{"id":1699,"date":"2009-01-10T13:06:54","date_gmt":"2009-01-10T19:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snarkitupfuzzball.nexiliscom.com\/?p=1699"},"modified":"2009-01-12T15:07:38","modified_gmt":"2009-01-12T21:07:38","slug":"the-saddest-kitty-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snarkitupfuzzball.nexiliscom.com\/?p=1699","title":{"rendered":"The saddest kitty in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent <em>Family Circus<\/em> (9 Jan 2009) has Dolly complaining mightily that cats don&#8217;t like being taken for walks.\u00a0 At the end of a leash, lying on the floor, is the very sad Kittycat.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve <strong><em>never<\/em><\/strong> seen the Keanes&#8217; Kittycat anything but happy and frisky, and the depiction of her this way just really bummed me out.\u00a0 It made me think that the little cat is being abused in other ways as well.<\/p>\n<p>(It also made me think about &#8220;The Heaviest Harness in the World&#8221; photos over at Flickr.com: http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/worldsheaviestharness\/pool\/ But I digress.)<\/p>\n<p>I hate the idea of small animals being tortured.\u00a0 Well, mostly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/snarkitupfuzzball.nexiliscom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/new-fc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1700\" title=\"new-fc\" src=\"http:\/\/snarkitupfuzzball.nexiliscom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/new-fc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snarkitupfuzzball.nexiliscom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/new-fc.jpg 320w, https:\/\/snarkitupfuzzball.nexiliscom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/new-fc-200x250.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I posted the above mashup on Flickr.com, I titled it &#8220;Tough Love, Dolly-Style.&#8221;\u00a0 Dang, my mashing of <em>FC <\/em>has been few and far between recently, and here comes something new, which is probably best titled &#8220;Real tough Love, Dolly-Style.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I suspect in another time and place, the lone daughter of the Keane Clan might&#8217;ve grown up to be <em>Dolly, She-Wolf of the SS<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/snarkitupfuzzball.nexiliscom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/new-fc-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1727\" title=\"new-fc-2\" src=\"http:\/\/snarkitupfuzzball.nexiliscom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/new-fc-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snarkitupfuzzball.nexiliscom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/new-fc-2.jpg 320w, https:\/\/snarkitupfuzzball.nexiliscom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/new-fc-2-231x250.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(I kinda like how Big Daddy Keane seems on-board with Dolly&#8217;s plans.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Family Circus (9 Jan 2009) has Dolly complaining mightily that cats don&#8217;t like being taken for walks.\u00a0 At the end of a leash, lying on the floor, is the very sad Kittycat.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never seen the Keanes&#8217; 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