I mean, is this a photo of kitty cliché, or what?
Well, as I mentioned yesterday, in another post, kitties are the worst cliché around. They behave so much like kitties that you could never mistake a cat for, say, a rhinoceros, or a lizard or even a small rodent, although mama’s best friend from the ’60s, whenever that was, sent her a magazine on cats and on the cover was one ugly dude! I don’t think I’ve ever been happier to be me than when mama showed me that thing on the front, a sort of mixture of ET, a rat, and Eva Gabor (well, in the eyes only—I wish the rest had been like her). This cat could have been any one of a breed called donskoy, sphynx (they don’t look that enigmatic, they just look overwhelmed), Ukrainian lefkoys or (I love this one; imagine having to live with this name), a peterbald! These cats look as if someone took a really good electric razor to them and then plugged their tales into a socket. Or like Phyliss Diller without face lifts, if any of you out there remember her.
This one is trying to impersonate a TUXEDO!!!
Their eyes are always beady and round and staring; and they move around like snakes with very big ears, except for that one with no legs, less like a kitty than a little Shar Pei on rat feet. No way would I live in the same house with one of those, and I even heard mama say oh they are so cute, so cute, like elves (there is even an elf breed!) but as far as I’m concerned, elves can stay in the woods with the fairies and trolls and all those other weird creatures. In fact these kitties belong there, too, just anywhere but THIS house.
Now I’m feeling a little embarrassed because mama really does love those kitties and even met one once in Italy and it was loving and crawled all over her and looked at her with its little squinty eyes and she was a goner.
(I think I look more like this kitty than I’d imagined!)
So, okay, I’d have one in the house. Just not smooching it up with mama.
And just not squinting at ME.
I do the squinting around here, okay?
MOL LouLou mommy ‘members da Diller woman. She said she hadn’t thought ’bout her in a long time. As fur looks, me thinks you are just gawjus da way you are.
Luv ya’
Dezi
Oh, thank you, Dezi. We vain creatures are always wanting to improve when it’s not necessary.
They are cute, but no one is as cute as you. I am old, I remember Phyllis Diller.
Then you and mama are…er…less young together.
Now those are some interesting looking cats. They are cats, aren’t they?? 😉
Well, that is a very good question!
Hey, is the cat with the big ears related to Marcus?
It can be a bit hard to share a home with … anything. But it can also be fun. You never know but you might grow to love one of those Peterbalds.
I think I would get addicted to petting their skin. So silky! Plus mama loves them so I guess I could, too.