FELIXTERMINATE!

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By Phil Plait
Feb 16, 2011 9:22 PMNov 19, 2019 9:45 PM

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It's too bad the Doctor doesn't care for cats. Turns out they could've been a valuable ally.

Other possible titles for this post:

  • EXTERMICATE!

  • EXTERMISPAYED!

  • EXTOMINATE!

  • CONCATENATE!

  • EXCHEWMINATE!

  • CATSPITENATE!

  • EXPURRMINATE! (sounds a bit racy said out loud, however)

  • Whiskaro

Seriously, though, anyone have the pedigree (harhar) for this picture? I found it via the tortuous path of Buzzfeed -> EpicPonyz -> BonnieGrrl -> Kimmi_Page, who doesn't know where it came from. A google image search turned up, um, interesting results but no help in figuring out the original photographer.

[UPDATE: Original found on M E Faulkner's Flickr stream! Thanks, Tayster (#22 in the comments below).]

[UPDATE #2: I heard from the photographer, M E Faulkner and she has given me permission to use the photo. Yay!]


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