World's Dirtiest Cat!

Timothy Ming, my good friend and companion, commented this morning, "I was never the one that thought being the cleanest cat in the world was a virtue. Remember that you were the one that wrote that title into the blog. I said, even that day, that I would take a dust bath as soon as I had the opportunity. You know I did!"

Good as his word, Tim the Cat DID have a dust bath yesterday... a fine day of brilliant Colorado sun and balmy temperatures. He came into the house absolutely brown on gray and I bribed him back outside where I took a spare hairbrush to him. My neighbor, Doug, was on his balcony maintaining his bicycle. A newly brushed cat will not last nearly as long as a newly cleaned and greased bicycle chain. In fact I hadn't made it back into the house before Doug burst into laughter and called me back.

There was Timothy Ming on his back in the warm dust, pleasurably wiggling back and forth. Even 24 hours hence, you can still pat him vigorously and see the dust fly!

World's Cleanest Cat!

The world's cleanest cat was found today to be residing in Boulder, CO. When asked how he had attained such a supreme level of cleanliness, Mr. Timothy Ming of West Pearl in Boulder, CO replied, "It is all due to the weather. For the past three days it has been just too cold to go outside. My companion, Dhyan, has very kindly opened the door each morning to allow me to inspect the weather for myself and each time I have opted to turn and go back inside. Since I really have nothing to do indoors except eat, sleep, bother Dhyan when she is at the computer, let her know when it is time to feed me again, look out the window, change sleeping locations, and play with ping pong balls... I have to do something with my time. I choose to wash. My specialty is 'between the toes' and 'behind the back legs.'"

Tim the Cat is certainly sparklingly white these days on his white parts and very soft and silky on his gray parts. But as he reminds us, "The first sunny day, you know, I will alternate my methods and take a dust bath. Then, of course, I will be more light brown on gray instead of white on gray."

Stay tuned.