Taking sides : Cats or Dogs

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Cats : Manipulative bastards or dog's intellectual superiors?

Dogs : Violent idiots or man's best friend?

― Michael, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It's definitely cats, just because of what you said - they're manipulative, greedy and definitely the intellectual ones of the animal bunch.

― Ally, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Actually, I tend to think cats are kind of dumb, because if they truly were intelligent enough to treat other animals with contempt and disdain, they would have figured out some way to turn all of humanity into gigantic play toys.

Having said that, they rock. Any animal that cleans itself and buries its scat is going to get props from me. Plus, they're fuzzy goodness.

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I prefer cats, They are more chatty.

― -- Mike Hanley, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dogs by a longshot!

Ugh! Cats are supercillious, snotty, fair weather friends who only like you when they want food, attention, or their backs rubbed. If I wanted to deal with that, I'd go back into the dating scene.

Dogs, by comparison, offer nothing but love, companionship, loyalty and undying affection (even when you don't feel like you deserve it).

In short, dogs rock. I have never met a dog that did not like me, the trick is in how you approach the animal. They cannot just smell fear, but they can read your body language, as well. There is no such thing as a bad dog, only bad trainers who mistreat dogs and force them to be vicious.

Plus, dogs are far more intelligent. They sniff out bombs, they rescue people burried in avalanches, they lead the blind... can you IMAGINE a seeing eye cat? They are magnanimous, caring more about the safety of their "pack" (or their humans) than their own lives.

In fact, I think I like dogs better than most people. I can't wait till we have a house with a garden so I can have a dog again. A dalmation, definitely, in fact, a pair of dalmations would be great. When I retire from the pub business, I shall breed spotty dogs and start a Dalmation Planitation, in fact.

― masonic boom, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Um, no, I can't imagine a seeing eye cat because cats are clever enough to NOT want to be put on a chain and have to drag someone around! I mean, would you want to be a seeing eye human? Psh, fuck that.

No dog lovers take this personally, but I always thought people who preferred dogs to cats are insecure and need the constant attention and absolute neediness that dogs have.

― Ally, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Pass. I have enough trouble tending to my own personal needs - what do I need a hairy sack of fluff eating & shitting & shedding all the live long day to soak up all my free time? At least you can teach kids to use the toilet & swear.

― David Raposa, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I like both, but I have to vote for the cats. My cat is probably as loyal as any dog, so I don't think it can be said that all of them are snotty, aloof, etc.

Plus, Hello Kitty! Sanrio has never managed a decent dog character, and though their new robot dog is pretty cool I don't think robot dogs count.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dogs leave hair everywhere and chew the table legs. Cats leave hair everywhere and claw the cushions. Guinea pigs have comedy hair so they win hands down.

― Madchen, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

No offense, Ally, but people who prefer cats to dogs are self centred, arrogant and too neurotic to sustain actual equal relationships. The phrase is "Cat Lady" and not "Dog Lady" after all, idnit? ;-)

― masonic boom, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Guinea pigs have comedy hair so they win hands down.

Mick Hucknall has comedy hair and I don't see him winning anything...

― Nicole, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Yeah, but if we're dallying on Generalisation Street, GRATE ARTISTS also tend to be self-centred, arrogant and too neurotic to sustain actual equal human relationships.

Cats are best. I'm sad still about Isabel's family's cat getting killed last weekend: I've never been sad for a dog.

― Tom, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh come, come, Mick must have a Brit or two up his sleeve, surely. He doesn't have a comedy squeak like guinea pigs do though. And Martine McCutcheon never puked in a guinea pig's hair. Why am I bothering to argue this point?

― Madchen, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Now, I love cats. They're easier to look after, they're often cute, they're fluffy and they're pretty smart. But they are in capable of loving another creature! Cats actually hunt and kill a larger number of other species than any other mammal. And they do it for fun! Or maybe instinctually. Plus, when a cat snuggles up to you and wants to play is it because it's showing affection to its owner? Oh no... it's hungry. Or it wants to go out. The cat will let you stroke it, then meander purposefully to its dish, or the door...

Dogs, on the other hand, are harder to look after, want more attention, but are way, way cuter!!! They actually love their owner, often quite foolishly, and when they want to play or go walkies it's not because they have an ulterior motive... they just want to play! They're also more devoted, often have more personality, and they are typically smarter.

