Post a pic of your cat sleeping in your case

**tedincolorado** · Nov-24-2007, 4:26pm

Sadie the Varmint

**Greenmando** · Nov-24-2007, 5:36pm

Not quite a cat, but my girls love to play in the cases.

**Scott Tichenor** · Nov-30-2008, 9:37am

Yesterday I had a gig at Sunflower Outdoor and Bike, one of my favorite holiday gig venues. They have a cat there who is sort of famous. His name is Stanley, and people come into the store just to see him. I rarely interact with him but this time around he was in my mandolin case not a minute after it was opened and spent the entire gig sleeping in it. I bet there a dozen pictures of him taken by different people that saw him, although no one photo'd us! He even has his own tent, a mini that is apparently made just for cats and dogs. Picture of Stanely follows with the text from his store staff page.

From the Sunflower Outdoor and Bike staff page:

Stanley

At Sunflower Since: Summer 2002
Job Description: Being Stanley
Favorite piece of gear: Whatever I can hide in at closing time so they can’t find me to put me in the office until tomorrow.
Newest Outdoor Purchase: Whatever we have to remove from the sales floor because I’ve laid on it for too long and gotten it dirty and hairy
Most Recent Adventure: Sneaking out the back door and taking a walk down the back alley to the dumpsters behind La Parilla on a nice spring day.
When not working at Sunflower: I am vacationing at the Animal Clinic of Kaw Valley, helping keep many dogs in line (I get to be Stanley there too).
Currently Reading: I am far too busy being Stanley to read.

Taken with my cell phone:

**Scott Tichenor** · Nov-30-2008, 9:44am

Alternate Stanley shot from my cell phone camera.

**violmando** · Nov-30-2008, 11:24am

Now Scott, you know the rule: anything laying down for any length of time BELONGS to the cat. It's THAT simple. I put a pair of socks on my bed the other day---out of the entire double bed, my cat Chloe HAD to lay on those socks to claim them as HERS. I know it couldn't have been comfy as I roll my clean socks into balls, but it's the RULE! Yvonne

**DougC** · Nov-30-2008, 7:03pm

O.K. I think every cat owner should have the cat in the box as an avatar like I did. Cats seem to know what you value most. So yes, they will pick the most expensive case. They are excellent critics too. I know I'm doing will when my cat will listen. Now, I like dogs too. So maybe there should be equal time for puppies in the case?

**mando1man** · Dec-01-2008, 12:39pm

I don't have a picture of my cat in a case, because I don't leave my case open (anymore) and he's not allowed near any of my cases :-)

But I do have a good cat/case story involving Charlie Derrington on my website. It's the last anecdote on the page, scroll to the bottom:

"Swap Calton Cases, with Charlie Derrington"

http://www.robhainesstudio.com/anecdotes.htm

**Barb Friedland** · Dec-01-2008, 12:55pm

OK here's mine... Happens to be a guitar case but definitely a cat!

**Chris Willingham** · Dec-02-2008, 7:43pm

"the rooner" enjoys sitting in our banjo player's case during band practice. He is also a big fan of string changing time and fiddle bows.

**John Malayter** · Dec-02-2008, 8:34pm

Here's one......

**Ivan Kelsall** · Dec-05-2008, 12:54am

These photos.are brilliant. I love cats (& dogs). 2 & a bit months ago me & my missus got a 5 month old Tabby & white cat from the local cat's home.he'd been found straying in a schoolyard & since no one claimed him, he was up for grabs. We'd gone to look at really young kittens,but Russell as he's now called,reached out with his paw from his cage to touch us as we looked at him - that was it - he came home with us. He's now 7 months old,oficially still a kitten until 12 months old,& he's a most beautifully affectionate animal & twice the size he was.
I haven't got a recent pic.but i took this shortly after we got him & it's sort of typical still.We put the old towel in his basket,because it has his scent on it as it was in the carrying box we brought him home in,
Saska

**Robert Moreau** · Dec-05-2008, 4:23am

Roger doesn't get into the case very often but loves to sit ON the case when it's time to pack up!

Well, I should take that as him appreciating the playing!

Rob

**Robert Moreau** · Dec-05-2008, 4:25am

Oh, the pic

**jbrwky** · Dec-06-2008, 8:03am

My cat peed in my banjo case many years ago. Apparently she wanted me to take up the mandolin. I called the manufacturer to find out what I could do to get the smell out. I talked to a very friendly rep who told me to sprinkle lots of baking soda throughout the case, then put some talcum powder on top of the baking soda (very important) then close the case tightly, and put it in my car. Then drive to the city dump and heave it as far down the hill as it would go. Then buy a new case.

**crazymandolinist** · Dec-06-2008, 11:45am

I'll bet if I put a pic of my fluffy cat in my mando case on my Myspace I could get a girlfriend right quick!

**D C Blood** · Dec-09-2008, 9:46am

One time a cat did something besides sleep in my mando case...

**Ivan Kelsall** · Dec-11-2008, 2:31am

Right ! - Now we want the pics.of the cats actually PLAYING the Mandolins (i'll go last),
Saska

**jefflester** · Apr-23-2009, 1:03pm

**mandopete** · Apr-23-2009, 1:51pm

Have sales increased?

**Jim Yates** · Apr-24-2009, 10:23am

Sorry, no picture, but I used to play in a bluegrass group that practiced at our guitar player's house. Bob had a number of cats and one of them slept in my mandolin caseduring each of our rehearsals. One night, half way through a song, I noticed the cat coughing and wretching. She quickly ran across the room and puked in the banjo players case, then returned to take a nap in my mandolin case. Making a statement?