When the war broke out, Ed Brayton asked the only question relevant to a Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers addict:
But is your cat an RCPM fan? That’s the $64,000 question.
That much at stake, and honestly, I have no idea. I listen to music on headphones. I’ve not wanted to risk the possibility of expensive lawsuits for grievous bodily harm that may result from taking my cat to a concert. Roger Clyne, alas, hasn’t dropped by the house.
So I dunno. Time to find out. The simplest and quickest method is to see how the cat responds to Peacemakers’ artifacts. I have here one hat worn by Roger Clyne more than once at concerts, and a signed poster I haven’t framed yet. I will risk all in the name of science!
Now, any self-respecting feline, after scoping the territory, will immediately lay down upon the paper, even if it is an irreplaceable signed concert poster.
She’s thinking… thinking… thinking… ooo, she might be going for a full-on paper flop!
After another moment’s consideration, she proves herself a true-blue Peacemakers fan.
She risks nothing where important artifacts are concerned. No fan would risk harming a concert poster, or obscure Roger’s visage by lying down upon it. Also, though I wasn’t fast enough with the camera, she loved on the hat, gently, so as not to damage it. Just a soft few strokes with her cheek to say, “Roger wore this hat, and you thought it was yours, but it is now mine.”
Of course, I don’t trust her self-restraint, so with the experiment concluded, I removed the poster. She consoled herself by cuddling the garnet mica schist.
Good taste, that cat. And definitely an RCPM fan.
I’m glad that no RCPM memorabilia was harmed in the making of this blog post. I don’t have much in the way of memorabilia, though I did give my brother one of the hats they sell with a bottle opener in the bill (he drinks beer, I don’t). I also don’t have a cat.
I have the set list from one of their shows. Wasn’t about to let the cat near it, though.
We’ll have to get Roger to give you a little something. In Mexico…
Au contraire! (That’s foreign for nope.) Your cat is showing her disdain for RCPM by refusing to contaminate her body by lying on any RCPM paraphernalia.
To run a proper experiment you need a control. Get hold of some other bands’ stuff, Dropkick Murphys and Abney Park would give a decent spread, and see how the cat responds to those bands. Then for a control get something for Justin Bieber or Rebecca Black and rerun the test. Then you’ll really know if your cat appreciates RCPM or not.
I thought she showed the proper respect.
You call yourself a cat person? All cat people know that cats only lie on the paper if their human is trying to read it!
Next time I need a humorous example of confirmation bias, I know where to turn…