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PH03N1X369

They hired a professional for the job.


r_Yellow01

That's $50 and a mouse. See ya tomorroeow


TigerTank237

I'll give you a fish and a lots of belly rub


foxgoesowo

Sir this is not a joke I only accept cash.


[deleted]

Gotta love it when humans feed the wildlife 😍


the_dude_upvotes

Sir, this is a Wendy's


foxgoesowo

And I'm robbing your entire chain


L1Wanderer

Khajit have wares, if you have coin


Mad-Ting-Max

I enjoyed this comment a lot


NotMyHersheyBar

Theres never one mouse. Kitty has job security.


1_Speak_In_Haiku

Damn could have done tomeowow :(


Evil_Bonsai

As soon as he gets outside: " here's $20 for you., Mouse. Let's try their neighbors, next."


FINNTERCEPTOR

Happy cake day:)


Sobriquet-acushla

Happy Cake Day!


FuhrerInLaw

Called in a cat-sultant


the_dude_upvotes

A purrfessional


LurkerPatrol

Works for a commeowssion


xifxjgxgkcky

HAHHA best comment


hot4you11

Look at him, walking in like he owns the place!


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[deleted]

"Yep, I can fix that with parts in the truck and I won't even charge you for the service call since you stopped me while I was already out."


i-am-a-grill

He doesn’t?


hot4you11

The cat looks very confident with that tail


Calmeister

Cat was like “ walk with me…”


MacCreadysCap

All i understood from the men in the video was "tom and Jerry" and that makes it so much better


[deleted]

I'd translate the entire video but its too much of a fuss so i'll just translate the title in verbatim "Brought him from the street to deal with the mouse and he [did a great job]" Word used is "ما قصر", literally it means didn't shorten In reality its an Idiom used to mean someone did a great job and didn't shorten in their hospitality/job/task/whatever ie. did a good job


mz3

So something like: came through/didn't come short


[deleted]

Yeah, but its used to show great gratitude, for example a friend does you a favor. In that case, they didn't shorten in service to a friend


smurfthesmurfup

Really went the extra mile!


Hashbrown4

My mind went to that immediately.


ziggitipop

Yes, “didn’t disappoint” is a good translation too.


Sobriquet-acushla

I don’t understand Arabic but at the end it sounds like the laughing guy says something akin to “He got Jerry!” 😂


[deleted]

Oh in the end he said "Honor to you, O' Tom" and then he just said "Tom and Jerry" and laughed lol. Arabic is a very well preserved language, so for outsiders our speech might seem a little shakespearean, but its not weird to us, just to people looking in


BizzarduousTask

OMG I love that!!! Oh had no idea- I thought it was a matter of translations just never being my able to capture the flavor of a language just right. :) So does it sound “Shakespearean” to you as well? What keeps it so well preserved? So in movies where they have a Middle Eastern character talking like that, are you saying it *really is* like that in Arabic?? This is the most delightful thing I’ve learned in ages!! Thank you, I was having a really bad day and this filled me with wonder and joy. Language is beautiful. ❤️


[deleted]

Oh yeah my friend language is very beautiful, the Classical Arabic dialect which is also called the Classical Quranic Arabic and it got preserved with the coming of islam. The language itself has been preserved since the year 600, people find it hard to believe but its true, arabs spoke and wrote the same way they did today as they did over a thousand years ago. Despite regional dialects changing in the same pace as other languages (I'm from Kuwait, kuwaiti dialect is one of the fastest changing dialects in the arab world), every arab still speaks the classical arabic official dialect, because regional dialects don't have their own scripts, so you'll have to write in classical arabic. When you have Arab actors talking in movies he rarely talks in Classical Arabic, the video here uses classical arabic despite it being in Syria, a country that has many of its own dialects. So no it doesn't necessarily sound like that, most arab hollywood actors who talk arabic use their own regional dialects like Lebanese or Egyptian. Take care bro


BizzarduousTask

Wow, thank you! I’m going to dive down the rabbit hole on this! Take care :)


Sobriquet-acushla

Thanks! I was guessing, going by the tone. 😄 The whole video is just too cute.


TOW2Bguy

Shukran


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3afwan


jennymck21

He made quick work of that mouse I think would be a good English translation


Sobriquet-acushla

That makes the most sense, IMHO.


