Why is the Prime Minister not being dragged over the coals for this? Whilst she and Boris Johnson blather on, the fur is flying practically under their noses! How can Her Majesty’s Government be trusted to manage Brexit and national security if they cannot prevent employees at the very heart of government from acting like soccer hooligans?
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Not surprised, I’ve come to expect catty behaviour from public servants.
Has it even not been thus, Alan? As usual, this all comes down to a turf battle between rival departments, each fighting tooth-and-claw for exclusive looting right on what they see as ‘their patch’ đ
‘Aftermath’ over-eggs things a bit.
I blame Brexit.
When the kids are fighting, I blame the parents.
This is the first time I can remember cats being described as “employees”.
The Royal Mail has long listed mousers at sorting offices as employees, with union membership etc.
Also, there’s a cat in Japan who’s a station master, iirc.
The Royal Navy Submarine Service used to employ mice as part of the crew, rank unknown, performing a function like a canary in a coal mine.
Clearly, there would have been little room or scope for a ship’s cat!
What about catching the rats, before they jump ship?
Did i mention here before that i believe cats to be the 2nd most important animals (after humans) in the rise of civilization? Dogs were important in hunting and herding, horses in herding and warfare, but without cats there would be no grain agriculture. On the positive side, without cats we’d all be on low-carb diets.
Yes I believe what he meant to write was “our overlords”.
Sadly, the feline station master that I was thinking of, named Tama, passed away last year. The job is now held by her apprentice, another cat.
According to Wikipedia, she got a couple of promotions, becoming first “the only female in a managerial position in the company” and later “the first cat to become an executive of a railroad corporation”.
More here.
The British and our cats.
Grab ’em by the pussy
…or build a wall, and make them pay for it.
Cats are the first familiars of the Dark One. I never met a cat who wasn’t an amoral, opportunistic, sociopathic thug at heart. For a better understanding of the cat personality, see Blair (1945).
llater,
llamas
You say that like it is a bad thing! đż
“I never met a cat who wasnât an amoral, opportunistic, sociopathic thug at heart.”
You say that like it’s a BAD thing!
There’s room for only one amoral, opportunistic, sociopathic thug at our house, and that spot is already occupied đ
llater,
llamas
Gene & I clearly had the same thought đ
I wonder whether he’s this Gene?
Nope. I’m an American fictional character, not a British one.
And great minds apparently think EXACTLY alike (for some definition of “great”).
Here in Australia, public servants are called ‘fat cats’. Do they have animal nicknames in Britain?