Pot Moggie – Watercolour in a Watercolour Moleskine
There’s been a lot of posts/discussion about cats recently but do you know where they come from? This, believe it or not, appeared on our TV some years ago and is a spoof ad about the fast food industry.
POT MOGGIE
Do you feel something is missing in your life?
Do you long for companionship, affection and love?
Do you think a pet might fill a gap in your life but don’t have the time to visit the pet shop?
Why not try POT MOGGIE? POT MOGGIE comes in a handy sized container. All you do is add water (cold) and stir gently. When your POT MOGGIE is ready your pet will appear ready to be loved for years. POT MOGGIE comes in a variety of different types including Long Haired, Short Haired, Tabby and Siamese. Try POT MOGGIE today.
(Please note that POT MOGGIE should be used immediately and is for life).
PS The brain cells have gone.
roseindigo 9:45 am on August 12, 2009 | #
Your kitten is adorable, but your story reminded me of why I’m so pleased with myself for not having had a TV for over 30 years, so my brain cells are all pretty much intact in spite of my age.
trebor61 11:47 am on August 12, 2009 | #
I think if you were to start watching TV today all you would see is repeats from 30 years ago. Well done in avoiding the “Chewing gum for the eyes”
Sophie Brown 8:23 pm on August 13, 2009 | #
They used to have pet rocks when my grandma was young, just a fad like rubik’s cubes.
I adopted a sock monkey with a Scottish outfit on. He’s anatomically correct. I wouldn’t show this to said grandmother but it turns out that older people know more than they let on. I haven’t come to a name yet (he hasn’t arrived) but you’re the only Scottish guy I know so I thought I’d mention it. Maybe I should paint the face blue like Mel Gibson in that movie. I will if it doesn’t look stupid.
Sophie Brown 8:26 pm on August 13, 2009 | #
PS. My cat would take this little thing to pieces. Vicious killer. Attack cat, mouser.
trebor61 1:47 am on August 14, 2009 | #
Hi Sophie. When growing up I was called McD (MacDee). You should call your sock monkey something like that. You have changed my view of NYC for ever. I now think of your place as being inhabited by large, fierce felines attacking everything in sight.
Sophie Brown 11:23 am on August 14, 2009 | #
She’s actually kind of smallish (mostly hair). MacDee? I would prefer that kind of a spelling to avoid the association with the golden arches. He comes with a blue and white kilt and tam. What I ought to do is read up on the subject. I’m interested in the different plaids. Someone I know said it was such a bloody history it seemed incongruous to have it popular in clothing for little girls.
Sophie Brown 11:39 am on August 14, 2009 | #
NYC–I was walking across the Brooklyn Bridge and I know that it’s inspiring to many people with the church like arches. When it’s too hot like this and everyone is wilted and you know in August all the therapists leave town and the psychosis starts to increase, I really felt like I was caught in a fishnet. It’s funny how you can get a completely different view of things all of a sudden. Somehow the buildings looked like stalagmites. Sometimes the Chrysler building is like chrome on a car, winking. Then yesterday it was like in a cave or a crystal growing kit. It’s just wierd when suddenly you have a different thought. The other funny thing is when you wonder what’s going on in those millions of apartments that you don’t know about. There was that guy who was mauled by his tiger a few years ago and he had a crocodile also. Mathematically speaking, if theres one tiger there’s probably another.
trebor61 1:36 am on August 15, 2009 | #
Sophie. Don’t confuse yourself with tartans. Although this patterned cloth is associated with Scotland many other countries had similar types of woven cloth, in fact “tartan” was almost non-existent, here, before the 16th century. It was banned after Culloden, in 1746, as it was felt it might re-unite the rebel clans. Remember the scenes in films on Scottish history with all those “highlanders” rushing about in bright kilts? Forget it! Most warring clansmen wore plain short kilts because a) they didn’t hamper their ability to fight and b) that was what local weavers produced. It wasn’t until weaving and dying techniques improved that different areas produced their own particular colours or styles. Plaidies (Plaide is a Gaelic word for blanket) were large pieces of cloth held around the waist with a belt and the excess worn over the shoulder. These could be flung away in battle very quickly to free up the arms and legs. They were also worn to keep out the weather and to sleep in. As to the popularity of tartan. Sir Walter Scott organised a visit to Scotland in 1822, for George 1Vth and suggested he dress in a “Scottish”style. The king arrived in an outfit similar to the image people have of us. Many Scots thought his dress hilarious and the king was much ridiculed. It was known as “Sir Walter’s Celtified Pageantry.”
Worse was to come. Just after this royal visit, two brothers, claiming to be descendants of Bonnie Prince Charlie released information about different “Tartans” said to be from a book (never actually seen) which classified different styles of tartans. Even Queen Victoria “designed” the Victoria Tartan. The “Tartan Industry” took off from there. Many folk, here in my country, are appalled at the way tourists are “fleeced” (An apt word – get it? Woollen Cloth) by outlets claiming to have a tartan design for your own surname. Its all made up. Its a 19th century con. There is saying, here, that normal folk detest the “Shortbread and Tartan” image many try to promote. Scotland has many things, like history, welcoming people and scenery, to show visitors. Its a shame when you lot are taken advantage of by the “Tourist Industry”- many items are produced overseas in the far east, although, I have to admit, it seems as if the visitors are desperate to know what their tartan looks like. Incidentally, when we engage in Scottish Country Dancing ( a torture inflicted on many school children up until a few years ago) men wear short tartan kilts (crazy as these philabegs or short skirts were used in battle – not to dance in) and women wear long evening dresses.
As to your own history. Brooklyn Bridge. Now there’s something! I’m a fan of all things like this and know the story about the Roeblings and their efforts to build this. My son visited NYC a couple of years ago and was under orders to bring me a photograph of this iconic structure. I’ve often felt the urge to paint a version of this and post it to Skineart but that almost seems like cheating. You are so lucky to have things like this near. D.B. Steinman’s poem “Brooklyn Bridge:Nightfall” describes it as “A poem stretched across the stream”. Seems apt. I must visit it one day. Regards – Bob
Sophie Brown 7:32 pm on August 15, 2009 | #
Well you are very good at buildings and architecture. I don’t know if it’s exactly cheating–on Urban Sketchers they want people to do things live, here I think it’s only cheating if you use another brand of paper (ha ha)….I bet orgnanized amusements anywhere are bond to be lower on the authenticity scale. I have to admit that if I were coming to Scotland I might be buying a very expensive wool dress imported from Asia, eating oatmeal and spending my entire vacation with a camera near the lake, waiting for Nessie to make an appearance. They say travel in broadening but I bet half the time, you leave the tourist overnight and get exactly the same guy in the morning. “Do you have beer here?” I just read this really great book. Dr. Samuel Johnson, I’m sure you’ve heard of him but I’m not really totally educated yet, he went to Scotland with a friend of his, and he kept a diary of their adventures and it was really interesting and funny! I’m going to renew this book so I can read most of it again. I wasn’t really familiar with Dr. Johnson, he’s really a cool guy and I’m going to rush out and get a biography about him because he’s fascinating to me. I’m really not at all well read, so I’m interested in other places (we get little history of foreign countries here IMHO), so I’m interested in the IRA and “Braveheart” and so on. I think in college they have survey classes and you’re supposed to be getting a broad overview but in reality it can bore you to tears so you need to go off and get more detailed things on only one or two subjects.