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At last, a candidate we can whole-heartedly support

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1Taphophile13
Juil 20, 2015, 12:43 pm

This demo-cat is running for president:
http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/07/08/421140664/for-limberbutt-m...

I'm sure he can't be as bad as some of the other candidates and is probably a good deal better than many.

2anna_in_pdx
Juil 20, 2015, 1:01 pm

I just am giggling at his name. I had a cat as a child whose tail had been run over and his name was Buttonbutt.

3gilroy
Juil 20, 2015, 1:03 pm

But he's not old enough... is he?

4anna_in_pdx
Juil 20, 2015, 1:04 pm

Depends on if you accept the "cat year" methodology of ascertaining his age.

I think if he is 5 (that's what the article states) and that equates to 35 human years then we should be golden!

5anglemark
Modifié : Juil 20, 2015, 1:45 pm

On the topic of cat age vs human age, I read somewhere that in terms of development (most mammals spend a smaller part of their lives as juveniles than humans do), it makes most sense to translate a cat's first year to 15 human years, the second year to nine human years, and every additional year after that as four years. A two-year-old cat is an adult, whereas a fourteen-year-old human is still a child.

6anna_in_pdx
Juil 20, 2015, 1:32 pm

Hm, that does make sense, and in that methodology Mr Limberbutt would be 15+9+4+4+4 = 34. Not quite old enough if the cutoff is 35, unless he is closer to 6 than 5.

My 19 year old Mocha would be 24 + (17*4) = 92. Yeah, that sounds about right!

7anglemark
Juil 20, 2015, 1:46 pm

15+9+4+4+4 is actually 36 ;)

8anna_in_pdx
Juil 20, 2015, 1:47 pm

Argh, math is hard without enough coffee, why did I do that....

9Taphophile13
Juil 20, 2015, 1:53 pm

I'm wondering who his running mate should be. Any suggestions?

10Limelite
Juil 20, 2015, 4:00 pm

Perhaps Mick E Mouse?

11krazy4katz
Juil 20, 2015, 10:01 pm

I love the first comment from InheritTheWindow:

"His chief complaint is that he's constantly hounded by political watchdogs."