I’ll put the lagniappe first today, which somehow makes me chuckle:
Simon Tofield has created yet another in his great series of Simon’s Cat videos. In this one, Simon’s cat gets a catnip toy for Xmas. The results are predictable. In fact, my cat Teddy, who was catnip-sensitive (it’s a genetically conditioned traits, and many cats aren’t interested), used to get his catnip rolled up in an old sock. But because he bit through it and scattered the stuff all over the house, I finally had to put it into two socks. The odor still drove him mad, and he’d gnaw on the socks, lying on his back, for about 20 minutes, drooling all over them. Then, as do all cats, he’d lose interest after getting stoned.
Cats have two benefits that humans don’t (except in a few places): they can get stoned legally, and we’re allowed to give them assisted death when they’re in a terminal condition.
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There’s a mysterious green tabby cat who roams the streets of Varna in Bulgaria. A video and pictures are below. As The Independent reports, the mystery has finally been solved, but you’ll have to go there to see the answer
The explanation mandates that someone must rescue this cat before he gets poisoned from licking himself. Hmm. . . .do I have any Bulgarian friends who are cat-lovers? (I’m thinking of you, Lubo and Vassy.)
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On a happier note, you can now buy cat-shaped marsmallows to decorate your hot cocoa—just in time for winter. Imagine the delight of your friends when they get a cup with a floating paw or cat head:
Unfortunately, they’re available only from the Japanese confectioner Yawahada, whose site has lots of interesting sweetmeats. it also advertises the catmallows like this (the Japanese seem to favor these in coffee, for crying out loud):
h/t: Robin, Matthew Cobb, jsp
Must. Obtain. Kittehmallows.
The paint on the cat is distributed perfectly. Wouldn’t it be uneven if it were due to sleeping on an “abandoned pile of synthetic green paint in a garage”.
I’m also wondering how a “pile of paint” happens – do they mean perhaps a dye in a fine, granular form?
Anyway, I don’t know if it’s real, but it seems more likely that it was done as a prank. I wouldn’t rule out complete fabrication by computer either.
Sheesh guess I’m cynical, doubty guy today.
Yeah, inquiring minds want to know more!
On Japanese noms~ The kitteh marshmallows are novel, when I lived there, the idea of confection consisted of sweetened bean turds.
Oy.
Typo or purposeful comment on the “confection?” 😀
If I had said UGH or GAK instead you might not have guessed what I referred to. These babies right here>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Daifuku_1.jpg< are not proper dessert. 😉
Oops. Managed to bog up the link.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daifuku_1.jpg
Well, they’d be OK if only that filling were chocolate…
Really, I thought you’d been referring to something made of bean curds…don’t they make something like that with soy? Anyway, couldn’t agree more that that’s not my idea of a sweet!
Yes, they use soy and rice as well as bean curds. They call it wagashi among other things. It’s pretty to look at, and pretty awful to taste. Milk is another thing to avoid over there. Or at least it was. I haven’t been there since the early 70’s. I’m sure they’ve made improvements since then. 🙂
Did that inspire your nym? 😀
@Diane G.
Not sure which reply I’m replying to, hope you’ll see it.
My nom d’twi**er from my 1st account ever. I can’t remember what I was thinking, not clearly probably.
Well, you were lucky to find something short & easy to remember that wasn’t already taken. 😉
I love Indian and Chinese and Japanese foods, but am not mad for any of the confectionary of those cuisines. Now French or Viennese pastries are a different story:-)).
In my limited experiences, I’m with you on that!
Excellent. More red bean buns for me.
You’re welcome to them. 🙂
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I am feeling a little torn. On the one hand I would like a marshmallow kitty in my hot chocolate. But on the other hand I am confronted with the thought of a cat floating in hot water. I want to spoon it out quickly. But then I want to eat it.
I hope the green stuff isn’t that poisonous wood preservative (contains arsenic) which has been banned in Canada. Poor kitty.
Love the pussymallows!
It’s a really cute cat (Love the fluffy tail) but am I the only one that thinks it’s more blue than green? I’d probably call it teal to be accurate but, if we’re simplifying, I’d lean towards blue.
As I am a sufferer from deuteranopia, the poor cat looks grey to me.
Most def green. Slightly blueish green, but closer to turquoise than teal, imho;-) If I had seen the cat I would have said “Look at that green cat!”