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Cat sits in on English Lit class (Original Post) packman Aug 2015 OP
By the look on its face they might be discussing The 101 Dalmatians. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2015 #1
I think he looks bored. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2015 #3
Or The Mill on the Floss... 3catwoman3 Aug 2015 #13
Romeow and Juliet pokerfan Aug 2015 #11
Or other titles... ailsagirl Aug 2015 #2
Cat 22 Xipe Totec Aug 2015 #4
I Clawdius Xipe Totec Aug 2015 #5
The Great Catsby The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2015 #6
The Feline Mystique Art_from_Ark Aug 2015 #12
The Sound and the Furry Arugula Latte Aug 2015 #25
Probably the smartest warm-blooded creature in the room. DinahMoeHum Aug 2015 #7
Cat hangs around school so much he got his own ID card Little Tich Aug 2015 #8
But where does he keep it? He has no pockets. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2015 #9
He probably has human servants helping him. n/t Little Tich Aug 2015 #10
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof n/t MrsMatt Aug 2015 #14
Well, that explains the expression on his face. GoCubsGo Aug 2015 #15
Or - I thought they were discussing Litter packman Aug 2015 #16
They were discussing litter-ature meow2u3 Aug 2015 #28
The Caterbury Tales rug Aug 2015 #17
He looks like he is paying attention. IrishEyes Aug 2015 #18
Poor guy he was hoping for the Ad Lit lecture on mackerel Aug 2015 #19
I love that picture Tom Kitten Aug 2015 #20
The cat is paying more attention than the students NJCher Aug 2015 #21
LOL! The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2015 #23
The cat is paying attention while the humans behind it are socializing. n/t Yavin4 Aug 2015 #22
that's nothing. Next week he's teaching the class. lunatica Aug 2015 #24
"Behold my awesomeness! Look upon my majesty, you worthless peons!" Arugula Latte Aug 2015 #26
kick Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #27
Th Owl says Who? seveneyes Aug 2015 #29
A little red bow on the head gives us the new Bert Lahr. Special Prosciuto Aug 2015 #30

ailsagirl

(22,893 posts)
2. Or other titles...
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 11:38 PM
Aug 2015

The Cat in the Hat
All I Need to Know I Learned From My Cat
The Cat Who Walked by Himself (a favorite of mine)

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,673 posts)
6. The Great Catsby
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 12:12 AM
Aug 2015

Last edited Sat Aug 22, 2015, 07:05 PM - Edit history (1)

The Cat Hair in the Rye
A Tail of Two Kitties
The Cat of Monte Cristo
Vanity Fur
The Very Hungry Cat
Hairy Potter

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
25. The Sound and the Furry
Sun Aug 23, 2015, 07:22 PM
Aug 2015

To Kill a Mockingbird (and a Sparrow, and a Blue Jay)
The Scarlet Litter
Puss of the P'urrbervilles
Atlas Shredded
Purrsuasion
The Three Muscateers
Oliver Hissed

GoCubsGo

(32,079 posts)
15. Well, that explains the expression on his face.
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 01:14 PM
Aug 2015

"I thought this was 'English Lit.' Why the hell are they discussing American literature?


IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
18. He looks like he is paying attention.
Sat Aug 22, 2015, 10:37 PM
Aug 2015

I hope the professor doesn't use a laser pointer during the lecture.

Tom Kitten

(7,346 posts)
20. I love that picture
Sun Aug 23, 2015, 02:10 AM
Aug 2015

I wonder if someone put him there or if he hopped up in the chair on his own.

Orange/Ginger/Marmalade/whatever you want to call them tabbies are my favorite. I had one for 18 years and he was quite the character!

NJCher

(35,654 posts)
21. The cat is paying more attention than the students
Sun Aug 23, 2015, 02:48 AM
Aug 2015

Who are conversing in the background.

OK, here is a story about how I took my cat to an English lit class. I was taking her to the vet, but on the way there was a traffic jam. There was no way I was going to make both the vet and the class, and so I decided to take her to the vet after class.

It was April 1. I wasn't about to leave her in the car for 75", so I took her to class in her cat carrier. I explained the situation to the students, who wanted me to let her out of the carrier. I said OK, as long as we were careful about the door. She was cool about everything--not frightened in the least, and she walked all over the students, much to their amusement.

This was in an amphitheater lecture hall with nice padded chairs. She loved those padded chairs, walking along the backs of the chairs for an entire row.

Realizing it was April 1, I said to the students that when the latecomers showed up, we would pretend the cat did not exist.

Along comes a latecomer. He seats himself and not too much later, my kitty came over to sniff him out. The student is amazed there is a cat in the room. He said, "Professor, did you know there is a cat in the room?" I looked at him and said, "Why Jeremy, did you have a late night? Are you hallucinating? There is no cat." The students all kept a straight face.

Jeremy, stunned, continued to sit there while my cat climbed on his shoulders and whisked her tail around his head.

Not too much later, Jeremy again brought it to my attention that there was a cat in the room. Again, we all disavowed knowledge of any cat.

By this time, my kitty had moved on to other students and Jeremy began to lose it. He jumped up on his chair and yelled, "There's a cat in the room! There's a cat! Can't you see the cat!!!???"

At which point we all sang out, "April Fools!"

It was my best April Fool's joke ever.


Cher

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