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[–] 5parky@lemmy.world 205 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Stomp: "I'll have a rum . . . . And coke."

Bartender: "why the pause?"

Stomp: "Dunno, I've always had them."

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 77 points 1 month ago (1 children)

big pause or it doesn't make sense

[–] iamanurd@midwest.social 18 points 1 month ago

Massive paws would also work if you really exaggerate it. 😉

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago
[–] GasMeterCrasher@lemmy.zip 69 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm gonna need another photo before I believe this is real... and I just want another.

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[–] potatobro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 56 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sounds like they need to adopt a different GF

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago

Right?! I’d go it alone with Stomp by my side.

[–] stebo02@sopuli.xyz 36 points 1 month ago (2 children)

are we sure this is a cat and not a young lynx?

[–] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It’s a Highlander cat. Natural bobbed tail, curled ears, and polydactyl claws.

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Those are very rare. In fact, I'm pretty sure there can be only one.

[–] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What? It’s been a crossbreed since like 2004? Unless I’m getting whooshed?

[–] bss03 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"there can be only one" is a common saying from the Highlander series of movies and TV shows, which refers to an in-universe event where "immortals" (they can be killed by decapitation) feel compelled to "the gathering" and slay each other until the last one receives "the gift".

The series is named "Highlander" because the protagonist in the first movie, Connor MacLeod, is an immortal from the highlands of Scotland and often called "the highlander" by immortals, since he may be living under a different name (because even in fiction paperwork is a bitch).

Outside of the series, "highlander" variants of various games exist which impose a limit of a single instance of a card/token/spell/action where the standard rules have a higher limit or no limit.

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[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I am imagining the cat making exaggerated cartoon footstep sounds as it walks

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] nick@midwest.social 27 points 1 month ago

I’d adopt this freak show in a second and give him the best home

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Just imagine the amount of biscuits Stomp could make. Absolute perfection

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[–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 month ago

I got my long haired Highlander from a gal at work whose daughter was allergic. Best cat I’ve ever had.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

We can't see your cat's tail from this one picture. Is it short? Those feet and short tail may make Stomp a Pixie-Bob breed .

[–] DarkSirrush@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Its a highland lynx, which are generally bred to have manx tail.

Fun fact: because of the manx tail, it has a high chance of being incontinent.

[–] urquell@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago

Hot damn! Those paws are comically big. It's like if a cartoon cat with big feet came to life but kept the disproportionate paws. Awesome!

[–] nsrxn@scribe.disroot.org 19 points 1 month ago (4 children)

why did you name him stomp

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[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago

That is a lynx.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Stomp summoned this book from the depths of my memory. Big things in store for those big paws!

the fire cat

I had that book as a kid and I'd completely forgotten about it until now!

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[–] st33lb0ne@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

Call me crazy but I love it. Makes him even more cute!

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago

You know what they say about cats with big peets.

They need big cuddles. I'm glad he's got an accomodating home.

[–] bennypr0fane@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's not a pathological defect though? I mean does he have health problems because of his paws?

[–] IamSparticles@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Polydatctyly (extra toes) is not all that uncommon in cats. As far as I know it doesn't lead to any notable negative outcomes. We had a poly cat (named Poly because that's what the shelter called her) who lived a long and healthy life. Earnest Hemmingway famously kept and bred polydactyl cats at his home in Key West, and if you go visit the staff there still take care of their descendants.

Here's our Poly:

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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If this is actually your cat, you might get him checked for acromegaly.

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 19 points 1 month ago

Looks like polydactyly to me, which is not uncommon in cats.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not my kitty, but good to know!

[–] GenerationII@lemm.ee 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fun fact: Ernest Hemingway used to collect polydactyl cats and now, because of him, there is a abnormally sizable population of polydactyl cats on Key West, FL.

[–] nick@midwest.social 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ive been to the Hemingway house 20 or so times now (every year I visit) and it’s great. Now i just go to sit there and pet cats. I don’t even care about Hemingway.

[–] chuymatt@startrek.website 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If you are not having a very large stiff drink while you are petting them, you may be doing it wrong!

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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago
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[–] BertramDitore@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

I bet that adorable dude can move.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Ground pounders up and around.

I wanna see the boot not too big for the gd feet!

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