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Are your cats training for any careers?

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Ijwwm · 24/01/2026 17:34

Storm has notions of being a car engineer - he wants one of those flat beds on wheels for examining the underside of things.

Are your cats training for any careers?
Are your cats training for any careers?
Are your cats training for any careers?
Are your cats training for any careers?
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Ijwwm · 24/01/2026 19:21

TheDandyLion · 24/01/2026 19:06

Customs officer. She must sniff and check every single thing that gets brought into the house.

It’s an important job, can’t risk illegal substances, contraband and the like flooding the neighbourhood. Does she have a clipboard to help her look official?

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TheDandyLion · 24/01/2026 19:24

Ijwwm · 24/01/2026 19:21

It’s an important job, can’t risk illegal substances, contraband and the like flooding the neighbourhood. Does she have a clipboard to help her look official?

No clipboard but she realises it's not a bag of dreamies she gives that glare and waves you through.

Pepperedpickles · 24/01/2026 19:25

These are all so cute 🥰

Gary would like to be an intensive care nurse. I haven’t been very well - was taken off in an ambulance last week (dh and dc at home so he’s not been neglected) but since I’ve been home he’s been keeping a very close eye on me. I wake up to this every morning at the moment 😳 - I think he’s mostly checking the dinner lady is still alive.

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Ijwwm · 24/01/2026 19:26

Blorengia · 24/01/2026 19:08

Lupin hopes to get into television as a Mewsreader.

I think Lupin will be very successful, a definite gravitas about his look that will be reassuring to viewers.

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TroysMammy · 24/01/2026 19:27

Film critic.

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EmpressaurusKitty · 24/01/2026 19:28

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 24/01/2026 18:31

Kitty certainly is a talented medium.

She put a spell on Gizmo and he can't figure out how to lie in his donut.

Kitty can’t imagine how you could possibly suspect her of that, @TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne.

After she summoned that monster from outer space for you & everything.

She’s not cross. She’s just a bit hurt.

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Ijwwm · 24/01/2026 19:29

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 24/01/2026 19:10

Linney is also quite keen on installing worktops in kitchens.
He was examining mine in this picture, and giving me some advice ("add a bowl of catfood to make it more attractive")

This is what I like to see with prospective candidates in my Cat Headhunting Agency - attention to detail alongside problem solving. Whichever career Linney settles on, he’s going to go very far.

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Ijwwm · 24/01/2026 19:32

TheDandyLion · 24/01/2026 19:24

No clipboard but she realises it's not a bag of dreamies she gives that glare and waves you through.

The Glare, makes me shudder just to think about it!

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NeedToKnow101 · 24/01/2026 19:35

Bonnie is trainee spliff-roller, but her main job is bag lady

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Are your cats training for any careers?
Blindbobisagreatcat · 24/01/2026 19:36

The ginger fool sometimes likes to act as a guide cat. We take blind Bob out for supervised walks around the garden but the ginger fool worries and decides that Bob needs to be 'helped'. Bob is not impressed.

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Rinsedout · 24/01/2026 19:37

Mewsic teacher

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Ijwwm · 24/01/2026 19:37

Pepperedpickles · 24/01/2026 19:25

These are all so cute 🥰

Gary would like to be an intensive care nurse. I haven’t been very well - was taken off in an ambulance last week (dh and dc at home so he’s not been neglected) but since I’ve been home he’s been keeping a very close eye on me. I wake up to this every morning at the moment 😳 - I think he’s mostly checking the dinner lady is still alive.

That must have been worrying, hope you are on the road to feeling better.

Gary sounds like a natural, that type of role really is a calling. Am very happy that you have such an attentive carer at your side 😻

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Ijwwm · 24/01/2026 19:40

TroysMammy · 24/01/2026 19:27

Film critic.

Great career choice. And, if working from home, it means that you can get to see films before everyone else!

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Ijwwm · 24/01/2026 19:42

NeedToKnow101 · 24/01/2026 19:35

Bonnie is trainee spliff-roller, but her main job is bag lady

Bet she’s popular at parties 😹

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Ijwwm · 24/01/2026 19:44

Blindbobisagreatcat · 24/01/2026 19:36

The ginger fool sometimes likes to act as a guide cat. We take blind Bob out for supervised walks around the garden but the ginger fool worries and decides that Bob needs to be 'helped'. Bob is not impressed.

Bless him, he obviously has a very caring nature 💕

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Ijwwm · 24/01/2026 19:46

Rinsedout · 24/01/2026 19:37

Mewsic teacher

Oh, I love a creative nature. I don’t have a musical bone in my body, but have a feeling that I could maybe achieve something with this tutor 🎹 🐾

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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 24/01/2026 19:51

She'd like to do the entertainment at kiddies parties

Here she is doing her Heeere's Johnny impression

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Ijwwm · 24/01/2026 19:51

My previous boy auditioned for the lead role in Puss in Boots. We were all devastated when he didn’t get the role. Dream works said that they just knew that no one would ever believe that a cat could be THAT gorgeous, so they went with animation instead.

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Ijwwm · 24/01/2026 19:55

My other previous boy auditioned for a tv show based around hypnotism and illusion. Again, devastated that he wasn’t successful. The producers said that he was too cute and would be distracting onscreen, so they went with Derren Brown instead 😿

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Rinsedout · 24/01/2026 19:56

Ijwwm · 24/01/2026 19:51

My previous boy auditioned for the lead role in Puss in Boots. We were all devastated when he didn’t get the role. Dream works said that they just knew that no one would ever believe that a cat could be THAT gorgeous, so they went with animation instead.

That absolutely is Puss in Boots and you were robbed!

Ijwwm · 24/01/2026 19:59

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 24/01/2026 19:51

She'd like to do the entertainment at kiddies parties

Here she is doing her Heeere's Johnny impression

Oh, she’s perfect for that role - and kids love scary stuff, she’ll have them all shrieking their heads off 😹

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Iheartmysmart · 24/01/2026 20:02

Sid can’t decide whether to be a superhero with invisibility as her superpower or a deep sea fishercat.

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Are your cats training for any careers?
Ijwwm · 24/01/2026 20:04

Rinsedout · 24/01/2026 19:56

That absolutely is Puss in Boots and you were robbed!

I know, right! I miss that boy SO much. He’s been gone nearly six years now and the piece of my heart he took with him will never reappear 😿

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DorisTheFinkasaurus · 24/01/2026 20:04

Any sort of managerial role within the Spare Time Committee. Not chairman though. Doesn't want to get his toe beans too muddy.

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Ijwwm · 24/01/2026 20:09

Iheartmysmart · 24/01/2026 20:02

Sid can’t decide whether to be a superhero with invisibility as her superpower or a deep sea fishercat.

I like to give career advice for deserving candidates. I would strongly recommend they take some time to combine both dreams - an invisible deep sea fishercat will offer a very niche skill set.

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