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As I said, Mr. The Codewitch has been collecting cats.
The most recent, our boy kitty Moummar.
One problem with that: He's a calico. That color combo comes from an XX chromosome pair.
We thought maybe the shelter mixed up his records, so we inspected him ourselves.
He has the requisite parts.
I think he's an XXY kitty. They're extremely rare.
We also have a rarish orange girl, but apparently that wasn't uncommon enough for my other half. 
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My experience with Orange cats is that they are remarkably dim. We had one who used to run headlong into parked motorcycles, steal and eat hot chillies*, and bite his own tail.
* Mind you, watching him visit the litter tray the next day was always ... entertaining.
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Same experience, we had one that we nicknamed "ADHD cat", we knew beforehand that it was a problematic cat as the owner wanted to get rid of him. He became a lot calmer though as he had enough room to play outside in a rural setting, even took time to sit on our lap which he refused to do at first.
Now he's gone sadly, hit by a car last year 
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OriginalGriff wrote: We had one who used to run headlong into parked motorcycles
I had a young St. Bernhard out running in the dark (he was on a leash, but one of these long, self-winding ones of several meters), rounded a corner and banged into a huge steel garbage container. This shocked him so much that he made all big steel things - read: cars - his enemies that he wanted to attack. Having a young 70 kg St. Bernhard throw himself against every car we met when out walking really put a strain on my arm  His fighting spirit against big steel boxed did wear off, gradually, but it took a couple of years. I wouldn't say he was dim, just terribly scared from the crash with the garbage container.
OriginalGriff wrote: steal and eat hot chillies
The old fellow, about 7 years his senior, once came up on me from behind: I was stretching out in my recliner, he laid his huge head over my shoulder, breathing heavily into my face, and I screamed: 'Ambassador, where did you find that garlic??' The term 'dog breath' got a completely new dimension that day.
We use a lot of garlic in our cooking, and one of his nicnames was 'The vacuum cleaner' - he wouldn't let a breadcrumb be left on the floor. One of us must have dropped a garlic clove (from the smell, I'd think it was a big one!) to the floor, and he had 'vacuumed' it before we noticed.
OriginalGriff wrote: bite his own tail.
A few months before that garbage container incident, the young one was just a little puppy (we nicknamed him 'Microsoft'...). The old one was like an old man becoming a granddaddy for the first time. He truly adored the puppy, and the puppy adored the big, strong Ambassador. When we were out walking, the puppy bit granddaddy's tail, to be dragged down the street. Granddaddy was so happy with the attention that he wagged his tail eagerly, with the puppy attached, being thrown from side to side. I tried several times to catch it with my video camera; unfortunately I was always too late.
Maybe letting another dog (/puppy) bite your tail appears to be rather dimwitted, but I can assure you that it was pure love and care for the little one.
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Our cat wonder into our lives a few years ago.
She was abandoned and very young.
My SO has spoiled her to no end, I admit I helped SOME!
So now the cat is just like a puppy, follows the SO everywhere and demands attention from her. If the SO goes outside Mini will go to the door and wait.
We call her out puppy cat.
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May we see pictures, please?
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laying on Mr. The Codewitch[^]
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Gorgeous! Thank-you
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I had heard that male calicos were possible, but very rare. Is XXY the only way to get one? I wonder what percentage of all calicos are male?
Bond
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It comes from an XX chromosome pair, so you'll need a viable chromosomal configuration that includes two Xs.
Less than 1% are male
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how many ice-cream van drivers end up committed to an asylum? "Just. Make. The. Music. Stop!"
"A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants"
Chuckles the clown
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I'm thinking how many have been shot?
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I bet they're thinking to themselves, "I scream ice cream but nobody hears me."
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I'm reminded of a song lyric.
James McMurtry: Gray squirrel running down the telephone wire
Kids around the poolside screaming like cats on fire
Cats on fire chasing after the ice cream van
But that circus music's got to be hell on the ice
cream man
He clips his roach and he hauls his load
Taking his half out of the middle of the road
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