Do you collect cat items?

On May 19, 4:05*pm, Bastette wrote:
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I bought a larger candle holder, ceramic, that's of a group of cats
sitting in a circle, facing the center, where a glass candle holder
can hold a tea light or votive candle. I thought it was adorable
when I bought it, but over the years it just seems more and more odd.
No cats in the real world would ever do this!
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Joyce

I had to pop in out of Lurkland and tell you this one: My cats really
*did*
do exactly this. Once.
I got up and found all five cats sitting in a perfect circle, around a
cloth shopping bag.
They seriously looked like they were having a meeting. I thought "Oh,
they've
chased a cricket under that bag." I snatched up the bag and found a
coiled-up
snake underneath. :-) Talk about getting your blood pressure going
first thing in the a.m.!

On thread topic: I do have a lot of cat things, mostly given to me as
gifts; but some
I've bought, and I have a cheap ceramic figurine of a kitten in a
chair that I've
had since I was probably 6 years old.

Sherry

Another time I bought a larger candle holder, ceramic, that's of
a group of cats sitting in a circle, facing the center, where a
glass candle holder can hold a tea light or votive candle. I
thought it was adorable when I bought it, but over the years it
just seems more and more odd. No cats in the real world would
ever do this!
My cats really *did* do exactly this. Once.
I got up and found all five cats sitting in a perfect circle, around
a cloth shopping bag. They seriously looked like they were having
a meeting. I thought "Oh, they've chased a cricket under that bag."
I snatched up the bag and found a coiled-up snake underneath.

I've seen ours having a "committee meeting" twice. On one occasion
it was because they'd chased a budgerigar under a pile of timber where
they couldn't get it. The other time, they were gathered round our
lodger's shoes. I didn't understand why. He found out next morning
when his toes hit the dead vole.

Maybe Joyce's scene would make sense if the candle was scented with
mouse.

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Sherry wrote:

I bought a larger candle holder, ceramic, that's of a group of cats
sitting in a circle, facing the center, where a glass candle holder
can hold a tea light or votive candle. I thought it was adorable
when I bought it, but over the years it just seems more and more odd.
No cats in the real world would ever do this!

I had to pop in out of Lurkland and tell you this one: My cats really
*did* do exactly this. Once.
I got up and found all five cats sitting in a perfect circle, around a
cloth shopping bag.
They seriously looked like they were having a meeting. I thought "Oh,
they've
chased a cricket under that bag." I snatched up the bag and found a
coiled-up
snake underneath. :-) Talk about getting your blood pressure going
first thing in the a.m.!

Yikes!

Maybe I should put a little mouse figure where the candle should go.

--
Joyce

Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living
creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of
worthless human lives. -- Albert Schweitzer

Jack Campin wrote:

I've seen ours having a "committee meeting" twice. On one occasion
it was because they'd chased a budgerigar under a pile of timber where
they couldn't get it. The other time, they were gathered round our
lodger's shoes. I didn't understand why. He found out next morning
when his toes hit the dead vole.

Maybe Joyce's scene would make sense if the candle was scented with
mouse.

Actually, a small figure of a coiled snake would make a good candle
holder.

--
Joyce

Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living
creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of
worthless human lives. -- Albert Schweitzer

"ann791" wrote in message
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I have a collection of cat figures. DH usually buys me them. He even bought
me one for the garden that looks like a cat sitting. I have some earrings
that are cats and a pretty pendant of a cat.

Ann

I do, some handmade folk-art type figures, artwork, and jewelry. I also have
a nice handbag and some shirts that were gifts.

Judith Latham wrote:
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ann791 wrote:
I have a collection of cat figures. DH usually buys me them. He even
bought me one for the garden that looks like a cat sitting. I have some
earrings that are cats and a pretty pendant of a cat.

Ann

I have a small collection of cat ornaments bough for me as gifts from
various people. I have bought a set of cat mugs, plates, teapot, milk
jug,sugar bowl and biscuit tin. I buy a lot of cat greetings cards, I
can't resist them, unfortunately I have realised that I should actually
send them to my friends who love cats. A shame really.

Judith

I have several mugs with cats on. What I would like, and probably will get
one day, is a life size bronze cat.

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Adrian

"Adrian" wrote in message
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Judith Latham wrote:
In article ,
ann791 wrote:
I have a collection of cat figures. DH usually buys me them. He even
bought me one for the garden that looks like a cat sitting. I have some
earrings that are cats and a pretty pendant of a cat.

Ann

I have a small collection of cat ornaments bough for me as gifts from
various people. I have bought a set of cat mugs, plates, teapot, milk
jug,sugar bowl and biscuit tin. I buy a lot of cat greetings cards, I
can't resist them, unfortunately I have realised that I should actually
send them to my friends who love cats. A shame really.

Judith

I have several mugs with cats on. What I would like, and probably will get
one day, is a life size bronze cat.

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Adrian

I really don't collect cat things, but besides the earrings and calendar I
mentioned earlier, I do have a couple of cat T-shirts, including one that
used to be the official afpf T-shirt. I also have a cat mug.


--
Joy

You can observe a lot by just watching. -- Yogi Berra

"news" wrote in message
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"ann791" wrote in message
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I have a collection of cat figures. DH usually buys me them. He even
bought me one for the garden that looks like a cat sitting. I have some
earrings that are cats and a pretty pendant of a cat.

Ann

I do, some handmade folk-art type figures, artwork, and jewelry. I also
have a nice handbag and some shirts that were gifts.


Oh! I forgot about something a friend sent me shortly after Persia demanded
I let her inside back in 2001. It's a wooden folk-art piece shaped like a
cat. I have it hanging from a doorknob. On the front: "I came, I purred, I
conquered". That's exactly what Persia did Quite appropos.

Jill

On 05/19/2012 02:33 PM, MLB wrote:
On 05/19/2012 01:23 PM, ann791 wrote:
I have a collection of cat figures. DH usually buys me them. He even
bought me one for the garden that looks like a cat sitting. I have some
earrings that are cats and a pretty pendant of a cat.

Ann

I have about a half dozen figurines.
Two are very old: about 100 yrs and 8o years -- they werer my mother's.
The other few were gifts. Nothing reaiky valuable though. MLB

After thinking again, I reaiuzed I have more cat objects than I thought:
quite a few mugs, two wall plates, a cat spoon rest (also used as a
wall hanging) and a cat hpt plate. However, most of these were gifts. MLB

On Sat, 19 May 2012 15:23:03 -0400, ann791 wrote:

I have a collection of cat figures. DH usually buys me them. He even
bought me one for the garden that looks like a cat sitting. I have some
earrings that are cats and a pretty pendant of a cat.

Ann

I don't buy many cat items (except for stuff the cats might like) but
as with other folks here, I get quite a few as gifts. For some reason
my friends and family think that I might want more cat items. They are
cute, but I'm old enough now to be trying to get rid of stuff, not
accumulate more.