Sunday! And all of us heathens can sleep in—or work, in the case of yours truly. Imagine having to put on a monkey suit and go sit in some hard pew listening to someone in a dog collar blather about God. How do they do it? The real Good News is that the Ceiling CatMobile is back, and it’s beautiful; the shuttle bus company’s insurance carrier will have to pay $2500 (the damage was greater than first thought), and I also get my deductible back. Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, Hili—whose weight was just determined to be four kilos and 800 grams—is, as usual, concerned about her noms:
Hili: I’m worried about these violets.
A: Why?
Hili: Their smell suppresses the smell of mice.
In Polish:
Hili: Niepokoją mnie te fiołki.
Ja: Dlaczego?
Hili: Ich zapach tłumi zapach myszy.
She has put on weight….
Comes out to 9.68 pounds, nothing to worry about (yet). As my cat’s doctor once remarked at the annual physical “a good sturdy kitty kat”.
No, it’s 10.58 pounds (10 pounds 9+ ounces). Still reasonable.
That’s actually Baihu’s weight.
As with humans, a single number isn’t a good way to estimate body composition in cats. You’d need to account for length as well as a comparison between body fat and lean body mass.
That’s why BMI numbers aren’t any good, either. Ahnuld has always had a BMI that represents gross obesity. Worse, at least for guys, the non-obese range is strictly for pencil-necked geeks — and there’s plenty of room in there for dangerously overweight pencil-necked geeks. “Fit ‘n’ trim” starts around a BMI of 25, at which point you’re already overweight according to the chart.
I shudder to think of how many bad medical decisions have been made based on BMI figures.
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damn you’re right 10.58lbs. Slightly sturdier but as you say still reasonable – especially for a stripey cat.
I think that happens only 90% of the time with auto repair estimates.
Pure chance, then. 😀
What species is the violet? Looks like our (Maine) Viola soraria. Alas, I’m still waiting for the snow to melt.
“Imagine having to put on a monkey suit. . .”
Nobody dresses up for church anymore. I’ve attended FUNERALS where I was the only person in a suit–except for the undertaker and the deceased.
I was shocked 3 years ago when I attended a funeral and some people were in shorts an T-shirt. I was in a suit and tie.
I would say no respect for the dead but not really. It’s no respect for the living. Maybe they were headed for Walmart after.
One has to wonder what the deceased was doing in a suit – I’m taking it that it was an “open box” funeral?
After all, the suit is going to be worm food, or smoke pretty shortly after the hammer goes down. (Or in the last funeral I attended, the 30-second “
” timer expired.
9lbs is healthy for a cat of her size. My Booty ballooned up to 15lbs, and it took her 2+ years to get down to a healthy 10lbs.
My current kitty (an Abyssinian) is 3/4 Hili’s size, and she weighs in at 7lbs. The little f*cker is sitting on my chest atm, making it hard for me to type this post.
“Imagine having to put on a monkey suit and go sit in some hard pew listening to someone in a dog collar blather about God.”
I estimate that I’ve saved more than 6,000 hours through a lifetime of not attending church. And if I had tithed $10 a week as an adult, I would have lost more than $20,000. Not including the cost of transportation, and a couple monkey suits.
whoops, didn’t mean to post anonymously.
The idea of turning up at a deep-south god-squad meeting in a monkey suit almost appeals. I guess I’d have to choose my church carefully to survive the event.
“Imagine having to put on a monkey suit and go sit in some hard pew listening to someone in a dog collar blather about God.”
I estimate that I have saved more than 6,000 hours through a lifetime of not attending church.
And if I had tithed $10 a week as an adult, I would have lost more than $20,000. Not including cost of transportation, and a couple monkey suits.
Does Hili come up smelling of violets? I used to love when my d*og napped under the cedars, for she always came in smelling of cedar.
*d*g* 🙂