Oscar, in case no one remembers, was the name of the horrible black cat that lived with me until Ed took it to a "live forever" farm. Oscar, was one mean m.. (shut your mouth! I'm talking 'bout Shaft!). Oscar had no claws and used to beat birds to death. Oscar used to keep poor Muffin's blind cat backed into a corner all day and hit it when it moved. Ashford and Hastings were afriad of Oscar. Ed was too, but that is a different story.
Oscar had a long backstory. The Boo (Pam) gave it to Lauren, after which Lauren promptly dumped Pam. Then Lauren started a long distance romance with Terri, and Oscar became the "pee onthe bed" cat to show his anger at being left alone. Lauren took it back when she moved in with the Muffin (Terri) - but the blind cat thing forced the end of that. Lauren gave it to Mark - who later corrected himeself and said that when he said he wanted a "cat", he meant a kitten; not a full grown pee'ing terror in black.
At that time Oscar had horrible dandruff, because Lauren feed him low-cal food (and he was still huge). Well Mark and I feed him regular food, which fixecd the dandruff, but caused him to blow up to the size of a small pot-bellied pig. When Mark died, he made me promise not to kill Oscar (little love lost between me and Oscar).
Then when I started the long distance romance - I made Oscar stay outside (I had a patio with bars he could get in and out of.) This made Nate-The-Dog boy very happy. Nate hated Oscar as well. Really - Oscar was just mean.
Once he moved in, Ed felt he made no promise, and so - on a technicality - we gave Oscar away. First we made sure it was a "live forever" home in the desert (it cost a bundle). And it had an area for the declawed cats alone and Oscar ruled the roost.
Anywho... Bridget, the name Oscar strikes fear into Ed's heart (rivaled only by clowns and butterflys) - so it is kind of funny.