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READ GARFIELD'S FIRST
CHRISTMAS LETTER
HERE!!!!
Praise for Garfield's First Christmas
Mewsletter ....
Please tell Garfield
that his Christmas Letter was one of the most heartfelt I've ever read. Ed
Kostro Dec 2005
CHECK OUT RICKY'S YOGA SESSIONS
HERE:
One cat is
company. Two cats are a conspiracy. Three cats is an attempted takeover.
Four or more cats is a complete coup!
Shona Steele
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5 GOOD REASONS FOR
HAVING YOUR CAT NEUTERED
DID YOU KNOW... |
Images brought to you
by
'The smallest feline is a masterpiece.' Leonardo da Vinci
'Dogs come when called. Cats take a message and get back to you.'
'Of course, every cat is
really the most beautiful woman in the room.' Edward Verrall Luca, essayist
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A morning kiss, a discreet
touch of his nose landing
somewhere on the middle
of my face.
Because his long white
whiskers tickled,
I began every day laughing.
JANET F FAURE |
| 'Dogs have owners.
Cats have staff.'
'In the
middle of a world that has always been a bit mad, the cat walks with
confidence.'
Roseanne Anderson
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Jimmy, the Resident Daily Mews Feline Columnist has his own place now:
click here
'Cats make one of the most satisfying sounds in the world: they purr ...
A purring cat is a form of high praise, like a gold star on a test paper. It
is reinforcement of something we would all like to believe about ourselves -
that we are nice.' - Roger A Caras
"Of all the [cat] toys available, none is better designed than the owner
himself. A large multipurpose plaything, its parts can be made to move in
almost any direction. It comes completely assembled, and it makes a noise
when you jump on it." -- Stephen Baker
Garfield: 28.03.86 - 12.06.06

Click on the cartoon to take you to Garfield's
tribute pages
GARFIELD and
those infamous 20th birthday pictures. See both birthday hats and more ...
LETTER FROM GARFIELD
is a final letter written with great love to his Mum ...
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HOLIDAY
ROMANCE
Mewsers, I hope you never have to endure the
painful heartache, and sheer devastation that I am going through at the moment.
My toys have lost their appeal and I have gone right off my cat crunchies. All
life has lost its meaning. Tears are rolling off the end of my whiskers and
splashing onto the carpet, my coat has lost its lustre and even my catnip rat
has been lobbed under the bed out of sight.

A piece of paper rolled
out of Mummikins jacket pocket and onto the floor. I must have nudged it while I
was rolling round on the bed, drooling over my catnip rat. I wasn’t bothered at
first but then, when it caught my eye. My blood ran cold, my heart just
splintered into a thousand crystal pieces. There, in glorious Technicolor was my
Mummikins ... with another tom cat!
Now I know that when she goes away to write Willi Whizkas tales she has holiday
romances; furry-flings. She’s always been discreet and never comes home smelling
of other tom cats which I think is very considerate and I appreciate this
thoughtfulness. What I don’t know about doesn’t bother me. As long as she comes
home to me and loves me 100%
I am aware that when she is away she is unfaithful, usually with some local
opportunist tom cat that will go round to her hotel or apartment and seduce her
or even a tom cat she picks up off the streets when he follows her. I know that
she feels lonely and lost without me and the temptation to pick him up and
cuddle him because she misses me is hard for her. I understand that, but as long
as she doesn’t bring him home to live with us then I have always been prepared
to turn a blind eye to these indiscretions.
I also know that she will be adopted by a local female cat who will turn up
looking half starved dirty and mangy so Mummikins will head off for the nearest
supermarket and buy vastly overpriced local cat food and cat crunchies and even
packet of luxury ham with her holiday pocket money for this poor cat who will
promptly turn up again the next day with its 30 manky, filthy, flea encrusted
kittens and three intact, battered menacing looking toms all expecting to be
catered for during the entire duration of her stay. They expect to be fed at
least several times a day and will then entertain Mummikins by sitting on a wall
yowling or noisily fighting until the early hours of the morning, or even worse
drop fleas in her bed.
Mewsers, as you know, I’m a tolerant cat. I know that in humans terms it’s nice
to have a five star banquet waiting for you at home (me!) but it’s good to go
out for fish and chips now and again (him!), or whatever it is the humans use as
a pathetic excuse when they’re been rumbled when having affairs
But when I saw this picture I knew I had lost my Mummikins heart …
Look at him HE’S GORGEOUS!!
I can see why she fell for him. Big sexy boy. Look at those seductive eyes,
they’re ‘come to bed and make kittens’ eyes if ever I saw them! Even better than
Robbie Williams eyes! How could she fail not to be seduced by him?
His pelt is groomed to perfection, whiskers polished, professionally I imagine.
I even expect that his claws are buffed and shine with a little sexy glint at
their tips. His tail must be fluffed to powder-puff standard, snaky specimens
like this usually are. They spend all day just grooming themselves, waiting to
seduce some poor unsuspecting female human whose guard is down whilst on
holiday. I bet he’s never had to catch a mouse or work for his supper in his
life.
How can I possibly compete with him? This is no alley cat that she picked up in
some slummy joint. This boy has obviously got class and style. I don’t think
this is some cheap and nasty holiday fling, it looks like true love. I just hope
she didn’t give him our address. There’s no room for the three of us in our bed
and I’m not sharing my snooozeee or grit tray with him.
