I have never understood what papa always says when he is watching me BATHE!
“I coulda been a contenda…”
From On the Waterfront. Marlon Brando’s (whoever he is) line when he is despairing over not having become who he wanted to be.
Hey, I AM who I want to be. A bathing kitty, haha. And darn good at it, too. with a mean upper paw!
Uh, oh, I think Marlon might have been practicing on me…
A bathing beauty, the boxer notwithstanding!! LOL!
Oh, you guys are so poetical…like Esther Williams, eh? Whoever that was….
I call that giving yourself a spit shine, Loulou. ~Ernie
Yep, I call it that, too, but papa thinks I have prize-fighter motions.
I do think you perform your bathing duties in a most artful and graceful way…..we cats just know how to do almost EVERYTHING in an efficient and beautiful way don’t we Loulou?! I bathe several times during the day and while I do a very good job (Mom says so) I do still appreciate the many good brushings I get with my “feels so good” brush every day. We cats like to look out best don’t we?!
Hugs, Teddy
Oh, yes, we do have our little vain moments…whatever that means. I just like to be CLEAN, haha, and I love the brushing. Mama wishes I could brush HER pelt! Well, on her head that is.
Ha ha ha I know exactly what your papa means if those photos are anything to go by, Loulou.
I do look so much like a prizefighter, haha.
I got bathed at Bull and Bill’z it was pleasant. BUT U prefer my bathtub!! I guess all of us do – but nails clipped and clipped my fur – I look prettier!
Mya, you can never look prettier! You are always in pretty mode.
He was a good actor. And you are so darn cute. XO
Well I coulda been a contenda….
We all do our best to keep it clean Loulou!
Sometimes mama wishes I would go a bit…er…lower….
We don’t know what that has to do with your bath either LouLou. But you do look kind of cute, especialy when washing your ears (as long as it’s just bathing and not cause they itch or something.)
Knock on wood, my ears are always spotless and never itch and mama rubs them a lot anyway.
Loulou, your Papa’s reference is lost on me!
In On the Waterfront…Branda is bemoaning his failed life as a boxer and says, at the end of a long soliloquy, “I coulda been a contenda!” A contender being a boxer in the major league of boxing.
MOL! Your Dad is funny. You sure are one amazing bather LouLou – a real contenda! Thanks for the advice on scratching today.
Oh, I hope it helps. Mama LOVES those smoothe kitties, fascinating.
yoo r so cute!!!
Well, merci for the kind words. My cutitude is a bit arrested right now with all this med stuff going on, but I’m still Loulou, haha.