The Cat Megathread

[Tonitrus]

Would "Pussy Galore" be inappropriate for a female cat?

[DGuller]

Would "Pussy Galore" be inappropriate for a female cat?

It would be more inappropriate for a male cat, I would presume.

[Viking]

And the rather obvious....Clawdius.

ClawClawClawdius

[FunkMonk]

All good names.  I shall decide by Thursday. I need to get to know him better.

He seemed to be super shy until he got used to me. Now he won't stop brushing up against me and purring.

[Tonitrus]

Damn this thread...making me think about getting a cat. 

[mongers]

All good names.  I shall decide by Thursday. I need to get to know him better.

He seemed to be super shy until he got used to me. Now he won't stop brushing up against me and purring.

[CountDeMoney]

Damn this thread...making me think about getting a cat.   

I know plenty personally.  I can arrange introductions.

http://www.bmorehumane.org/adopt-a-cat/available-cats

[citizen k]

nsfw:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhaRkWfaq10

[Pedrito]

Tabbyrius

L.

[Syt]

Cincicatus
Spartacat

[Viking]

Felis Silvestris Catus
Felis Catus Domestica

[Cecil]

Damn this thread...making me think about getting a cat.   

I know plenty personally.  I can arrange introductions.

http://www.bmorehumane.org/adopt-a-cat/available-cats

I´m thinking of getting a new cat or rather 2 new ones. Will probably be another year or so before I get around to it but its likely I will adopt this time. 

[FunkMonk]

I'll name my cat Pertinax, after one of the Roman Emperors in the Year of the Five Emperors. I'll call him Pert, or Bert, or Bertie for short. 

[Malthus]

If I ever got another cat, I'd call him Pangur Bán, after the 8th century Irish Monk's poem about his cat ..

http://www.sky-net.org.uk/canals/pangurban/name/

I and Pangur Bán, my cat
'Tis a like task we are at;
Hunting mice is his delight
Hunting words I sit all night.

Better far than praise of men
'Tis to sit with book and pen;
Pangur bears me no ill will,
He too plies his simple skill.

'Tis a merry thing to see
At our tasks how glad are we,
When at home we sit and find
Entertainment to our mind.

Oftentimes a mouse will stray
In the hero Pangur's way:
Oftentimes my keen thought set
Takes a meaning in its net.

'Gainst the wall he sets his eye
Full and fierce and sharp and sly;
'Gainst the wall of knowledge I
All my little wisdom try.

When a mouse darts from its den,
O how glad is Pangur then!
O what gladness do I prove
When I solve the doubts I love!

So in peace our tasks we ply,
Pangur Bán, my cat, and I;
In our arts we find our bliss,
I have mine and he has his.

Practice every day has made
Pangur perfect in his trade;
I get wisdom day and night
Turning darkness into light.

Other translations:

http://homepages.wmich.edu/~cooneys/poems/pangur.ban.html

Animated fantasy based (very loosely) on the cat in the text:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFhd8RfCqVg

[Ed Anger]

I'll name my cat Pertinax, after one of the Roman Emperors in the Year of the Five Emperors. I'll call him Pert, or Bert, or Bertie for short. 

The Mewtorians just usurped your cats throne and has put it up for sale.