Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Warcat.

Huck is pretty fearless and quite willing to tackle foes many times his size. The other day, for instance, when he was pacing the office floor restlessly and mewing incessantly because it was 37.5 minutes 'til dinner time, I made an aggressive palm-outward shooing/get-back motion towards his face with my hand.

Most cats will scurry away from that; instead, Huck leaped at my hand, which I barely got out of the way of flailing paws and gaping maw. "Yay! A fight!"

The last thing he needs is a suit of armor.

(via email)
Posted by @
Labels: ,

21 comments:

Scott J said...

I've been thinking of trying to capture our one eyed kitty on video and posting on You Tube.

She frequently does the bow up, poof tail sideways walk at me stuff. Quite amusing.

9:13 AM, July 03, 2013
Bob said...

If you did buy him a suit of armor, you could call him Sir Purrcival.

9:52 AM, July 03, 2013
mikee said...

Would you be willing to let Huck play with an armored guinea pig?

http://i.imgur.com/eIddG7X.jpg

9:58 AM, July 03, 2013
JD(not the one with the picture) said...

I like the Japanese armor... Samurai Hucku!

10:17 AM, July 03, 2013
ISH (Mininerd) said...

Lord Huckmungus needs only a colander for his face and a spikey cod-piece.

10:27 AM, July 03, 2013
Stretch said...

A) I want to see you measure him for proper fitting.
B) I want to see you get him into the armor.
C) I'm blood type O+ if you need a transfusion from performing A and B.

10:57 AM, July 03, 2013
Chas S. Clifton said...

Armoring the tail is a little much. A lopped tail should be the sign of an "alter Kämpfer."

10:58 AM, July 03, 2013
BGMiller said...

Folks, forget about up-armoring Huck. Cat is in no way interested in any sissified "protection", he's a berserker. Plate would just slow him down.


BGM

11:37 AM, July 03, 2013
Yrro said...

All I can think of is "Mouseguard LARP." But I really don't want to type that phrase into google.

11:44 AM, July 03, 2013
fast richard said...

You just have to convince him that the armor is like a cardboard box that fits really well.

11:47 AM, July 03, 2013
Mike_C said...

1. Wow, those are beautiful!
2. How do you find this stuff?
3. Um, if the cats are facing mice with those back-mounted lance thingies, shouldn't the armor have better ventral (and gorget-type) protection rather than looking a bit like barding?

Motto: Ruining neat stuff with over analysis since way back

12:04 PM, July 03, 2013
JohninMd.(too late?!??) said...

Wow. Just....wow. and methinks Stretch wins on this thread so far....and do they even MAKE that stuff big enough to fit Sir Huck?

12:59 PM, July 03, 2013
Gewehr98 said...

Huck = reincarnated Moro warrior?

1:01 PM, July 03, 2013
Anonymous said...

Um, I think if you fitted this stuff to any normal cat, and they figured out it's major advantages, then the mouse would not be the prey of choice.

I'd worry about the dog.

FormerFlyer

4:29 PM, July 03, 2013
global village idiot said...

http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Samurai-Cat-Mark-Rogers/dp/0312850166

gvi

5:02 PM, July 03, 2013
Ken said...

gvi, I loved that book. "He works great wonders through sheer annoyance."

6:25 PM, July 03, 2013
Drang said...

But did Huck scream before he leapt?

10:48 PM, July 03, 2013
The Great and Powerful Oz said...

You have read some of the Samurai Cat books, haven't you?

11:04 PM, July 03, 2013
Unknown said...

+1 on the Samurai Cat books. Out of print, often hard to find, and/or somewhat pricey these days, but worth the effort.

7:54 AM, July 04, 2013
Kristophr said...

"But did Huck scream before he leapt?"

If he did, he will require a gallon of shrimp-flavored icecream to be placated.

12:30 PM, July 04, 2013
Anonymous said...

There's no amount of armour a cat can wear that a big dog can't bite through...

I'd ditch the armour and go for speed and agility.

1:08 PM, July 04, 2013

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)