So, whilst my lifestyle dictates that if I had to have a cat or dog it'd have to be a cat... I'd much rather have a dog. Ideally a cute little westie, or a dalmation, or maybe a little bulldog. They just have more personality, I guess. I could take him for walks, and call him Barkley, and he'd attack people I don't like and we could play in the park all day long.

That's another thing. Try to play fetch with a cat (and believe me, I've tried), and it's an incredibly frustrating experience.

― Paul Strange, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I supposed it'd be wicked rude to point out slang involving dogs, ie calling a girl a dog or, better, a bitch.

― Ally, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Cats kick bottom. They have poise, dignity and cute little pink nosey- woseys. They aren't just fairweather friends, my cat gets really upset when my mum isn't around, and not just because he wants food. Dogs slobber and poo everywhere.

― DG, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

But Mick Hucknall might make a better pet than all of them. He could do housework when you're out at work, and then when you come home you could lock him in his cage and laugh at his comedy hair.

― Nicole, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm sure playing fetch with, I don't know, a starfish is frustrating too. Cats do not play fetch because fetch is D.U.M.B.

― Tom, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Until 36, mark s is a cat-person, and will scorn even the idea that dogs – which he is anyway allergic to – have a right to share the same planet (as cats, as him). Aged 36 and no days exactly, he falls in somewhat fatuous love with someone:
i. vain as a cat
ii. sleek and slinky as a cat
iii. smart and malicious as a cat
iv. paranoid and neurotic as a cat
v. huffy as a cat
vi. self-protectively "shallow" as a cat
vii. you get the picture

Time passes, and he reconstructs his life. He is not aware of any shift in allegience until he meets the ridiculous NACHO, ridiculous dog with ridiculous name. Nacho is not free of characteristics i-vii (iv and v are his to claim and keep), and he is supremely idiotic: cats may or may not be smarter than dogs, but some snails are smarter than Nacho sometimes is. He is obsessive-compulsive (after chewing, his lamb-bone MUST rest on the corner of my hall carpet, not simply on the wood or the lino: you move it, he'll wait 20 minutes, then move it back, CLONK) and he is dangerously excitable (when you visit Talitha, if he happens to like you, he stands on his hindlegs at the top of the stairs and S-H-A-K-E-S like a spin-drier at cycle- peak). I find the cat-things I used to admire — like intelligence and autonomy — seem tired and old to me; Nacho is NOT cool, he has NO attitude, he is old and twisted and goofy and DOES NOT CARE THAT YOU KNOW THIS. He also does a Billy Idol sneer, in lieu of a cheerful smile, which is I suppose most UNdoglike...

It's not as if I'm not allergic to cats as well, after all. I still prefer them, since i, iii and vi are MINE to claim, and ii is the quality I secret covet...

― mark s, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I had a cat who used to fetch. After a while, instead of running to the ball or whatever and bringing it back, he would run to it and slap it under the refrigerator and walk away. Cats are better.

― Otis Wheeler, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I supposed it'd be wicked rude to point out slang involving dogs, ie calling a girl a dog or, better, a bitch.

Well, you could, Ally, but that would be really catty.

― masonic boom, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

According to my cat book, cats have spiky willies as well. That beats everything.

― DG, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i hope you two aren't going to get into a catfight.

― fred solinger, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Slang involving cats is simply way cooler, as Kate just proved for me. End of discussion.

― Ally, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

One negative thing against cats: "Are You Being Served?" I could have lived a happy and productive life had I never heard a peep about the shenaningans of Mrs. Slocum's pussy.

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dogs. I've never had a cat, but my one dog acts like one. So maybe Cats? Nah, Dogs it is. Definitely. Being emotionally needy: Classic or Dud?

― Mitch Lastnamewithheld, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I don't keep either. Don't really like the idea of pets.

Given the choice I'll go Cat, obviously.

What was it David Thewlis said about dogs in the film 'Naked'? Something like dogs are either vicious or daft. I'd say most are both. They are certainly FUCKING NOISY.

Worse thing though, is some dumb-fuck owners take them out to SHIT on playing fields or parks or by the side of footpaths. PARKS ARE NOT DOG TOILETS FER CHRISSAKES!

― DavidM, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have this really weird cat. I mean odd to the nth degree. He's obsessive compulsive just like mark's dog, I mean this cat doesn't just do normally destructive cat things like scratching the couch, he wages WAR. He picks his target, stalks it for weeks on end, (you can move it, hide it, whatever - he *finds* it) then finally one day, you come home and it's "dead" in the middle of the living room floor. I was most impressed the day he conquered his own little "mission impossible" - a heavily spiked cactus was pulled from it's sand and was placed *just so* on the carpet - one little cat mouth sized chunk gouged out of its side, with the missing (and spiky!) bit triumphantly flung down only inches away.