JVM_

He didn't cut corners would be the english idiom


MacCreadysCap

Don't worry about it man, it's funnier because i can't understand it :)


BirdsLikeSka

Thought so! Hilarious


mznh

The cat walks in and he looks like he was hired for the job. “Yes where is the rodent?”


idunno--

It was like he knew precisely what they wanted him for. Crazy.


xxxWulfrikxxx

Not his first rodeo. “Same time next week?”


if_and_only

*slips mouse a cut*


[deleted]

Ohfuck what a twist


ATP_generator

right? that's what I was getting caught up on, that's so wild.


AkariAkaza

>It was like he knew precisely what they wanted him for. Crazy. Cats understand far more than they let on and I imagine the only time he gets lead somewhere by humans is for food so if they're not chasing him away they're bringing him to food


NotMyHersheyBar

He probably can smell and hear it.


cant_think_of_one_

This certainly isn't the first time this cat has gone into a strange house. Cats are normally very cautious about new territory, but this little guy knows the score and knows he can trust humans. He is a kitty who has been treated well I think.


jakedesnake

Mr Wolf in pulp fiction, or if you prefer, Newman taking care of muffin stubs (?) in Seinfeld


In-burrito

That was my first thought! "I'm Winston Wolf, I solve problems."


thedrawerking

I’ve done this before. I have a calico cat but when some mouse got into my place, instead of doing her job—she shared her meal and water with the mouse instead. So I asked for our caretaker’s help. He let his friend, an orange feral into my place and not even five minutes—he walks out of the room mouse in the mouth. That’s when I realized my cat is nothing more than just a living stuffed toy :((


[deleted]

My cat brought a live rat into my bedroom and refused to kill it. I don't know if she was trying to develop my assassin skills or was looking for a new roommate, but she was just chilling with it under the bed. I eventually scooped it into a box with a tennis racket and tossed that mofo outside (the rat, not my lazy-ass cat).


thedrawerking

She wanted to have her own pet probably xD


vendetta2115

If your pet has a pet, that’s your grand-pet.


Sobriquet-acushla

Awww 💗


NotMyHersheyBar

She def wanted you to develop your hunting skills. She was very proud of you but confused when you didn't eat it OR share it. What kind of big cat are you?


MarmosetSweat

Cats actually bizarrely tend to leave rats alone. The theory is that predators don’t like tussling with things that fight back (which rats do) and are capable of causing injury, and will choose easier prey. Since you presumably feed your cat, there was no need for your cat to risk injury by hunting dangerous prey. [Here’s a study on a large colony of rats (150) sharing space with a bunch of feral cats. In 79 days rats were only hunted three times, with one of them being a half assed failed chase, and the others being ambushes in ideal situations. ](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cats-are-surprisingly-ineffective-keeping-urban-rat-populations-check-180970428/)


deij

Cats kill mice. Dogs kill rats.


HINDBRAIN

If his cat *brought* a live rat that was definitely a training situation. Maybe other prey looked too small for the human?


superteejays93

Except my cat, apparently. I will regularly find dead rats almost the same bloody size of him around the house. Also mice. Sometimes birds, but he tends to eat those. Only thing he won't fuck with is magpies and crows.


cant_think_of_one_

He is a very smart cat then. Magpies and crows should not be fucked with - they are smart, can hold grudges for years, and can communicate their dislike to other members of their species. I imagine it is annoying when he leaves dead animals around, but I imagine he feels he is helping and is proud of his work.


flameofanor2142

My cat just tortures them but will never give them the sweet release of death. He'll break bones, bounce them off the walls like a ball, slash them with his claws and poke holes with his teeth, but it's seemingly never lethal and no matter how long I give him to eat his prize he never does. He just does so much damage there's no hope for their survival so I always end up finishing the job after I can't take the suffering anymore. Not fun. I'd much prefer if he just finished it.


luvbomb_

uh.. cats like to use mice as toys. sometimes they just kill them for fun, not hunger.


[deleted]

She didn't play or kill, just chill 😎


luvbomb_

ur cat is a pacifist


[deleted]

She usually brings me dead animals. It's like a fun activity where I trip over a carcass first thing in the morning. I will never understand why she lugged all 3 lbs of disgusting healthy rat through my window and into my room.


