A stinking hot day.
Here's Oscar, lying next to my penguin 31.
The penguin's name (31 1911), so named because he came with a label that read:
Hello, my name is
31 1911
Fluffy Penguin
Since "Fluffy Penguin" is obviously a description and not a name, this means that 31 1911 is his proper name.
Anyway, this photo was actually taken on Friday 5th February, which, whilst warm, wasn't the record breaking 46.4 degrees that we reached today, Saturday 6th February 2009. But the look of lolling about fits the mood of today, especially since Oscar and 31 chose to do it on top of the esky that is still sitting near our kitchen. (The esky was in use after our old fridge broke down, until we bought a brand new fridge last week.)
Of course, Oscar (the cat) might be exercising some cat psychology here:
- Molly (our other cat) regularly lies up close to Dennis. In cat psychology, she's probably asserting her dominance as the apartment's top cat.
- Since Molly clearly wants to be top cat, and clearly prefers to lie next to Dennis, I assume this means she thinks that Dennis is higher up the chain than I am.
- I regularly play with Oscar each night, and often lie down next to him, so he probably thinks I'm trying to dominate him. (He definitely defers to Molly.)
- So, when Oscar saw the chance, with humble 31 lying on top of the esky, he decided to take his opportunity and lie next to 31 to make sure 31 knows his place at the bottom of the pecking order.
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Anthony Holmes February 7th, 2009 11:23:48 PM