"Beware the Cat"

[sirhugs]

I see a lot of "Beware the Dog" signs, but never a "Beware the Cat". My masters have instructed me as their human slave to wonder why not - it defames the ferocity of felines. in their opinion.

It struck me that this might be the opening line of a Lit story, but after weeks thinking about it, all I know is that it is not a sequel to Blame it on the Cat or Ella the Cat Burglar. .

At least we might get some Carney puns out of this thread.

 

[Hypoxia]

Seeing a BEWARE THE CAT notice, expect a pet / security jaguar or panther. In relate news, I just read of adult animals rescued from a druglord's cellar, his pet BLT (bear, lion, tiger) special friends. If you see BEWARE THE BLT, run!

 

[yowser]

Seeing a BEWARE THE CAT notice

Outside a Roman villa, 'Cave Catum' written in large letters. Owner warns passers by of its 'sharp pointy big teeth' how 'vicious' etc.

 

[Brick1950]

Cat or Kat ?

Is cat " mistress master Kat " is the cat the whip she holding in her strong right hand or should make her left ?

 

[Acktion]

Allow me to introduce Magic, my familiar of twenty-three years at his death.

Closing in on thirty pounds in his prime, the vet assumed some bobcat crossover.

Two-inch claws that he wielded with a surgeon's delicacy, capable of shredding clothes while leaving barely a pink line on the skin beneath.

And a serious fetish for... ah... ladies intimates.

Seriously could not tell you the number of times I had to chase him through the house to get him out of a bra strap he'd gotten caught in. Or how many pairs of panties he shredded the elastic to chewing on it.

 

[LupusDei]

Seriously could not tell you the number of times I had to chase him through the house to get him out of a bra strap he'd gotten caught in. Or how many pairs of panties he shredded the elastic to chewing on it.

Hm, did he shred ladies panties while those were in use? Now that would be interesting kinky cat to beware of.

 

[Acktion]

Hm, did he shred ladies panties while those were in use? Now that would be interesting kinky cat to beware of.

Mmm. No. Not that I recall. Although it was a pretty common occurrence for her to go to pull her panties up and they would fall right back down.

On the other hand, bikini strings dangling were fair game.

 

[Hypoxia]

We brought home CAVE CANEM and CAVE CATTUS tiles from Pompeii as gifts for animal-owed friends and family. Big hits. Too bad we didn't see CAVE CATTUS DOMINUSQUE (beware of the cat owner) which would have fit several recipients here. Hmmm, what is 'maskless' in Latin? Beware The Unmasked is so fitting for COVID times.

 

[Carnevil9]

.....At least we might get some Carney puns out of this thread.

Well with an appeal like that, how can I refuse to chime in? The obvious pun is the cat/pussy connection. I can see a sort of horror/fantasy angle to the story. A young man walks past a small cottage and sees a "beware of cat" sign. He is curious, as he has never felt threatened by a cat. He knocks on the door, and it is answered by a beautiful young maiden in a flowing gown. She invites him in, and warns him to beware of the cat. The cat meows at him but mostly ignores him. He soon learns that the cat he needs to fear is between her legs, which sucks him in so that she can devour his life force, and continue to look twenty three years old, despite being well over five hundred.

 

[sirhugs]

Well with an appeal like that, how can I refuse to chime in? The obvious pun is the cat/pussy connection. I can see a sort of horror/fantasy angle to the story. A young man walks past a small cottage and sees a "beware of cat" sign. He is curious, as he has never felt threatened by a cat. He knocks on the door, and it is answered by a beautiful young maiden in a flowing gown. She invites him in, and warns him to beware of the cat. The cat meows at him but mostly ignores him. He soon learns that the cat he needs to fear is between her legs, which sucks him in so that she can devour his life force, and continue to look twenty three years old, despite being well over five hundred.

meow

 

[Brandnewbuddy]

In Japanese mythology you have the bakaneko and the nekomata. Cats that due to their age have gained mysterious powers and use them to prey on people (the bakaneko even kills its owners if they keep it for more than 7 years). They can do everything from becoming giant and eating animals and people whole to necromancy and shapeshifting.

So our cat in this case could be a one of those. Pretending to be a stray or abandoned domesticated cat, only to bring ruin upon anyone who sees them.

