Listen, Girlfriend…

by Meg on June 15, 2007

…I tewtelly hear you.

All boys are jerks. [Adjusts whiskers]

Tell me everything—from the beginning.

I won’t tell anyone—don’t worry [takes sip of Chardonnay]

I soooo hear you

This is gonna take a while, Emily G….

{ 79 comments }

1 Yes, my name is really Cricket 06.15.07 at 3:17 pm

Too cute! It’s like how my kitty sits and watches TV! lol

2 Yes, my name is really Cricket 06.15.07 at 3:18 pm

OMG, bleen? Wow…

And doesn’t it look like she might be getting her little nails painted just off to the right there?

3 Michelle 06.15.07 at 3:18 pm

The captioning is funnier when you know that 99% of orange cats are male :D

4 another Michelle 06.15.07 at 3:20 pm

funniest caption ever – totally looks like it’s what the kitty would be saying

5 metsakins 06.15.07 at 3:26 pm

Inhaler Inhaler…

stay calm & breath, avert eyes from tummeh, must walk away from computer…

*splode*

need alittle help in here…

6 Tracey 06.15.07 at 3:29 pm

That face looks totally human! crazy! And I love your name, Cricket. Very original! :-)

7 The Honourable Gladys Anstruther 06.15.07 at 3:32 pm

This months Playpuss is Ginger le Chat.

8 BeeCee 06.15.07 at 3:39 pm

KITTEH BEEEEELLEEEEH!!!! i’m goin in!

*snorglesnorglesnorglesnorgle*

9 annie 06.15.07 at 3:40 pm

OMG I am Still LOL She /HE is adorable. Love the caption. Ett is Perfect Meg. I don’t know about the 99% being boys my mother in Law had two marmalades/gingers from the same litter. Both girls.

10 DKN 06.15.07 at 3:41 pm

Awwwwww!! Best shoulder to cry on EVAR.

Michelle this clearly a gay Marmie cat. :)

11 DKN 06.15.07 at 3:42 pm

Annie it’s not quite 99% – I’ve always heard 90% are male.

12 Jennifer 06.15.07 at 3:44 pm

That is probably the most perfectly posed kitten shot ever. I am jealous.

13 Claire 06.15.07 at 3:48 pm

Pink on ears and nose matches pink on sheet! omg!

14 SarahP 06.15.07 at 3:52 pm

Kitteh pinup girl (or probably boy)

15 Redzilla 06.15.07 at 3:53 pm

Oh my gawd, darling, you know what we need? Let’s have a pitcher of mimosas.

16 BeeCee 06.15.07 at 3:54 pm

mmmm, a PITCHER of mimosas… i like the way you think, redzilla.

17 Emily G 06.15.07 at 3:57 pm

eee! it’s my kitten!

she’s a girl, her name is maggie. the shot was not intentionally posed! that’s how she lays. :)

18 luvinmalssomuch 06.15.07 at 3:59 pm

The caption is right on it.

19 Denita TwoDragons 06.15.07 at 3:59 pm

Redheaded pinup girl! *LOL!*

Tewtally Playmate of the Year material…

–TwoDragons

20 Kaya 06.15.07 at 4:00 pm

Redzilla, I’ll get the carrotsticks, the dip and most importantly: The Belgian choclate!

Anyone for pedicure?

21 Metz 06.15.07 at 4:02 pm

so like my sleepovers with my best friend as a kid. Makes me think of the following exchange.
Marcy to me as she’s getting into bed, “Turn off the light.” Me, “Why me?”
Marcy, “Because you’re comfortable.” Me, “Oh Ok.” gets up & turns off light.
Moral: The most absurd things make sense at 3 o’clock in the morning.

22 Benpanced 06.15.07 at 4:05 pm

Sorry. Teh kitteh doesn’t look like I could trust it any further than I could throw a piano.

[Well then, have I got an episode of MythBusters for you... - Ed.]

[...or, if you prefer, Northern Exposure - Ed.again]

23 Deb 06.15.07 at 4:10 pm

Pink jelly beans!!!!

24 jen 06.15.07 at 4:12 pm

omg. too much. lol.

“kittens are the most innnntadesting peoples.”

25 Simonsmom 06.15.07 at 4:21 pm

DKN: “Michelle this is clearly a gay Marmie cat.”

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

26 Happy LOL Day 06.15.07 at 4:22 pm

Oh Mah Gah I love the dewey eyed watchin’ chick flix look.. so cute!
:)
http://www.happylolday.com

27 riolinda 06.15.07 at 4:23 pm

cute! cute! cute!! that’s my bedspread, but that’s not my kitty! :)

28 ebee 06.15.07 at 4:38 pm

“Tomorrow, we’ll go out shopping for shoes and you’ll feel SO much betterrr…”

29 metsakins 06.15.07 at 4:46 pm

Jen – are you refering to:

My, I’ll bet you monsters lead interesting lives!!!

