Jimmer does not.  he'll tolerate it for the briefest of moments, only
until he conceives an escape plan, and only while being held on his
back.  he's a big-time lap cat, though.

Buck does not, mostly.  she'll get in a mood where she's just purring
and headbutting and rubbing all over me, and if I'm sitting, I can
hold her for a bit.  she'll get her front paws on my shoulder, rub my
ear a couple times, and then lick it like crazy.  less than a minute
later, she's done with that and must be released.  she usually starts
lolling in my lap at that point.  otherwise, she gets very squirmy
within a few seconds of my picking her up (unless it's pill time, in
which case I have close to a minute).  she's also a lap cat, roughly
on par with Jimmer.

Grizzly doesn't generally care to be picked up, but when she does, she
is to be carried around with her front legs up on my shoulder, looking
behind me.  I am to stop at each wall corner and doorway and allow her
to mark it with her face.  I take the opportunity to rest my ear on
her side and take in her deep, rumbly purring.  this doesn't last too
long, usually around 5 minutes.  when Grizzly does not want to be
held, she doesn't get squirmy--she simply moves gently in such a way
that indicates that I must put her down, and she never jumps away
prematurely.  she's not usually much on being a lap cat, though.

Jungle Jack inspired this post.  even if he's very energetic and
playful, he calms right down in my arms.  (I've snatched him up from
play a few times to test that theory but just go along with the
playfulness nowadays.)  most of the time, he hops up into my lap, at
which point I have the option to pick him up, and I usually do.
(occasionally when I don't, he forces the issue by climbing up into
"holding" position, which is entirely too sweet.)  he starts out, as
the girls, looking back over my shoulder.  he rubs his face all over
my ear, sticks his nose in my ear, bites my ear, bites my beard, etc.
after a while, he'll drop down into the crook of my elbow and
practically fall asleep.  I leand down and kiss his head, and he
responds with another round of ear-bashing.  he'll do this for a good
20 minutes at a time, all the while relaxed beyond belief.  I've never
known a cat who liked so much to be held, and even if he and I lived
forever, I'd never get anywhere near enough of it all.

Jeff