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typed for your pleasure on 27 April 2007, at 1.30 amSdtrk: ‘Where were you?’ by the Mekons
This is so cute, it’s giving me cavities.
‘Exact change? Stitch that, I’ve got a bus pass’
Mystery cat takes regular bus to the shops
Daily Mail | 9th April 2007Bus drivers have nicknamed a white cat Macavity after it has started using the No 331 several mornings a week.
The feline, which has a purple collar, gets onto the busy Walsall to Wolverhampton bus at the same stop most mornings – he then jumps off at the next stop 400m down the road, near a fish and chip shop.
The cat was nicknamed Macavity after the mystery cat in T.S Elliot’s poem. He gets on the bus in front of a row of 1950s semi-detached houses and jumps off at a row of shops down the road which include a fish and chip shop.
Driver Bill Khunkhun, 49, who first saw the cat jumping from the bus in January, said: “It is really odd, the first time I saw the cat jumping off the bus with a group of passengers. I hadn’t seen it get on which was a bit confusing.
“The next day I pulled up on Churchill Road to let a couple of passengers on. As soon as I opened the doors the cat ran towards the bus, jumped on and ran under one of the seats, I don’t think any of the passengers noticed.
“Because I had seen it jump off the day before I carried on driving and sure enough when I stopped just down the road he jumped off – I don’t know why he would catch the bus but he seems to like it. I told some of the other drivers on this route and they have seen him too.”
the rest of the article is here
I love the shot of Macavity in the top left corner. He’s like ‘What? What??‘ Plus, he’s heterochromatic — he has one blue eye and one green eye. He’s a David Bowie kitty!
You have to ask yourself: what would possess a cat to not only take the bus on a regular basis, but make the same stops? It’s apparent that the entire concept of animal intelligence is vastly understudied. My guess is that he’s saving up for driving lessons
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April 27th, 2007 at 1.26 pm
Dear lord that’s too adorable.
April 28th, 2007 at 2.02 pm
he really should be travelling first class. adorable.
🙂
April 29th, 2007 at 11.56 am
The overall consensus: Adorable. 🙂
May 1st, 2007 at 7.18 am
I’ll be the lone dissenter in stating that, in fact, the cat is super-adorable.
But… he rides the bus 400 meters? Surely a cat can hoof it 400 meters. I take back the cute assessment! This is a LAZY cat.
May 1st, 2007 at 5.30 pm
Hey, sometimes cats are lazy! Look at me! And Garfield!
Actually, don’t look at Garfield.
May 2nd, 2007 at 5.29 pm
Oh, well then.
May 7th, 2007 at 12.25 am
And I thought this post was going to be about the Nekobus in My Neighbor Tottoro!
May 7th, 2007 at 12.48 am
Great, now I’m torn between watching ‘Totoro’ again, or watching this fellow…