That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for May 28, 2021

Gwendolyn figured out how to stop the big cat from hogging all the milk.

The scars never properly healed.

She’s practicing to be a crazy old cat lady.

The look on Sylvester’s face says it all: cats only want to be around people who don’t want them around. Being caught in a hug by a cat lover was humiliating and downright icky.

“me-OW!!!! For that squeeze, I’ll purrrrloin your soul!”

How “Crazy Cat Ladies” get their start…

In the grip of this golden-haired child / Monsieur Chatblanc grew ever more riled. / Since he was a kitten / he rarely had bitten. / Now when forced to watch “Cats” he went wild.

If you’re not familiar with cat expressions, that’s Save me!

Last known youth portrait of Mary Jane Brown , that would later became famous as freak show star “Scarface Mary”.

I think we’ve had this painting before.

FEET! How come you don’t wash your damn FEET!

The cat is just about to make Phoebe a life-long cat hater.

“And I will love him, and squeeze him, and call him George”

Lisa loved it when her parents took her out to eat at The Golden Dragon Chinese Restaurant. Her parents always let her play with the cats in the back room. Strange thing was, they were never the same cats as the last time she was there.

This lad is adorable Clarence/ in a moment of feline forbearance./ But here’s what the catch is:/ there’ll be batches of scratches/ – and where in the hell are his parents?

ol’ leon-jean would’ve painted her with real big eyes, but margaret keane already had a lock on that market…

..and here’s an addendum from Ish/ who sends you this heartwarming wish:/ when you’re dining Chinese/ may those small lumps be peas/ in that unidentifiable dish.

“I’m going to kiss him, and love him, and hug him, and squeeze him, and call him George.”

“She’ll be my little friend! I’m gonna hug her and squeeze her! I did that to my other little friend…but she don’t move no more!”

Pinky is up for adoption.

https://youtu.be/okZW3_5Gr4s

It is hard to get a cat to pose long enough for an oil painting. This one took a short break to drop two kittens that have grown slightly since.

Tex Avery’s version: https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-tro-freshy&ei=UTF-8&hsimp=yhs-freshy&hspart=tro&p=tex+avery+lonesome+lenny&type=Y219_F163_204671_031821#id=1&vid=0f53716194a4ac29fceecbcf0ebec7ee&action=view

If you want a cat to be hugged/ and in saccharine pose to be “mugged “/ (for a cat ain’t inclined/ to be closely confined)/then it probably needs to be drugged.

Cat strangling became a favorite pastime for French children.

Love that episode where Phoebe is teaching Chrissie Hynde to play “Smelly Cat.” “No, wait, it goes this way…”

The early beginnings of “The Cat-woman.”

I must be the only person never to see it

I feel a riddle arising/ one that probably needs revising/ What kind of a cat/ is a “copy “ cat?/ It’s one who writes advertising. (Okay, I’ll exit now. Don’t throw that thing…please..wait..help!)

That missile you dodged was no stone. / I’m trying to throw you a bone. / And the answer you seek, / “copy” cats (do both reek?) / is that one of those cats is a clone.

From the looks of things, she needs to get Her Favorite Pet spayed!

Cats are just cuddly little balls of fluff…with razor blades.

“How many fingers do I have? Are you sure?”

Always a poor speller, later in life Phoebe moved to Kathmandu where she was appalled to learn that instead of being revered there, cats were instead used to line the clothing of Sherpas.

That was a memorably good one.

That is one unhappy looking cat.

Must be where Journey got the idea for the song:

You make me weep and wanna dieJust when you said we’d try

Lovin’, touchin’, squeezin’ each otherWhen I’m alone all by myselfYou’re out with someone elseLovin’, touchin’, squeezin’ each other

You’re tearin’ me apartEvery, every dayYou’re tearin’ me apartOh, what can I say?You’re tearin’ me apart

It won’t be long, yes, till you’re aloneWhen your lover, oh, he hasn’t come homeCause he’s lovin’, ooh, he’s touchin’,He’s squeezin’ another

He’s tearin’ you apartEvery, every dayHe’s tearin’ you apartOh, girl, what can you say?Cause he’s lovin’, touchin’ anotherNow it’s your turn girl to cryNa na na na na naNa na na na naNa na na na na naNa na na na na

Melcher did good today.

And when the dust has cleared, and childhood’s gone/ and in this world she’s learned she’s just a pawn/ and sycophants on her no longer fawn/she’ll look back on that rosy fingered dawn/and wonder when the wonder was withdrawn/ whilst allergy to cat hair marches on…

Steve is taking the holiday (Memorial Day in the USA) off.

The photo that got Suzie’s rescued cat reclaimed by the cat adoption center