Retro Kitties

[gemfyre]

Me and my first cat Cooking Fat. Circa mid 80's. I'm probably around 6 years old in this shot.













You can get an idea of her teenyness by the fact that she's standing in a set of kitchen scales and that's a 2L bottle of Coke.


Even then she was a deadly hunter.

Comments

[ms-abigail.livejournal.com]

OMG OMG OMG
I HAVE THE EXACT SAME QUILT COVER AS YOU DO IN THOSE PHOTOS! IN FACE ITS SITTING ON MY COFFEE TABLE AT THE MOMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tigernic.livejournal.com]

I have the same quilt cover thingy too! Strawberry Shortcake i think it was =) (if that's the one you're referring to)

[ms-abigail.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if thats what it was, i wasnt sure though because the colours arent very vibrant even when its still in pristine condition!

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

I think it was Holly Hobby.

[ms-abigail.livejournal.com]

WHO? who the fuck is she?!

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

No idea really. That's just what mum used to tell me.

I had other Holly Hobby stuff too.

[ms-abigail.livejournal.com]

I just rang my mum and she says from what she can remember she is also fairly certain it is holly hobby

[ms-abigail.livejournal.com]

i mean in FACT far out!!!!!

[purrdence.livejournal.com]

And Cooking Fat looks so much like my first cat, Tom.

You're probably met my second cat, Merlin, previously seen in KP...

[stawberi.livejournal.com]

Puddy tat!

[berrytown.livejournal.com]

awww that kitten looks like my Misty.

[shirazz.livejournal.com]

Hhehheheeh - love it!

[jassalol.livejournal.com]

You were a scary looking six year old o_O

[pinkjubie.livejournal.com]

The cat's name was cooking fat? :D

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Yes. Yes he was.

My dad was quite amused by some joke involving a drunk guy tripping over the cat and declaring "I'm gonna kill that cooking fat!" and he named the cat after it.

All my childhood I had no idea my beloved cat was named after a profanity and a rather crude joke.

[daizy18.livejournal.com]

How weird! My best friend's dad also had a cat named Cooking Fat! Same idea behind the name and everything. I guess it was a popular joke.

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Wow.

I thought that no other cat in the world would ever have such a weird name.

[aurickandrien.livejournal.com]

Ja, Phantom does look small there... not that I've ever actually seen Phantom.

[abinormal.livejournal.com]

Aw, lots of cuteness!

[sunrise-raver.livejournal.com]

Yep, I also knew of a cat called Cookie... short for... yep... Cooking Fat :) The joke hit the UK too.

Cute puddies btw!

[shadowshifter.livejournal.com]

damn thats one large cat.

i remember when my cats were teeny

[mrblueberry.livejournal.com]

Awww, the two last ones are just super cute!

Mommy doesn't have any good (and very few bad) pictures of her first kitty, and that makes her sad.