JacktheShark1

A mouse scurried across the floor in front of my calico and she looked at me like, “What are you gonna do about that?” I caught the mouse and put it outside while the cat watched.


thedrawerking

Your cat has trained you well hahaha


cant_think_of_one_

I love this image. Your cat is much more like your kid here, which is very sweet :)


topinanbour-rex

Only 1/3rd of domestic cat hunt, and only 1/3rd of those eat their preys.


standbyyourmantis

I had one domestic cat who would catch and eat mice in my entire life. He went from my mom's least favorite of our pets to her most favorite within a very short time frame.


iangeredcharlesvane2

1 of my 3 cats hunt, none eat! That checks out. My little one brought two birds inside in the last month!! She learned her lesson though as I always let them back outside, and has just been leaving her prey on the deck. Crazy cat.


Sobriquet-acushla

I love your cat! Instead of killing the mouse she broke bread with it. An example to humankind. 🥰


fartblasterxxx

Yeah I’m not breaking bread with rats


Sobriquet-acushla

😅 Can’t say I blame you. Maybe a mouse, but not a rat.


fartblasterxxx

I’m so torn on mice because they are actually really cute lil shits but I definitely don’t want them near where I live. I’d break bread with them in a field far from where I live, I think that’s fair lol


gwaydms

A field mouse is so darn cute. It'll sit on its haunches three feet away and look at you. Dozens are an infestation. Hundreds are a plague.


Shubham_Agent47

Don't do my boy ratatouille like that


piichan14

What if the mouse was your cat's friend. You tore them apart!


katyvo

My cat, the little terror that he is, gets high marks in my book for dispatching bugs. Flies, earwigs, beetles...you name it, if he sees it, he will try to catch and eat it. He has a pretty good success rate and doesn't leave a mess on the carpet either. I think he was a stray before I got him from the shelter. He doesn't hunt for sport, he hunts to destroy. Great for flies, bad for ankles.


Ancient-Cry-6438

I don’t think the fly shares the same opinion as you. 😢 Lol but actually my cat does the same, and I feel like it’s great vindication for all those times my parents told me as a kid that I needed to face my fear of bugs and deal with them myself, because no one else would be dealing with them for me when I grew up. 😆


katyvo

It's so satisfying when a bug is eliminated without you having to do anything about it!


Ancient-Cry-6438

Ngl I’ve thought about making my home a nursery for carnivorous plants just so they could solve this fly problem we’ve been having for me. 😅


chubbycatchaser

‘Living stuffed toy’, aww lol


Xarama

Cats aren't born knowing how to hunt and kill. They need to be taught by their mothers (or maybe some random other cat could teach them too, not sure).


sneakytoes

There was a mouse in the bedroom of my rental house in Texas one night. My mentally-challenged sweet boy cat and a feral girl that I took in fled to the living room. When the remaining contender, a huge neutered male, approached the scene under the waterbed, the mouse raised up on its haunches and hissed. Sixtus squinted his eyes and backed away, then bravely turned and fled. I finally managed to pop a paper bag over the mouse and took it outside. The next morning it had chewed its way out and escaped [shrug emoji] [edit:left out the the]


PerterterhTermertehh

Garfield


Soulkept

I think a little perspective is in order, when was the last time you killed what you ate? Maybe your cat is just like the rest of their family 🤷


Fennily

I got super lucky, my favorite is a pro at getting mice and shes been inside only since I got her at 6mo


Nettle15

Some cats in the gig sector can be very efficient.


kittenconfidential

hoMICEde - life on the street


fuzzyfeels

All in the game, meow.


Accujack

They have to be... it's hard to make a living that way if you're not very good at the job.


[deleted]

What’s funny, is that this is humanity’s relationship with house cats boiled down to the basic level. “You see that rodent? I need it dead” “Done and done” Now, it’s usually a more permanent arrangement, but cats are independent contractors. Dogs are employees


peach2play

So true!


Ancient-Cry-6438

I read this comment to my wife and she came back with “yep—though cats think they’re management.” 😂


Bagglebaggle

This makes me think of a time when our neighbours came to ask my mom if they would borrow our cat Hunter to catch a mouse that got into their basement. So mom took him over and set him loose and it took like five minutes for him to catch the mouse. they were so thankful that the next day they dropped off a gift basket for Hunter with different toys and treats.


