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Dads who didn't want pets - a classic (lemmy.world)

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[-] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 70 points 1 year ago

I'm a dad who loves cats. My dad, who dislikes pets, keeps asking me about my next travel cause it's fine, he will take care of Figaro if I really need him to.

[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 year ago

Is your cat named after the Mozart opera?

I went for classical composers for mine. Had Mozart and Sergei (Rachmaninov).

[-] JacksonLamb@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

That way you could call it🎵 "Figaro, Figaro, FIG-a-ro" 🎶

[-] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I knew most people who think about the Marriage of Figaro, but I've just always really liked how the name sounds. Since both my previous cats already had name when I got them, I had to wait a while for this haha.

Fun facts, Figaro is completely black (not tuxedo like the Disney character), I'm actually a composer (not much in classical music tho), and there's a nice song by MF Doom named Figaro.

[-] Psythik@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I'm guessing it's probably a Tuxedo cat named after the cat from Pinocchio.

[-] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That was the one stuffed animal I chose during my single visit to Disney World in the 80s.

I'm retrospect, I wish I had gotten that gross little gremlin from the Captain Eo ride, but I think I was too flabbergasted to make any purchasing decisions when we passed through that gift shop.

Edit: The gross little critter was named 'Hooter'.

[-] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago

To be fair, taking care of a pet temporarily is an entirely different matter to having a pet permanently. I wouldn't trust myself to care for a pet day by day for years, but taking on that responsibility for a few days while also getting the benefit of having an already trained pet for that time?

[-] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep, indeed. My dad travels a lot so he wouldn't really consider having a cat. But what started as "I guess I can take him for a few day" as quickly turned into "When is he coming back??".