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What a fab evening, Glad.

I've just noticed that MN adverts are trying to sell me hi-vis clothing. Are they anticipating Gosie sending me into construction/engineering environments at some point?

Wow, AsWithGlad, that sounds amazing!

How lovely, Glad! I think her name is Akua Reindorf. I met her at a fundraiser once. She is very lovely. I’m so impressed you saw Naomi too. What an illustrious bunch!

Gosh, Glad, I never thought I'd see the day when something would outshine a Gosie adventure for excitement - but your evening did! Stellar company, you could dine out for months on 'Naomi Cunningham said hello to me'
Maybe you can 'sidle' into today's session by looking like you are supposed to be there? A friendly nod to Naomi, who now knows you from yesterday? Just sit down and wait for security to be called to remove you? hoping that the attendees don't attack you with your own walking stick?😏

Shapefhift into Glad the Gerbil? [a character invented by a ventriloquist because 'Vlad the Impaler' was unsayable, and 'Glad the Impaler' is just silly, isn't it?😁]
and sneak in, as you suggested?
Gosie would do it, but she's serving overseas...

The Gosie Episode was wonderful thank you Myrtle - less tense, no threatening presences, and a few more clues.
And Kitty playing an important role, well done Kitty. You don't happen to have a tiny camera in your tummy, do you, so when you lay down on the documents, you also took a photo of them, by any chance??

That's fab @AsWithGlad I'd be so excited to be there.

The description of Kitty in the latest Gosie installment is the perfect cat description, going long and heavy when they don't want to be moved and sitting on the important paperwork. Funny creatures.

And Kitty playing an important role, well done Kitty. You don't happen to have a tiny camera in your tummy, do you, so when you lay down on the documents, you also took a photo of them, by any chance??

Ooh, like a Teletubby, only useful. And exciting.

Not all cats, Rum - this just in from our South American correspondent:

My name is Leopardus tilcayo
I live in the forests of Bolivia
I do not sit on your paperwork
Whether 'important' or merely trivia..

Colin is giving me side eye for cats being noted for what comes naturally to him. The long and heavy part, not sitting on paperwork (unless you’re foolish enough to leave it on the floor in a patch of sunshine of course).

Janes, I think you may have uncovered an explanation for the famous idiosyncrasies of

FOCLÓIR GAEDHILGE AGUS BÉARLA
AN IRISH-ENGLISH DICTIONARY,
BEING A THESAURUS OF THE WORDS, PHRASES AND IDIOMS
OF THE MODERN IRISH LANGUAGE,
WITH EXPLANATIONS IN ENGLISH.
COMPILED AND EDITED BY
REV. PATRICK S. DINNEEN, M.A.
1904

It was the 'nettles' - that explains a lot!

Your place in the pantheon of Gaelic lexicography is assured😁

Good morning, everyone! Glad, sounds like a fantastic adventure you had! I think you're "one of them" now, and should be able to sidle into the next occasion with ease... (just act like you belong, and every person there will think you're with one of the others!) 😁

I am distinctly jealous of @AsWithGlad but it's always good when lovely things happen to someone who appreciates them.

When I got my new bed I made a resolution to destroy the planet by changing the bedlinen every week, on a Saturday. It needs to be done anyway this weekend, because Boo's summer skin condition means that there are little bloodstains and copious hair on the bottom sheet.

but

he and Tiddles are flat out long and heavy on the bed and I haven't the heart. I'm going to go and listen to a man talking about a very old book, so maybe when I get back.

HAGADAPA

WOW @AsWithGlad

That sounds almost magical!

@MarieDeGournayevery time I see those little cats on a news story or on here I think how much I'm sure they would love some cuddles and ear scritches. I am sure they're too small to do much damage 😬

Me, too!
Tell you what, Rum, you go first ... tell me how you get on! 🙀

Those little roundy ears are just adorably scritchable, aren't they?
They are the size of a domestic cat, I believe, so yes totally too small to do much damage, we will be perfectly safe cuddling them...
Maybe have Dr Bessie on standby, though, just in case ...😬

Afternoon all. Whose is the cute cat?

I'm going out this evening, to the opera. Should be good, as long as Mr Magpie resists the temptation to sing along. And I'm not going to kill you all, now I've told you.

The cute cat is a newly discovered species, Magpie
Spotted wildcat from Bolivian forest revealed as new species

I've never been a cat person - never had a pet, in fact - but I've fallen for this one, it's the roundy ears that have won my heart
It looks like Rum is similarly smitten.

Enjoy the opera this evening, and thankyou for not killing us 😃

Wow, Glad! Envy, envy, envy.

Where did Myrtle go/what did she do? I've looked back but can't find it.

That cute cat had a fearsome hiss, in the video I saw of it. Spartacus had better look out if one finds its way here. 🙀

I went to a thing on Monday. It was great, but I like my location private so I couldn't tell you what or where or I'd have had to kill you all.

I once did ear scritching of lion cubs in South Africa. Very cute, but just like their domestic cousins, I had an allergic reaction to their scratches back.

DS2 has been spamming the family chat with the new cat species photos for the past two days. I think we've seen every existing photo. It is an exceptionally cute cat.

We've landed back in the UK after our lovely family holiday.

Welcome back, Pasta, glad you had a lovely holiday! See you dahn the Bluey for a proper cuppa and a catch-up soon😄

Et tu, DS2? I'm not sure there are enough of the adorable new cats to go around, maybe we should just stick to admiring their lovely little scritchable roundy ears in photos - esp Myrtle who may well be allergic to them.😷

I sat next to Naomi Cunningham at an event & she very kindly agreed to a selfie.

Kitty is showing that there are no cameras in her tummy, but she’s extremely good at remembering stuff & getting her point across.

Anyone who thinks that cute little cat couldn’t do any damage - have you ever bathed or administered a pill to an unwilling cat?😬

My first foster cat sent me to A&E looking like something out of Carrie. I learnt better after that.