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[–] [email protected] 212 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

Bartender: "why the pause?"

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

[–] funkless_eck 79 points 3 days ago (1 children)

big pause or it doesn't make sense

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm proud of y'all for not replying "absolute purrfection"

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

listen here u lil shit

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (2 children)

why did you name him stomp

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Definitely looks more like a Pippin to me...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

He's obviously a Proudfoot.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago
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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 days ago

That is a lynx.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

6 toes on the back paw. Including the "thumb" that's underneath, that's 7.

I'm pressing X to doubt on this one

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days 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!

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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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[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like they need to adopt a different GF

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

I hope he doesn’t grow into those feet.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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:

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I saw the Polys at Hemingway House, they all look very normal in comparison to Stomp's big feet.

Almost all of them were taking naps in plants and under benches

[–] DannyBoy 35 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

You know what they say about cats with big peets.

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

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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 .

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago (3 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.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I've seen weirdly long feet, but this looks like he's wearing giant fuzzy paw slippers. Bonkers. Good on you for adopting him, and choosing the best name lol

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