Wednesday, September 08, 2010

The One-Eyed Cat is Dead, Long Live the One-Eyed Cat

A Sad, Strange Criminal Was Harvey Dent...
Lucky the Half-Face Cat (?-2009), RIP
Since I first saw him back in 2003, each year's first appearance of Lucky the Half-Face cat has marked the start of Official D'Israeli Springtime. Each year has seen him looking a little frailer than the last, and though I spotted him once in 2009, he didn't appear again before we went away to Greece, so I feared the worst.

On returning from the shops the other day, I spied two new cats asleep in the front window of Lucky's house, suggesting that both he and is sibling Intactikin (AKA Intractikin as he'd never come near me) have shuffled off this mortal coil and joined the choir invisible. I'll miss him; he had that rare combination of facial mutilation and a funny meow that was always guaranteed to raise the spirits of a sick f*ck like myself. Between the huge dent in his head and his increasing frailty, every new sighting felt like one in the eye for mortality.

Nick Furry, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

What's funny is that one of the replacements is also one-eyed; whether it's pure coincidence or whether the owners adopt from somwhere that specializes in mis-shapes I have no way of telling. Or perhaps there's just someone in the house with a cocktail stick and a quick hand.

Anyway, though Lucky could never be replaced, D'Blog of Israeli wouldn't be D'Blog of Israeli without a facially-crippled cat for a mascot, so I say to you, behold… NICK FURRY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D.

3 comments:

Jim Campbell said...

Some puns are so bad, they transcend badness and enter the realm of genius. I fear Nick Furry may be one of those…

Jay said...

Matt, you bugger! I'm still a bit wheezy from an asthma attack this morning, and your cocktail stick gag just reduced me to a coughing heap...

the comics expert said...

Man, I'd pay money to get to talk to you sometime, like during a con.
I love reading your blog, and this entry (I was sold at Cats) is pure gold & a distillation of why your blog's so good!