Not long after the Louis Catorze’s vet appointment, during which we didn’t mention the mats on account of them having long gone, I discovered these:
These quite literally sprang up overnight and, during the few days leading up to me spotting these, he showed no indication of struggling to groom or any such thing. Clearly it was time to deploy the Dematting Rake again … and, naturellement, that was when Catorze decided that he was going to lie on that side of his body (his right) forever more.
Usually he favours lying on his right side around 70% of the time, so getting to these mats was always going to be a challenge. However, when I really, really needed him to lie on his left side, he firmly decided that he wasn’t going to do it, ever again.
Cat Daddy refuses to believe that one cannot flip a cat who doesn’t want to be flipped, and thinks it’s just me being pathetic. Not long ago, when he was brushing Catorze on his lap, he tapped the royal rump with the brush, gently said, “Come on, Louis, let’s flip you” and the bastard cat happily obliged, purring away. When I try it, the little sod turns himself into a dead weight and gives me a new type of scowly meow which I’ve never heard before and which has been invented just for this purpose (more about that another time).
After several days of sitting pointlessly with the Rake at my side, at long last I had a result when the little sod suddenly acquiesced and lay on his left side, matted side up.
The mats were gone. Nothing, niente, nichts and nada.
No doubt evil Catorze wants me to be left wondering if I had dreamed the whole episode, so merci à Dieu for photographic evidence. That said, somehow it still feels as if he has won this battle.
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I wonder if we can coerce the Oxford English Dictionary into adding the term Catorcian? If they refuse Louis can “visit”.
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It’s very interesting that you spell it with a -cian suffix. Maybe it will become like a Celtic god/goddess name, with several variants? Like Brigid, Brigit, Brighid? 🤣🤣🤣
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When Guillaume, one of our grandchildren was young, he used to speak a language nobody, but his sister understood. We named that language the « guillaumien ».
🙂
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GUILLAUMIEN! 🤣🤣🤣
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Don’t suggest deification just yet, he’ll have your husband as a priest, and you’ll be out cutting mistletoe with a golden sickle.
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Sa Maj has pretty much deified himself!
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Le roi a gagné. Aussi.. Maybe he is just trying out a new summer hair style?
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But … why did he pick this one? 😩
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Why does sa Maj do anything? It is beyond us mere commoners to comprehend his royal thought process.
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It’s bold of you to assume he has a thought process!
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I’m pretty sure he has several. For instance, doen’t he try to drive you crazy?
🙂
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No, he doesn’t try. He manages it all with zero effort.
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always remember RHIP – rank hath its privileges!
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Oh, it certainly does!
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Louis was waiting the right time to take care of the new mats. It is what he told you when giving you a sort of scowly meow as you had never heard before.
😺
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I’m sure you’re right. I wasn’t able to fully translate the new meow, but that must’ve been what it meant.
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The mats obviously appear abd disappear spontaneously when he lies in a certain position – sort of like yoga.
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They’re more like UFOs!
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He’s magic. 🙂
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There is something otherworldly about him, yes.
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Love that sharp little nail in the photo– it’s like he’s letting you know it’s there if you cross him 😀
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I hadn’t even noticed!
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Maybe that’s why he looks annoyed! 🙂
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