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Everything is shitty so here’s Freddie Mercury with his cats

Freddie with Tiffany, one of his real-life Fat Bottomed Girls

By David Futrelle

Did you all know that Freddie Mercury was really, really into his cats? I did not. But he was, and here is photographic proof. I ran a couple of the pics here through some filters because I sort of like to do that.

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kavafish
kavafish
6 years ago

De-lurking to say I would love to play minecraft with fellow readers of this site! How do I join?

Fishy Goat
Fishy Goat
6 years ago

He is a gentleman- A Good Knight, who is aggressively confrontational against corruption.

So he screams at himself in the mirror every morning? Yeesh, sounds like a Soldiers of Odin wannabe.

John Lucas
John Lucas
6 years ago

All the greats love cats. Another example: http://brian-eno-with-cats.tumblr.com/

Fabe
Fabe
6 years ago

I liked the bit where it talks about how he went searching for the Holly Grail. Yeah like he’s going to succeed where experts have failed.

Button
Button
6 years ago

@Fabe

How should I contact you to get the Minecraft server info? I assume you don’t want to just post it online.

My old throwaway email account recently expired, but I can make a new one if you want to send it to me that way

Nequam
Nequam
6 years ago

How about Tom Baker with some kittens?

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Bananananana dakry: Short-Haired, Fat, and Deranged
Bananananana dakry: Short-Haired, Fat, and Deranged
6 years ago

@Temascos

Technically (not that it matters, really), Freddie was bi, leaning towards men. Pretty sure the other guy in the third photo down (with the cute tabby) is Jim Hutton, his last boyfriend before his death. However, he also remained best friends with his longtime girlfriend Mary Austin for his entire life even after they were no longer romantically involved, and left her his home and the majority of his estate in his will. /trivia nerd

Mostly though… kitties. And agreed on best vest ever. <3

Alan Robertshaw
Alan Robertshaw
6 years ago

how he went searching for the Holly Grail.

He looks like the sort who would choose, poorly.

Cygnia
6 years ago

@Nequam

TIME KITTEHS~!!!!!

Fabe
Fabe
6 years ago

@button

@Fabe

How should I contact you to get the Minecraft server info? I assume you don’t want to just post it online.

My old throwaway email account recently expired, but I can make a new one if you want to send it to me that way

Are you on steam? I think that how I contacted some of the others who joined. all I need is your in game name then I can invite you

Hippodameia
Hippodameia
6 years ago

What gloriously fluffy kitties!

Nikki the Bluth Wannabe
Nikki the Bluth Wannabe
6 years ago

@K.
On behalf of my state, I sincerely apologize for this Alt-Knight idiot.

K.
K.
6 years ago

@Nikki

I’m in this state too. He’s been quite the violent asshaberdasher around Cleveland and I’m always paranoid he’ll try shit in Columbus during Origins/Cbus Pride.

John Lucas
John Lucas
6 years ago

Regarding the Alt-Knight…

Does he think he’s Indiana fucking Jones?

No, because if you recall, Indy wasn’t a big fan of Nazis.

(Let’s see if this will work…)

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Surplus to Requirements, Observer of the Vast Blight-Wing Enstupidation
Surplus to Requirements, Observer of the Vast Blight-Wing Enstupidation
6 years ago

A gif of four little animated colored dots?

I’m clearly not getting the joke.

Catalpa
Catalpa
6 years ago

@Surplus

The four dots are the loading screen for the site. The actual gif is one of Indiana Jones saying “Nazis. I hate those guys.”

Mish of the Catlady Ascendancy
Mish of the Catlady Ascendancy
6 years ago

Since some mammotheers have shared more pics of awesome cat-loving people, here is Foucault with his cat Insanity (of course).

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ss_b_nRUCv4/Tb1eF2WWxZI/AAAAAAAAFiA/wjYFmnuaX5A/s400/z.jpg

I found it here, in a collection of literary folk with cats. So many of them chose cat names from their own writing! e.g. Foucault (above); Derrida’s cat was Logos; Camus’ was Stranger; Sartre’s was Nothing (at least he didn’t name it Nausea, I guess). Burroughs named his cat Junkie :/

epitome of incomprehensibility

on the bright side, I have never known a band to be as versatile as Queen.

@Weird Eddie – Agreed! I remember when I was a kid, discovering that “Bohemian Rhapsody” and the one that went “We Will Rock You” were by the SAME BAND. I was very surprised.

@Katamount – That is indeed an excellent vest. 🙂

Sheila Crosby
Sheila Crosby
6 years ago

We have a new member of the family who arrived last night.comment image
We think there’s some siamese in there, so there’s a good chance her eyes will stay that lovely Mediterrean blue.She loves sitting on a shoulder and purring.
Our previous cat died at Easter, aged 17, and it feels just great to have my fingers nommed again.

Redsilkphoenix: Jetpack Vixen, Intergalactic Meanie
Redsilkphoenix: Jetpack Vixen, Intergalactic Meanie
6 years ago

@PirateJenny,

So you’re saying that all of Jones’ paintings were actually the brainchildren of cats? 😀 Makes sense. 😛

And why do I have this feeling that the next Bond movie will have a scene (probably the pre-credits one) where he does some sort of super-macho heroic stuff with a baby strapped to his chest? Just to stick it to this Morgan guy.

Fishy Goat
Fishy Goat
6 years ago

@Sheila Crosby Congrats on the new fur baby! *melts into puddle of *d’awwwwwwww!’*

@Redsilkphoenix: YES!!! That totally needs to be a thing in the next film!

Jane Done
Jane Done
6 years ago

@Catalpa

The actual gif is one of Indiana Jones saying “Nazis. I hate those guys.”

I remember the days when the second sentence in that quote was self-evident for most everyone on the planet, unless the speaker was literally a nazi. What wild times we live in.

Also yay weed legalisation day for the second country in the world.

Mish of the Catlady Ascendancy
Mish of the Catlady Ascendancy
6 years ago

@Sheila Crosby,
Thank you for sharing the new fur baby pic; she’s beautiful. What are you naming her?
(kitten noms are the best – those tiny lil teeth!)

@Jane Done,
I still have moments of shock regarding the fact that we are actually dealing with actual Nazis again, not even 100 years later.
My mum recently told me this story: in the 1970s, a guy she was dating said he wanted to share a secret with her. He opened his wardrobe, which had a hidden panel, and in there was a Nazi uniform (he claimed it was authentic, from an actual Nazi, which would be pretty rare for a chap in Melbourne to get hold of, but anyway). He said he was a member of the Nazi party, which was then illegal.
My mum hightailed it out of there and never saw him again, but I wish Nazis today felt the need to hide 🙁

Jane Done
Jane Done
6 years ago

@Mish
Agreed. Closets should be for clothes, and sometimes Nazis.