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Brigit the Underwear Thief
Most cats, if allowed out, will bring home birds, rodents, and other critters that they've caught. But Brigit, a 6-year-old tonkinese who lives in Hamilton, New Zealand, has been bringing home underwear and socks. Lots of them. Says her owner, "It's all men's. It's really, really weird. She's got really specific taste."Brigit's owner has distributed flyers on the street in an attempt to reunite the underwear with the person it belongs to. But so far no one has claimed it.
More info: NZ Herald
Posted By: Alex - Wed Mar 23, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Cats
Cat Who Is Artist
Another animal artist, to complement Alex's canine.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 23, 2016 -
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Category: Art, Cats
Cat Head Bags
Made by Japanese artist Pico. They're entirely artificial. That is, not actual cat heads. But they're realistic enough that people might, for a moment, think that you're using the severed head of a cat as a handbag.One of these will set you back about $700, but are sold only in Japan. via OhGizmo!
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 25, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Fashion, Cats
Town terrorized by mad cats
This sounds like it could have been the start of a horror movie. The feline version of The Birds perhaps.
Source: San Francisco Call - May 26, 1890. via WSIHN
Posted By: Alex - Sun Apr 05, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Cats, Nineteenth Century
Meow Mansion
"Meow Mansion" is a large gingerbread house with a serious message — neuter your cat!The house, created by artist Kazz Morohashi, is home to (gingerbread) Kitty and Boots and their 65 kittens. But since Kitty and Boots haven't been neutered, their family just keeps growing and growing. Next year it'll be up to 300. And by 2017 up to 11,000.
Which raises the question: how exactly does one neuter a gingerbread cat? [via edp24 and flickr]
Posted By: Alex - Fri Dec 19, 2014 -
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Category: Cats
Disruptive Kitty Litter
I had never thought of cat litter as a disruptive idea before. But yeah, I can definitely see the part about the hostile takeover, as I've been a victim of that takeover, enslaved to the whims of a cat.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 10, 2014 -
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Category: Cats
Nipper, the corn-eating cat
Nipper, cat owned by Dorothy Brinn, likes to eat his corn in comfort. His mistress fixed up this skewer and Nipper uses it for about two ears a day. The cat, a corn addict since his kitten days, likes it best with butter.
Toledo Blade - July 12, 1951
Toledo Blade - July 12, 1951
Posted By: Alex - Thu Nov 20, 2014 -
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Category: Cats, 1950s
Dagwood, the table-tennis-playing cat
From an AP story that circulated in August 1951 (example here):PORTLAND, Ore. — This cat made such a pest of herself when Ted Matson tried to play table tennis that he finally put her on one side of the net and let her try the game on her own. That was six years ago, and the cat, Dagwood, has been playing ever since. She's adept at both the two-handed smash and the one-handed volley.
This cat was obviously born before her time. In the age of YouTube she would have been a global celebrity.
Update: Thanks to mindful webworker who found a video of Dagwood on YouTube. And as Cezar noted, it seems that Dagwood appeared on an episode of MASH. So I guess she kinda was a global celebrity.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 22, 2014 -
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Category: Sports, Cats, 1950s
Cat takes center stage
November 12, 1951: As British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden was delivering an address at a meeting of the General Assembly of the U.N. in Paris, urging calm in Europe, a black cat suddenly got up on the stage and strolled across it, without a care in the world. This prompted discussion in the media as to whether the cat was a sign of good or bad luck. It was finally agreed to be a sign of good luck since a black cat in France is apparently a good omen (which I didn't know).I think most political speeches would be greatly improved if cats randomly wandered across the stage during them.
Iowa City Press-Citizen - Nov 12, 1951
The Kokomo Tribune - Nov 20, 1951
Posted By: Alex - Sat Oct 18, 2014 -
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Category: Politics, Cats, 1950s
Fat Cat
Maybe Chuck has deemed "animals inherit estate" stories NO LONGER WEIRD. But such was not the case in 1966.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 19, 2014 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Money, Cats, 1960s
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