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Our cat knew exactly what page of the book or newspaper I was reading and would sit on that page.
 

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Our cat knew exactly what page of the book or newspaper I was reading and would sit on that page.
Oh sure, but would it go out into the cold, bound joyously down to the fence, PICK UP THE NEWSPAPER IN ITS CLEVER MOUTH and bring it inside for you to read? Just to help? Because Good Boy?

I do not think so.
 

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My cat is a great book lover. (She eats paper.)

So does my bunny. That obviously makes her a literary critic of great discernment. Fortunately her commentary is easily swept up.

Apparently our phone bill is a work of tremendous taste and significance.

I can see this thread morphing into yet another version of Lit v Genre (pleeeease?? We haven't had one for ages!) where the cat is lit, the bunny is genre - and the pup is a Very Good Boy.
 

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Our cat knew exactly what page of the book or newspaper I was reading and would sit on that page.

This is my Octavia, sitting on my latest editorial letter:


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Oh sure, but would it go out into the cold, bound joyously down to the fence, PICK UP THE NEWSPAPER IN ITS CLEVER MOUTH and bring it inside for you to read? Just to help? Because Good Boy?

My spouse does that. (Well, not in his mouth, but still.)
 

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I can see this thread morphing into yet another version of Lit v Genre (pleeeease?? We haven't had one for ages!) where the cat is lit, the bunny is genre - and the pup is a Very Good Boy.

My pup has a weak bladder, and has been known to leak on pages. Would that be lit or genre?
 

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Oh sure, but would it go out into the cold, bound joyously down to the fence, PICK UP THE NEWSPAPER IN ITS CLEVER MOUTH and bring it inside for you to read? Just to help? Because Good Boy?

I do not think so.

Well . . . no, but she did bring us spiders. And the dog ate the couch. Also parts of the Jeep. And the truck. And a pound of raw hamburger he stole off the kitchen counter where it was thawing. I'll have to ask if he's eaten any books yet.
 

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That’s quite enough, all you philistines! My cat has created the best possible world, and she will not have her terms contradicted. Go take your spider-eating, letter-squatting, phone-bill-eating purveyors of bad taste and hoof it. What do you know about art?

Leaking pups, indeed. (That goes double for Marissa’s bunny.)
 
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That’s quite enough, all you philistines! My cat has created the best possible world, and she will not have her terms contradicted. Go take your spider-eating, letter-squatting, phone-bill-eating purveyors of bad taste and hoof it. What do you know about art?

Leaking pups, indeed. (That goes double for Marissa’s bunny.)

Oh, I dunno. I think there's a spot for Admin's truck eating pup in Koons' newest exhibition. :wag:
 

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My cat is both creator and critiquer. She often walks across my keyboard deleting the last few pages and adding her own special brand of a string of ampersands and y’s. It often moves me to strong emotions.
My spouse does that. (Well, not in his mouth, but still.)
Don’t worry, with some training, I’m sure you can get him to carry it in his mouth.

Oh, I dunno. I think there's a spot for Admin's truck eating pup in Koons' newest exhibition. :wag:
I would pay to see it.
 

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Oh sure, but would it go out into the cold, bound joyously down to the fence, PICK UP THE NEWSPAPER IN ITS CLEVER MOUTH and bring it inside for you to read? Just to help? Because Good Boy?

My spouse does that. (Well, not in his mouth, but still.)

Don’t worry, with some training, I’m sure you can get him to carry it in his mouth.

I've found that dogs are easier to train . . . and cheaper to feed, too.

Ah, but the real question is, if a Good Boy husband picks up a newspaper in his clever mouth and bounds joyously through the cold to bring it to you, is it ART?

My cat sez... no.
 

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I would pay to see it.

I'm pretty sure I did. :ROFL:

Ah, but the real question is, if a Good Boy husband picks up a newspaper in his clever mouth and bounds joyously through the cold to bring it to you, is it ART?

My cat sez... no.

That depends. If he does it without adjectives and increasing tension, yes.
 

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I am. And I make good money at it too. (This is a recent happenstance, and may go away any moment!)
 
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