Althouse: "It’s like a warm peach that kind of gives a little bit, that has extra skin."

March 26, 2017

"It’s like a warm peach that kind of gives a little bit, that has extra skin."

Said the Yankees pitcher Greg Bird, about his hairless cat, Mr. Delicious.

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10 comments:

Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...: Speaking of extra skin, I feel there is an elephant in the room.; 3/26/17, 10:34 AM
Quaestor said...: Mr. Delicious -- that's the best pet name I heard in years.; 3/26/17, 10:41 AM
mockturtle said...: I knew a couple who had two hairless cats. They were the most hideous things imaginable.; 3/26/17, 11:02 AM
Ann Althouse said...: In an animal that isn't currently endangering you, hideousness can be perceived as cuteness.

People love that annual ugliest dog contest. And it's usually won, I think, by a hairless (or mostly hairless) breed.; 3/26/17, 11:10 AM
mockturtle said...: They looked like this: sphynx cat

Do you really think anyone could call it 'cute'? Exotic, maybe. Cute, no.; 3/26/17, 11:12 AM
Fernandinande said...: mockturtle said...
I knew a couple who had two hairless cats. They were the most hideous things imaginable.

Try imagining a baby parrot.; 3/26/17, 2:13 PM
mockturtle said...: Try imagining a baby parrot.

Eeeeeuuuuuwwww!; 3/26/17, 2:28 PM
Ann Althouse said...: "Do you really think anyone could call it 'cute'? Exotic, maybe. Cute, no."

If they were nice enough to have me over to their house, I sure would. I might even not be lying.

With really hip friends you can make fun of how their children look, but who has friends like that?; 3/26/17, 2:42 PM
mockturtle said...: If they were nice enough to have me over to their house, I sure would. I might even not be lying.

'Interesting' would be a truthful way of being polite.; 3/26/17, 3:23 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: There's a picture of the man with his cat. Cute.; 3/27/17, 8:50 AM