# Evil Kitty mugs for the camera **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 20, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400 "2008-02-20T18:54:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/1 "2008-02-20T18:54:27Z")
[Linky poo](http://a479.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/42/l_e580d6e8dbafe5e3a4ea256c8d82de9e.jpg) Evil Kitty never lets us get a decent picture of her – but yesterday while I was out taking pictures of the snow she wanted love. While I was scratching her (enormous – the neighbors feed our barn cats) belly, she let me take this picture. Isn’t she a cutie? ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/2 "2008-02-20T19:13:50Z")
She looks like she’s ready to bite you. Evil indeed. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/3 "2008-02-20T19:21:56Z")
Wow that’s a pink tongue. ---
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/4 "2008-02-20T19:28:30Z")
I want that kitteh! ---
**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/5 "2008-02-20T19:32:47Z")
As far as I’ve heard, all tortoiseshell cats (which Kitty appears to be) exhibit “tortietude”. Ours does – she’s definitely dain bramaged. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/6 "2008-02-20T19:37:54Z")
GORGEOUS kitty. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/7 "2008-02-20T20:06:26Z")
[QUOTE=schnuckiputzi] As far as I’ve heard, all tortoiseshell cats (which Kitty appears to be) exhibit “tortietude”. Ours does – she’s definitely dain bramaged. :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] Ours does too. She’s the momma cat to everyone else but she can be a real brat. Are they all huge too? ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/8 "2008-02-20T20:13:08Z")
Funny thing is, she is sweet as can be – she got her name because she was accused of killing her siblings. She was one of a litter of four – 2 torties (she and her sister were almost identical – her sister had just a tad more orange than she, though), an orange tabby and a shadow grey. ([Obligatory link](http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL914/3941633/16322794/262837408.jpg) ). Momma Cat (no pictures, maybe later?) and an older brother, Mr Moo Moo Cow (pictures later on him, too) are still around. These are barn cats – we feed them scraps only and they keep the varmint population low. Or at least, that’s how it worked prior to the birth of Evil Kitty. Once the kittens were weaned, the grey disappeared. We assumed she’d been eaten by coyotes. Then the orange tabby. When Evil Kitty’s twin sister disappeared, we figured out that she had taken the place of Evil Chicken\* and had killed off all her siblings to keep the love to herself. Recently, we noticed Momma Cat, Evil Kitty and Mr. Moo getting fat. I mean porker fat. We’re talking obese! Turns out the other kittens had wandered over to our neighbor’s house and she went ga-ga over them and started feeding them, so they stayed. She noticed the other cats and started leaving food by the creek for them, too. That’s how they got so flippin’ fat! But the name stuck, even though she is one of the sweetest cats ever – I mean, she starts purring if you just smile at her! \*\*Evil Chicken was actually a rooster. We have attempted at various times to keep chickens. Not an easy task in an area with coyotes, opossums, cats, dogs, chicken hawks – ok, hawks of every variety, and who knows what else out there that wants to eat the flippin’ chickens! Evil Chicken was one of the first batch of chickens we bought. He was solid black. Somehow, all of his fellows got eaten/disappeared the first year, without him losing a single feather. The following year, he outlived another 15 fellows. He did this three years in a row before something finally got him. Of course, we assumed he’d been making deals to have the coyotes/hawks/snakes/whatever eat his friends instead of him! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/9 "2008-02-21T04:58:53Z")
We have two torties (or calicos - I can never keep the difference straight) - a black and orange, and a peach and grey, and yeah, lots of attitude from both of them. [Max, the traditional black and orange](http://img139.imageshack.us/my.php?image=maxinsunroom059tn.jpg), has enough personality for about three cats. [Feather, the peach and grey,](http://img313.imageshack.us/my.php?image=featherinthecloset9is.jpg) is more laid-back, but she gets mouthy on occasion, too. They’re both big girls, too - 12 pounds each, and very little fat. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/10 "2008-02-21T05:04:22Z")
Now [this kitty is evil](http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/funny-pictures-evil-cute-kitten-hands.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/11 "2008-02-21T10:27:33Z")
[QUOTE=missbunny] Wow that’s a pink tongue. [/QUOTE] That was my first thought too. ---
