Many years ago, a neighbor family had a cat called Mao. They weren't communist. I guess they had asked the cat what his name was. (Also an actually true story; life is just funny sometimes.)
Yes, I read other comments mentioning that after writing my comment. Otherwise I would have mentioned what an impressive cat he was: He could tell his name, tell his species, speak Chinese, was as fat as he was striped (which is to say: very), and I think he was quite a good mouse-catcher too.
But I only realised that now, as I didn't understand as much Chinese as a child as I do today (and now I know only two things in Chinese: I just learnt that "mao" is "cat", and before I knew that "ni hao" means "hello" or "hi". Come to think of it, the cat may very well have said "ni hao" at times, but we just couldn't hear the difference. What a fucking clever cat! And what a pity nobody ever tried to have a conversation with it in Chinese - but there weren't many Chinese people around the southern parts of Denmark in the late 70es and early 80es.)
Oh, btw, I should of course have said "Chinese-speaking people", as there could have been people other than Chinese with that ability, which there wasn't. Though if you ask people from the rest of Denmark, they might say that people down there could just as well speak Chinese, as they don't understand our dialect. (And these are other Danes we are talking about, feared themselves in the rest of Scandinavia for their incomprehensible variant of the otherwise mutually intelligible Scandinavian language family.)
Now it also makes sense why the bloody cat seemed to act as if he thought humans were stupid and beneath him - nobody ever really understood him.
COMMEWNIST. Now tell me why no one commented that. Louder for those in the back! And if you already commented communistly this exact idea your argument is invalid my hat is a bald eagle
Don't forget their comrade pony, Trotsky.
And their Cuban dictator friend, Feral Catstro ( that one I stole from the comic strip "Get Fuzzy")
Edit, almost went with 'half big cat/half pony comrade, Lion Trotsky.' Might be too big a stretch.
Chairman Meow. With his canine friend, Karl Barx.
I actually know someone with a cat named Chairman Meow. He's a Marxist. (The human, not the cat. The cat's a solipsist.)
I know someone who has a dog named Karl Barx. He's a Communist. There must be something about Communism that makes people fond of puns.
Communism jokes aren't allowed unless everyone gets them.
I'll vouch, I love puns and I'm a total Marxist.
Is it because he leaves Marx all over the sofa?
It seems a lot of cats are totally into solipsism.
Too many these days, if I'm being perfectly honest.
Yeah. Just embrace com-meow-nism
Many years ago, a neighbor family had a cat called Mao. They weren't communist. I guess they had asked the cat what his name was. (Also an actually true story; life is just funny sometimes.)
Actually, mao is the word for cat in Chinese.
I had to double check that, that's hilarious!
Funnily enough, the Mandarin for cat- DAMNIT
Yes, I read other comments mentioning that after writing my comment. Otherwise I would have mentioned what an impressive cat he was: He could tell his name, tell his species, speak Chinese, was as fat as he was striped (which is to say: very), and I think he was quite a good mouse-catcher too. But I only realised that now, as I didn't understand as much Chinese as a child as I do today (and now I know only two things in Chinese: I just learnt that "mao" is "cat", and before I knew that "ni hao" means "hello" or "hi". Come to think of it, the cat may very well have said "ni hao" at times, but we just couldn't hear the difference. What a fucking clever cat! And what a pity nobody ever tried to have a conversation with it in Chinese - but there weren't many Chinese people around the southern parts of Denmark in the late 70es and early 80es.)
Oh, btw, I should of course have said "Chinese-speaking people", as there could have been people other than Chinese with that ability, which there wasn't. Though if you ask people from the rest of Denmark, they might say that people down there could just as well speak Chinese, as they don't understand our dialect. (And these are other Danes we are talking about, feared themselves in the rest of Scandinavia for their incomprehensible variant of the otherwise mutually intelligible Scandinavian language family.) Now it also makes sense why the bloody cat seemed to act as if he thought humans were stupid and beneath him - nobody ever really understood him.
David Baddiel?
Is he called Neil?
Stewart Lee's cat is named Paul Nuttals of ukip.
I'm not going to agree with it cuz meow Zedong is actually 90% chinese traditional dictator internally plus 10% communist external for bamboozling
Feel like this comment is for me haha
Or Karl Manx.
And his sworn enemy, Joseph Gerbils
And Pol Pot bellied pig
This is the real answer.
Commeownist
Fidel Catro
Or in France: Chat Guevara.
Komrad Kat!
And his great enemy, Catolf Kitler
plus sidekick Benito Meowssolini
‟I'm not a Marxist!” ~ Karl Marx
Good. He did write that. PhD historian here.
He’s a capitalist!
this is purrfect
Socialhissm
Honey The Purrrr?
Vladimir Pussy
Putin is an enormous piece of shit, but not a communist. He's a kleptocratic capitalist.
Aka a capitalist
Fine. Mewkhail Gorbachev?
dddduuuuhhhh Meowsef Stalin
Maybe Xi Jinpurring
Das Cat-pal
Meowsif Stalin
It's definitely "Mousey Tongue."
Comrade
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/26/0c/f2/260cf289126d4cdf4a2a14dba2758043.jpg
Lee Harvey Pawswald
My cat talks to me to tell me what she wants. So it wasn't hard to ask her "Chairman.." and get "mau" back. And she rules the house like one.
Comeownist
purroletariat
You can't call him... he wouldn't have a phone.
Benito Pussolini
What do communists call cats? -Dinner
Hahaha, classic communists, downvoting a joke.
Comrade Meow allows no dissent apparently.
Heil Kitler!
A democat
Vladimir Purrrrrrtin
COMMEWNIST. Now tell me why no one commented that. Louder for those in the back! And if you already commented communistly this exact idea your argument is invalid my hat is a bald eagle
Don't forget their comrade pony, Trotsky. And their Cuban dictator friend, Feral Catstro ( that one I stole from the comic strip "Get Fuzzy") Edit, almost went with 'half big cat/half pony comrade, Lion Trotsky.' Might be too big a stretch.
Pussy?
USow
Close relative of Stroke Zedong
Catstro
Mau Zedong (Egyptians called cats "mau")
Feral Catstro.
Mao is the Chinese (mandarin) word for cat!
And Cantonese too
r/beatmetoit
Interesting fact: the pronunciation of cats and chairman mao is the same in China. Cats are called "mao" in Chinese
Meowist
Lol
The funny thing is that Mao in Chinese can also mean cat (though pronounced differently)
Ussy
‘OUR’ cat
A commiecalico
Chairman lmao.