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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #58 on: October 05, 2007, 22:49:54 PM »
I'm a bit confused now [it's easily done]....what's Imogen then? Grey or Blue? :Crazy:  :Crazy:  :Crazy:

Imogen is a stunning example of a blue tabby - she's beautiful!  :Luv:

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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #57 on: October 05, 2007, 22:45:46 PM »
I'm a bit confused now [it's easily done]....what's Imogen then? Grey or Blue? :Crazy:  :Crazy:  :Crazy:

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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #56 on: October 05, 2007, 22:43:03 PM »
No, no, no, no, no *shakes head* Thomas is absolutely gorgeous but he is definitely not a grey tabby.  He's what I'd call a standard 'tabby' - no colour defined but defo not grey  ;D

A standard tabby is a grey tabby - find yourself some cat books and look it up.  >:(

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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #55 on: October 05, 2007, 22:38:28 PM »
This is my bridge boy Mr Thomas, who is a grey tabby.... As you can see, this is a completely different colour to Lucas, Riley, Harry, Pearl et al who are all most definitely blue.

No, no, no, no, no *shakes head* Thomas is absolutely gorgeous but he is definitely not a grey tabby.  He's what I'd call a standard 'tabby' - no colour defined but defo not grey  ;D

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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #54 on: October 05, 2007, 22:30:08 PM »
Sure have ...Lucas and Riley have grown haven't they in too yummy grey babies !!!
Fuss me Fuss me ..Come on I have things to do like Eating and sleeping !

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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #53 on: October 05, 2007, 22:29:41 PM »
Since when and where have tabbys been called grey?

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This is my bridge boy Mr Thomas, who is a grey tabby.

http://www.post14.f9.co.uk/pics/web_galleries/cats/pages/img_4738.htm

As you can see, this is a completely different colour to Lucas, Riley, Harry, Pearl et al who are all most definitely blue.
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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #52 on: October 05, 2007, 22:28:52 PM »
Since when and where have tabbys been called grey?

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Err, Harry and LuLu are grey tabbies - that's the whole point of this thread  :Crazy:  Riley has shadow tabby markings in his grey too - so there  :P

Lisa, Chalky and Moggchops are very welcome to join the grey club  :)  Hope you have voted  ;)

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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #51 on: October 05, 2007, 22:24:20 PM »
LOL  :P...Worth a try wasn't it they are grey in places lol
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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #50 on: October 05, 2007, 22:22:31 PM »
Since when and where have tabbys been called grey?

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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #49 on: October 05, 2007, 22:19:26 PM »
Here is chalky and moggchops ..Chalky first and then Moggs ..do they count as Grey :)
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Re: Give it up for greys.
« Reply #48 on: October 05, 2007, 22:16:45 PM »
or cream, or champagne if it is a dilute lol

Sorry to be pedantic, but cream is cream and is the dilute of red. Champagne is the term the Americans use to describe C.ho.colate Burmese.

The term grey is the correct term to describe the coloration of the standard domestic tabby cat, where the tabby hairs are ticked with black, tan and grey. It is a term solely used for cats with the dominant agouti (tabby) gene who do NOT display any dilute coloration - i.e. your basic tabby cat.

The colour blue is the dilute of the black and applies to both solid and tabby. Unlike the grey colouration of your basic tabby cat, the blue is purely a result of a reduction in black pigmentation in the hairs. Any cat, whether solid or tabby who demonstrates this reduction of pigmentation in its coat i.e. dilution is correctly known as a blue.

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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #47 on: October 05, 2007, 22:05:15 PM »
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh thank you Lily  ;D

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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #46 on: October 05, 2007, 22:03:41 PM »
Thanks Helen  :) she is rather beautiful but then I am rather biased  ;)

However, knowing her ladyship, I'm sure if Imogen could cast a vote she'd say she was absolutely, definitely BLUE daahhlink  :Luv:  :Luv:
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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #45 on: October 05, 2007, 21:59:55 PM »
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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #44 on: October 05, 2007, 21:58:59 PM »
Beautiful BLUE cats  ;D

who you calling blue? :slap:

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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #43 on: October 05, 2007, 21:57:34 PM »
Beautiful BLUE cats  ;D

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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #42 on: October 05, 2007, 21:54:19 PM »
The more the merrier Gwen, don't think we've seen much of Grwndi before - he's a babe  :Luv:

And as for you Lilycat, I can't believe you've been keeping Imogen from us for all this time, I sort of imagined her to be a white fluffy, persian like cat.  She is an absolute (grey) stunner  :Luv:

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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #41 on: October 05, 2007, 21:49:23 PM »
This is the lovely GREY Imogen  :Luv:

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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #40 on: October 05, 2007, 21:49:17 PM »
She's gorgeous, a fine example of a grey cat  :)  I guess you'd say she's actually 'gray' though being from the US  ;D

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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #39 on: October 05, 2007, 21:48:43 PM »
All these pictures of greys is must making me want one more and more :Luv:

Ok how about Grwndi?

