Marso 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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Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan ayon kay ...

Speaking of extra skin, I feel there is an elephant in the room.

Quaestor ayon kay ...

Mr. Delicious -- that's the best pet name I heard in years.

mockturtle ayon kay ...

I knew a couple who had two hairless cats. They were the most hideous things imaginable.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

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.

mockturtle ayon kay ...

They looked like this: sphynx cat

Do you really think anyone could call it 'cute'? Exotic, maybe. Cute, no.

Fernandinande ayon kay ...

mockturtle said...
I knew a couple who had two hairless cats. They were the most hideous things imaginable.


Try imagining a baby parrot.

mockturtle ayon kay ...

Try imagining a baby parrot.

Eeeeeuuuuuwwww!

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

"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?

mockturtle ayon kay ...

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.

Freeman Hunt ayon kay ...

There's a picture of the man with his cat. Cute.

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