For the Archives: Asked, Answered – the Prequels
Posted By Russ Emerson on April 3, 2006 at 12:45 pm
Laurence Simon’s Ask the Cats feature, which I mentioned Saturday, is one of the best recurring features in all of blogdom, altered slightly by the addition of reader participation since Edloe’s passing last year.
Mycah and my sister’s resident furballs Lou and Bubba have made several contributions to ATC, which I’ll link here for posterity… and so you can go see what all the cats have had to say on the issues of the day.
Let’s ask the cats about the 2012 Olympics — The answers don’t always necessarily relate to the questions. That’s what you get for asking cats — they’ll say whatever they darn well please.
Let’s ask the cats about our sex lives — Mycah apparently has a cheesecake fixation.
Let’s ask the cats about the pledges so far
Let’s ask the cats about the Russian sub — Bubba makes an appearance.
Let’s ask the cats about minorities being a majority
Let’s ask the cats if they want kitty treats
Let’s ask the cats about red light cameras
Let’s ask the cats about Yom Kippur
Let’s ask the cats about the World Series
Let’s ask the cats about not being in the top ten deadliest animals list
Let’s ask the cats about lawyers defending Iraqi Ba’athhist leaders getting killed — Lou fills in for Mycah.
Let’s ask the cats about the holiday travel rush — (Laurence’s Frisky wins.)
Let’s ask the cats about British mercenaries shooting civilian vehicles
Let’s ask the cats if they’ve been naughty or nice
Let’s ask the cats about catching burglars
Let’s ask the cats about secret Portuguese synagogues — Bubba fills in for Mycah.
Let’s ask the cats about the trapped miners
Let’s ask the cats about obese pets
Let’s ask the cats for motivational inspiration — Bubba and Lou team up for “Win – Win,” but all the posters are good, particularly “Friendship,” featuring Frisky and the late Edloe.
Let’s ask the cats about cutting off financial aid to the Palestinian Authority
Let’s ask the cats about the Winter Olympics
Let’s ask the cats about renaming the 1836
Let’s ask the cats about animal diseases threatening humans — Mycah had just been diagnosed with diabetes.
Let’s ask the cats about the big announcement from NASA
Goodness – three family cats – dare I suggest another? Really enjoyed all the kitty photos! They are so photogenic.