I bet he’s done all the seductive moves. I bet he’s head butted her legs whilst
purring and looking adoring up into her eyes. I bet he’s let her stroke and
tickle him, I’d put money on him rolling over begging, desperately to have his
tummy tickled whilst his big-boy bits and pink crust-free bottom are on display,
purring for all he’s worth, or padding his paws on her knee whilst a bit of
purr-drool falls enchantingly onto her lap.
Mewsers, I can’t bear to think of him in her arms. I am pained by the thought
that she has been kissing him, nibbling his ears telling him she loves him and
what a beautiful, handsome boy he is whilst looking deep into those deceiving
feline eyes, I bet when she sniffs his fur it doesn't smell of old tuna is but
fragranced with vanilla and cinnamon. Because I know, as indeed you know
Mewsers, that as soon as her foot in on the homeward plane, this Lothario, this
gigolo, this Romeo, ... this... this... thing will be off preying on other
cats’ mommies whilst their own cats are banged up in places like Cold-Kitz, or
Al-Cat-Raz doing time for crimes they don’t know they’ve committed.
I suppose he’s given her the impression that she’s the only human for him and
that they’ll be together for the rest of their days, as she feeds him expensive
titbits and cuddles him. I bet she falls for it, Moggy-Mummikins usually do,
mine in particular is a sucker for Persians, but I did think that I was the only
one and that there would never be room in her heart for another. Why can’t she
see him for what he is, he’s no good for her.
You may think I’m jealous, well you’re right. And devastated too. What have I
done that she has to find comfort in the paws of this fripperous furry fusspot?
Mewsers, what can I do? He will only break her heart, he won’t love her 100%
like I do, and he won’t be there for her when she’s crying into her pillow after
a bad day. He won’t find her attractive like I do when she’s walking round with
a mud pack on her face and henna on her hair. He won’t cuddle up in bed and be
‘Dr. Tushtots’ when she has a stinking cold and projectile snot. He certainly
won’t purr accompaniments when she tunelessly sings along to Robbie Williams on
the radio. All the time she cuddles him he will be looking over her shoulder for
a better proposition. He’ll be off in a flash when he sees her in the bath,
something I never would do. I always make a point of supervising her bath from
the comfort of the laundry basket, although I must admit I have nodded off a
couple of times with sheer boredom when she shaves her legs!!
I have worked so hard at my relationship with my Mummikins, and she’s about to
throw it all away on a flick of a perfumed paw by some dodgy fly-by-night-furry.
He’ll never be faithful to her; he’ll leave her in an instant when he gets
bored. What have I done? What has gone wrong? Why has this happened?
What can I do Mewsers? I’m heartbroken. I honestly thought I was the only tom
she ever wanted. I bet I’ll be the one to pick up the pieces when it all goes
wrong and he goes trotting off into the sunset after another piece of skirt ...
without my Mummikins
Yours snivellingly, in floods of tears and with fur soaked with crying from
behind the fridge
Tushtots
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Dear
Ollie, My name is Timber, and I'm on your side about this cat-food
thing. I mean really, my mum tried to serve me LIVER AND CARROT
MEAL!!!! I immediately walked away! So I'm so on your half
on this Ollie!
Love, Timber (USA)
To read
Timber's in-depth comments about food, please click
here:
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Top 10 Cats’ Names in 2007 |
- Molly
- Felix
- Smudge
- Sooty
- Tigger
- Charlie
- Alfie
- Oscar
- Millie
- Misty
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DID YOU KNOW ...
putting your cat's name on his collar
is asking for trouble?
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MEWSLETTER ARCHIVES is a
new section where all the past MEWSLETTERS are stored. Read
through them at your leisure or better still, subscribe to the
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Testimonials
Ollie's diary is the most adorable thing I've ever read!!
I've just found your website today, and I can't stop reading his
funny entries. My face hurts from laughing! Thank you for
brightening my day. Naomi Harris USA (May 2005)
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A Cat's Prayer'
Lead me down all the right paths,
Keep me from fleas, bees, and baths.
Let me in should it storm,
Keep me safe, fed, and warm.
Let the sun shine where I lay,
Keep me young so I may play.
And most of all ...
Bless the people I adore,
And guard me from the dog next door.
Lisa Malone
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PRAISE FOR THE OCTOBER
2005 MEWSLETTER
Thank you very much for another wonderful Mewsletter. I look
forward to it each month, and this month was especially fine.
There is enough in it to be able to read at leisure over several
days, which sets it apart from many more compact sites, which
are finished in a few minutes. Your Mewsletter is more of a
digest, which I can go back to for something new over and over
again. I appreciate very much the work that you put into it,
and the contributions of all your feline staff. Thanks to
Ricky, I may even take up yoga.
All the best from rural Belgium, Jared Kline |
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For a wonderful website where animal
writers and illustrators are welcome, please go to:
www.iawia.net
The fantastic logo is by Jill Carpenter
MOLLIE'S BIG HEART*
is a website about a very
special cat with a very special problem. This heart-warming site is
temporarily off line while Mollie and his siblings relocate from California
to Pennsylvania. Don't worry folks - they'll be back soon!
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