Every neighbourhood has a Ginger Impinger. And there is a new one in town.
Defending his royal title, in the Black Corner and weighing in at 3.12kg, is Sa Majesté Louis Catorze, Le Roi Soleil, whom we all know and love. And the challenger, in the Orange Corner and weighing in at 173kg, is this dude:
He is absolutely enormous. And he was quite happy to make himself comfortable, too, lounging around on the patio and even letting Cat Daddy stroke him.
Now, you would be forgiven for thinking Catorze wouldn’t stand a chance against this beast. However, I have seen him once before – or, rather, glimpsed his hindquarters fleeing into the night. And, would you believe, he was fleeing from Catorze.
The little sod had escaped out at The Front, as usual, and we had opened the living room window in case he needed to run quickly to safety. When I heard him growling outside I peered through the open window and saw Catorze on the wall, and Goliath’s unmistakable rear end and fluffy tail heading for That Neighbour’s garden. At the time I wasn’t able to see how large he was, and until today Cat Daddy was convinced that I had seen a fox and mistaken it for a cat (?). But now he knows, and he is delighted with his boy for standing up for himself.
It’s hard to demonstrate the size disparity without a photo of the two cats together, but the hinge on the shed door, visible in both photos below, gives some sense of scale. Here is David, by the gap leading to the Zone Libre:
And here is Goliath, defying all odds by succeeding in squeezing his considerable bulk through the same gap:
Yes, he’s a monster. That said, if we were to pit them against one another in combat, my money would be on Le Roi.
He’s a beauty though!
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He’s gorgeous, isn’t he? And did I mention that he is MASSIVE?
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But it’s a pretty massive!
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Yup. An absolute whale!
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Reblogged this on Janet's Thread 2 and commented:
Wow. Has catorze met his match?
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Not yet, but it’s only a matter of time until someone gets fed up with him and fights back!
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Acting (?) crazy can be very intimidating.
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Yes! And, to be fair, most of us would run from Catorze given half the chance.
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The Champ knows that the challenger is all fluff, and has a glass jaw. Catorze probably had him psyched out from the first yowl.
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Quite possibly! 🤣🤣🤣
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If I recall my Engliah history, the Spanish armada was sunk by the much smaller British ships, way back when….I’m with Le Roi also! (and I love both blends of cat)
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Hahaha, that’s an excellent comparison! 🤣🤣🤣
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OMG 😳 that first picture is terrifying!
I’m very proud of Louis seeing off that monster!
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I’m more in disbelief than proud. Goliath is quite literally double his size. 😬😬😬
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Good for you, Your Majesté, kick his big behind 😀 And then make friends, it’s always nice to have friends!
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He’s turning into quite a cantankerous old man and seems to be rejecting all other cats’ attempts at friendship. It’s not great. 😐
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Chat-Vampire. Il a tous les pouvoirs et les autres chats le savent.
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You may well have a point there! 😱😱😱
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In my country, during the Ducasse of Ath, a little David has to fight against Goliath and when the boy wins, he gets famous.
You can be proud of Louis, your own little David too.
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That’s so funny! Yes, Sa Maj is indeed a very little David. 🤣🤣🤣
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That is hilarious. I love the phrase ‘ginger impinger’ as a former owner of a ginger ninja!
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Both of our black cats have had a Ginger Impinger nemesis! Well, Catorze technically has had two but he befriended the first one … 🤷♀️
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Our cat’s best friend is a ginger cat and enjoys being in our garden. Is it enough to be named a Ginger Impinger?
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Yes. That is enough of an impingement to qualify. 🤣🤣🤣
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Well, if Louis needs a helping paw, Jimi is in the rear with the gear! 😉
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Jimi is so brave! Goliath is about the size of a medium Corgi so how confident would he feel?
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I had a ginger tabby (a neutered male) that weighed in at 10,7 kilos! He was a huge cat, so huge my late mother used to ask me about my cheetah! I finally convinced her Louie was a cat, not a cheetah, but that gives you a sense of his size.
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Your Louie was 10.7 kilos! 😱😱😱
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He was a tall, long, wide, heavy. He was a big kitty boy!
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That’s over 3 x Catorze! 🤣🤣🤣
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