# Who are you, O Cat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 14, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-o-cat/847954 "2020-02-14T21:49:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-o-cat/847954/61 "2020-03-21T04:57:41Z")
Congratulations, you are owned yet again. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-o-cat/847954/62 "2020-03-21T06:16:33Z")
Thanks for the update! Merton sounds like he is very much loved. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-o-cat/847954/63 "2020-03-21T14:28:37Z")
My yellow cat is Atilla. Maybe yours could have the name of some other barbarian leader. I did once have a cat named for my favorite cat story ever, Tobermory, by H.H. Munro, aka Saki. That cat could talk. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-o-cat/847954/64 "2020-03-21T18:22:25Z")
He’s actually a very mellow-tempered cat, who doesn’t appear to be into fighting at all. Warlord names wouldn’t suit at all. [ETA: think I just remembered the Tobermory story. Feline blackmail, wasn’t it?] ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-o-cat/847954/65 "2020-03-21T18:37:51Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > [ETA: think I just remembered the Tobermory story. Feline blackmail, wasn’t it?] I wouldn’t call it blackmail; it’s not like he wanted or asked for anything. At least he doesn’t get coldly murdered like his mistress ☹ ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-o-cat/847954/66 "2020-03-22T02:12:02Z")
I think I’m remembering the wrong story. I’m pretty sure I’ve got a collected Saki around; I’ll have to go look. Or I could be lazy and look online. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-o-cat/847954/67 "2020-10-20T23:12:17Z")
Update, mostly because I was thanking somebody else for an update about a cat who showed up at a door, and it made me think of this thread: Merton is doing fine. He and the Other Tom have wild wrestling games which they obviously both enjoy greatly, interspersed with washing each other. The No-Longer-Just-Visiting-Yes-She-Lives-Here-Now cat is less happy, as she doesn’t like to wrestle, but has initiated an occasional chase game and is clearly not afraid of Mert, just sometimes annoyed by him; she’ll comfortably hang out in the same room that he’s in. Mert sleeps on my bed every night. We’re both pleased about that. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-o-cat/847954/68 "2020-10-21T02:21:18Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Mert sleeps on my bed every night. We’re both pleased about that. Aaaah. Warm fuzzies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-you-o-cat/847954.md?page=3)