Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> It was only a few years ago when Buddy the Kat came to live with us that I > really became aware of tabby cats and the endless variations of that > designation. > > Buddy is a classic mackerel tabby, and almost perfect in his markings, but > then he was born in Japan, so some craftsman must have painted him with a > watchful eye as to quality control. Our other two cats, Izzy and Henri > are > not so nicely painted. They're pretty, but the paint is kinda slopped on. > Izzy has one sock lower than the other, and they ran out of stripes on one > side. > > Henri has a nice little stripe painted down his nose . . . uh sort of. I > think whoever was doing the painting looked away, or Henri flinched or > something. > > http://www.sonc.com/paint_job.htm > I thought those were known as "Tiger" cats. But what don't know about cats can fill a book. Mark William Rabiner