CATachresis presents …...

Yes it is time for the latest film spectacular from the world renowned CATachresis Productions Film Company.

I'd like to thank the acatemy etc etc … Ahem!  Austin I think you are being a bit premature!

Anyway, it was an average day at Austin Towers' Towers:

The look of love!

The playful tackle tickle!

 And then ……….

NB Don't have volume too loud!

For full Dolby surround effect you can watch on YouTube here

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We want to apologise for not visiting and commenting the last couple of days. For some reason our internet has been VERY SLOW, so much so that many sites wouldn't open at all! So we went off and made a video of Austin venting his spleen putting the luvvin on Mini-Me >^,.^<

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vent one's spleen - to get rid of one's feelings of anger caused by someone or something by randomly attacking Mini-Me

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Tigger is #92

Hi, it's me, Austin Towers :)

Lookee here!

No, that's not why I'm here, though it is a very bad habit. I put it down to a nervous condition which I've had for nearly six years. Coincidentally, it started when I first moved in here! 

Anyway, the reason for my post is it appears that my old mucker Tigger is member #92 in the Tabby Cat Club first one hundred. So we are all going YAY! and HURRAH! that he made the cut.

  and here is his original badge which I believe I've shared before:

Personally, I don't think he takes a good photo - very much like The Staff who looks a bit like a sour faced old boot from the 1930's who's spent her whole life perfecting the disapproving pucker in front of an old cracked mirror, which wasn't cracked when she first glanced at it!

So I think Tigger is puckering a bit. What do you think? Yep! Definitely a pucker there. He'll regret it later in life when his whiskers get wrinkles.

I am digressing! What I actually came here to say is that there is a BIG party over at the Tabby Cat Club to celebrate their first 100 members, so pop on over and join the festivities …. oh and see if you can recognise Tigger amongst the throng in the header shot!

Tigger is Austin's 'old mucker'.

He is a bit of a sucker.

But when he does squint,

His face goes like flint

And his mouth has a definite pucker!

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old mucker - (Brit, archaic) pal or friend 

(yes, really!)

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The Tuxedo Cat

He is….

Handsome

And some

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Handsome - ORIGIN Middle English: from hand + -some. The original sense was ‘easy to handle or use,’hence ‘suitable’ and ‘apt, clever’ 

Yes, definitely a tuxie!

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Guess what?

Hi there everybody :-)

I am here to announce that ..

..today is a very special day!

You might know Sammy from One Spoiled Cat! 

Well, today is his Mom Pam's birthday. YAY!

She is such a lovely kind lady to everyone in the cat blogosphere

and as Sammy is one of my bestest friends,

we wanted to show our love and appreciation

 so we made her this card..

It wasn't easy getting Dr Weevil into the hat, so it's perched at a precarious but jaunty angle!

Anyways, what is really exciting is it has been included in this brilliant video of birthday wishes compiled by Michelle at My Three Moggies and includes greetings and good wishes from friends from all over the blogosphere.

 or if you can't see it above, you can view on YouTube here

There was a young lady called Pam

Who had a sweet kitty called Sam.

we're all of one mind.

they are two of a kind

So go and say hi! They're not sham!

Have a wonderful day, Pam! 

we all love you...

Austin, Tigger, Dr Weevil and The Staff xxxx

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shrewd - past participle of shrew 

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Austinius Interruptus!

It's The Staff here.

The following video explains why some of us (especially bipeds with opposable thumbs) find it so difficult to get anything done on the interwebs.  The video shows Austin (a quadruped with no thumbs) who has just returned from his evening constitutional. He has already done a pretty good impression of two thousand rampaging buffalo through several rooms, over a landing, down some stairs and across a hallway into my study. Now he is demanding to be brushed... IMMEDIATELY!

You will possibly need to turn the volume up high in order to experience the full cinematic effects!

Much better to view it on YouTube here!

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rampage - the sound of one small cat crossing a room 

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I have something to say….!

…… Get that flashy box out of my face, woman or I will manifest my profound displeasure in your old lady slipper!

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manifest - from mani hand and fest feast = a large meal eaten with your hands

NB nothing to do with slippers!

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Meow like a Pirate day!

Avast and Ahoy and shiver me timbers and all that rubbish!

Today is "talk like a pirate" day!

Here is the little fella from the other day doing his best!

Bless!

It seems we must ……

all day!

So here we 'arr travellin' the seven seas in search of booty and loot and talkin' like a couple of West Country drunks. Yo ho ho and a bottle of soider me lads, you scallywags and scurvy dogs!

OK, I think we've probably done enough!

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booty - Someone who is fair of face e.g. 'Arrr! Yon wench be a lid'l booty'

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