What a Catch

An anonymous soccer fan is leaving all his worldly possessions to Neymar Jr., a Brazilian soccer player.

The fan said that beyond a love for the national team and for Brazil’s football legacy, he identified with Neymar, which led him to officially name the Brazil striker in his will.

“I like Neymar, I identify with him a lot. I also suffer with defamation, I

Mario Bekes just doesn’t stop talking. The Australia-based radio personality broke a Guinness World Record by hosting a show that lasted for 55 hours and 26 minutes. Bekes, who is originally from Croatia, hosted his marathon talk show on Alive 90.5 FM, the station where he has been a host since 2009.

Bekes, who also hosts the motivational podcast Life: The Battlefield , was not allowed to include music, commercials or calls from the public during his attempt, making for what he told Guinness World Records was “a very unusual radio show.”

To keep things interesting, Bekes hosted several guests and offered pieces of advice to the audience. A doctor was on hand to make sure the talk jockey was healthy throughout the show.

The show’s final time of 55 hours and 26 minutes earned Bekes the record for longest audio-only live-stream, a record previously set at 53 hours and 1 minute by British radio hosts Matt Hall and Dan Ramsden in 2020.

Talk about the gift of gab.

Nancy Sauer of Tampa, Florida, died a few months ago at the age of 84. But she left behind seven beloved companions –her Persian cats. Because they were so beloved, Sauer also left behind a six-figure estate to be used to take care of her felines.

Now, people are lining up to adopt these kitties, who come with a nice-sized dowry to take care of them.

“I’ve gotten, believe it or not, 156 applications for these remaining six cats, which is crazy to me,” Sherry Silk, executive director of the Humane Society of Tampa Bay, said. “She did leave a six-figure estate for their care, which is feeding, grooming, medical supplies, toys, treats — whatever people want to do. We are going to reimburse people up to that.”

Silk went on, “The total amount for the seven cats is just over $300,000, which is a lot of money.”

Sauer’s will reportedly stated that her seven Persian cats were to remain in the house until the last one died. Her son had predeceased her.

The cats are named Midnight, Snowball, Goldfinger, Leo, Squeaky, Cleopatra and Napoleon. The felines lived in Sauer’s million-dollar home in South Tampa.

After her death, it was determined that the caretakers in charge of their care were not doing a good job. Now, the Human Society is hoping that some compassionate pet lovers will step in to take care of them.

According to Silk, Sauer loved her cats but was a bit “eccentric.”

“She wouldn’t just buy one thing that she just liked,” Silk said. “She had things that every lady probably has — but I’ve got 10 or 15 tubes of lipstick in my cosmetic area. She had 50 shades of the same lipstick, not even open. She just bought and bought and bought. So she was kind of a collector of things that she liked.”

The cats are not friendly and don’t like to cuddle, so Silk needs to find the right people to care for them.

“I’m confident that we’ll find the right home,” she said.

If not, that would be a cat-astrophe.