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Tuesday 1 October 2013

Creative Challenge 271: Perception

Tabby in the bath


“Tabby what are you doing in the bath?”

“Mrs. Human I am perceiving.”

“May I ask what you are perceiving.”

“As the great Oscar Wilde Cat said “The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole.” Mice live in holes, you can eat mice, but not the holes so forget the donut, meaning the grass and earth. Concentrate on the mouse. We felines might be pessimists, but we eat the mice and not the grass and earth; just a matter of perception.”


“That sounds very philosophical Tabby. I did not realise that you had achieved a higher level in feline psychology.”

“We felines are not stupid Mrs. Human, life is not just about tuna fish and catching birds and mice. There is a deeper meaning as the great Nikolai Gogol Purr said “Always think of what is useful and not what is beautiful. Beauty will come of its own accord.”

“Which means Tabby?”

“Birds are useful if you are hungry, who cares about the colour of their feathers. You cannot eat the feathers, it is the inside values they have: the meat. It is just a matter of how you perceive the subject. ”

“So why are you sitting in the bath?”

“Obvious, according how you perceive the matter: I am thinking, therefore I am. It is also a matter of keeping cool in the hot weather. And now leave me to my thoughts and logic and if you really perceive the problem, you would not ask such stupid human questions.”


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8 comments:

  1. How can anyone not LOVE a philisophical cat.....lol....love it!

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  2. After going through your excellent entry, I understand why many philosophers live with cats....

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  3. Poor birds, they don't have much chance against a philosophical hunter cat like that, who doesn't even wear a hat! ;-)

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  4. Poor birds, they don't have much chance against a philosophical hunter cat like that, who doesn't even wear a hat! ;-)

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  5. I hope this cat is named Sophocles. Extraordinary, lively, entertaining story. Love it.

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  6. I hope this cat is named Sophocles. Extraordinary, lively, entertaining story. Love it.

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  7. I didn't realise Tabby was so philosophical, although the last paragraph sounds more like something her sister would say!!

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  8. such smart felines at your house Pat...I didn't think she wanted a bath but I also didn't think about it being a cool place to rest either!

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