At Least one News Agency Gets It

[Virgil Showlion]

That'll teach Putin to use the feline equivalent of Charles freakin' Manson as a mascot.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

That one doesn't have "spotted fever" though.

[steff]

Bless your heart.  Have you considered therapy for your irrational fear of cats? 

[Virgil Showlion]

Feb 19, 2014 18:28:59 GMT -5 steff said:

Bless your heart.  Have you considered therapy for your irrational fear of cats? 

I have no problem with cats. Cats are fine.

A bit abusive, as far as cat owner testimonials go, but the owners seem to enjoy the abuse.

The uncia don't even deserve to be called "cats". The taxonomy charts bear me out on that fact. Biologists are still quibbling over where to stick the spotted menace on the charts since the creatures lack resemblance to other felids.

Once you start looking into snow leopards, trust me that "creepy" is just the tip of the iceberg. But even getting the media to admit to "creepy" is a victory as far as I'm concerned. Props to SFGate for getting this one right.

[steff]

Again, bless your heart. 

[Virgil Showlion]

DIIIEE HUMANNNNN!

Brrrrrr. Creepy.

Yeah, "creepy" is just a bit of an understatement.

[steff]

I don't think creepy, I think what an incredibly beautiful & powerful big kitty. 


Have I ever mentioned that my sign is Leo?    

[Virgil Showlion]

Feb 19, 2014 18:58:02 GMT -5 steff said:

I don't think creepy, I think what an incredibly beautiful & powerful big kitty. 


Have I ever mentioned that my sign is Leo?    

...natic?

No. But describing the spotted plague as "incredibly beautiful" kind of gives it away.

[Virgil Showlion]

While I was eating a casserole for dinner, I had an epiphany.

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It's all so clear now. All the pieces--every last one of them--sliding into place. Ka-chink. Ka-chink.

The answer was right there the whole time. How could I be so blind up until now?

But wow. That stuff really does screw you up.

[steff]

I'm not as think as you stoned I am.  

[Shooby]

Those look like Miley Cyrus tour rejects!

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

Feb 19, 2014 20:45:14 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

While I was eating a casserole for dinner, I had an epiphany.

And I'm beginning to wonder if these were the ingredients in that casserole:

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[Virgil Showlion]

I never knew you smoked pot until you were stoned off your gourd, SL. I honestly never even suspected it. But now I realize it's the only explanation for your steff-esque adoration of snow leopards.

Bravo. Truly.

With Sugilite, all the signs were there. But with you I never even suspected.

[Jaguar]

Feb 19, 2014 21:43:58 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

I never knew you smoked pot until you were stoned off your gourd, SL. I honestly never even suspected it. But now I realize it's the only explanation for your steff-esque adoration of snow leopards.

Bravo. Truly.

With Sugilite, all the signs were there. But with you I never even suspected.

Thanks.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

I never knew you smoked pot until you were stoned off your gourd, SL. I honestly never even suspected it. But now I realize it's the only explanation for your steff-esque adoration of snow leopards.

But...but... wasn't it me who pointed out to you that the mascot wasn't really that creepy (yet) because it didn't have the "spotted fever"? I think that should have been a sign to you that my views may be changing.

[grits]

Feb 19, 2014 18:52:43 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

DIIIEE HUMANNNNN!

Brrrrrr. Creepy.

Yeah, "creepy" is just a bit of an understatement.

It looks like one of my coworkers when anyone tries to buy a cinnamon bun out of the vending machine.

[steff]

I adore all kitty cats, not just snow leopards.  Even the big mean looking kitty cats purr when you scratch their ears. 


I have a cat that needs to be sedated somewhat so she won't non stop attack the dog.  I totally "get" the big mean kitties.  It's just in their nature, but they are still beautiful. 

[Virgil Showlion]

My nutcase neighbour Cyril gets the Snow Leopard Conservancy newsletter, and he just showed me an article from the latest issue (excerpted):

...

All eyes are still on the Olympics in Sochi. Among the medalists of the Super G,
Skeleton, and Ice Dancing is another winner – the snow leopard. As a mascot of the
Games, snow leopards are reaping a few minutes of fame.

As a long-time fan of this elusive cat, I’m thrilled to see the attention paid the
snow leopard thanks to the cool, snow-boarding cat that serves as the mascot of this
global event. His tail is authentically long, and just like his cousins in reality,
he seems to be at home on slippery mountain slopes!

...

Yeah right, lady.

You can dress 'em up and show 'em carving all kinds of mad shred until you're blue in the face, you're still going to get




And lookie here (ibid.):

Perhaps owing to this fact, the organizers of the Sochi games have renamed the
official mascot a more generic “leopard” just before the event, thus including both
the snow leopard and its distant relative, the Persian leopard; a cat that once
lived relatively close to Sochi but is now thought to be extinct in Russia.

...or maybe not even Putin could ultimately stomach the thought of putting a psychopath on a snowboard and using it to indoctrinate the kiddies.

The tide is turning, I tell you.

SL: You say you've seen the light? You're with me and Iggy on this?

Adding you means a 50% increase in our membership for this month.

[ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ]

SL: You say you've seen the light? You're with me and Iggy on this?

Light/candle - potato/potahto.

[toomuchreality]

[Artemis Windsong]

There, there, Virgil, there, there.  Can I get you a cold beverage?  Some hot tea?

[Jaguar]

Feb 23, 2014 14:44:43 GMT -5 Artemis Windsong said:

There, there, Virgil, there, there.  Can I get you a cold beverage?  Some hot tea?

Or a straightjacket ?

[Artemis Windsong]

The kitty is just practicing yoga face.

[Virgil Showlion]

Kit-ty's go-ing to killlll yooooou.
Go-ing to killlll yoooou.
Kit-ty kills o kit-ty kills.
Kills you hu-mannn.