Should you leave all your money to a cat?

Short & Curly

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Philosophy

4.6 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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We all know Carl loves cats. But did you know that Carl is actually a super-rich millionaire who loves cats so much that when he dies, he wants his vast fortune to be spent on trying to teach cats to read? Which might actually be impossible! Should people get to decide what happens with their money after they are gone? Even if what they want is ridiculous?

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0:00.0	ABC Listen.
0:04.0	Hey, Curly crew, Carl here.
0:06.0	Now, as you know, we set our shows in all kinds of fun, made-up situations.
0:12.0	And this is absolutely one of them because today we're taking a good
0:17.2	look at what duty we have to others after they've died so play along and don't fret. I am alive and well despite what
0:27.4	you're about to hear.
0:30.3	Oh where is Carl? He's hours late for work, even for him. This is weird.
0:36.3	Yeah, we're ready for today's show. The robots, the orchestra, we've got the voice actors,
0:41.8	and the theater troop are all waiting and I I can't
0:45.2	stall them with ethical questions forever. Oh this is Carl now. Wait it's a
0:50.5	video message. All right let's see why he's late this time.
0:55.0	My dearest, Molly, if you've received this message,
1:00.0	I have a spot of bad news.
1:02.0	You see, I'm dead.
1:04.0	Wait, what?
1:06.0	What? Carl, no!
1:08.0	Please, I know it hurts. There'll be time to grieve.
1:12.0	But first, I need it hurts. There'll be time to grieve. But first I need your help.
1:15.4	Oh, darling, precious Kali poop. What has happened?
1:20.6	You see, Molly, I have kept a few secrets about my life.
1:27.0	Come on this is got to be some kind of joke.
1:30.0	I'm sure you're there too Matthew. You're never far from our lives or our hearts and no
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