After a dog interlude and a seagull interlude, it’s time for Le Blog to return to cats. But not Louis Catorze – at least, not just yet. This time it’s Mittens, a famous Stornoway cat who, sadly, is no longer with us, but she remains very firmly rooted in local residents’ hearts and minds.
Mittens was known for gadding about in all sorts of places, just for fun, but the Co-op in Stornoway was her favourite hang-out. Well, it’s a splendid supermarket, so why not?
When she passed away in 2022, the store displayed a wall plaque as a tribute to her, alongside a donation trolley where customers can give cat items in her honour. Most cats have such a high opinion of themselves that they would expect nothing short of an annual national holiday with open-top bus parade upon their passing, but ongoing charity towards less fortunate kitties is rather nice, too.
I asked Cat Daddy whether we could organise a similar tribute to Louis Catorze, in Brentford’s Lidl, when the little sod leaves us, but he said it wouldn’t be the same because Catorze has never actually been to Lidl. My first thought was to take him there and just let him roam free, but now I realise that Lidl shoppers don’t deserve this. In fact, no shopper does. Encountering a beautiful cat like Mittens whilst buying your weekly groceries would be a pleasant shopping experience. Having male shoppers chased down and screamed at by a small, weathered-looking black vampire beast, not so much. After all, a man’s gotta buy his bananas and his scuba diving gear in peace.
Meanwhile in TW8, Catorze is on his best behaviour, although the chat-sitteur’s social media feed is reminding her not to get too comfortable:
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