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Le jumeau maléfique

06/04/2023

When Louis Catorze goes on the rampage in the neighbourhood, and we’ve been forced to wheel out the “It must have been some other black cat” excuse, we haven’t actually had a specific one in mind. What we say isn’t exactly a lie as such, nor is it quite the same as directly BLAMING another cat for Catorze’s misdeeds. … is it? It’s more like a simple omission, non?

Anyway, when Cat Daddy went for a walk the other day, he saw this fine gentleman at the wrong end of our street:

I say “the wrong end” because all the things that good cats would avoid, but which are irresistible to the troublemakers – a busy junction, dogs galore and a pub with marauding drunk men – are there. However much we malign The Front, the real danger is at The Wrong End.

The only time Catorze has shown any interest in The Wrong End was on this excruciating occasion, years ago. Since then, a few people have claimed to see him there, but now it’s clear that it was this other black cat all along. To me, they don’t look remotely alike … but, if others think they do, maybe I should just play a strategic game and go with it?

*No, that’s definitely some other black cat. Ahem.*

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24 responses to “Le jumeau maléfique”

Tracy Abell

06/04/2023

HA! Very convenient to have a doppelganger.

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1. iamthesunking
  
  06/04/2023
  
  He’s not really a doppelgänger as far as I’m concerned, but if others think he is … 😜
  
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  1. Tracy Abell
    
    07/04/2023
    
    Exactly! 🙂
    
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mmechapeau

06/04/2023

Louis is unique.
For instance, this black cat’s eyes aren’t as chilling as Louis’s, are they?

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1. iamthesunking
  
  06/04/2023
  
  Definitely not! Le Roi is far creepier!
  
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alicephilippa

06/04/2023

Le Roi obviously considered that a “Community Boozer (their words)” full of men to be perfect territory for a cat who loves men.

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1. iamthesunking
  
  06/04/2023
  
  It is a community boozer! It’s the hub of our local area and always full of men. 🤣🤣🤣
  
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Dr. CaSo

06/04/2023

The doppelganger looks a lot like Rosie 🙂 Much heavier than Sa Maj. But people who are not slaves of black cats don’t usually recognize one black cat from another. Their loss!

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1. iamthesunking
  
  06/04/2023
  
  Even Cat Daddy says “They all look the same to me.” 😳
  
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  1. mmechapeau
    
    07/04/2023
    
    When we were living with Gary, a nice plump black cat, I was afraid of being unable to recognise him but I knew he was able to show me he was the right black cat.
    Now, the same happens with Timon who is a perfectly symmetrical tabby.
    
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    1. iamthesunking
      
      07/04/2023
      
      Oh yes, we know our own cats, don’t we?
      
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Penny Cooper

06/04/2023

When we first had Cheeky as about a 5 month old kitten and she was ‘semi outdoor’ she had twin boys from a few doors up roughly the same age, they were bigger and stronger than her and we were afraid they would hurt her. But there was a concrete ramp going past our door onto a big communal garden, and the boys insisted on coming to call for Cheeky, I was worrying and I heard an almighty crack of black cat skull hitting the ramp and I rushed to see if she was OK and there she wa sitting on top of one of the boys who was on his back, their paws entwined and there was Cheeky ‘playing’ beat the boy up and knocking him back so his head was cracking down on the ground!! So you’re saying The Wrong End cat us a boy, how do you kjow? Maybe it’s a girl who is happy to live up The Wrong End because she can handle herself?? In which case, knowing how our Cheeky would behave, this demure looking cat could easily believed to be the cause of any mischief you care to accuse it of 😂😂😂

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1. iamthesunking
  
  06/04/2023
  
  I always assume cats are boys, unless they’re especially dainty and girly-looking. Which, erm, Le Roi is. 🤣🤣🤣
  
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  1. Penny Cooper
    
    06/04/2023
    
    😂😂😂 Cheeky by name is just cheeky by nature, but a definite girl, always in charge!,
    
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Kate Crimmins

06/04/2023

No fangs! Pretty obvious. Oh yes and the slanty eyes!

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1. iamthesunking
  
  06/04/2023
  
  Which photo? The first or the second? 🤣🤣🤣
  
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  1. Kate Crimmins
    
    06/04/2023
    
    First — no fangs and nice round eyes. Looks well kept too.
    
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    1. iamthesunking
      
      06/04/2023
      
      So unlike Catorze in every way! Just don’t tell the neighbours!
      
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mary mcneil

06/04/2023

“All cats are gray in the dark.” The only two I have that are littermates are a large gray boy and his petite black sister. When they are dashing in and out in dim light I cannot tell the color, and can only hope to have a clear enough view to gauge size. I have hollered and hollered out the back door to no avail, only to walk back into the kitchen and see the cat I as seeking sitting by the food dishes looking at me like I was crazy,

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1. iamthesunking
  
  06/04/2023
  
  Do you kick them in the dark? Do they feel different then?
  
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  1. mary mcneil
    
    06/04/2023
    
    We have gotten pretty adept at dodging each other in the dark – plus I have a lot of night lights around the house.
    
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    1. iamthesunking
      
      07/04/2023
      
      Poor Sa Maj is kicked a lot in the dark!
      
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cat9984

07/04/2023

He’s attractive, but not as sleek as Louis.

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1. iamthesunking
  
  07/04/2023
  
  He’s a bit rounder, isn’t he? And he doesn’t have Sa Maj’s dragon eyes.
  
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