Today I’m not going to post a picture of one of my cats – I’m gonna post pictures of one of my sister’s cats.
This is Bad Kitty, a cat my sister got in a roundabout way – he was passed down to her via a friend of her sister-in-law who was moving or something and could not take him along. He seems to be mostly Maine Coon but has a bobtail or “bunny tail” as Thing One calls it.
He is, as cats go, a pretty big fella. I’d say he’s about the size of Fearless, around twenty-five pounds or so, but his body is shorter and stockier than hers is and he doesn’t have her long bushy tail and extra long fur.
Here is the story of how Bad Kitty came to have his name.
I went over to my sister’s house one Saturday to do laundry, Bad Kitty had arrived a few days earlier and spent much of his time hiding. I had heard from GhostSister that they had a new cat and was curious to see it. Thing One, who was five or so at the time, was bouncing around when I got there and she wanted to tell me about the new cat. This is what she said, nearly word for word, in one long rush –
We have a new kitty his name is Bad Kitty – Bad Kitty scratched Daddy and Daddy calls him Bad Kitty his name is Bad Kitty now can I have a cookie?
Wisely I decided not to give her any more sugar, but the name stuck. He’s really a sweet cat, mostly a big lump that sleeps all the time.
My parents have a cat named BBC. They tell people it stands for Balding Black Cat because, when she’s stressed, she over-grooms and becomes naked from the belly down. BBC does not actually stand for that, though. Her real name is Bitchy Black Cat. Because she’s kind’ve a bitch.
When will you people ever learn? His name is BoB!! Not bad kitty, because he is not a bad kitty.
Bob…Bob…Bob
BK looks remarkably similar to Bugsy, the Insane. Though I think he might be slightly fatter. Slightly.