He's a dark grey and white tabby,does he count?

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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #38 on: October 05, 2007, 21:46:14 PM »
She is lovely  ;D

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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #37 on: October 05, 2007, 21:45:33 PM »
I give you, Smoke



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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #36 on: October 05, 2007, 21:25:49 PM »
Dairylea blobs in the post Gwen  ;)

Ta but don't you think they'll go off inbetween when you post them and the time I receive them given this strike? :shy: ;)

Thank you for my b day blobs they were gorg  :thanks: Lucas and Riley :)
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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #35 on: October 05, 2007, 21:23:50 PM »
Dairylea blobs in the post Gwen  ;)

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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #34 on: October 05, 2007, 21:23:05 PM »
To me they'll always be grey :)
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Re: Poll - give it up for greys.
« Reply #33 on: October 05, 2007, 20:21:10 PM »
I've voted too!........Mr blue sky, la, la, la... oh sorry, just singing.......... :evillaugh:

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Re: Give it up for greys.
« Reply #32 on: October 05, 2007, 19:58:02 PM »
have voted  :sneaky:

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Re: Give it up for greys.
« Reply #31 on: October 05, 2007, 19:48:43 PM »
This thread is now a poll...  You need to log in to vote and you won't be able to see the results of the poll until after you've voted  :sneaky:  The votes are anonymous so no-one will ever know you what option you voted for  :shify:

Look into my eyes, look into my eyes, the eyes, the eyes, not around the eyes, don't look around the eyes, look into my eyes. [click] You're under  :sneaky:
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Re: Give it up for greys.
« Reply #30 on: October 05, 2007, 19:42:16 PM »
Yes I am Susanne  :rofl:

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Re: Give it up for greys.
« Reply #29 on: October 05, 2007, 19:35:25 PM »
or cream, or champagne if it is a dilute lol

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Re: Give it up for greys.
« Reply #28 on: October 05, 2007, 19:34:37 PM »
Ooh rebellion!   ;D

If we're going to be rebellious about this, perhaps we should be consistent too.  If it's blue, it needs to be red and not ginger  ;)

Ooh Gill - look what you're stirred up!  Bet you're really regretting that decision to put all the colours there now  :rofl:

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Re: Give it up for greys.
« Reply #27 on: October 05, 2007, 19:33:17 PM »
Yes add a poll to this, I jumping off now but will check later to let Harry know.  ;D

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Re: Give it up for greys.
« Reply #26 on: October 05, 2007, 19:27:47 PM »
Wow magic stars, I forgot you had those lol

Yes let the people decide.

Shall I start a new thread or shall I see if my magical stars will let me add a poll onto this one?  Don't know if they will as they are only blue ones not grey  :evillaugh:

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Re: Give it up for greys.
« Reply #25 on: October 05, 2007, 19:27:32 PM »
sadly gone to the rainbow bridge. He was 19 when the pic was taken. Shortly before he died. He was a rescue cat from a breed rescue who was more committed to rescue than to knowing her breeds (she told me he was a foreign white) I have since compared photos and concluded he was a turkish angora if anything. He was a sweetnatured cat who had never known about beds or laps until he came to me aged 5. He travelled with me from Coogee Beach, to Grafton in northern NSW to Queensland and finally to New Zealand. He was the quiet achiever - the cat everyone knew was in charge without him ever having to fluff up or hiss or otherwise assert himself. If any strays came into the garden he would just stare them down. He was a lovely cat and much missed... :'(

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Re: Give it up for greys.
« Reply #24 on: October 05, 2007, 19:25:28 PM »
Wow magic stars, I forgot you had those lol

Yes let the people decide.


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Re: Give it up for greys.
« Reply #23 on: October 05, 2007, 19:23:48 PM »
Bob is stunning  ;D

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Re: Give it up for greys.
« Reply #22 on: October 05, 2007, 19:22:19 PM »
I am sooo tempted to use the magical powers of my BLUE stars and edit out all references to the word BLUE in everyone's posts and replace with the correct word... GREY  :evillaugh:

CC how about we start a poll thread with pics of our gorgeous grey boys and everyone can vote for whether they are grey or blue?  :sneaky:

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Re: Give it up for greys.
« Reply #21 on: October 05, 2007, 19:10:32 PM »
sounds like a deal to me. I adore silver tabbies (grey if you must) but every time I go to get one I end up with a different colour, more because I choose for personality than for colour or type (though prefer not to have a long-hair, despite the lovely Bob)

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Re: Give it up for greys.
« Reply #20 on: October 05, 2007, 19:09:33 PM »
No sorry there is no grey registered for any cat in any cat show, the term is blue and if striped tabby  8)

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Re: Give it up for greys.
« Reply #19 on: October 05, 2007, 19:05:10 PM »
What about we make a deal- Solid colour is blue and with markings is grey  ;D :rofl:

Not many peeps with grey cats? Ya's are all greysist  :rofl:

 


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