Reader Divy happened to see this Temptations cat-treat commercial and said this:
Temptation cat treats makes funny commercials, but I saw this one while visiting my mom, and I had to share! Check out the side eye the cat gives her staffThere are many of their commercials available to watch on youtube.
Here’s a short one:
And another “shake” ad:
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Matthew found a bunch of tweets with ships’ cats having their own little hammocks. Here’s a sample:
Cats have been part of sailing history for thousands of years, partly for company and partly because they provided critical pest control. Saipan of the USS New Mexico. https://t.co/rqujVKT9MX pic.twitter.com/xkbuEjqo47
— Cats of Yore (@CatsOfYore) September 26, 2022
Ship's cat of HMAS Kanimbla, ca. 1939-1945. https://t.co/arRZumPA6s pic.twitter.com/EuJYVWvo2s
— Cats of Yore (@CatsOfYore) September 26, 2022
"Sailmaker J W BRIGHT, of Kraaifointein, Cape Province, South Africa, has made a miniature hammock for his cat Trinco." https://t.co/UPI7pS44E0 pic.twitter.com/bfTqJmAqBX
— Cats of Yore (@CatsOfYore) September 26, 2022
Dapper kitten aboard HMS Achilles, ca. 1939. 📸 @NZNavy. pic.twitter.com/4LzcjlVN1i
— Cats of Yore (@CatsOfYore) September 26, 2022
Precious babby crew member of the Royal Navy battleship HMS Warspite, 1944. https://t.co/cuVFBOFbB0 pic.twitter.com/S9i8jIaB9C
— Cats of Yore (@CatsOfYore) September 26, 2022
Seamen do love their kitties!
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Here’s a full-on cat parody of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” complete with all the endearing features of cats who enstaff us. I especially like their little mouths moving with the words.
It must take hours and hours to put something together like this. Such is the devotion of cat-lovers to the Internet! The YouTube notes (below) also show that it’s had almost nine million views:
Cats are royalty. We are their willing servants. Bohemian Catsody – enjoy a parody song of the Queen classic, Bohemian Rhapsody, this time, all about CATS! Okay, some have asked, so here you go – if a Bohemian Catsody tshirt or mug is your kind of thing, you can get one here,
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h/t: Matthew, Divy, Ginger K.
Great videos. Thanks.
Love the cats in hammocks!
Enjoyed the Bohemian Rhapsody as well. Like the original, shorter would have been better, but who am I to complain?
Even Dick Whittington’s cat was nautical, even if nameless. It’s been a few years since I stroked the ears of Whittington’s Cat:
https://tinyurl.com/3d52y299
around the last time I was stationed at The Whittington Hospital. The history of that hospital is quite interesting, being made up of three wings – each a quondam workhouse for three boroughs (Highgate, Islington and Haringey) of London that used to be separated by two roads and built around a smallpox hospital. Why all three workhouses were built just across the road(s) from each other was never explained to me.
Fun post! I love those ads for Temptations. They sold me on the product. I’ll try it on my cat.
An ad can get you to try a cat product, but they have no effect on the cat, which will certainly make the final decision.
Indeed. In the same vein, the cat food I buy states ‘tastes as good as it looks’, which is definitely true for the creatures that can read.