He also has a truly disturbing fetish for fuzzy things. And when I say fetish, I mean capital F - Fetish. I knew *all* about that cat willie thing. *yeesh*

― Kim, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I had a cat named Lovely once, and she was insane. She once chased a bug behind the bookshelf, then proceeded to sit there for FOUR DAYS STRAIGHT waiting for it to come out. She literally did not move. Not to eat, not to get other things, not to go to the litter box, nothing. She sat there. Every morning I'd wake up, oh there's the cat in the same position as before. I mean, didn't it occur to her that the bug went out the other side?

― Ally, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My friend, the divine LC, has a black cat that is a) an affection junkie, more so than other cats, and b) so tetchy sometimes that you will offend her and she will just take a dump right in the middle of the room. I don't care what anyone says, she *knows* that will piss people off.

― DG, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Didn't it occur to her that the bug went out the other side?"

But this is what is BEST about cats: they are the emperors and empresses of I Meant To Do That. When they fall off things, or are clumsy or make fools of themselves. My guess: Lovely realised quite soon that the bug had gone out some other way, but YOU WERE THERE READY TO MOCK HER. Her only route of possible grateful exit is now to sit there for SO STUPEFYINGLY LONG that (a) you are convinced that she does in fact know something you had foolishly overlooked, and/or (b) your admiration for her sheer stamina outguns your amusement at her initial mistake. Hunger is nothing when dignity is at stake.

― mark s, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

grateful = graceful. I Meant To Do That.

― mark s, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

smart cat move - this cat i lived with discovered that if you pee on the stove top when nobody is using it, a few hrs later when they get to be cooking dinner & stuff the house will be quickly-efficiently FILLED w/ the acrid reek of yr territory-marking urine. How the FUCK did he work this out? pretty swift for someone with a brain the size of approx. 1 human testicle.

― DZ, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dogs = things I am irrationally afraid of. Cats = things I have fallen in love with. The closest I have ever got to spiritual type stuff post 12 yr old atheism is believing that Gemma Hallam (major love of my life twixt 94 and 97) was somehow connected with Meg (cat from 88 to 97). Sad and wrong but it felt true then. Therefore cats win by metric mile(1609m exactly, despite Kristen's love of metric tonnes).

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

dogs win hands down over cats, because when you beat the bejejus out of them for pissing on your cobain poster, they don't come back and rip it to shreds with their fucking claws.

― Geoff, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dogs, especially the ones that will tear your fucking arm off if you try and harm the owner. Lets see your pussy-cat do that.

― bnw, Wednesday, 20 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

my cat can do that.

― Ally, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

That was a pretty gross image I used re: puddy tat's brain size there. I have since had a closer look at a cat in person & would say his brane is more like the size of an actual PAIR of human testicles.

― duane, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Jon Stewart tonight, w/report from "Daily Show Animal Legal Correspondent, Steven Colbert" on a man who threw his dog onto the freeway and now faces 3 years in jail ("that's 21 in anal rape years, though" - JS) -

"Well why not Jon?" correspondent says in tight shot. "Dogs are filthy, they chew up your shoes when you're not looking, they're DUMB Jon. The dog probably deserved it." "Aren't you being a little callous to a defenseless animal, Steven?" "Well Jon frankly yes, but not without reason. Compared to other household pets" -- and here the camera slooowly starts pulling out -- "dogs present a much higher burden on their owners. Cats, for instance" -- we see cat posters littering the wall behind him -- "are the perfect companion. They know how to take care of themselves, as well as behave themselves when company's over. And you know Jon" -- he's violently stroking a cat in his lap -- "they just LOVE you so much, like when I come home at the end of the day and I hear that perfect little meow telling me that everything's going to be just fine. She's my baby, and I'm the mommy and the daddy! And we're so HAPPY together I just LOVE her so MUCH, SO MUCH, Jon." Buries face in cat, makes violent "woogums" noises. "Uh, Steven, isn't this report a little biased?" Steven, holding cat poster over face and speaking in what we can only assume is what he imagines a cat voice to sound like -- "stop picking on us, Jon! Steven is an objective reporter with impeccable credentials! And he's the best daddy I could ever have!" Steven lowers poster slowly. Stoic face of network correspondent. "Jon?" "Thanks Steve".

moral = whatever makes someone want to to take care of something is pretty personal I guess. and that reporters ALWAYS have their own agenda (but's the moral of every Daily Show segment).