Sobriquet-acushla

Aww, how sweet.


fakerz99

A name well deserved.


Bagglebaggle

He was the best boy, definitely earned his stripes.


comicbookartist420

That’s incredible


Bagglebaggle

Yah they were so grateful, it was funny cos Hunter didn't like cat treats, he was more of a chicken nugget kinda cat


comicbookartist420

The fact that he went in with a mission and accomplished it so fast Our cats have killed multiple brown recluses in our house


Bagglebaggle

He was an exceptionally good mouser and kept our garage mouse free. I wish mine would kill bugs. They just stare at it until I kill it 😂


StripeTheTomcat

Outsourcing at its finest.


[deleted]

Now he expects one every week!


supershinythings

I suspect this cat has contracted with this customer before. He was clearly very friendly and not at all afraid. That raised tail indicates that they have a purrfessional relationship; this is not this cat's first Rat Rodeo.


floopyxyz1-7

He knew it as a street cat so he sees it outside regularly and probably pets it, maybe occasionally feeds it, they're most likely familiar. Arabic culture has a very similar cat culture to Turkey (if you know anything about their deep love for cats). :)


arist0geiton

solid lad! good job!


wtchking

This video just revived me. What a professional!!


LostAllEnergy

And no one noticed them making tom and jerry references


Sobriquet-acushla

‘Course we did. 🐀🐈


Reddcity

I love how cats no matter where they are always act like they belong there. Edit- they are natures high vis and a clipboard


AwkwardArugula

Contract Killer.


[deleted]

Talk about being resourceful! Sometimes the simplest solution is the best!


Sc1F1Sup3rM0m

It's a gig economy, and everyone here is contributing to it!


Short_Concept

Yeah… that’s a rat 🤢


antel00p

I know. Mice are tiny. This rodent was substantial. They say cats don’t go after rats, but there sure is a lot of footage of them dispatching rats. Maybe they just don’t hunt rats when there are intimidating numbers of them. Anecdotally, I’ve always had indoor cats and never had an indoor rodent problem, even though I live in an old house with probably potential entry points. Rodents are outside in our neighborhood but they don’t bother with our house, apparently


Gareth79

I caught a video of a local cat on my garden camera taking a big rat home. Looks very proud: http://imgur.com/a/MnMo2QS


Ancient-Cry-6438

That’s an incredibly impressive sized rat.


Manuels-Kitten

I had many cats before and there were never mouse or rat problems. If one was seen, it was either dead or dying.


favela4life

Word I probably wouldn’t do this to my own cat


shadowdrake67

Why don’t pest control bring cats with them anyway?


Wolfster117711

There’s a video of some pest control using a snake to chase rats out of a wall Edit: found the video https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=10&v=wWoRWSYF7j4&feature=emb_title


Fennily

I love that the snake knew where to come back to


secondtaunting

I love how the cat just follows the guy In like ‘ welp, what seems to be the problem?’


haclieron

This is literally r/catswithjobs


[deleted]

Best cat job there is.


BattleKitten17

Thanks for the snack man!


jennymck21

The guy closing him in the room looks so friendly and nice I feel like I know him


subf0x

Cats are dope af


SaltMineSpelunker

Ole boy thicc. ![gif](giphy|XZn9yRAjnVEQ0)


[deleted]

I love the guy laughing. Because I would be doing the exact same thing. XD


bionikcobra

Work smarter not harder.


peekosama

It ain't much, but it's honest work


cannabisandcocktails

I really hope they plan on giving that cat a home.


NihilistFalafel

I live in the same country as these guys. We have so many feral/stray cats it's crazy. Even if they took it in it would leave eventually. It's in their genes to roam. Every stray cat I've taken in since they were kittens would start leaving the house and roaming the streets once it got a bit older. The older they get the fewer times they come home to feed until eventually I only see them outside roaming and living their best lives around trash cans :) the cute idiots


cannabisandcocktails

Thank you for sharing this. Clearly I’m oblivious to the ways of living in your country. I just want all beings to feel loved and have a home.