While they don’t tend to have stories about sleeping with their prey, that could be added to the story.

For example: while during the night our cat goes out and kills people, it hides in the home of a man who lost a loved one (or a crush) and takes their form, letting them live out the love life they wanted in exchange for keeping quiet and giving them a home to hide in.

Someone who catches the creature killing someone puts up signs saying “beware the cat” but no one takes them seriously.

 

[yowser]

We brought home CAVE CANEM and CAVE CATTUS tiles from Pompeii as gifts for animal-owed friends and family. Big hits. Too bad we didn't see CAVE CATTUS DOMINUSQUE (beware of the cat owner) which would have fit several recipients here. Hmmm, what is 'maskless' in Latin? Beware The Unmasked is so fitting for COVID times.

Correct version would be 'CAVE CATUM' (accusative not nominative). Cattus with two 't's is a variant, and acceptable spelling but the case is wrong for the sign.

DOMINUSQUE would be excellent, maybe even 'dominatrix'?

 

[Zionisacat]

Perhaps it was someone's misinterpreted final quote?
Beware the cat...
catapult - Similar to John Sedgwicks final quote of "They couldn't hit an elephant from this dist.." our worry-wart of a main character rushes to his commanding officer of the hill fort they've been tasked to protect. "Beware the cat..." they begin but the commanding officer shuts them down saying that this fort has stood for hundreds of generations and one little catapult won't make a lick of difference to them. Right before an airborne boulder smashes through the wall and the battle commences.

catalyst - Main character is a scientist with a butter fingered assistant. "Beware the cat..." They start to say as the vial slips from the assistants fingers, smashes on the ground, releasing a toxic plume of gas. Well everyone assumed it was a toxic gas, little did they know, it turned normal everyday people into something much much worse. Tentacle monsters!

catacombs - Side character is a dogged (now disgraced) ex-detective with a drinking problem. He stumbles into the doorway of his lover, the only person left who still believes in him. He's wobbly on his feet so they assume drunk. It's only after they finally let him in do they realise that his guts have been sucked out his bellybutton. The tentacle monsters are real! but what the hell does "Beware the cat..." have to do with them? They're hiding in the catacombs beneath the city of course.

 

[Carnevil9]

This thread is turning into a catastrophe!!!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BgivMw_IcAAFsp9.jpg

 

[Hypoxia]

This thread is turning into a catastrophe!!!

That's a feline apostrophe, right? Grammar gone wild, etc.

 

[Hypoxia]

Correct version would be 'CAVE CATUM' (accusative not nominative). Cattus with two 't's is a variant, and acceptable spelling but the case is wrong for the sign.

DOMINUSQUE would be excellent, maybe even 'dominatrix'?

Here I see cattus as the plural so cavec an em is singular "beware of the cat" and cave cattus is "beware of the cats", a fearsome prospect. So many hungry pussies, oy!

Mea culpa: I went to Lutheran and public schools, not Catholic, so I'm not trained in Latin. Pig Latin, maybe, but not the official stuff. "Biggus dickus" works, right?

 

[sirhugs]

That's a feline apostrophe, right? Grammar gone wild, etc.

Grammar gone wild would be a separate thread, about girls that get off on well-spoken men.

 

[Carnevil9]

Grammar gone wild would be a separate thread, about girls that get off on well-spoken men.

Or a grandmother running amok in a nude resort.

 

[sirhugs]

Or a grandmother running amok in a nude resort.

only if Gramma R is a retired English teacher.

 

[LupusDei]

Grammar gone wild would be a separate thread, about girls that get off on well-spoken men.

Or horny grammar teachers...

 

[Carnevil9]

Or horny grammar teachers...

"Hey, baby - wanna conjugate some verbs on a conjugal visit?"

 

[yowser]

"Hey, baby - wanna conjugate some verbs on a conjugal visit?"

A case for declining?

 

[sirhugs]

"Hey, baby - wanna conjugate some verbs on a conjugal visit?"

A case for declining?

"more than his participles were dangling."

 

[Hypoxia]

"Ignore the cat. Beware the T.Rex in the basement. She's hungry, pilgrim."

 

[sirhugs]

"Ignore the cat. Beware the T.Rex in the basement. She's hungry, pilgrim."

don't fret, ignore the T.Rex. the tentacle monster has it under control.