#delilah😻

[freddiemercurylegendabovelegends]

Freddie Mercury with his beloved cats over the years

Extract from article

Cat Fancy – Freddie & His Best Friends

By Gail Flug - 2003

In many people’s eyes, Freddie Mercury was one of the world’s most dynamic and charismatic rock frontmen.

Yet for the man who had the love of countless fans, he loved his cats most. Peter Freestone, Mercury’s personal assistant and cook, wrote in his book “Freddie Mercury” that his boss put as much importance on them as any human in his life.

Jacky Smith, who has run the Official Queen Fan Club for 21 years, said, “Most of them were from rescue centers. We have a charity [in the United Kingdom] called The Blue Cross, which takes care of sick animals. Freddie got at least two from them, if not more.”

According to Smith, cat toys were sent from fans to the office from time to time, as the cats’ photos occasionally appeared in the club newsletter. Plenty of fans have also named their own cats Freddie, a gesture that, Smith said, would have flattered the singer.

Mercury’s first cats were Tom and Jerry, who he and then-girlfriend Mary Austin brought in during the early days of the band. She kept them when their relationship ended in the late ‘70s, yet he still considered them his, as the album dedication for “Mr. Bad Guy” proves. Austin, who remained his closest friend, gave him a lovely longhaired bluepoint he named Tiffany.

The most famous feline of the Mercury clan is Delilah, a large, tri-colored tabby who was adopted in late 1987. As the lyrics to her song state, and Freestone’s book confirms, she took over the house and pretty much did whatever she pleased. “She was a real character, that lady!” agreed Smith. “Delilah was just kind of funny. She was a bit of a bully to the others, but was always first on his lap, first for food.” In turn, Mercury favored her as well, picking her up more than the others. She would also fun to him for safety when the other cats would gang up on her. She loved sleeping at the foot of his bed, or in the laundry baskets.

“They were all well-loved and cared for and mostly ‘normal’ pussycats,” Smith said. “They did get ordinary cat food at times, but mostly it was fresh chicken and fish prepared for them. I also remember he used to talk to them on the phone if he was away for a long time.”

Freestone also wrote that each cat got its own Christmas stocking filled with treats and toys. They had full run of the house and were permitted outside during the day to roam the gardens. There were the occasional territorial markings on the soft furnishings for his staff to clean up, and the quick trips to the vet if a cat showed the slightest hint of illness.

No one except for his closest friends knows how long Mercury was aware he was HIV-positive, although both Freestone and Smith believe that his cats knew. Their unconditional love gave him great comfort and company in his final days, and Mercury would never deny them admittance to his bedroom. Said Smith, “Cats have that fantastic sixth sense… I imagine that they knew he wasn’t well and spent more time with him. It’s just the thing cats would do.”

Before Mercury passed away on Nov. 24, 1991, he made sure all of his loved ones would be taken care of. “They all stayed at Garden Lodge with Mary, which is where they still are today,” said Smith. “I have heard reports of Delilah being spotted on top of the wall occasionally.”

It’s clear she still rules the house. Freddie wouldn’t have wanted it any other way

Freddie Mercury with his beloved cats over the years

📸 Photos from Mary Austin’s personal collection

'Delilah Delilah

Oh my oh my oh my you're unpredictable

You make me so very happy

When you cuddle up and go to sleep beside me

And then you make me slightly mad

When you pee all over my Chippendale suite'

🔸 Extract from'Delilah' track by Freddie Mercury

(taken from 'Innuendo' album released in 1991)

Delilah his beloved cat 😻

#delilah #innuendo album #innuendo #1991 #zanzibar #legend #queen #brian may #john deacon #freddiebulsara #roger taylor #queen band #london #freddie mercury #cat #Spotify

[im-too-gay-for-this]

Quotes of NCIS 😻

Some poor Nurse: *looking over comatose Gibbs* Good morning, Agent Gibbs the rain as stopped. It’s going to be a beautiful day. :) *gasps*

Ducky: I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to startle you. I’m Dr Mallard. I overheard you talking and I thought he might be awake.

Poor Nurse: I always talk to my patients.

Ducky: Me, too.

Poor Nurse: Are you a neurologist, Doctor?

Ducky: Medical Examiner.

Poor Nurse: Oh.

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Ellie: Two hot chicks. They probably figured we’d get fast results.

