rant · moment 4 of 21
Oscar the Cat Escapes to the Pound
from Searching For Bobby Fischer · #81
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2 minTim continues the Oscar story — the cat escaping, getting taken to the pound, and being retrieved completely unfazed — then pivots into visiting his mother in a mental institution and her only asking about egg rolls.
- 4:46Tim notes Oscar has a nervous disorder—a weird limp face that looks like palsy.
- 5:05Oscar is massive and can't express emotion, but he keeps escaping.
- 5:16When Oscar escapes one night, a woman named Michelle finds him and brings him to the pound.
- 5:29Michelle's husband can't pick Oscar up that night because he's out of town, so he gets a different cat instead.
- 5:45Tim visited his mother in a mental institution with egg rolls and she immediately asked if they were getting them.
- 6:02When Tim asked his mother what happened to someone named Pam, she said Pam fell and died—eating an egg roll with zero emotion.