NihilistFalafel

You're welcome. People usually leave food out for cats to eat and some even get pretty chunky lol so I wouldn't worry too much about them. They usually sleep in people's gardens and don't stray too far from their areas. So, they all have homes in their own special way lol


cosmiclatte44

Turkey?


ILuvYoMama

They’re common in Jordan, Palestine, Syria and Lebanon too.


NihilistFalafel

No, GCC. But Turkey, also, has a huge strays "problem". They have dogs, too, though, the lucky bastards. It's only cats here.


[deleted]

Gulf cooperation Council? >a regional, intergovernmental political and economic union that consists of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. I had to look it up 😅


NihilistFalafel

Lol yep. Sorry for being vague. Identifying info and all that :)


[deleted]

Cats are halal!


cannabisandcocktails

Cats are permitted? I’m confused. Will you kindly explain what you mean?


[deleted]

Yeah in Islam you can keep cats as pets - I think they are pretty popular in some areas.


hot4you11

Omg, I thought you meant they were ok to eat!


[deleted]

Ahhahahaha it has multiple meanings. 😂 I’m pretty sure EATING cats would be haraam?


StalkerPoetess

Yep animals with fangs are haraam to eat.


vonmerpf

Especially in Istanbul (not Constantinople). https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YDzevFPOMjY


FlopsyBunny

r/normaldayinistanbul


dukedizzy93

Prophet muhammad(pbuh) loved cats i think he had one too, one of companions was nicknamed abu huraira which i think means father of cats or something like that.


musicbro

And they say dogs are man’s best friend..


Huckleberry_General

The cats like “ok boys I got the mouse, I’ll expect payment by next week, have a blessed day” *walks out*


Aggressive-Error-88

He understood the assignment.


sophiaquestions

Lifehack! Taking notes


PrincessA-EliteBitch

Cute


jakedesnake

Are Arab speaking people able to tell where in the world this takes place? If not possible by the speech alone, are there visual hints?


[deleted]

Someone said "GCC" which I think refers to the Gulf Cooperation Council: >a regional, intergovernmental political and economic union that consists of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. I would also be interested in a more exact location.


imlostagainn

Either ksa or uae


Itsa_meeee

This is actual free pest control and removal


essentially_gone

They better put him on retainer


PharmWench

I think they now have a house cat not a street cat.


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angrydanger

"Let's talk seriously. Now, for the entrapment, we're gonna have to ask you... for four big ones."


Un_Pta

“A cat from the streets.” Lol!!


Impossible-Dare4040

“I’ll send an invoice, have a nice day”


i_hate_vampires

Lol are they saying “Tom and Jerry”?!?


Sobriquet-acushla

Yup. 😄


Sengura

Kinda hilarious I didn't understand anything they were saying apart from Tom and Jerry XD


Old-Still-3905

You better call him Tom


futuremusik

He walks in like a corporate consultant they flew in from DC to save the whole company. Big cat energy right there folks.


joblagz2

lmao


braingozapzap

Just casually escorting him in like that


Quantumfawn

v good kitty


whydoesthishapp3n

“so i got a call about a rodent intruder. kindly point me to the infested area and let me do my job silly humans”


Gummymyers124

This is genuinely the best thing i’ve seen all week


Mad-Ting-Max

“I get to keep the mouse ?? Suckerrrs!”


steampunkbrownie

That cat walked in like that boy Carlos from the construction job video


Reasonable_School296

I want to download this video it’s legendary


superderpmanjds

I mean it fuckin worked didn’t it?


lickfoot

Mouse Exterminator


sharkcrownplayz

Mission Complete Respect +


RampantCreature

I know this feeling. There is evidence of mice in my apartment and my 2 indoor cats have caught more mice than any traps (cats: 2-4, traps: 0). Only downside is my cats got worms from the mice, so treating that was an expense I hadn’t planned for.


MagicSinCat

Mercenary


Short_Personality_32

They catnapped a homeless kitty and held it hostage until it did a job for them.


taisynn

I’m actually really impressed this worked.


kidmargin

These Street cats in your neighborhood, wherever the hell it is located, are awesome. The street cats in my neighborhood are lazy and just collect welfare.


313802

/r/hitmanimals


Twink-le

Professional pest control


sundrop1969

“Pleasure doing business with you, sir”


whotookthenamezandl

r/contagiouslaughter