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/12 "2008-02-21T11:32:49Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] We have two torties (or calicos - I can never keep the difference straight) - a black and orange, and a peach and grey, and yeah, lots of attitude from both of them. [Max, the traditional black and orange](http://img139.imageshack.us/my.php?image=maxinsunroom059tn.jpg), has enough personality for about three cats. [Feather, the peach and grey,](http://img313.imageshack.us/my.php?image=featherinthecloset9is.jpg) is more laid-back, but she gets mouthy on occasion, too. They’re both big girls, too - 12 pounds each, and very little fat. [/QUOTE] Max is all tortie. Feather looks like a calico or a tortie with white. It is sort of hard to tell in the picture. If she has any stripes visable she could also be called a torbie or a patched tabby. We have a patched tabby, [Button](http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g62/AsecretK/100_0379.jpg) and she is really laid back and by we I mean my daughter. Button is her cat through and through. We have a dilute calico, [Gizmo](http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g62/AsecretK/100_0976.jpg), who is a cow and a bitch. She rules the house with that look but her iron paw will raise as well when needed. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/13 "2008-02-21T17:42:09Z")
Feather does have some stripes - I guess she is a torbie. Okay, we have a tortie and a torbie. ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/14 "2008-02-21T18:14:23Z")
[Momma Cat](http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL914/3941633/16322794/262837382.jpg) is a grey tortie. She has some very odd colouring, if you ask me. I’ve only ever seen one grey like her before – and that was a stray we fed when I was 7 or so. Couldn’t find a picture of Mr. Moo – but I bet my daughter has a few, I will get her to send me one or upload it. Of course, [this](http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL914/3941633/16322794/262837356.jpg) is one of my favourite pictures of Evil Kitty as a kitten. I should point out that all of the cats think of our chihuahua, [Chili](http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL914/3941633/10135942/110376178.jpg) as just another cat – and they all are bigger than he is! ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/15 "2008-02-21T18:28:49Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris] Of course, [this](http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL914/3941633/16322794/262837356.jpg) is one of my favourite pictures of Evil Kitty as a kitten. I should point out that all of the cats think of our chihuahua, [Chili](http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL914/3941633/10135942/110376178.jpg) as just another cat – and they all are bigger than he is! [/QUOTE] Wow, those are gorgeous eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Encinitas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Encinitas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Encinitas)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/16 "2008-02-21T19:19:09Z")
Now [this](http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigboardbest.pl?8:1) is an evil cat! ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/17 "2008-02-21T19:44:29Z")
[QUOTE=Litoris] I should point out that all of the cats think of our chihuahua, [Chili](http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL914/3941633/10135942/110376178.jpg) as just another cat – and they all are bigger than he is! [/QUOTE] Ah, see, at my house, it’s one of the cats that acts like a dog. I don’t have any pictures of it online anywhere, but Punky and Jasmine are buds, and Punky can usually be seen laying in the sun with the dog, if he’s not around one of the people. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/18 "2008-02-21T19:45:51Z")
[QUOTE=SomeUserName] We have a dilute calico, [Gizmo](http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g62/AsecretK/100_0976.jpg), who is a cow and a bitch. She rules the house with that look but her iron paw will raise as well when needed. [/QUOTE] That is one pudgy kitteh! Holy smokes. [Here](http://www.flickr.com/photos/vsquist/740266218/in/set-72157600685770667?edited=1) is our evil one. He’s pretty much the king of the castle, and a crabby old bastard. He loves me, though. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/19 "2008-02-21T20:01:40Z")
Our [Emily](http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m5/MamaTiger4747/Enoughalready.jpg) is pure tortie through and through – enough personality for 20 cats – but she’s also tiny; although she’s 11 now, she’s never weighed over 6.5 lbs in her life. Tiny with a LOT of attitude, that’s Emily. And a voice to match. She can yell like no cat I’ve ever had, and before she joined the household I’d always lived with Siamese! ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400/20 "2008-02-21T20:51:23Z")
Morgan’s on the smallish side ('bout 7-8 lbs), so I guess torties don’t always come in jumbo size only. 🙂 She makes up in volume what she lacks in size, though - even as a wee little kitten, she could make herself heard all the way across the house when she felt like it. She’ll often scold me if she thinks she’s being ignored, and sings to herself whenever she’s happy (like if she’s playing with a toy, or eating some yummy food). Looking at this board, I’m guessing chattiness is a common tortie trait. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-kitty-mugs-for-the-camera/438400.md?page=2)