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December 12, 2007

Greebo - a cat of discernment

My cat, Greebo, is a strange sort of a puss.

He ain't a lapcat. He very rarely sits next to me on the sofa in fact.

Usually, when he deigns to share his space with me, I try to photograph him and post on this blog. It is a rare occurrence.

Tonight, I sat down to watch Russell Brand on the road - redriving Jack Kerouac's route across the US with his erstwhile sidekick/partner Matt Morgan.

Greebo sat next to me and watched the whole thing. Was he interested in sitting next to me, because I have been away and he has spent lots of time on his own over the last week or so? Or, was he sensing something that meant he really wanted to sit next to me and experience this documentary with me, because sensed some sort of cateradarey or something?

Who cares?! I had an hour of cat lurve next to me, whilst watching Russell and Matt experience the strange excesses of the US landscape. Like the salt flats.

Greebo last sat next to me to watch an episode of Dr Who. He really likes David Tennant's Dr Who. At least I think he does, as it's the only Dr Wo he has seen, and the only one he has sat next to me to watch.

Perhaps I exude something he likes at times like this..... Usually he only sits next to men.

Well done BBC4 for commissioning and showing this fascinating and entertaining programme. Brave in asking RB to do it, they were, but he did a good job, with Matt, I think. It must have been OK to make Greebo sit in one place (next to me on my sofa) for a whole hour.

Well done!

Posted by glittrgirl at December 12, 2007 09:43 PM

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Did you ever see that cat food ad (for Whiskas, I think) designed "especially for cats"? It was the strangest thing. My Scurry was hanging out on the couch, ignoring the TV as per usual, when the teaser announcement came on "get your cat in front of the telly because we're going to show an ad for them". Scurry pricked up his ears, watched the teaser thoughtfully, then flopped down again.

After another ad, on came the Whiskas. Full of little goldfish shapes and weird underwater-y noises and mousey noises and stuff. That's all. And Scurry was utterly riveted from the first second - sat up and watched ever so intently. Brilliant.

Luckily, he never tried to pester me to buy the damn food, though.

Posted by: Robynn at December 13, 2007 10:25 PM

Hm, maybe he sees Brand's hairdo as a sort of giant nest.......

Posted by: purlpower at December 14, 2007 08:49 AM

I think Greebo is related to my Mittens - he only diegns to join me when I'm knitting IF I have my knitted throw on the settee! A very discerning cat!
:-)

Posted by: Pebbles at December 14, 2007 11:00 PM