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Kitty MacLennane

by DougJ|  April 26, 20115:51 pm| 22 Comments

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One of my coworkers just received a CD consisting entirely of Irish drinking songs about cats.

What are all you hep cats about to today?

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  1. 1.

    pragmatism

    April 26, 2011 at 5:56 pm

    interviewing prospective hires. good times.

  2. 2.

    EvolutionaryDesign

    April 26, 2011 at 5:58 pm

    It’s probably better than my ill-fated attempt to start a barbershop quartet with dogs…

  3. 3.

    JGabriel

    April 26, 2011 at 5:58 pm

    Love the title.

    On topic, I seem to remember Thomas Cahill writing about how Irish scribes and monks used to write about their cats and drinking in the marginalia of their scrolls / books.

    So the Irish have been singing about greymalkins and mead for over a millennia, minimum.

    .

  4. 4.

    Comrade Mary

    April 26, 2011 at 6:04 pm

    Someone stuck a sword in our Tunchie.
    Soooooooo we done ’em
    [repeat]

  5. 5.

    kdaug

    April 26, 2011 at 6:04 pm

    Oh,man, that’s now #2 on my list of the trivial things I want (first being the weeping angel statue, natch).

    If we could get Shane “Teeth” MacGowan to singe “Whiskers in the Jar”, my life would be complete.

  6. 6.

    Stooleo

    April 26, 2011 at 6:10 pm

    Watched “A Face in the Crowd” last night. Great movie. About a hobo who becomes famous and then goes crazy with power. Reminded me of Sarah Palin.

  7. 7.

    BGinCHI

    April 26, 2011 at 6:10 pm

    Are you sure cats means cats?

  8. 8.

    transmaniacon

    April 26, 2011 at 6:12 pm

    Thanks for the e-link Douglass.

    “Whiskers in the Jar” is about to make the playlist in a certain Oldsmobile Cutlass.

  9. 9.

    Keri Knutson

    April 26, 2011 at 6:14 pm

    Being Irish, drunk, and possessing several cats (or is that possessed by several cats?) I think I need that.

    In my sphere, I’m planning on releasing short stories on Kindle this week (yay!) after which I will get my cats drunk.

  10. 10.

    FoxinSocks

    April 26, 2011 at 6:21 pm

    I own this CD! Should I be proud of this? I am, it’s great and a lot of fun.

  11. 11.

    slag

    April 26, 2011 at 6:21 pm

    Trying to come up with a civically meaningful use of my time. Any ideas? Caveat: It can’t involve having to spend a lot of time with people. Ironic, I know.

  12. 12.

    chopper

    April 26, 2011 at 7:07 pm

    “the broad, majestic tunch”

  13. 13.

    piratedan

    April 26, 2011 at 7:11 pm

    @slag: when challenged with time to spare I usually retreat to my MST3k catalogue of riffing goodness or Firefly episodes…..

  14. 14.

    Morbo

    April 26, 2011 at 7:14 pm

    Cats and songs? Yeah… this has been in my head all day thanks to it being on last night. El gato no es bueno.

  15. 15.

    13th Generation

    April 26, 2011 at 7:31 pm

    What, are you Anne Laurie now?

  16. 16.

    Xantar

    April 26, 2011 at 7:52 pm

    What’s a CD? Your friend received a Credit Default? You can put Irish drinking songs on those? No wonder those things caused the financial collapse.

  17. 17.

    jwb

    April 26, 2011 at 8:24 pm

    @Stooleo: Yes, it’s one of those movies that is good to see to know that the current crazy is not at all unusual for this country.

  18. 18.

    Fax Paladin

    April 27, 2011 at 12:35 am

    I know the guy who put that out. And yes, I own the CD too.

  19. 19.

    Gina

    April 27, 2011 at 1:12 am

    I wonder if Minnie McSorley has this collection.

  20. 20.

    MoeLarryAndJesus

    April 27, 2011 at 2:39 am

    As a proud Harpo-American, I think they should have called this CD “Irish Pussies.”

    We’ve been called worse.

  21. 21.

    DPirate

    April 27, 2011 at 6:34 am

    I’m going drinking after I chuck this sack of kittens into the river.

  22. 22.

    Paul in KY

    April 27, 2011 at 10:33 am

    @kdaug: I think that it is Shane ‘Tooth’ MacGowan, actually.

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