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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3768140.ece
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Posted 3 years ago by Dee from Tampa #
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Yes..I thought of your Hopper and Siamezer too Susie! Blackjack is obviously a cat of the streets with skills of evasion unmatched by many! Hope if they can't catch him that he remains healthy and well. What a wonderful Lady! Not unlike other wonderful ladies I know...hint, hint, little sis!
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Posted 3 years ago by Dee from Tampa #
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Blackjack's elusiveness reminds me of TS Elliot's Macavity :
Macavity: The Mystery Cat
Macavity's a Mystery Cat: he's called the Hidden Paw -
For he's the master criminal who can defy the Law.
He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair:
For when they reach the scene of crime - Macavity's not there!Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,
He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity.
His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare,
And when you reach the scene of crime - Macavity's not there!
You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air -
But I tell you once and once again, Macavity's not there!Mcavity's a ginger cat, he's very tall and thin;
You would know him if you saw him, for his eyes are sunken in.
His brow is deeply lined with thought, his head is highly domed;
His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed.
He sways his head from side to side, with movements like a snake;
And when you think he's half asleep, he's always wide awake.Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,
For he's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity.
You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square -
But when a crime's discovered, then Macavity's not there!He's outwardly respectable. (They say he cheats at cards.)
And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard's.
And when the larder's looted, or the jewel-case is rifled,
Or when the milk is missing, or another Peke's been stifled,
Or the greenhouse glass is broken, and the trellis past repair -
Ay, there's the wonder of the thing! Macavity's not there!And when the Foreign Office find a Treaty's gone astray,
Or the Admiralty lose some plans and drawings by the way,
There may be a scrap of paper in the hall or on the stair -
But it's useless to investigate - Mcavity's not there!
And when the loss has been disclosed, the Secret Service say:
`It must have been Macavity!' - but he's a mile away.
You'll be sure to find him resting, or a-licking of his thumbs,
Or engaged in doing complicated long-division sums.Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity,
There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity.
He always has an alibi, and one or two to spaer:
At whatever time the deed took place - MACAVITY WASN'T THERE!
And they say that all the Cats whose wicked deeds are widely known
(I might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention Griddlebone)
Are nothing more than agents for the Cat who all the time
Just controls their operations: the Napoleon of Crime!Posted 3 years ago by MadcatwomanintheUK #
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Google TS Elliot karenopa, there's lots more poems you might like!
Posted 3 years ago by MadcatwomanintheUK #
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MCW, now I have that song stuck in my head! :)
Posted 3 years ago by Bellantara #
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That's called an earworm buttercup!! Sorry! ;-)
Posted 3 years ago by MadcatwomanintheUK #
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I loved reading Macavity in high school. I had totally forgotten this poem. Thanks MCW. I hope this lady catches Blackjack.
Posted 3 years ago by HuddysMama #
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I hope the lady catches Blackjack too. Thank you MCW for the limerick by T.S. Elliot. I like his poems.
Posted 3 years ago by SylvesterMiasMomma #
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Here are some pictures:
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