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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / October 2007cats in the Hermitage museum, St Petersburg
Looks like one of the cushiest jobs in catdom... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7029370.stm ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 > Looks like one of the cushiest jobs in catdom... > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7029370.stm I love the photo of the tuxedo cat lying in the woman's arms. He (or she) looks adorable. Did you see that movie "Russian Ark"? It took place completely within the Hermitage, and was a historical fantasy based on where in the museum the camera happened to be. The film seems to be best known for the fact that it was shot entirely in one take. No editing. Other than that, though, I had no idea what the movie was supposed to be about. That probably would have made me feel stupid, but I went with 3 Russians (from Leningrad, no less) and they had no idea what it was about, either. :) I don't remember seeing a single cat in that movie. But this was about 4 or 5 years ago, so maybe there were a few. Different subject: why does the museum poison rats when they have 50 cats living there? Is poison more efficient? Unfortunately, there are those pesky side effects, ie, things getting poisoned. Not very safe for the cats! I really don't understand this. Joyce > Did you see that movie "Russian Ark"? It took place completely within > the Hermitage, and was a historical fantasy based on where in the museum [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > probably would have made me feel stupid, but I went with 3 Russians > (from Leningrad, no less) and they had no idea what it was about, either. :) I haven't seen it yet. I have a friend who works part of the time in St Petersburg. She raved about that film. But not in such a way as to tell me what it was about. (She works in opera. Opera is not meant to make sense. The last Russian opera I saw involved a mentally retarded psychopath doing fly-wire stunts while waving his six-foot penis). ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 On Oct 5, 1:09?pm, Jack Campin - bogus address <bo...@purr.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Looks like one of the cushiest jobs in catdom... > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 > stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 Great Article thanks for the link. Suz&Spicey > Looks like one of the cushiest jobs in catdom... > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7029370.stm They're works of art themselves. ;) |
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