Smokey and Kumani, ambassadors of cat slavery

So, as I said yesterday, I downloaded that cute photo of Smokey poking
on the chair, with Kumani curled up beside him. It's on my desktop at
work.

Today, someone in my office came by to ask me a question, saw the
photo, and of course asked, "Are those your cats?" Um, no, not really.
I'm just a cat fanatic who likes to look at pictures of cats who live
with people I've never even met in person. :)

So we got to talking, and I told her I had 3 of my own, and she let
me know that she wanted to get a cat, and did I have any advice for her.
Oh yeeaaaahhh , you came to the right place, my dear! :)

Apparently she's never had a cat before because she had no idea about a
lot of things. For example, she thought a cat could jump from a balcony
on one floor of a building to the balcony on the floor above it. (I'm
sure, somewhere in the world, there's a cat that can do this, but I've

Monique Y. Mudama...

Maybe not jump, but certainly climb.

I've known lots of cats who can use a combination of jumping and
climbing to get pretty far. In high school, my bf's cats would
routinely climb from the ground to the second story window.

never met one!) She also talked about declawing, but I reacted pretty
strongly to that, which I *hope* made an impression. Then I directed her
to the local Humane society, and offered to go with her to check the
place out, see the cats, talk to the staff, etc. So we might do that.
(Hey, your cats are even helping me socialize with my co-workers! :))

Marina...

That's great! Cats are just about the only thing I have to talk about
with people at work, because all the others there are 'techies' and I'm
not. I hope you find some good masters for your coworker.

When I emailed her the link to the Humane Society, she asked if I would
also email her the photo of Smokey and Kumani - so those two are really
making the rounds!

polonca12000...

It's always nice to meet future catslaves ;)
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek

Jeff Mullen...

See what a little star power--and the right promoter--can do for a cat?