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

cats SEEM intelligent BECAUSE they're dumber than dogs. It's just like Mary Killeen's advice to dumb aristocrats: don't say anything, act aloof, and everyone will be devastated by your cynicism and intelligence. Think about how small a cat's brain ACTUALLY IS. When you flatten the fur against the bones - their head is about the same size as a bird. But stupidity makes you so graceful! My god this is deep! At least it is to me because I KNOW, but am powerless against the fact that, I believe really stupid people to be much smarter than me. They hold onto their opinions so deeply and unshakeably and repeat aphorisms like 'there's no depth, only surface.' It either doesn't work or you worship them like a mystic. I have a definite weakness for these people. The so-called wisdom of animals, ha ha.

― maryann, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I still want a freeze-dried dog.

― Otis Wheeler, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Not ALL cats are snooty, sniffy, slinky etc. Have had cats that are just as affectionate, dumb, clumsy, eager to please etc. as any stoopid dog.

― Andrew L, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Cats. Dogs smell SO BAD. I used to babysit for the family next door and their dog and the whole house and their car stank of dog. They seemed an otherwise hygienic bunch so it must've been the dog. Which also kept coming up and putting its stinky head in my lap which might make some people think the dumb animal felt some kind of love for humans (Oh Mr Disney, you and your crazy anthropomorphisation of beasts.....)

Cats are not that bright. This can be easily demonstrated with the following test. Point something out to your cat (e.g. a spider you want it to eat, something good on TV) and instead of looking at what you are pointing at it sniffs the end of your finger instead. Durrr. However they are brilliant in general.

― Emma, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Neither - both bring me out in red blotches + streaming eyes + nose. Very nasty.

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― Norman Fay, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Brain size overall doesn't matter, what's important is size of brain in proportion to body mass. Hence blue whales having monstrous brains compared to human beans, but I don't think they're smarter - or at least I haven't met one who was.
As for pointing at something and the cat smelling your finger, haven't you considered
a) The cat isn't interested in the pointee, or
b) Your finger smells more interesting than the pointee looks.

― DG, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My fingers smell of lovely fresh jasmine and roses like the rest of me. Face it, animals are not that bright however much we might like to think that they are.

― Emma, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I saw that Daily Show segment. Most impressive interpretation Mr. Tracer. Most impressive.

(maybe that should be Mr. Hand? ..but that seems so Fast Times at Ridgemont High tho)

― Kim, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hmm, depends, I think they're smarter than we like to think. Not that they're plotting the downfall of the human race of anything (not sure about my cat though...).

― DG, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Slang involving cats is simply way cooler, as Kate just proved for me. End of discussion.

You might think I am a bitch for perpetuating the issues which continue to dog this forum, but I think you'll find you are WRONG!!!

― masonic boom, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

That just proves my point further.

― Ally, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

What you talking about, Miss Kitty? I am PROUD of my bitch status.

― masonic boom, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

no i changed my mind again, it'd be more like 1 testicle 'cause the skull is obviously not completely filled with brain matter....You say size doesn't matter? Oh OK.

― duane, Thursday, 21 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

This morning, while walking to the bus stop, Paul and I came up with more reasons why dogs are better than cats.

Living in a house with cats, the cats managed to destroy: a vinyl collection of over 100 records, by using them to sharpen their claws. A 4-track, by puking on it, and a set of guitar strings that I was changing, by grabbing them out of my hands, and chasing them around the room before finally burrying them in kitty litter.

The only things my dogs have ever destroyed have been mainly food. Oh, and a dalmation puppy once chewed through my grandmother's hat and the collected works of Shakespeare, but you know what? It was an ugly hat, and the Shakespeare was a Bowdlerised version for children.

And to make matters worse, when a dog destroys yourself, they look at you with such an abject expression of sorry, and knowing they did something wrong (the phrase "puppy dog eyes" does not have a feline equivalent, does it?) that you immediately forgive them. When a cat does something wrong, it looks at you with such a superior, supercillious, "yeah, I wrecked yer stuff, whatchagonnadooo?" expression that you immediately want to kill it, as if whatever stuff it was that you loved was merely a distraction that prevented you from paying full attention to IT.

