My Cats, Darrel and his brother Darrel

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These are my two cool cats, Darrel and Darrel. They are brothers, and we gave them both the same name because it was so hard to tell them apart from a distance. Their names are a reference to the characters on the TV show Newhart. Each time they appeared their brother, Larry, would introduce them by saying "Hi, I'm Larry; this is my brother Darrel, and this is my other brother Darrel." When I got the cats, it was mostly for rodent control. Rats were chewing the wiring in our cars at night. I had four dogs, so I needed cats that could deal with that. The lady at the local cat rescue helped me pick out these guys, and they have worked out great. They get along fine with the dogs, and they got rid of the rats. They have also become members of the family. They look like bookends, but they have very different personalities. One of them likes to keep to himself more and spends a lot of time outside. He is quite a hunter, and will often follow along if I take the dogs for a walk. He's the one with the white spot on his chest. My husband started calling him Pretty Darryl, not so much because of the white, but he was a bit heavier and his coat always looked thick and shiny. The other one loves attention. He comes into the kitchen meowing for food and attacks my feet when I'm walking. He gets under the sheet when I am trying to make the beds. He wants to get in bed with me and tries to knock my book or my laptop out of my hands. He became affectionately known as Pain in the Ass Darrel. As time went on, Pretty Darrel lost weight and PIA Darrel gained weight. For the past couple of years we have been calling them Skinny Darrel and Fat Darrel.