Gary McKee of Police Limit* has pointed out that one of Smith's USPs is that it's about cats being cats. Their behaviour is entirely consistent with that of cats in the real world.
Well, mostly. You have to ignore the piano playing, unicycling, painting, and surfing the internet to a certain extent, but that sort of thing is allowed in comics. In the main they behave like ordinary domestic cats, and a lot of the strip is inspired by the cats I've shared my life with over the years.
Gary's strip is excellent, by the way - if you've ever wanted to know what the average cop on the corner of the street is thinking, this will show you. It portrays the frustrations of being a police officer in a system that appears to be skewed against ever getting anything worthwhile done. Liberals like me have a tendency to portray those of a more authoritarian bent as unthinking little Hitlers - this strip shows how far off the mark we can be.
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