― masonic boom, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

When I was a kid, my family watched my Grandmother's dog for a week. The dog literally chewed through a wall. And ripped and shredded the living room drapes. And "made a mess" on the living room carpet. And killed my sister's barbie (by biting through her head). When confronted with his carnage, he just sort of skulked away. He wasn't sorry.

Say what you like about the damage cats do, I've never had one chew through a wall.

― Nicole, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My mom's german shepards CHEWED THROUGH MY BEDROOM DOOR. It's fucking awful.

As for the eye thing, of course there are, loads of women get described as having cat eyes, if you have almond shaped eyes you generally get the "feline" quality comparison.

― Ally, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Describing a girl as feline is usually meant to assign slinky, sensual, graceful and intelligent properties to the subject. Now calling a girl a dog, on the other hand...

― DG, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Loyalty? Obedience? I don't expect this in my animal companions. I can only respect an animal whose ego can stand up to my own. I have two cats. I love them both, but I must admit that I feel much closer to the more arrogant, bossy, snobbish (read: non tv-watching) and predatory of the two.

I lived with both cats and dogs, and while dogs may have larger and more complex brains, I think cats use a greater percentage of what they have. I can't imagine how they could evolve any further, while dogs could use all sorts of improvements. You never see a cat look stupid. Even when they do something "wrong", they act as if they *meant* to do it. This includes wandering away from home...

― Kerry Keane, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Taking sides:
Snoop Dogg or Kat Marco?
"The Crime Dog" Fred McGriff or "The Big Cat" Andres Galarraga?
The British Bulldog or Tiger Ali Singh?

Dogs pull you by your skateboard and shit on your neighbors' lawn. Cats don't even seem worth feeding. I'm sorry, I hate cats.

― Kris, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Talitha's dog = Nacho. Him you already know. Talitha's cat = Tangle. Tangle was blown by the curtains out of a window four stories up. Landed on feet in garden, unharmed blah blah nine lives blah blah. However, rather than admit that she didn't "mean" to do this, Tangle has MOVED IN WITH THE DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOUR.

I also like the one where you discover that your cat is "owned" (ie fed several times a day at considable expense) by, like, four other people in the street!!

― mark s, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

See? This thread scientifically proves cats is best. Perhaps.

― DG, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well obviously cats = pop, while dogs = rock, so it doesn't surprise me.

― Kerry Keane, Friday, 22 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Cats are always slightly mad. Dogs are merely retarded. Verdict: Dogs, becuase cats always seem ready to kill. You, or your loved ones.

Goodnight.

― JM, Saturday, 23 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Today some kid told me Otis is a dog's name. Then I saw the Anniversary Party and all these retarded people on E went searching for their missing dog Otis. Call me Wheeler, thanks. I don't want a fucking pet unless IT feeds ME (then I won't have to eat cereal all day).

― Otis Wheeler, Sunday, 24 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Wheeler = great name for a dog (maybe one of those bulldogs who's had a stroke and his hind legs are on a little dolly-truck)

― mark s, Sunday, 24 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

If anyone's interested, either from a cat-loving or simply an animal rights point of view, go here for a forum full of right bastards. Dan and myself can be found on there acting as the opposition.

― DG, Sunday, 24 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

three weeks pass...

I don't think I could make a choice between either, I like dogs, I like cats. Plus my dog or cat could read this, and I don't want them to think I've been bad mouthing them!

― james e l, Sunday, 15 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Compromise: buy a poodle who does not have the Poncey Clip Job. My late dog was so smart she was FRIGHTENING (apart from eating rubber bands and being scared of her own shit, but we considered that Free Entertainment). She would separate her multicoloured kibble into EACH COLOUR, and only eat the red and white ones. If you shouted at her, she would bark back. If she became tangled on her outdoor lead, she would seize it in her chops and guide herself out, no whining. She always knew if there was a raccoon hiding in the gutter catch. If you confiscated her toy (ie. your sock, etc) and walked away, turning your back on her, she would run up behind you and BITE YOUR ASS, but when you turned around to confront her, there would be NO DOG IN THE AREA. If you tapped her on the nose, she would swipe at you with her paw. If you wanted to play Towel, she would bite it and hang on while you lifted her off the floor, growling like a troll.She also had a cat's grabbing skills.

