The Real Marcus Stands Up

Taylor:   You might not have recognized me in Wednesday's I Am Marcus post, but you all did really well in guessing that I am not Marcus.  He most definitely is not a cat.

There were a total of ten votes in our sidebar poll.  Picture #1: 5 votes.  Picture #3:  7 votes.  Yes, that means two of you voted for both dog photos. 

Some of you voted in the comments and we really enjoyed those comments.  Hopefully Angel AbbyGrace, who voted both for Marcus and for the President of the United States in the same day, did not mix up the ballots and vote for Marcus for President, although Marcus says he would promise when the leashes came out to not run around the White House shrieking with joy and body slamming the furniture. 

Yes, Frankie Furter, the real Marcus will now stand up. 

We have always kidded Marcus about his big stand-up ears, so those of you who guessed Picture #1 were correct.  This is the real Marcus.

Those of you, however, who guessed Picture #3 were also correct.

As Loulou said, "Well, DUH. One and three--you have on the same collar!!! Either that or it's a clone. Oh, boy, would Jan LOVE that!"  (Jan nearly passed out at the thought of a cloned Marcus.  One cyclone to a household, please!)

Meowmeowmans was alert and mentioned he didn't think Marcus's ear bends like that.

It didn't.

But earlier this month, Marcus spent some time playing in the dog pen by himself and when Jan took out the trash, she was shocked to see one of those beautiful ears was bent.  The area circled in orange in the picture above is the original site of an aural hematoma.  The area in green is how large it grew.

It's healing nicely and it could have been worse, but sadly, Marcus is having to rethink his desire to be a standup comic.  (Pun intended.)


We are joining the Pet Parade hosted by Rascal and Rocco, Basil the Bionic Cat, Barking from the Bayou and Owned by a husky.   

I Am Marcus

Marcus: I thought it would be nice to do something different today, so how about a quiz?   Let's see how attentive you are and how well you know me.

There are three pictures below.  Look at each one very carefully.

Which one is mine?

Picture #1:  I am Marcus.

Picture #2:  I am Marcus.

Picture #3:  I am Marcus.

Did you find me?

Are you absolutely certain?

How did you recognize me?

Since everyone doesn't have an account that enables them to leave a comment, I'm adding a poll at the top of the right sidebar so anyone who wants to can vote.

The results will be posted Friday.  If Jan reminds me.  You know how it is, when you live with someone long enough you pick up their bad traits. 

Scary Eye and Simon Cowell

All the photos are posted and the voting has begun on Deetz's Scary Eye Contest. The entries have been divided into 5 categories. Samaritan and Merci are in the Very Scary Eye division. You can find the rules on Deetz - Scary Eye Contest. If you haven't already, stop by and vote.

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The other day we were sent a link to Which Celebrity Is Your Cat? We felines didn't want to answer the quiz for all 6 of us, so we drew orange hairs to choose just one of us to represent the club. (We plucked 8 long orange hairs from Rusty's coat and 1 short orange hair from Crystal's.) Percy drew the short hair, so we answered all the questions for him.

Now, Percy is a laid back, friendly kitty. But after we answered all the strange questions that offered us choices totally removed from Percy's personality, we were all flabbergasted to get the message .....

Oh, we hate to do this to Percy. It's so embarrassing.

Your cat is Simon Cowell!

Enterprising, brassy and not afraid to meowing what's on his mind, Percy is Idol-maker Simon Cowell!

There's no beating around the bush with Percy and flattery will get you nowhere. Percy calls it like he sees it, and stands firm on all fours behind his decisions. The cat definitely does not have Percy's tongue—some of his pals think he's bitter and confrontational, while others find him to be impawsibly hilarious. Percy's influence on those around him is remarkable, and he takes advantage of this fact and uses it wisely. Behind his no-nonsense mask, Percy is a perceptive sponge, taking in what he sees and hears around him, and then figuring out how to make it look, or sound, better.

Bitter and confrontational? Well, Percy is mortified and he's been wandering around the house wearing a disguise ever since. We tried to get a photo of him wearing his disguise but he wants to remain incognito until the shame wears off.

Well, we were horrorstruck. What had we done wrong? So we took the site up on its offer and took the quiz again to see if we got different results.

Your cat is Will Smith!

A fresh prince in the pursuit of happiness, Percy is megastar Will Smith!

Putting the jazz back in jazzy, Percy is always moving and grooving to the beat of his own internal drum. Not one to settle for second best, Percy only takes on projects that are sure to draw attention and improve his pawpularity in the pack. Percy's broad appeal across breed, age and gender lines means that his actions often lead to his being named best in show. Smooth, suave and debonair... he's the perfect pet to take home to Mommy. Not lacking in the looks department, Percy‘s toothy grin would send even the most furrocious group of alien invaders spinning helplessly back into space.

This is better but Percy believes he won't ever live down the embarrassment of being called a Simon Cowell.

If you want to try the quiz for yourself, you can take it at Which celebrity is your cat? There is also a quiz for dogs at Which celebrity is your dog?