Snoozing, Dougy seems out of this world…
…yet his kitty senses are tuned into all around him.
Yes, in a nanosecond, Dougy can be “ready for Freddy”, as we say in my family. (Can’t define the expression or account for its origins, but it sure looks like Dougy’s pose is just that!)
Dougy looks like he is sleeping hard in that first photo! It’s amazing how lightly they can sleep, ears always tuned into what might be going on around them.
Yes, that’s a fact! I notice their eyes are slightly cracked oftentimes when they sleep, too.
‘Cause we kitties know that Freddy could be anywhere at anytime! Tee hee hee!
…and he wants to pet you or pick you up even though you have important kitty boy things to do!
I would ne curious to know what ” ready for Freddy” means !
Thanks ,Dough, to translate !!:)
OIn friendship
Michel
Apparently it was a phrase Al Capp (an American cartoonist who drew a comic strip called “Lil Abner”) used to introduce a new character to his strip. He asked his readers the question if they were ready for Freddy till the character finally appeared in the comic strip. Freddy turned out to be an undertaker. The “Lil Abner” comic appeared in one of the newspapers we took, and my father apparently read it, thought the phrase was funny, and used it a lot when I was growing up! I was too young to read and remember it in the comic strip. I am glad others looked this up and clarified it for me! I guess the meaning as used would be something like are you read for some event to happen. (?)
OK, found Ready for Freddy on Quora. Freddy Krueger is in the music video that was released with this song.” (Are You Ready for Freddy – Wikipedia) That may have originated from the Lil Abner comic strip. Whew!
Wouldn’t it be interesting to know the origins of some of these sayings. Like, “Fit as a fiddle.” Huh? Whatever, Dougy does look ready.
Yes, expressions can have very unlikely, this interesting, origins!
I grew up with that say in also
I guess if we Google it
There I meat be an explanation
The Lil Abner origin sounds most likely for my family’s use since we’ve used it as far back as the 1950s (as far as I can remember). My Dad was the one who always said it and I seriously doubt he followed Freddy Mercury or ever saw a movie with Freddy Kreuger in it.
Lil Abner had Freddy the undertaker
Good grief! I didn’t remember that character. Makes “ready for Freddy” a fairly grim business, eh”!?
doodz….hay, fora breef minit, we thinked ya waz gonna have a vizitorz named freddy !!!!!! 🙂 ♥♥
I hope not! At least not if it’s Freddy Kreuger.
I would not want to be Freddy!
It might be interesting to see which is more lethal: Freddy or two Persian kitties defending their favorite spots.
ha! the evidence that we are better than humans… we can be ready for freddy without a cup of coffee …and we don’t make a grumpy face when we interrupt our sleep …
I tend to be that way, too. Of course, I say naughty words as soon as I start fixing breakfast for the kitty boys and me and knock things off the counter. “$%#^&$&! It starts again!”