Ed Harcourt - Apple of my Eye
Musikvideo om en sphynx/Music video about a sphynx

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I GAVE MY CAT AN ENEMA
Att läsas med en stor portion humor/to be read with a big sense of humour!

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The Naming Of Cats

The naming of cats is a difficult matter
It isn't just one of your holiday games
You may think at first I'm mad as a hatter
When I tell you a cat must have three different names
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey
All of them are sensible, everyday names
But I tell you a cat needs a name that's particular
A name that's peculiar and more dignified
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular?
Or spread out his whiskers or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo or Coricopat
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum
Names that never belong to more than one cat
But above and beyond there's still one name left over
And that is the name that you will never guess
The name that no human research can discover
But the cat himself knows and will never confess
When you notice a cat in profound meditation
The reason, I tell you, is always the same
His mind is engaged in rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name
His ineffable, effable, effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular name
Name, name, name, name, name, name
Från musikalen CATS/from the musical CATS

Why Own A Cat?

There's a danger you know. You can't own just one, for the craving
will grow. There's no doubt they're addictive, wherein lies the danger.
While living with lots, you'll grow poorer and stranger. One cat is not trouble, and two are so funny, The third one is easy, the fourth one's a honey. The fifth is delightful, the sixth ones's a breeze. You find you can live with a houseful, with ease. So how 'bout another? Would you really dare? They're really quite easy, but Oh Lord, the hair! With cats on the sofa and cats on the bed, and crates in the kitchen, its no bother, you said. They're really no trouble, their manners are great. What's just one more cat and one more little crate?
The sofa is hairy, the windows are crusty. The floor is all footprints, the furniture's dusty. The housekeeping suffers, but what do you care? Who minds a few noseprints and a little more hair?
So let's keep a kitten, you can always find room. And a little more time for the dust cloth and broom. There's hardly a limit to the cats you can add, the thought of a cutback, sure makes you feel sad. Each one is special, so useful, so funny, The food bill grows larger, you owe the vet money. Your folks never visit, few friends come to stay, Except other cat folks, who live the same way.
Your lawn has now died and your shrubs are dead, too. Your weekends are busy, you're off with your crew. There's cat food and vitamins, grooming and shots. And entries and travel and motels, which cost lots. Is it worth it you wonder? Are you caught in a trap? Then that favorite comes up and climbs in your lap. His look says you're special and you know that you will Keep all of the kittens in spite of the bill. Some just for showing and some just to breed. And some just for loving, they all fill a need.
Late evening is awful, you scream and you shout At the cats on the sofa, who refuse to get up.
The cats and the cat shows, the travel, the thrills The work and the worry, the pressure, the bills.
The Whole thing seems worth it, the cats are your life. They're charming and funny and offset the strife. Your lifestyle has changed, things just won't be the same. Yes, those cats are addictive and so's the cat game!
Okänd författare/Author unknown

The Sphynx

No, I´m not a four-legged bat, or a medieval gargoyle come to life... Don´t you like me? Do you find nakedness indecent? Come, come, am I any more naked than you? You want to know where I come from? Well I shant tell you... because I am a sphynx, after all, so I ask the questions! Wouldn´t you like to stroke my soft skin? It would be a change from fur! But maybe you don´t like my wrinkles. I´m actually a kind of Devon Rex, minus the fur... which makes me all the more of a mutant. In any case, those Rex cats are just beginners at the mutation game, but I´m an oldtimer! I have ancestors on pre-Colombian engravings: scientists spotted me in 1830 in Paraguay and 1900 in Mexico- and now that I´m beeing seriously bred, you´ll just have to put up with me!
Okänd författare/Author unknown