October is here and, as you are no doubt aware by now, this month fills me with pure and absolute joy. However, any minute now, the black cats of the world will collectively lose their shit. That bit isn’t going to be quite so joyous.

Louis Catorze is glossy-furred, full of energy and READY.

This year we have been blessed with a long Hallowe’en. Thanks to Daylight Saving Time coming to an end and the clocks going back by an hour on Sunday 31st, we have an extra sixty minutes of the big day. Somehow this fits perfectly with the whole idea that, during these periods when the veil between the worlds is thin, time does not function as it should.

Unfortunately it also means we will have an extra hour of Catorze’s nonsense. Not only is he a natural conduit for all things evil, irrespective of the state of the veil, but merely being in his presence appears to make time malfunction; if he is doing something idiotic and we are willing him to stop, time can stand still.

Last year he surprised us all by actually NOT misbehaving, mainly because he was having so much fun attending to Important Full Moon Hallowe’en Cat Business in the Zone Libre that he just forgot.

Let’s hope he’s not planning to make up for it this year.

He’s so ready that he’s even dressed for the occasion with a cobweb bracelet.
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17 responses to “Une heure de plus”

  1. sevencatsandcounting avatar

    Oooh, a cobweb bracelet!? Je le veux… I frequently festoon my whiskers with cobwebs but I never considered wearing one on my paw. Ronronnements, DV

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      iamthesunking

      Cobwebby whiskers sound magnificent!

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      1. sevencatsandcounting avatar

        It is a look only the most stylish House Panthers, such as myself, can pull off. Chic Purrs, DV

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  2. Dr. CaSo avatar

    We move our clocks a week later, here, so no extra halloween fun 😉 I love your cat, he’s gorgeous, can I adopt him please?

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      You actually want Catorze?

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      1. Dr. CaSo avatar

        Yes, I’d love to adopt him 🙂 But I think he wouldn’t like me much because I don’t have a garden and I’m the 12th floor so he’d miss La Zone Libre and all his friends (foxes and all).

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        1. iamthesunking avatar
          iamthesunking

          He does like the outside but if you provided him with adequate entertainment indoors, he would have a ball! However, his idea of “adequate” and ours may differ.

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  3. Penny Cooper avatar
    Penny Cooper

    My daughter’s two gorgeous black babies are nuts all year round. This year could be particular crazy as they are expecting the arrival of a baby boy at any time in October, let’s hope that whatever they get up to they will be quiet… No chance when the stairs are in the centre of their house and they use them as their personal racetrack!

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Oh God, they’re all at it! 😱😱😱

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  4. Charles Huss avatar

    He’s no different than the children and just wants to have a good time.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      He does. At our expense.

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  5. mmechapeau avatar
    mmechapeau

    Is Louis aware he will have an extra sixty minutes of Halloween fun ?

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      Oh, he’s aware. And he’s ready.

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  6. catladymac avatar
    catladymac

    He appears to be resting up as September comes to an end to be extra charged for October.

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      He is CHARGED. The screaming is like nothing on earth.

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  7. cat9984 avatar

    Looks like he’s starting to store up energy. 🙂

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    1. iamthesunking avatar
      iamthesunking

      I think he is! He’s had one October visitor already and was on top form. I think he’s going to get better/worse (depending on how you look at it) as the month progresses.

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