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Tourists flocking to glimpse fat cat (30 lb orange tabby 'Chester')
Bryan-College Station Eagle (AP) ^ | 7/6/06 | Beth Wilson for AP

Posted on 07/06/2006 7:20:33 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana

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To: MediaMole

And our friend in the cowboy hat has a red neck, so he must be a......ah, never mind....he's got a Treo.


21 posted on 07/06/2006 7:50:12 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana (Don't fall for the soft bigotry of assuming all Hispanics are pro-amnesty. www.dontspeakforme.org)
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To: hispanarepublicana

the cat's name is Riley and the woman is Martha
I don't know either of them but the picture is cool

22 posted on 07/06/2006 8:03:05 AM PDT by rface ("...the most schizoid freeper I've ever seen" - New Bloomfield, Missouri)
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To: hispanarepublicana

Can they please be arrested for animal cruelty


23 posted on 07/06/2006 8:04:45 AM PDT by SengirV
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To: SengirV

Well, he only gets a cup of food a day, and they do give him insulin shots....


24 posted on 07/06/2006 8:09:09 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana (Don't fall for the soft bigotry of assuming all Hispanics are pro-amnesty. www.dontspeakforme.org)
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To: hispanarepublicana

I have a fat cat living with me ... look at the head on that cat and the size of the paws! THAT cat in the picture is a BIG cat, not a fat cat.


25 posted on 07/06/2006 8:09:54 AM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker
Stop feeding him and make him hunt down and kill his own food. He'll get real thin, real quick.

Or he might hunt the only nearby prey that's big enough to feed his huge appetite. Fortunately for the cat that prey is slow and stupid enough so that instead of running off it walks up the the big fuzzy hunter and says "aww, look at the fat pussy cat". Remember, that bag of cat chow is the only think that keeps you off the menu.

26 posted on 07/06/2006 8:10:52 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Loose lips sink ships - and the New York Times really doesn't have a problem with sinking ships.)
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To: hispanarepublicana; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Bahbah; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; ...

"BRING ME LASGANA!"

[Thanks to hispanarepublicana for the ping!]


27 posted on 07/06/2006 8:11:14 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Pray for peace, prepare for war.)
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To: stylecouncilor

ping


28 posted on 07/06/2006 8:19:44 AM PDT by windcliff
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To: hispanarepublicana

yeah, and fatties gain wait from only LOOKING at oreos.


29 posted on 07/06/2006 8:26:37 AM PDT by SengirV
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To: Slings and Arrows

Hi beautiful Kitty Kat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


30 posted on 07/06/2006 8:27:23 AM PDT by angcat ("IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM !")
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To: hispanarepublicana

Whoa. Kitty needs a stint on the Catkins Diet...


31 posted on 07/06/2006 8:27:49 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: hispanarepublicana
Feh! My Mom's cat, Bubba, came in at around 34 pounds the last time he was weighed -- early last year.



I printed off the pic of Chester for her to see. She said he looks like Bubba . . . only smaller :-)
32 posted on 07/06/2006 8:29:11 AM PDT by MrEddieLaRue
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To: rface; All

My two kitty-kids weight 20, and 22 lbs. They are huge cats and a pleasure to have around.


33 posted on 07/06/2006 8:29:26 AM PDT by devane617 (It's McCain and a Rat -- Now what?)
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To: mewzilla
Feline Diabetes
34 posted on 07/06/2006 8:31:49 AM PDT by mewzilla (Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
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To: Xenalyte; Foxfire4
Meet Livingston.

He's one of our purebred Maine Coons and he's just over 25 pounds. Yeah, he's fat, but he's not THAT fat. He's just bloody HUGE. (We figure his scientific name must be fattus cattus.)

He really needs to lose a little weight, but the problem is, we've got a second Maine Coon, Beauregard, that's a rescue and is ultra-scrawny. He's healthy, he's been checked out as clean, but he's rail-thin and won't eat a lot. So if we put out enough food for Bo, Livingston pigs; and if we cut Livingston's food back, Bo doesn't get enough. And let me tell you, hiding food for the scrawny cat doesn't work. Livingston can be VERY limber and athletic when there's food to be found.

I'd about guarantee Chester's got some Maine Coon Cat, or possibly Norwegian Forest Cat, in his family tree. I've seen pictures of a purebred MCC from a breeder in southern Indiana; the cat, Leo, is orange like Chester, but he's 33 pounds and tall enough to reach around a doorknob when standing on his hind legs. And he's NOT fat.

}:-)4

35 posted on 07/06/2006 8:32:47 AM PDT by Moose4 (Dirka dirka Mohammed jihad.)
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To: Moose4
So if we put out enough food for Bo, Livingston pigs; and if we cut Livingston's food back, Bo doesn't get enough.

Our Maine Coon would never eat all of his food but would hide it under anything that was handy for later.

36 posted on 07/06/2006 8:51:16 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (Make them go home!!)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Perhaps the leader of Viking Kitties has been discovered!


37 posted on 07/06/2006 8:55:58 AM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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To: Moose4

You have a beautiful kitty!


38 posted on 07/06/2006 9:01:15 AM PDT by iceskater (One person's mess is another person's filing system.)
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To: Mike Darancette

Hee hee. I love it when our Pontiac tries to bury his leftovers by scratching the floor and wall next to his food bowl. That's a good boy, Pontie, cover it up! LOL


39 posted on 07/06/2006 9:03:22 AM PDT by To Hell With Poverty (To Hell With Pisslam!)
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To: hispanarepublicana

That cat is truly big. Reminds me of my orange cat name Pumpkin. Cats to me are like people, but they have fur.


40 posted on 07/06/2006 9:07:21 AM PDT by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation.)
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