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A small, unimportant rail station in Japan was the home of a very popular cat. Her popularity led to great tourist traffic and prosperity for the station, and s
by beat 11y ago
A small, unimportant rail station in Japan was the home of a very popular cat. Her popularity led to great tourist traffic and prosperity for the station, and she was eventually made vice president of the railway and given her own office (really!).
- secfirstmd 11y agoA small cat decided to grace some humans with it's presence...and in return generated significant wealth, helped rejuvenate a part of Japan and basked in adoration...all while nonchalantly being a cat and looking down upon us inferior human subjects...
- iamben 11y agoAnd thanks folks!
- Dotnaught 11y agoThe cat perhaps reminds Japanese travelers of the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, in which a foundling brings prosperity to her adoptive home. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter
- beat 11y agoMostly, the cat just looks to me like a calico we recently adopted. Her name is Kashmir, but I mostly call her Queen Princess Jerkface. Charm isn't really one of her strengths.
- secfirstmd 11y agoGood god...I hope you do it out of earshot of Queen Princess Jerkface? Otherwise you are in for trouble...
- DrStalker 11y agoTortoiseshells are the crazy redheads of the cat world.
- mst 11y agoAnd then there's me, who enjoys the Persian breed's motto - "Live imperiously, die inconventiently".