There aren’t many things that can drag Louis Catorze’s lazy arse from his igloo, once he’s decided to stay put. However, Reflets de France tuna rillettes is/are (I’m still not sure which is correct; native Frenchies, is it a singular or a plural noun?) one of those precious few things.
After ignoring me for much of Monday, as if by magic he decided to be my friend when I sat down to eat some tuna rillettes on oatcakes. After much creepy staring, aggressive headbutting and general bullying and intimidation, I acquiesced and offered him a few morsels. He gleefully hoovered them down, unable to believe his luck, then settled on my lap, purring so hard that his ears shuddered.
Maybe ear-shuddering during hard purring is a known thing, but it’s not something I have observed before. It’s subtle but nonetheless present, and you can see it in the right ear:
Sadly an unwanted side effect of this whole escapade is that, in his haste to eat his precious tuna rillettes, Catorze inadvertently shoved one piece with his snout through the gap between the floorboards. Even freshly-opened tuna rillettes smell(s?) like rotting corpses from hell, so I daren’t even think about what it/they might smell like in a week, a year or even longer.
I now have visions of the next occupant of this house, whoever they may be, taking up the floorboards expecting to find evidence of a gruesome murder. If only they knew that it is, in fact, evidence of the life of a greedy, selfish cat and a pathetic human who gave in.
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He actually just secreted it for later. It’ll be gone before you know it. Or not.
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I’m leaning towards “not”. 😬
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Let’s hope this unpleasant smell vanishes quickly.
By the way, does this odour pertub Cat Daddy as much as you?
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Erm, ahem, I didn’t tell him about the incident. I guess he’ll find out soon enough when he reads this!
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All articles I see in French use the plural «les rillettes».
A few shreds under the floor boards is not going to be as bad as a kipper left in a coolbag for a week.
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Are you speaking from experience? 🐠
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Erm. I have no wish to incriminate myself.
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Can it be vacuumed up? Or if it’s a thin solid not flakey, piece be pried out with tweezers? If not, can you try sprinkling baking soda into the gap to absorb some of the smell? Paws crossed for succesful removal…🤔
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It’s fallen right down so we can’t see it anymore. I like the baking soda idea though!
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What about suggesting some ants entering your place to take away taht famous piece of tuna rillettes?
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If I could get any ants to comply, that would be great!
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Poor Louis! He lost part of his treat
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Don’t feel sorry for him! He still purred so hard that his ears shuddered! 🤣🤣🤣
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