Thug cat part 4. After all, it's not my Axminster.

[Grumpyoldpersonwithcats]

By popular request, a furtherance of the Saga of TC the Stripey.

For anyone unfamiliar, this is a story of a war of attrition over the last two years waged by a fat stripey cat on the innocent and long suffering members (feline and human) of the Grumpy household. Now running at almost 3000 posts, clearly TC would give Grendel a run for his money

All literary references welcome, we've already had Shakespeare, Saki, James Thurber, The KJV bible, Judith Kerr, EM Forster, Benny Hill and of course our own Supersimkin2 (to name but a few).

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😄 of course!

Cats of a Feather - he even rocks the fur coat like Dorien.

At least his owners always know where he is. No need for an apple tag for TC.

Adding my thanks for the updates Grumpy!

Glad to see you and your TC updates back Grumpy, I've missed you and him brightening up MN.

TC tried to get in (by stealth) earlier today but was chased off by Sybil. (Go Sybil 😼)
This was him a few minutes earlier plotting his entry.

He is indeed a very fine beast and he knows it

Drat! Foiled Again! 😾😼

Power napping before his nightly advice call to Putin.

The very picture of contemplation.

That is such a picture, love it😁

Poor quality picture (taken at a distance) for which I apologise, but I just wondered what TC and Karl are planning to do with the boat?

If only there were an owl alongside them, I would say it's a reenactment of The Owl and the Pussycat. Check your cupboards and wallet to see if you are missing any honey or money. The other possibility is that they are waiting for Basil or Lenny to join them ready for Jerome K Jerome's Three Cats in a Boat.

Forgot to post this pic last week of TC enjoying the hot weather in his domain (our patio table).
The attempt to say hello (stroke his paws) was met with typical hostility. 😹

Glorious fudgy paws. Healthy looking growth there on his ickle clawsies.

Magnificent beastie.

Lenny was inside the living room miaowing at an open window last night. Looked outside to discover TC just about to make a bid.

He is very handsome indeed in that photo!

How can you resist those eyes?

How can you resist those eyes?

Practice 😹

And the fact that the little sod had hissed at me and tried to swipe me 20 minutes previously for going through the patio doors without letting him in

I'm vindicated 🤣

There's a baby name thread about Sybil today!

oops wrong thread!

He’s does give you a lot of practice. He’s very generous with his time like that.

Photo 1 - cute looking cat who has just jumped through the window.
Photo 2 - (20 seconds after photo 1) vicious hissing bastard cat when asked nicely to leave.
I only got him to leave by easing him out with a newspaper (which he attacked)

We were visited by our neighbourly thug bengal today who seemed quite keen to consume the tail of our elderly cat. I managed to get him with a massive water pistol, which brought me great joy. I would fear the retaliation if you Grumpy were to employ the same tactic.

Our two Siamese terrorise the two (half) Bengal cats next door They were there first, so still think that they can stroll in to their house and steal their many toys. I used to try to buy replacements but I've given up.