But the funniest thing she did happened when Huggy Bear and Cupid Car Club were crashing in my mum's basement. The loo was upstairs. Molly stood guard at the top of the stairs and faced off anyone who needed to come up in the middle of the night for a slash, which scared the Hell out of HB's singer Niki and prevented her from getting to the toilet until my mum woke up.

If you ever chance upon a Molly Poodle, get one. Alll the sly, cool qualities of a cat, the fun boisterousness of a dog and no annoying shedding or stinking out your house.

― suzy, Sunday, 15 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I like cats for all the reasons metioned
I hate dogs, are deathly afraid of them.
I prefer things without fur , i want a snake.

― anthony, Sunday, 15 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'd love a snake, but you have to feed them live stuff, and I couldn't do that.

― DG, Sunday, 15 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Suzy's dog sounds cool apart from the biting bit. I have never had a cat bite me, but dogs look on me as some sort of chew toy. That alone is enough to make me prefer cats, even if it weren't for all that embarassing stuff I posted above.

― Richard Tunnicliffe, Sunday, 15 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Well, it wasn't a real bite, she was just registering intent. We often wondered if she was actually headbutting us. When she got sick of dry food and we'd had a particularly good meal where she couldn't scam table scraps, she would bring HER food to the most acoustically sensitive point of the hallway outside my mum's bedroom and CHOMP noisily, which both made my mum laugh ('God, she HATES us...') and drove her up the wall.

― suzy, Sunday, 15 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Cats definitely. Can't add to the things said here about them, but cats rule.

I like dachshunds, because they are the most cat-like of all dogs. And rottweilers, because they're the assholes of the dog-world.

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Monday, 16 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Can't really take sides.

My dog (mongrel) comes on as a fearsome guard dog but is in fact a complete softy, not too different from me in that respect. My older cat (17) is senile but still cleverer than my younger cat (9) who is totally subservient and barely thinks for herself. Love them all, though.

― Robin Carmody, Tuesday, 17 July 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one month passes...

Dogs: Its has been scientificaly proven the dogs are smarter than cats. The Smartest dogs have the intellenge equivalent to a 2 1/2 year old human, cats on the other hand only equivalent to a 1 1/2 year old human. Dogs- My dog does not bite me, but it has something against little kids because when it was yonger little kids attacked it. My dog does not need to be walked, ever since it wasw young it escaped the yard so we gave up and everyday it trots is ass across the streets over a dozin times a day(and uses the cross walks mind you). It is 16 years old and hasnt been hit by a ca once, yet my cat is only 2 and was hit by a car when i was 1 1/2 years old. My dog nows automatically when the breader comes to visit and its waitng and jumping at the door whenever he comes before we even know hes here. and my dog never smells. My cat- Its smart for a cat but my dog is way smarter. It leaves hair, my dog does not. my cats hair is matted, my dogs is not. My cat thinks it owns the world. It doesnt give a fuck who its owner is aslong as it gets decent food. sometimes it want affection, but only when it does not me. It destroys my couch, it eats my food,it kills birds, it walks on the table when we are trying to eat.

i am sure not all cats are the same, SOME but not many actually give a fuck about there owner. If you moved, and left your dog behind by accident it wouldnt stay it would come back to the owner if it was possible, i cat would not do this. If u moved and let the cat outside before it satying inside the house long enough it would try to get back to yout old house.

Dogs are better than cats no question about it.

― sam, Monday, 20 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

dont mind the spelling mistakes im not a very good typer

― sam, Monday, 20 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The difference in intelligence between a 1-1/2 year old human and a 2- 1/2 year old human is of no remote interest to this 28 year old human. Also I do not want a pet that cares about me dammit: I want a pet to divert and entertain me in return for food and shelter. The fascinatingly alien brain of a cat does this better than the WUV-ME brain of a dog.

― Tom, Monday, 20 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

it is a myth that all cats are self-centered and alien. our last cat, was more like a dog, demanded to be picked up all day long, followed you round the house, ran to you when you called him (mostly) and even tried to follow me to the supermarket once (had to pick him up and take him back home)

― gareth, Monday, 20 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The Smartest dogs have the intellenge equivalent to a 2 1/2 year old human,

????????????????

