The Big Guy
I have this cat named Big Guy. I’ve not really talked about him much, lest I become that cat guy who compares his cats to other people’s cats. And what they play with and what litter they use and what food they eat and all that weird cat person talk…
BUT…this is Big Guy…and it’s obvious where he gets his name.
He apparently has an online fan club…and why not with this face?
That’s a face often seen on Guy. That tongue sticks out of his head as much as it stays in. In fact, EVERY time you scratch the base of his tail the tongue flicks out. Sometimes it hangs there…for long periods of time…and he just chills.
Sometimes it curls ever so slightly at the edge of his mouth just waiting to unfurl.
But that’s not the only unique thing about him. I’ve never seen a cat lay on it’s back so much in my life.
This happens a LOT.
And Guy most certainly likes to lay around.
And droop…
And claim…
He’s quite the lazy, hedonistic cat when he’s not out beating up every feline, small dog and wild animal in the neighborhood. Big Guy is king of all he surveys when he’s outside…and he lives like a king inside. Complete with stomach scratches.
More often than not when you pet him…he’ll roll over.
After the death of Biscuit I wondered how any other cat could measure up. And while Big Guy can’t replace him I simply can’t deny that he’s the perfect pet for me right now. Here’s to the cat that I’ve failed to mention too many times and who, as I type this, is laying at my side curled up against my leg.
Richard Hugo, the poet, had the biggest, meanest cat on the planet. Igor the Cat would walk down the center of the street, big and black and radiating menace. Dogs and people would find reasons to be elsewhere. Even cars would get out of the way. Other felines would not slink away; they would streak for the safety of the house, some of them clawing futilely at the door. Even cats looking out the window would sometimes exhibit incontinence. For some reason Igor liked me. It may have had something to do with beer and elk sausage.
HAHAHAHAHA That’s the most random and best comment ever! Complete with a poet, bullying, animals doing human things, sausage and beer. Disney and Pixar need to make a movie about this.