30 ShelleyTambo 06.15.07 at 4:51 pm

Most estimates are that about 67% to 75% of orange (and even orange and white) cats are boys. But only 1 in 3000 calico/torti kitties are male.

31 Corinne 06.15.07 at 4:52 pm

Cutiepatootie! My marmie and I like to talk about boys into the wee hours of the night too. All this talk about gingers made me curious – I found this on http://www.messybeast.com:

The ginger colour of cats (known as “orange” or “red” to cat breeders) is caused by the “O” gene. The O gene changes black pigment into a reddish pigment. The O gene is carried on the X chromosome. A normal male cat has XY genetic makeup; he only needs to inherit one O gene for him to be a ginger cat. A normal female is XX genetic makeup. She must inherit two O genes to be a ginger cat. If she inherits only one O gene, she will be tortoiseshell. If she inherits no O genes, she will be black.

In other words, female marmies are not as common as males, but are certainly not rare. For those who like reading about all that science stuff, there’s more here: http://www.messybeast.com/mosaicism.htm#geneforginger

It’s far too much for me to comprehend – I just want to cuddle the kitty!

32 sally o'malley 06.15.07 at 4:53 pm

looks just like my kittah, gabby!

i love love love orange kittahs. nothing better, IMO.

33 Theresa 06.15.07 at 4:53 pm

But the little belly!! The little belly, I tell you!!

34 oaklandcat 06.15.07 at 4:58 pm

is it my imagination or did “chardonnay” read “camomile” like, two minutes ago? I guess tea time’s over and now it’s happy hour ;)

35 ShelleyTambo 06.15.07 at 4:59 pm

In fact, there are’s one female orange tabby at my shelter now. We’ve had up to five at a time. Only one male calico in the past few years, though.

36 furbabies 06.15.07 at 5:09 pm

Sweet Buddha belly baby! I wants to blow kisses on that tummy.

37 beenclawed 06.15.07 at 5:23 pm

OMG perfect caption for this kitty’s expression.
Maggie’s got that world weary glazed over expression and sayin’ “So been there and done that girlfriend!”

38 DKN 06.15.07 at 5:24 pm

True, true Simonsmom, nothing wrong with that at all :)

39 annie 06.15.07 at 5:36 pm

IT did read Camomile before.
Hmmm some one is editing away T(Ed.) OR M(Ed.) or CSO(Ed.)

40 annie 06.15.07 at 5:42 pm

ShelleyTambo, Really a boy Calico I thought that was impossible or something like that. I have never seen a boy. are they a calico or the dilute tortie calico varitey.
Just curious.
And the 67 -70% orang thing explains the large number of big boy gingers.

41 Theo 06.15.07 at 5:44 pm

Annie — edits weren’t mine, this time. And you’re right about that marmie percentage.

42 joysah! 06.15.07 at 6:01 pm

my gosh, sooooo rule #6.

that kitty can be my confidant any day. neeee!

43 mm 06.15.07 at 6:19 pm

That’s why we love pets – they listen to all our troubles, they always take our side, and they hardly ever give annoying advice. :)

44 ShelleyTambo 06.15.07 at 6:34 pm

annie–Yep, a boy calico, named “Cal”–aren’t we creative? This particular one was a dilute calico. They usually don’t survive birth. If they do, it’s almost certain they’re sterile, so they can’t pass on the color pattern. Still, they should be neutered because, in the words of the then-kennel operations manager, “just because they’re shootin’ blanks doesn’t mean they’re not shootin’.”

45 liz 06.15.07 at 6:40 pm

Play-Cat center fold shot for sure!

46 maymee 06.15.07 at 6:45 pm

Nice nose stripes.

Very nice.

47 leannrose 06.15.07 at 6:47 pm

Yeah, male Calicos are pretty rare. I’ve got a female calico that is my adorable little baby. It has to do with color genetics, much like Corinne was talking about. I found a blurb on this site: http://www.fanciers.com/other-faqs/colors.html#pointed
in the FAQ section. It talks about how to get the color combination of Calicos you need two X’s, something males don’t have unless they have XXY and are sterile. Yay for biology class.

As for the picture relevant to the post, adorable!!!!!!!

48 Suze 06.15.07 at 6:58 pm

moments like this are why this site is my first stop on the internet every day. thats just too much lol

49 Stephanie S. 06.15.07 at 7:20 pm

iiiiii LOVE!

50 Jupiter Star 06.15.07 at 7:31 pm

Chardonnay? Oh that is like so plebian and stuff. It’s like all about the zinfandels now, I’m sooo totally serious right now!

I cannot believe that is not intentionally posed ^_^. Cutest kitty lie-down EVER!