Where on earth did U read this? Our 2 1/2 yr old human can actually talk, something I've yet to see a dog do (Xcept "woof woof", which our 2 1/2 yr old can also say, usually prefixed w/ "whas a dog say") However, I did think of one advantage of dogs - you can get a really big one, and train it to tear yr foes limb from limb, & rend them to gobbets. Both cats & dogs stink yr place up tho, so neither for me (as said, er, up there somewhere)

― Norman fay, Monday, 20 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Cats do care about their owners and love them very much. My parents have been away for the past fortnight and my cat has been very unhappy and withdrawn, cos he misses his mum (not his REAL mum, obviously). The divine LC's cat had to be specially babysat, as she'd get so lonely and despondent without LC around.

― DG, Monday, 20 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think what you're doing is confusing yourself with LC's cat.

― Nick, Monday, 20 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oi, Dastoor! Don't be cheeky, you minx.

― DG, Monday, 20 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one year passes...

After the decapitated squirrel incident, I am tempted to side with dogs. Cats are not all cute and twee, ilxors!

― Nicole (Nicole), Monday, 28 April 2003 13:51 (twenty-two years ago)

The initial phrase begs the question.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 28 April 2003 14:04 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.film-images.com/%5CIMAGES%5COmni%20monkey.jpg

― Nordicskillz (Nordicskillz), Monday, 28 April 2003 14:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Classic: The Truth about Cats and Dogs
Dud: Cats and Dogs

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 28 April 2003 14:16 (twenty-two years ago)

After the decapitated squirrel incident, I am tempted to side with dogs. Cats are not all cute and twee, ilxors!

The best cats are actually more punk.

Don, one of the family cats I grew up with (who died I guess a couple years ago at the age of 18) used to sit under trees where mockingbirds had made nests and wait for the very territorial owner bastards to start divebombing him. (Mockingbirds do this to other animals who are too near a nest.) Once the bird started, Don would crouch, wait for a good pass, leap into the air to intercept and slam his front paws together on either side of the winged chump in mid-air.

On the descent, Don would turn his paws under himself to manipulate the bird so it was facing down. On touchdown, the bird hit the ground head first before Don landed, and was usually instantly killed. After that, Don rarely even batted the carcass. He just went to sleep under the tree.

I believe that cats invented a lot of wrestling moves. Don even once beat the shit out of a small neighborhood dog and damn near removed one of its ears. On the attack, Don ran down the trunk of a tree directly into the little jerk's barking face. It was beautiful.

― martin m. (mushrush), Monday, 28 April 2003 14:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Dogs are much more beautiful creatures, since they exude absolute trust in their owners, even when their owner is an absolute asshole. They look out for you in a way a cat would never do, and miss you desperately if you so much as leave the room. They welcome you home like a long lost friend and hang on your every word and gesture, while cats will let you stroke them and play, so long as you're gonna feed them in a minute.

Don't get me wrong I dig cats, they rock, sure, but dogs, the right dog I suppose, is just the most beautiful thing, and I feel truly blessed to have discovered that, really.

― Alex K (Alex K), Monday, 28 April 2003 15:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Dogs smell bad.

― Nick A. (Nick A.), Monday, 28 April 2003 15:09 (twenty-two years ago)

My cats have great wrestling moves! Once I saw Lucy jump on Pepper's back wHIle she was sleeping, wrap her little paws around Pepper's neck, and topple her over.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 28 April 2003 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw this really silly cat yesterday, climbing up a tree it was about 8feet up trying to get to some pigeons. I hope it got down okay.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 28 April 2003 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

My cat used to do some amazing jumps and back flips, I would roll up a chocolate bar wrapper into a ball and throw it for her and she would tap it back from mid-air. She's 16 now, and ain't really up to jumping.

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 28 April 2003 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Gonna have to go w/cats, prolly cuz I grew up w/one and never had a dog--I still love 'em tho. Cats are just less needy, which may by why some are put off by them. Plus, how many dogs do you know that shit where they're supposed to?

― buttch (Oops), Monday, 28 April 2003 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Cats have DMT (one of the most powerful hallucinogens) in their brains; it's one of their neurotransmitter-chemicals or something. This may explain why they do such fucked up things.

I like cats cuz they don't piss me off, they don't run into things face-first like dumbasses, they don't smell like fucking ass, they can climb on stuff, (if they're outdoor cats) they can feed themselves, they don't shit places they're not supposed to, they don't knock furniture over just cuz they're clumsy dumbasses, etc, etc.

