Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for March 22, 2021

Leopardon me?

He spotted the free upgrade when he walked in.

Hmm..Tabby or not Tabby?

And your gray tabby is inside it.

Aw, he looks sweet!

Nice kitty. He looks hungry too.

Sounds like a sweet deal.

I’m sure he can refuse the upgrade. Thanks but no thanks.

It may seem like a good deal now.

There is sometimes/often a price to be paid later.

Now you better VET if it’s possible to VETo

Does he get the girl, too?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlf6gHD-YEM

Bait and switch

Wow! Really! How nice says the man being attacked by the animal.

He’s going to need a bigger cage!

I taught I saw a puddy tat…I did, I did see a puddy tat….

You will need a pretty big ball of yarn!!!!

The t-Mobile vet clinic?

140 lbs of cat for the price of 14. Sounds like a good deal on paper.

Doesn’t look like Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn.

“free upgrade” = we failed to insure that we would have what you ordered, so we’re palming this off on you instead.

I’d love to have a cat that big. I’d take him on a walk and all the dogs would say, “oh, $#!^, it’s coming this way!”

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

A word of advice. Don’t make any sudden moves and don’t be late with his food. He hates that.

I had a fifteen-pound female who was athletic, even for a cat. She jumped off roofs without slowing down, spent hours chasing squirrels in a giant oak tree and loved me to death. That’s as much cat as anyone needs.

That leopard looks so hopeful like this will finally be the guy who agrees to take him.

Oh, sure. Give the black guy a man eater.

You’ll probably want the extra-large carrier and litter box, for a slight extra charge… and look at this brochure for our obedience training, complete with chair and whip…

Having had two clouded leopards on my acre for years, I would be delighted!

I appreciate that everyone here agrees on what kind of big cat that is.

I accept the upgrade!!!!!!!

That has happened to me with car rentals. I reserve a nice, small, comfy car, and they give me a big sedan. Once it was even an enormous van, and on a snowy winter’s night, too.

Once he got the critter into that pet carrier (I know, it doesn’t look like it would fit, but the physical properties of cartoon universes are not the same as those of our universe), he made a bundle selling it to Jane in today’s B.C.