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Wise Cat-Related Quote Of The Month

"That's supposed to be a fact, that the question mark is originally from an Egyptian hieroglyph that signified a cat walking away. You know, it's the tail. And the symbol meant - well, whatever it is when they're ignoring you." - Christopher Walken, What I've Learned, American Esquire Magazine, June 2009

"Feline Brains And Style, Ur Doing It Wrong" - The Frontrunners At The Halfway Stage In The Witless-Looking Cats Competition

Leo from Sidsel:

Loki from Jason:

Mo from Rhonda:

Mr Pickles from Jodi:


Obi-Wan from Marina:

Oli from Steph:

Pellos from Jessica:

Peppa from Nancy:

Percy from Larua:

Pixie from Santi:

Pumpkin from Candace:

Rubadoodle from Sarah:

Tabby from Rachel:

Thaddeus from Rachel:

The Pee Monster from Amanda:

Villi from Lindsey:


Zolan from Bev:


Kitty from Brainne:

Gingy Bear from Teena:

Jack from Deanna:

Fats from Lisa:

Emery from Corrinne:

Double C from Grace:

Doos from Rachel:


Dexter from Stephanie:

Dante from Petra:

Caesar from Lou:

Bunny And Hickory from Anna:

Boris from Alison:

Allu from Katja:

Alfi and Sam from Sammy:

The Second Annual Most Witless-Looking Cat Competition

How intelligent are cats, really, when it comes right down to it? As I've often said, my own seem to cover the entire spectrum from scheming masterminds to out and out dunces. I don't feel that the former need any encouragement in their gradual takeover of the world, so I have no plans to run a Brainiest Cat Competition, but I am now opening entries for the second annual Most Witless Cat Comp. For those who want to get an idea of what it's about, check out
last year's winners.

The rules are the same as usual: post your picture on Facebook (preferable) or send it to underthepaw@tom-cox.com either with or without supporting account of witless feats. Cats who entered last year are banned, unless they have attained new standards of witlessness in the interim. Prizes will include a signed copy of Under The Paw for each of the three top entries. Entries close on June 16th.

Library Cats: About Time They Came To The UK?

I've been to lots of bookshops with resident cats, but am yet to visit a library with its own moggy. Nobody in America seemed to think it was particularly unusual that Dewey, the bestselling literary cat of the last year, lived in a library. But in Britain, the idea of a library with a cat would still be very strange: maybe not quite as odd as a Citizen's Advice Bureau with its own iguana, but not far off. I can, in a way, see the reasoning behind the reticence. Nobody really wants their large print Maeve Binchys weed and puked on. If I, for example, were to drop Shipley off at my largest local library, in Norwich, it would only be a matter of time before he'd located their copy of Under The Paw, and started his own destructive, fangy critique of it. Pretty soon, someone would have called the pest people in or chased him into the local Pizza Express, and all hell would have broken loose. But on the whole I think Britain needs to get with the times, when it comes to bibliocats. Who knows? Perhaps it already has? There must be one library cat in the UK and, if anyone has any information about it, I'd like to hear about it. As it is, this list of top library mogs remains entirely US-orientated.

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