Hercules
It seems kind of appropriate to feature a cat in STRAY. We couldn't do better than Hercules - potentially the fattest and happiest cat to ever waddle the Earth.
The last time we ever saw something this fat and this happy it was watching Ricky May, the host of the '80s game show It's A Knockout. Ricky would roll around the ‘arena' in a golf cart, egging on the greatest bogans you have ever seen, some of whom were celebrities like Danni and Kylie or Dean Jones. It's A Knockout is where we need to get back to as Australians: parochial, community-minded and as tough as a goat's kneecap.
Anyway, Hercules might not have a golf cart but he sure exudes the same 'do it my way or the highway' charm that Ricky May personified. If he's close to the fence you can pat him and it's like rubbing Buddha's tummy. But for the most part he'll just squint at you and lick his crotch. I'd do that if I lived in East Melbourne.
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Location: Urban
Keywords: Cats
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