bitten like she does, or with the things you have, Chris. But here people find these wild cats a problem in an area near bush where the native birds are valued, so they are often shot. I ran over and killed a cat not long ago and felt bad about it, but the others with me just said it was a wild cat and not to worry about it. I don't really know if it was or not, but it was on open road so I don't know how I would have found out its owner anyway. |
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| caissier | Apr 3 2012, 12:24 AM Post #12 |
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Caro .... A recent interesting documentary about dogs had a section where foxes were selected over five generations for friendiness and domesticity, which ended up with cute cuddly bundles as comfortable with humans as any dog - so I imagine it is futile to try to tame a wildcat. It must take quite some deliberate selective breeding .... well, I'd guess so. I know my cat is largely ruled by instinctive behaviour. He is cautious about any kind of confinement and reacts automatically to visual movements and certain noises, all probably to do with self-preservation ...... which must be essential because when out and about he is on his own with various possible threats. He still needs to be automatically wary and ready to evade danger like a shot, without thinking. On the other hand he is very friendly and confident - an interesting combination of behaviours! Some observed feline/canine interaction ....... http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xkqrr7_dog-vs-cat-the-most-epic-standoff-ever-recorded_animals Edited by caissier, Apr 3 2012, 12:27 AM.
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| chris crossing | Apr 3 2012, 10:07 AM Post #13 |
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When I read Caro's 'I ran over and killed a cat not long ago and felt bad about it', my first impression was of her sprinting across the road clutching a rifle and blasting the creature from close range! |
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| Mobson | Apr 3 2012, 10:12 AM Post #14 |
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I grew up on a farm - one time we were over run with wild cats and my father had to do something about it...he told me they were all found homes - later as an adult he told me they had been drowned in the water butt in the barn...... |
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| caissier | Apr 12 2012, 12:49 AM Post #15 |
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The Simon's Cat films ..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s13dLaTIHSg&feature=relmfu ![]() Lots of them .... very funny imo Edited by caissier, Apr 12 2012, 12:51 AM.
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| chris crossing | Apr 13 2012, 11:50 AM Post #16 |
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Yes, absolutely brilliant, caissier, I have been a fan for a long time. There's an iPhone app too. Sad to see it's all become rather commercial, though. Someone gave me a Simon's Cat calendar for Christmas and the drawings are like childish Matt Groening copies. Seems like he's sold out. I read an interview with him (Guardian?), and he really is cat-mad. Fat Freddy's has to be my all-time favourite, though: And of course Fritz the Cat, the legendary movie. One of the best animated films in history IMHO - especially the old crow pool table sequence. Them were the days... |
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| caissier | Apr 13 2012, 12:00 PM Post #17 |
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I hadn't come across him before, Chris, but sort of assumed he was well-known ...... millions of hits on Youtube .... not a bad way to make a living. The ones I've seen are well-observed and have very good comic timing imo. They have me in fits! (Then there's always the indisputable ... Edited by caissier, Apr 13 2012, 12:03 PM.
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Does that mean it tastes like a refreshing saucer of milk?
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(reminds me of an ex-girlfriend...) I thought I should raise the tone. Slightly.

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