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So God made a cat (Original Post) packman Nov 2017 OP
That's about right. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2017 #1
Cats are sneaky and sinister. RestoreAmerica2020 Nov 2017 #2
Your cat IS plotting to kill you..... lastlib Nov 2017 #7
Yeah, yeah, yeah, last lib, dream on. Nitram Nov 2017 #12
Calming. Iliyah Nov 2017 #3
THANK YOU Angry Dragon Nov 2017 #4
Says it all about the cat. democratisphere Nov 2017 #5
The existence of cats is one of the few things The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2017 #6
"If cats could text, they wouldn't" Motley13 Nov 2017 #8
How do we know they can't? pangaia Nov 2017 #9
Very insightful, Motley. Nitram Nov 2017 #13
This showed up on Facebook the other day: catbyte Nov 2017 #17
I Am An Avid Animal Lover, Except .... DoctorJoJo Nov 2017 #10
Don't kid yourself. Your dog will eat you just as eagerly as any cat. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2017 #11
A dog gets its courage from the pack. Nitram Nov 2017 #14
That's bullshit, doc. Nitram Nov 2017 #15
If you think house cats are worthless, then you're not an "avid animal lover." And your ignorance catbyte Nov 2017 #18
If I'm dead, do I care if my starving kitty would try to save herself, Motley13 Nov 2017 #21
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2017 #16
I cannot imagine my life without cats. 3catwoman3 Nov 2017 #19
indeed. niyad Nov 2017 #20

lastlib

(23,233 posts)
7. Your cat IS plotting to kill you.....
Thu Nov 23, 2017, 10:58 PM
Nov 2017

...as soon as it learns to use the can opener, humans will no longer serve a useful function, and will be terminated. With extreme prejudice.

Nitram

(22,801 posts)
12. Yeah, yeah, yeah, last lib, dream on.
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 01:29 AM
Nov 2017

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My cats love me and always will. I love them, and always will. My cats greet me when I come home, and want to be loved before they ask for food. I don't find the timeworn meme of the vindictiveness and hatred of cats amusing in the least. Anti-cat jokes are much like wife jokes, and mother-in-law jokes. and Pollack jokes.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)
6. The existence of cats is one of the few things
Thu Nov 23, 2017, 09:45 PM
Nov 2017

that makes me wonder whether there might actually be a supreme being of some sort who decided to create this beautiful and weird creature. If it weren't for cats and a few other animals I might be a very devout atheist.

Motley13

(3,867 posts)
8. "If cats could text, they wouldn't"
Thu Nov 23, 2017, 11:21 PM
Nov 2017

heard that the other day.

Cats can do many things, they just choose not to.

My kitty is staring at me right now wondering why I stopped with the rubs.

Nitram

(22,801 posts)
13. Very insightful, Motley.
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 01:30 AM
Nov 2017

Cats are a reminder to remain true to ourselves, as Thoreau encouraged us to do.

 

DoctorJoJo

(1,134 posts)
10. I Am An Avid Animal Lover, Except ....
Thu Nov 23, 2017, 11:57 PM
Nov 2017

... for the house cat--the most worthless creature on earth. If you die, your dog will guard your body until he starves to death, but a cat will start eating you at first hunger pain. Hopefully, you are not just in a coma, and awake to missing fingers!

Nitram

(22,801 posts)
15. That's bullshit, doc.
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 01:33 AM
Nov 2017

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I love dogs, but can't abide a cat-hating dog-lover. Based on pure ignorance. I know more than one cat-hater who was converted upon actually getting to know one loving cat. But it is true that cats are better at surviving on their own than dogs are. One of the reasons I respect them.

catbyte

(34,386 posts)
18. If you think house cats are worthless, then you're not an "avid animal lover." And your ignorance
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 12:14 PM
Nov 2017

re: cats is astounding. Half of Europe was wiped out in the Middle Ages because the exploding rodent population spread Bubonic Plague after the population killed off cats because they thought they were demons. Sometimes ignorance IS deadly.

On this subject, at least, perhaps you should follow this wise advice: "It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt."

Motley13

(3,867 posts)
21. If I'm dead, do I care if my starving kitty would try to save herself,
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 03:55 PM
Nov 2017

I wouldn't want her to die of starvation. I probably would be very tasty, for awhile anyway.


Response to packman (Original post)

3catwoman3

(23,987 posts)
19. I cannot imagine my life without cats.
Fri Nov 24, 2017, 12:58 PM
Nov 2017

They ae charming, graceful, mysterious, exasperating, unpredicatable, and completey fascinating. And you can lose yourself in their eyes.

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