Delilah: and I’m in a wheelchair, Double points. 

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Ellie: I guess we all need help sometimes.

Delilah: Maybe. You read that in a fortune cookie?

Ellie: yes.

-

Gibbs: Why are you pushing this, Kate?

Kate: Because it makes sense. He’s catholic.

Gibbs: Hmm… and so are you. You cannot let personal situations colour your judgment.

Kate: I don’t. But you hired me because of my knowledge and my experience. You’ve never seen how a suicide can tear up a Catholic family. They take it very seriously.

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McGee: Wait a second did he say “Simon Williams”?

Kasie: I think so. I haven’t run the name through the system yet

McGee: You don’t have to. He’s on our wall. *points to NCIS most wanted wall.*

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Kasie: I have stuff for you.

Ziva: all eardrums

Kasie: huh?

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DiNozzo: let’s put a pin in that McMilitary and let’s talk about my problem. *pulls out $20,000 from his desk*

McGee: $20,000?

Bishop: and why is that a problem?

DiNozzo: because technically it might be stolen.

McGee: By who?

DiNozzo: By me.

Bishop and McGee: *confuzzled*

Gibbs, runs into the bullpen area: *DiNozzo hides the money* DiNozzo! Oh hey, you’re here. That’s good.

Bishop: Gibbs, what’s the matter?

Gibbs: I just got a phone call a deputy in Virginia just found an NCIS Special Agent dead in car crash.

DiNozzo: My God that’s terrible. Who died?

Gibbs: You did.

#ncis #Delilah McGee #ellie bishop #leroy jethro gibbs #tony dinozzo #Tim McGee #kasie hines #ziva david #kate todd #ncis fanfiction

[bevsi]

Any chance your Delilah sketches will be available as a print? It would go so well on our cat art wall 😻

I might make them stickers :3c I’ll keep u (tumblr.com) updated

#Bev asks

[lottiecrabie]

me when lottiecrabie rants abt anything galatea related 😻😻😻😻

medea is lowkey givin kill bill by sza. i lobe it.

also i . feel like sunburnt would sound like sunshine baby by the japanese house (which matty sings on !!😼). maybe that is just me tho 🫶

also i just realized this but idk if u read/watched daisy jones and the six but she is literally so daisy jones !!!!!!! like i am just realizing i actively imagined delilah as i imagined camille LMAO

me when i get a new excuse to go unnecessarily deep into galatea thanks to an ask 😻😻😻

medea imagine if you briefly hooked up with a girl and objectively fucked her over and then she comes to Your studio with a song on the album that You’re producing that’s just like i wanna Murder someone bc of what this guy did to me😭

i’m personally imagining sunburnt as a lot more energetic and summery (i have a playlist with his exact sound but i can’t explain it i just Know what it is) but as always lottiecrabie thoughts aren’t canon if they’re out of the page<3

i both read And watched daisy jones! (liked the book, did Not like the show it is objectively bad Sorry to fans). i can see it like no matter what connection you find through music, he will never leave me. also interesting with the soulmates/twinflames theory, though i don’t think we see enough of matty and delilah to really apply it to them.

#delilah is Blonde in my head so interesting that people see her differently….. #ok just checked Yes i do describe her as blonde but Whoever you imagine is good too😋 #galatea take one #ask

[edylin31]

And then it is time for Chloe to age up! She became a young adult an decided to change her hair color and get rid of the braids for now. Off course she celebrated by going dancing and making out with a boy she just met on the dance floor.

In the meantime our cat Missie had 2 little kittens, Kiki and Delilah. They are absolutely adorable with their little tails 😻

Chloe was al ready working as a student at the local coffee bar, the owner offered her a job in his other restaurant in town as a dish washer, which she took as she has no idea what she wants in her live.

So this is the last post of gen 2 and next time we will start with Chloe, but unfortunately Bear wasn't able to reach level 10 in his career yet, but he is very close. So we will be staying in this household just a few days longer until Bear finishes all his generational goals.

