Some cat wisdom:

Quote#  "You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats." - Colonial proverb

# "In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats." - English proverb

# "Beware of people who dislike cats." - Irish proverb

# "After dark all cats are leopards." - Native American Proverb

# A cat may look at a king. - English Proverb

# Happy owner, happy cat. Indifferent owner, reclusive cat. - Chinese Proverb

# A cat has nine lives. For three he plays, for three he strays, and for the last three he stays. - English Proverb

# "Happy is the home with at least one cat" - Italian Proverb

# "Curiosity killed the cat, Satisfaction brought it back!" - English Proverb

# "I gave an order to a cat, and the cat gave it to its tail" - Chinese Proverb

# "Thou art the Great Cat, the avenger of the Gods, and the judge of words, and the president of the sovereign chiefs and the governor of the holy Circle; thou art indeed...the Great Cat." - Inscription on the Royal Tombs at Thebes

# "A cat may go to a monastery, but she still remains a cat" - Ethiopian proverb

# "The cat is nature's Beauty." - French Proverb

# "When rats infest the Palace a lame cat is better than the swiftest horse." - Chinese Proverb

http://www.catquotes.com/

Mina.

"After dark all cats are leopards." - Native American Proverb


Must be a bad translation or something.  Leopards are not native to the same environments that Native Americans are.

This is my little Buddha, Innuendo.  Unfortunately, she passed away a few years ago.  But I still dream about her regularly.

Quote from: tekla on January 03, 2009, 11:49:22 AM
"After dark all cats are leopards." - Native American Proverb

Must be a bad translation or something.  Leopards are not native to the same environments that Native Americans are.

Probably means something like the Desert Lynx.

Ocelots ranges into what is now Texas - and damn wasn't it a better place before the white people like the Bush Hillbillies showed up there - and lots of cougars in the Intermountain West all the way out to the Pacific.

Still, it kind of strikes me as someone having an Inuit saying about elephants or something.  But, I find that most people, writers and journalists in particular are pretty much science and history retards, so stuff like this gets past them all the time.

I LOVE this thread!!! 

All the cats are so adorable! (though i confess that dunecat pic gives me the creeps, a little)

Tink, stop starving those poor cats! I will call Cat Protective Services! 

mina.m->-bleeped-<-ie, that is the coolest avatar!

Loved the cat quotes, too!

I also get to play with and feed these little kitties







Rebecca

Rebecca those are so CUTE! OMG!!! What work do you do?!?! Where do I sign up? For that I'll take antihistamines.

Quote from: Stealthgrrl on January 04, 2009, 10:29:21 AMmina.m->-bleeped-<-ie, that is the coolest avatar!

Thanks sweetie. ^_^

Mina.

Here's a picture of my baby, Nikita:



She's living at my husband's parents' house for now, because our apartment won't let us have pets.

Nikita is beautiful!

Quote from: Stealthgrrl on January 04, 2009, 10:29:21 AM
Tink, stop starving those poor cats! I will call Cat Protective Services! 

LOL..I know that Daisy has a bit of a weight issue but she, actually all of them, have been on a diet for quite a while now.  They also exercise on a daily basis (they chase their fake mice  )

This is Birdie, a kitty I saw yesterday flying across the moon! 





I want a kitty with wings! 


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Quote from: tekla on January 04, 2009, 10:20:05 AM
Still, it kind of strikes me as someone having an Inuit saying about elephants or something.  But, I find that most people, writers and journalists in particular are pretty much science and history retards, so stuff like this gets past them all the time.

Like people translating the Japanese yamaneko as mountain lion when there are no such animals in Japan? It should be translated mountain bobcat.

It could be lost in translation, but more likely its just lost in sloppy research and lazy writing.

Quote from: Tink on January 04, 2009, 03:30:53 PM

Quote from: Stealthgrrl on January 04, 2009, 10:29:21 AM
Tink, stop starving those poor cats! I will call Cat Protective Services! 

LOL..I know that Daisy has a bit of a weight issue but she, actually all of them, have been on a diet for quite a while now.  They also exercise on a daily basis (they chase their fake mice  )

This is Birdie, a kitty I saw yesterday flying across the moon! 

The Cat With Wings by Robert William Service

You never saw a cat with wings,
I'll bet a dollar -- well, I did;
'Twas one of those fantastic things
One runs across in old Madrid.
A walloping big tom it was,
(Maybe of the Angora line),
With silken ears and velvet paws,
And silver hair, superbly fine.

It sprawled upon a crimson mat,
Yet though crowds came to gaze on it,
It was a supercilious cat,
And didn't seem to mind a bit.
It looked at us with dim disdain,
And indolently seemed to sigh:
"There's not another cat in Spain
One half so marvelous as I."

Its owner gently stroked its head,
And tickled it with fingers light.
"Ah no, it cannot fly," he said;
"But see - it has the wings all right."
Then tenderly from off its back
He raised, despite its feline fears,
Appendages that seemed to lack
Vitality - like rabbit's ears.

And then the vision that I had
Of Tabbie soaring through the night,
Quick vanished, and I felt so sad
For that poor pussy's piteous plight.
For though frustration has it stings,
Its mockeries in Hope's despite,
The hell of hells is to have wings
Yet be denied the bliss of flight.

I want a kitty with wings! 


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I love that poem! Where do you find them!?

The White Lion cubs are now 4 months old, heres Artura



The particular favourite of mine is the Leopard cub, she is 3months old now and as near to a kitten as you will even get. She has the most terrific, loud purr!


Rebecca

Our family has one cat. This Chritsmas he ignored the toys that he got for presents even they contained catnip. But first time when he got a toy with catnip he went crazy. His worst habit is stealing food that is not for him.

just got (finally ) a new cat after our black cat ran away (or got killed!) like i said got a brand new it's a boy cat he's a kinda fluffy white with black markings named ethan but unfortunally he's a bit of a pussy (get it!) we put him outside yesterday afternoon & so far he won't come out because of our dogs

Quote from: Stealthgrrl on January 04, 2009, 10:15:34 PM
I love that poem! Where do you find them!?

The net.  Just type "cat poems" and you will get a list of them!   Actually I have an idea.  This is an excellent topic for my blog! 



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