To hear Perry tell it Granpa's intelligence rivaled his longevity. He not only loved pink baby clothes but also "knew colors," Perry continued. "If you put a blue or yellow sweater on him, he would pull it off. Pink would stay on." What's more, "if he was sleeping and some of the other cats were playing and woke him up, well, even an hour later, he would come down and slap them and he knew which one."

In another interview, this one with the Austin American-Statesman, Perry revealed Granpa's nutritional secrets. "Every morning he has Egg Beaters - they get (high) cholesterol like we do - and chopped diet bacon. And broccoli or asparagus. With coffee, Folgers, that's his favorite. I set a jar of mayo and a jar of red jelly in front of him. Whatever he puts his paw on, that's what he has on his bacon and eggs. No salt, he's on a salt diet."

At bedtime Granpa got "his vets C.D. dry food and C.D. canned food," said Perry, who credits Granpa's longevity to his love of broccoli and other vegetables.