#ts4 gameplay #ts4 challenge #gen 2 #whimsy stories #bear miller

[obsessivelollipoplalala]

New photo of the interior of Garden Lodge. You can see Freddie’s photos of Delilah and Goliath in the bottom left corner: https://postimg.cc/ykN2z5jq

I love how he treated them like twins 😻 though I think they were from the same litter. I remember reading that somewhere

Idk if they were, but the framed photos are sweet

#replies #Anonymous

[freddiefiction]

I wonder how much Freddie let Delilah get away with? haha Like, if she destroyed his shoes or roughhoused with the other cats, was she reprimanded or did he let it slide? I’m not saying she was a troublemaker but she was spoiled! Maybe the other cats weren’t as lucky 🤣 but he and Jim were certainly the sexiest cat dads 😏😻

If you read the lyrics for "Delilah", I think it sums up how much Freddie let Delilah get away with:

You get away with murder so innocent But when you throw a moody You're all claws and you bite That's alright.

So, Delilah (like most cats) could have her moody moments where she'd bite and scratch, but Freddie didn't seem bothered by it. I think he knew it wasn't personal and would let her away with being a diva.

And then you make me slightly mad When you pee all over my Chippendale suite.

I think the only time Freddie would have reprimanded Delilah would be if she was destructive, particularly with furniture. Freddie had expensive taste after all!

And yes, they are the sexiest cat dads ❤️

#ask #anon response #freddie's cats

[ajsnow]

So in the bible samson had really long hair with lots of strength and truth is , Delilah is an omen, There are certian Delilahs of all races on earth, The delilah is a woman omen mixed with something else, So there are certain fat woman not all fat woman are evil or Delilah spirits, there are Woman of God that go against fat woman delilah spirits, So many delilahs have already tooken over many men, And some men or boys already work with delilah spirits some men or boys work consciously or unconsciously with delilah omens, You will know who is a woman of God and which woman have your back, Its like being a person in the world and evolving to the future like a futuristic man going into the future beyond Alien Hieght, Theres a cool rich city i took a walk to, its close to the mountains, the moon of the sky said she chills over there, could possibly be a woman of God guiding me to her house, to show me where my God is, Delilah beware! my hair is long and i dont care hahaha. 😬🥷🏻👸🤴🧑🏼‍🚀🧝🏻‍♀️🧝🏻‍♂️💇🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♂️🙋🏼‍♀️🫃🫄👰🏼👰‍♀️👰🏼👰‍♀️👰🏻‍♀️👰🏻‍♀️🧑🏼‍🔬👩🏼‍🔬👩🏻‍🎤🧑🏼‍🎤👱‍♀️👱‍♀️🧔‍♀️👩🏿👩🏼👩🏻👽👻🎃🤖👾👿😈🤠🤒😑🫡😱🤗😡😤😎🤩🥳😋🥰😍😘😉☺️😇😁💀🙄🤮😸😻😾🫶😼🙀☠️👺👍🤘🏻🙏🏼💪🏻🫵🏻💋💄👄👅👀👶🏻👮🏿‍♂️👮🏼🧕🏽🧚🏻🤱🏼🤱🏼🤱🏻💅💆‍♀️💃🏼🕺🏻🏃‍♂️🧍🏼‍♀️🧑🏻‍🦽🏃‍♀️🧎‍♂️👩‍❤️‍👨🐽🦋🦄🐴🐬🐳🐩🐇🕊🦢🐉🌕🌜🌛🌝⭐️🌟⚡️✨🌈🌪☀️🌤🌧⛈☔️🌩🫧🍆🍌🍑🍉🍷🎱🤸🏼‍♀️🤸🏼🧘🏼‍♀️🧘🏾‍♂️🧘🏻🎼🎹🥁🎰✈️🏩⛩📲💸💵💰💎🔮🪬🧬🔑🧸💌🤍💞💓💗💖💘✝️🇺🇸🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈🇲🇽🇪🇸🇫🇷🇧🇪🇧🇴🏴‍☠️🏳️

[pinklemonwitch]

My familiar is cute as fuck

Have you noticed how perfect she is?

Look at her showing off

There was no point in this post I just wanted to show off how cute she is to everyone

#ramblings #personal #familiar #delilah🐱 #my familiar #cat #kitty #feline #bicolor cat #fat cat #fluffy cat #old cat #😻 #my best friend #meow

[a-froger-epic]

Delilah has style

She sure did! 😻

#ask response

[pinklemonwitch]

Grumpy Cleaning Session with Delilah 😂😍❤️

#ramblings #delilah😻 #my kitty #caturday #bicolor cat #black and white cat