Back in 1985, Mr. Schmidt told Mr. Lashes, he had dressed his now deceased cat, Fatso, in a blue T-shirt, sat him at a keyboard and manipulated the cat such that it played a song Mr. Schmidt wrote.

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It's that we don't really mind ripping off huge fat-cat corporations, which would probably do the same to us given half the chance.

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Ms. Davison says she has received requests for cat-swimming lessons, but hasn't yet taken on feline clients.

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It's easy to read, even in direct sunlight -- just don't expect to be able to display your favorite animated GIFs of grumpy cat, okay?

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Updated for the 1990s, the cat currently adorns some 5, 000 product lines, from pencil cases to slippers to T-shirts to toasters to mobile phones to credit cards to refrigerators.

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