Oh. Mon. Dieu. We have a Code Argent situation here at Le Château: Cat Daddy got drunk the other night and put Louis Catorze’s Louis XIV antique silverware in the dishwasher, and now there is a mark on the fork. I had a feeling that one of us would do this sooner or later. And I had a feeling it would be him and not me.
Cat Daddy: “Well, how was I supposed to know? It looks just the same as any other cutlery.” (It really doesn’t. We have a grand total of zero pieces of cutlery that look like this one.)
Now, should I continue to use the fork and hope that Catorze’s creepy kitty sixth sense doesn’t detect the imperfect silverware and cause him to reject any food tainted by it? Or should I … fix it? Is this a thing? How does one fix these things without use of a toxic liquid metal that would poison la personne royale?
Whilst we figure out what to do, Catorze is weighing up alternative food options:
jesuisleroisoleil 
Best thing to do is to act nonchalant. If he senses your agitation it will certainly tip him off !
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This is excellent advice, but my efforts to Act Normal when something isn’t Normal (e.g. a vet visit) are pretty poor. I will do my best, though!
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Both the ending of the story and the second picture are great.
When having a look at the latter, I pictured Louis jumping down Cat Daddy’s lap to try to catch the gray squirrel through the window and Cat Daddy telling him some unfriendly « scrogneugneu de scrogneugneu de silly cat.».
As to the mark on the fork, I can’t help you but I do hope someone else will do it.
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Scrogneugneu? Is that a real word? If so, it’s wonderfully satisfying to say and it conveys the meaning perfectly!
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It is a real word, etymology dates it back to 1885.
https://www.lefigaro.fr/langue-francaise/actu-des-mots/2017/05/30/37002-20170530ARTFIG00190-mais-d-o-vient-le-mot-scrogneugneu.php
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It’s brilliant!
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It is and I like it too.
https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/scrogneugneu
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It sounds like the noise Catorze makes when I sneeze and he runs away muttering under his breath.
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I’m accustomed to saying « scrogneugneu de scrogneugneu de scrogneugneu » when reading e.g. Lucky Luke to my grandchildren each time I have to read some pictograms like the two ones you can see here:
http://nbjpr.free.fr/uglybarrowpers.htm.
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So that’s what those speech bubbles say?
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I guess Cat Daddy knows much better colourful words.
😺
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Oh, he certainly does! And they are all directed at Catorze!
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If it is silver plated, you can get home plating kits. How effective they are I have no idea as I’ve not had cause to need one. I have no plated cutlery.
On the other hand, if it is solid silver you’ll need to polish the defect out.
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I’m bound to mess it up, aren’t I? I might be better off saying nothing and trying to Act Normal.
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No matter what you do he’ll know.
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Deny everything!
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Oh, I have, and I will continue to do so!
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You are doomed!
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We are! 😱😱😱
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My mother used to say “si tu n’es pas contente, la porte est là!” Granted, I don’t know if she’d have dared to say that if I had been a princess or a queen, but you could try…
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I daren’t say that to Le Roi! He’ll have me sent to the guillotine!
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That part doesn’t touch the food. He should be fine.
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It’s the principle, though. Defiled silverware!
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