I see they are hiding under what seems to be a sofa. I share this piece of information in case it ever helps anyone (I attended a canine and feline first aid course last year) be extremely careful when opening a sofa bed when people are home as cats tend to hide underneath because their tail could get caught in the mechanism with very nasty consequences. I don't know if it'll be of help to anyone but I figured it was worth a shot if it can help prevent injuries on even just a single cat.

I lived in the UK for several years, this is definitely the most accurate picture of this thread!

Bonne lecture à lui ! Selon son âge et dans des veines un peu fantasy il y a la saga Artémis Fowl et, bien sûr, la quête d'Ewilan qui sont sympas et accessibles dès 12-13 ans je pense (Artémis Fowl peut-être même avant).

Polly tique (et la mascotte du canal est un chat pas content qu'on appelle Polly et qu'on peut mettre sur les posts pour identifier visuellement les sujets facilement)

You literally described my life, I wouldn't have made a better summary.

If you have not already done it and can afford it, I'd suggest you buy a running drinking fountain for him. Many cats prefer running water and, if that need is fulfilled, your cat may be less frustrated by the closed faucet / you may be able to reopen it. (You could, in addition, change the faucet to one that cats cannot open).

I was exactly looking for the name of that show in English as it is the one that instantly came to my mind when I saw the post. It's in no small part thanks to this one, and a couple of others (the magic school bus and once upon a time... life) I decided to do a PhD in animal behaviour.

Holding for 10 minutes is already quite impressive. When I moved abroad and arrived at my future roommate's house for the first time (he had 3 dogs) I kept telling myself "don't say hi to the dogs before the guy" and I failed majestically, ending up on my knees kissing these dogs before greeting him. (Luckily he loved dogs just as much as I do and found it funny).

The way I see it, between left and far left the direction is roughly the same, that's the means and end point that differ (i.e. revolution or not and how far we go into sharing resources). This is an important difference and they should thus not be mixed.

That's not far left IMO, that's just left. This is a recurring problem we have in France too, where medias call "far left" parties that are just left. This is a slippery slope, the one on which Overton window slips towards the (far) right...

Ça me rappelle un hôtel en Provence où ils avaient traduit "porte-serviette" par "door towel"

Thanks! I should've done that directly, apologies.