Times, they are a changing !
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| A Growing Trend? |
Apparently
mans best friend has four legs a tail that wags and will follow you to the ends
of the earth and goes by the name of Dog..... That's all changed.
Creeping
in from left field, using the Internet as a vehicle for world domination, the cat
is usurping the dog. Men who like cats is a growing phenomenon. Obviously there
is a section of the population with a particular dress code of track suits and
baseball caps and constantly sore knuckles, where they drag on the ground, who still seem to favor the canine companion. You know the
group. Small stocky dogs of dubious heritage ,wearing over sized studded
collars. Often found on a leash made of chain big enough to secure a factory
gate. This could be a marketing ploy by the chain makers driven by the demise
of British manufacturing. With the market gone for securing factory gates at
the end of a shift clearly they needed a new customer base.
There is still the Iconic British Bulldog, but, when was the last
time you saw one that wasn't in an advert for insurance?
Some of you may know
the Bulldog silhouette from an Antivirus
program called Bullguard or the software developer Zynga. Other breeds engender
other feelings of strength and power that no doubt will linger, the Alsatian with its
dodgy hips, the Border Collie for its loyalty and intelligence as a working dog.
But
mark my words we are entering the age of the Cat.
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| Early promotional attempts ...FAIL |
Men Who Like Cats would at
one time have been a euphemism that alluded to sexuality, but no more. The
companion cat is no longer the preserve of witches and spinsters. The cat is
going mainstream.
Comical, stealthy and sleek all at the same time our feline
friends have started a campaign for world domination. Through clever, often
self deprecating memes cats are making
themselves the curators of the Internet. Lets face it , it's not a dog that is
the top land predator.
Cuteness
abounds with cats. Over the years they have made several attempts to rise to ascendancy Early attempts like the "Cat in the Hat" tried to target a younger
audience with fun and silliness. It was not entirely successful even with the respectful title of being created by a Dr.
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| Taking Cat love a little to far. |
The cats have
regrouped and embraced modern media.
When
Florence Welch from Florence and the machine sang....
"the dog days are
over, the dog days are done"
she finished
with the wrong conclusion it's not the horses that are coming its the
cats.