51 Hello Katie 06.15.07 at 8:07 pm

Thanks, Meg, this was just what I needed…my boyfriend of 6 years and I are breaking up…I wish I had this at home. :)
No matter how bad my day is going, CO can always make me feel better. <3

52 brinnann 06.15.07 at 8:21 pm

Hello Katie, go adopt a hello kitty from your local shelter. Kitties are most effective when applied directly.

53 brinnann 06.15.07 at 8:22 pm

Oops, hit enter too soon.

Katie, as I was saying, when I feel like my world’s ending I go pick up one of my bebehs (feline or canine) and lay on the couch with them with a nice, funny movie.

54 cutebabyfix.com 06.15.07 at 9:14 pm

Oaklandcat- this is just what you need with your PNBF sitch!

This kitteh needs her own greeting card line, way better than those creepy old ladies in slippers…

55 metsakins 06.15.07 at 9:29 pm

Kitties are most effective when applied directly.

I couldn’t agree more. My Solly just helped me over a terrific headache

56 metsakins 06.15.07 at 9:32 pm

kinda like “Head On”

57 annie 06.15.07 at 10:37 pm

So technically if the boy calicos survive they are sterile and is it safe to assume they are all dilute calicos. THe boys, that survive???? Do they have other problems that go with the gene mutation.

58 annie 06.15.07 at 10:38 pm

Metsakins Nononono no…. kitty on! apply directly to the skin. Now it is stuck in my brain for the rest of the Day.

59 beenclawed 06.15.07 at 10:41 pm

lol metaskins
KITTY ON APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD

60 cutebabyfix.com 06.15.07 at 11:03 pm

Two words:
Invisible cellphone.

61 Theo 06.15.07 at 11:08 pm

CBF — oh noes…
This is going to be another CO post that will end up recycled on ICHC, isn’t it.

62 Mary (the first) 06.15.07 at 11:40 pm

I think (but too lazy to look it up) that calico females are sterile also. I know we had one and hoped for babehs (she was GORGEOUS) but she never did. And not for lack of the guys tryin’ if you know what I mean. Seems like I did hear/read that somewhere.

63 Annie 06.16.07 at 2:32 am

Mary in all that stuff on the first info though I only got part way thru it, It suggests that some girl calicos are boy calicos with.. well they are hermaphridites. Altho I think they aren’t sure becuase of the lack of living evidence. So maybe your kitty was a she/he.
Sorry my brain keeps hearing a Seinfeld episode now.

64 Annie 06.16.07 at 2:34 am

All that aside CBF I didnot even think of the invisable Cell phone until you said it.
Are you really going to send it in to LOL cats or ICHCB

65 emily g. 06.16.07 at 3:32 am

I had a feeling that when I submitted her photo it’d end up on LOL cats or ICHCB… oh well, what can you do?

But geez, I am still excited to see her on my favorite website.

66 Subhangi 06.16.07 at 6:54 am

Wow. This calls for a Cecil B. portrait.

67 inktupbbw 06.16.07 at 1:09 pm

Um, I grew up with a female calico named Penny & she had litters (all given away, she was a grand mouser) up until a year before she passed on @ the age of 15. I usta love to watch her tote the chirrens from place to place: “Nope, not here. Hmmm, not *here* either…”

68 Marjorie Daw 06.16.07 at 3:26 pm

As always, the photo is great – but it’s the added text by Meg that makes it sublime :-)

69 Tor 06.16.07 at 5:13 pm

Emily G–congrats! I sooo wish I had a fuzzy little confidante like her. (Allergies hardly trump BKFFs!)

70 Annie 06.16.07 at 5:30 pm

Tor LOLOL… Best Kitty Female Friend…. Best Comment ever. HAHAHA

71 Shannon Johnson 06.16.07 at 7:03 pm

OMG! That is totally awesome! That cat looks like a reaaly greast therapist

72 jaypo 06.16.07 at 8:44 pm

” but it’s the added text by Meg that makes it sublime :-)

tewtally! As always the Queen of Truth in Advertising!

73 Tiffany 06.16.07 at 10:17 pm

This kitty is ridiculously cute.

74 Ajax 06.17.07 at 12:27 am

Best text ever.

75 Hello Katie 06.17.07 at 6:25 am

Brinnann – thank you! That is excellent advice. :)

76 brittany 06.18.07 at 2:23 am

awwwwwww!!! that is soooo cute thats how my cat sleeps but she looks nothing like her!!!!!!!!
:p

77 ThreeCatNight 06.18.07 at 3:24 pm

Kitteh is saying:
“So what’s new? I’m ALL ears, darlink!”

78 Snorga 06.20.07 at 5:55 pm

Best. Caption. Evar.

79 Trinity 07.06.07 at 8:13 pm

adorable pic
but 99.9% of orange tabbies
are BOYs
so the comment doesnt quite fit
oh well
LOL

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