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Recognition for people who identify as felines?

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25Avalon Tue 08-Feb-22 14:12:08

According to LittleJohn in today’s Mail online Bristol University (where else) is demanding recognition for those who identify as felines. Have a read if you want a good laugh. I expect lots of catty observations! Actually I identify as a sleek strange black cat but I don’t like mice. Maybe I should see the cat psychiatrist?

Blossoming Tue 08-Feb-22 14:14:46

Miaow?

Kate1949 Tue 08-Feb-22 14:15:35

When our granddaughter was at senior school, there was a girl there who sometimes identified as a cat. This was accepted by teachers and students alike.

TerriBull Tue 08-Feb-22 14:18:04

Haven't read the article but there is no a finer creature to identify as imo, the ancient Egyptians deemed them as Gods, they were right they are! which is why they have staff, unlike dogs who merely have owners.

Judy54 Tue 08-Feb-22 14:18:52

Yes I saw this article too. Littlejohn is always great for a laugh.

GagaJo Tue 08-Feb-22 14:19:11

I'd love to be a cat. But I'm more of a Labrador

FannyCornforth Tue 08-Feb-22 14:20:11

Thank you for this thread Avalon

With everything going on in my life, and that of the country, this is just the get out (ahem) clause that I need.
Goodbye cruel world, mine’s a pint of Iams! ?

MissAdventure Tue 08-Feb-22 14:22:07

My ex used to spout a load of old theory about reincarnation and rebirth.
He asked me what I would come back as, and I said a cat.

greenlady102 Tue 08-Feb-22 14:24:31

old idea....anyone remember Dharma and Greg? Teller out ot the magic duo Penn and Teller played a man who identified as a cat in an episode
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGSmpOKQjR0

crazyH Tue 08-Feb-22 14:26:46

When I was little, I had a pet cat and I called her Rowena ?

MissAdventure Tue 08-Feb-22 14:30:39

I love cats.
I sort of wish someone would dump a kitten on my doorstep, so I'd be "forced" to take it in and spoil it.

FannyCornforth Tue 08-Feb-22 14:36:29

I have that fantasy too MissA
I already have a dog and a cat, but I’d still love another cat

Callistemon21 Tue 08-Feb-22 14:36:31

TerriBull

Haven't read the article but there is no a finer creature to identify as imo, the ancient Egyptians deemed them as Gods, they were right they are! which is why they have staff, unlike dogs who merely have owners.

Dogs think they're human
Cats think they're Gods.

BlueBelle Tue 08-Feb-22 14:36:32

Piffle
I think I m a cupboard today

Elegran Tue 08-Feb-22 14:38:15

Mental health wards used always to have a few patients who claimed to be Julius Caesar. Have cats taken the emperor's place?

Callistemon21 Tue 08-Feb-22 14:43:50

I think I'm a fridge.
Please place your chocolate here.

MissAdventure Tue 08-Feb-22 14:45:19

Nope!,
Only healthy ingredients for you, Ms Fridge.

Grandma70s Tue 08-Feb-22 14:49:11

Where I live now I can’t have a cat. I call my son’s cat my grandcat.

Elegran Tue 08-Feb-22 14:50:11

And a good wash down with hot soapy water with a touch of bleach. We can't have you developing mould, can we? We'd better switch you off at the plug while we do that, water and electricity are a bad combination.

MissAdventure Tue 08-Feb-22 14:56:14

We had better check her drawers aren't wet, too.

FarNorth Tue 08-Feb-22 14:59:20

Surely they don't limit their demands to respect for felines?
I'm a sloth today and sometimes I'm a gorilla.
Animal Kingdom rights are Human rights!
(or something)

MissAdventure Tue 08-Feb-22 15:07:11

I live close to a road..
I have had cats in the past, and they never came to any harm, but I can't bear the thought that they might get run over.
Saying that, there are lots of cats that wander around this area, and are fine.

Thorntrees Tue 08-Feb-22 15:18:05

Reading this thread reminded me that years ago when at grammar school there was a girl in the same year who was convinced she had been a Cavalier spaniel belonging to King Charles 11.
She did have a look of one,having long red curly hair that hung round her face and big brown eyes. She had a very gentle way with her and I don’t remember anyone teasing her she was just one of the girls.
Haven’t thought about her for years so thank you OP for bringing the memory back.

Millie22 Tue 08-Feb-22 16:01:12

I'm going to identify as a meercat. Just no ordinary cat you know ?

Millie22 Tue 08-Feb-22 16:02:16

Actually that looks more like a mouse!