Who is Larry the cat’s family?

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Just seen mention of Larry the cat making an appearance for the first cabinet meeting. But… does someone live and sleep there continuously with him? Does he have a family? Is he a lone ranger, does he live independently? What’s the deal?

That reminds me of this old comic from I Can Haz Cheezeburger. 😆

https://cheezburger.com/11269637/short-but-impurrtant-relatable-cat-comic

As the great PTerry wrote, "In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this."

I got tired of getting up and down and up and down and up and down…
So I left my slider open a crack for the cats to come and go at their leisure.
And the hunter of the group brought in a live gopher and let it loose — but not before it bit her on the paw.
So I had to catch the gopher and then take the cat to vet to the tune of something like $300 in 1988. And she was a stray I was feeding — who became mine the minute I paid that vet bill.
It was an expensive lesson in laziness.
Gophers have sharp little front teeth 👇

I have no idea what that is, so no 😂

Michel de Montaigne was a famous sixteenth century French philosopher. There's a quote from him that's very similar to what you said - "When I play with my cat, who knows but that she regards me more as a plaything than I do her?"

Well, he's not wrong 😂

We call this the game of nobheads in our house.

Oddly ours is ginger too.

I think Larry's successor should be a ginger, and should be called Eddie in tribute to Mr Sheeran.

Cat's title is 'chief mouser to the Cabinet Office'. Ginger cats are not renowned for their lightning reflexes. More likely to get stuck in the railings.

True. Big Lionel's only kill brought in to date was a worm.

Good.

Oh god love him, bet he was proud of that worm too.
But yes, a pet cat that doesn't slaughter wildlife is a good thing obviously.

He was indeed. He stood there in front of it until I noticed. And got some dreamies once I'd returned it to the garden.

He'd make a rubbish Chief Mouser to the Canines 0ffice.

Yay. Attlee is back 😁

Maybe when they voted to keep the speaker in place, they were really voting for Attlee. He is a fine figure of a cat.

Attlee has official merchandise on the Houses of Parliament website. Larry does not. Surely Larry is the more famous cat!

I didn’t even know about Atlee until this thread. Yes, I’d say Larry is more famous

How very dare you! My Ginger Tom brings in a lot of prey he catches. Very agile. He also sits at the front door and when I come down in the morning makes me feel he's been waiting hours. We all know it's seconds if not a few minutes. He has a cat flap anyway round the back...

Oh sorry @BirthdayRainbow. He must be the exception that proves the rule!

@AInightingale I had to take him to the vet today and not only did she say he was geriatric but that ginger cats are not known for many brain cells 😲. I said how very dare she and told my cat to close his ears!

The poor cat, it's just the way gingers look - sort of Boris Johnson in cat form.

But he's cute!

This is a genuinely gorgeous thread. Sometimes Mumsnet is glorious. ❤️🐈‍⬛

A house near me has a big hole cut in the bottom of their wooden garden gate. I always assumed it was for hedgehogs, but the other day I saw a very fat ginger cat there who scuttled through when he saw me - (ok, I was going “psst psst psst hello kitty” at the time) and now think it must be for him! He’s so big I bet he can’t jump up any more.

The worm killer.

What a gorgeous floof!