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Cat Peeks Through Sink Drain In Photo Sent By Landlord

The meme has descriptive text at the top above a candid photograph. The text explains that the poster's landlord, who was in the process of replacing the poster's sink, sent the attached photo to the poster. The photo is shot from the perspective of being positioned under the sink, looking upward through the circular hole of the sink drain. A grey tabby cat is staring directly down through the drain at the camera, with wide curious eyes, appearing to snoop on the repair work happening below its sink.
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My landlord was replacing our sink and sent me this.

Overview

The meme has descriptive text at the top above a candid photograph. The text explains that the poster's landlord, who was in the process of replacing the poster's sink, sent the attached photo to the poster. The photo is shot from the perspective of being positioned under the sink, looking upward through the circular hole of the sink drain. A grey tabby cat is staring directly down through the drain at the camera, with wide curious eyes, appearing to snoop on the repair work happening below its sink.

Origin notes

This meme first originated as a personal share from a tenant on X (formerly Twitter), who posted the unexpected photo their landlord sent them during sink repair work. It quickly went viral as a beloved wholesome pet meme, and was reposted widely across social media platforms including Reddit, Instagram, and TikTok. The provided source is an RSS feed aggregating meme content from X.com.

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