Does anybody else, when confronted by little yip dogs like chihuahuas or pomeranians, just have an uncontrollable urge to KICK THEM ACROSS THE HORIZON!?!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 28 April 2003 17:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Dogs use psychological tricks to win your affection. You are effectively the BMOC, the Big Kahuna, the lead dog, and your pet is totally dependent on you for everything. The instant greeting, the tail-wagging, the subtle (and not-so-subtle) whining: these are all things that beta-dogs do to the alpha dogs in the pack to win their favor. The big sad-eyes thing. They're not "connecting" to you, they just have an in-built kowtowing instinct they they know eventually will translate into food and walkies.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 28 April 2003 17:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Also, there's no such thing as Santa Claus.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Monday, 28 April 2003 17:35 (twenty-two years ago)

So dogs are essentially the office kiss asses?

― Nicole (Nicole), Monday, 28 April 2003 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

I dunno if that's totally true, tracer. My friend's dog would wait by the window EVERY day for hrs on end waiting for my friend's mom. She never fed him, and rarely even pet him. There had to be some sort of bond there.

NZA, I never heard that DMT thing before. Would it be wrong to pack a bong w/my cat's brain when he dies?

― buttch (Oops), Monday, 28 April 2003 17:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I wrote a short story when I first read that about a future where cats (through years of genetic modifications, the cats could talk & shit) were harvested by the Government Corp. Inc. (I forgot what I called it) for the DMT in their brains (amplified in strength/amounts thanks to said genetic modification), which was used to create mind-control drugs administered on the adult human populace, starting at age 12. The story was centered around an 8 year old boy and an escaped Siamese named Google (this was BEFORE google.com, btw) and their adventures underground (like, PHYSICALLY underground...caves & tunnels & shit) as they tried to set free one of the larger cat-harvesting-facilities on Earth (from which Google had escaped).

DMT is also extractable from some South American flower; I would recommend that cuz, y'know, you don't have to like kill cats that way.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 28 April 2003 17:43 (twenty-two years ago)

nickalicious that story sounds grate!

buttch: never fed, rarely petted = even MORE cause for desperate pining behavior, non?

For the record I don't like cats either.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 28 April 2003 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

I love them both, though the advantage goes to dogs this week anyway because I don't mess up my shoes stepping on the corpses they've dismembered.

― Nicole (Nicole), Monday, 28 April 2003 18:02 (twenty-two years ago)

how to extract DMT

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Monday, 28 April 2003 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

No, no. I meant SHE never fed and rarely petted him. He got much love (and food) from my friend. The dog never waited for him to come home, tho.

― buttch (Oops), Monday, 28 April 2003 19:25 (twenty-two years ago)

http://users.esc.net.au/~mapie/piggyback.jpg

― Yanc3y (ystrickler), Monday, 28 April 2003 20:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Awesome!

― buttch (Oops), Monday, 28 April 2003 20:09 (twenty-two years ago)

That puppy at work the other weekend was pretty darn cute, but I'm still going to go with cats. Cats don't meow their heads off simply because squirrels are running around outside.

Although if I lived in a house with a fenced-in garden or dog run, I might get a greyhound. Years ago I read an article about a group that finds homes for retired racing greyhounds, and just went "Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww."

― j.lu (j.lu), Monday, 28 April 2003 20:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Cats don't meow their heads off simply because squirrels are running around outside.

I _wish_ my cat had a reason to meow his head off. He'll just do it out of the blue. He sounds like someone's sticking a hot poker up his ass. Food's there, I've just pet him, litterbox is clean. WTF?!?

― buttch (Oops), Monday, 28 April 2003 20:34 (twenty-two years ago)

julia the retired greyhounds visited Olssons two saturdays ago. they were very cool.

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 02:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Have you ever seen a miniature greyhound? They're crazy! They leap straight up into the air really high.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 12:20 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.cat-and-dog-world.com/image/york.jpg

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 12:21 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.clicheideas.com/Gallery/Six/dog-n-cat.jpg
http://photos.msn.co.jp/resources/targeted/ja-jp/editorial/cat-dog.jpg
http://www.lauranumeroff.com/images/art/cat_dog_200.jpg

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 12:24 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www3.sympatico.ca/janice.leboeuf/homesafe/dog-cat.jpg
http://www.novelwriter.net/uploads/Dog-Cat.jpg

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 12:26 (twenty-two years ago)

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:74A7b9KzJeAC:www.lemis.com/grog/Images/Cats/Cats-and-dog-1.big.jpeg

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 12:27 (twenty-two years ago)

today 1 of our cats defecated on the floor & the dog ATE IT (the poop), who wins?

― duane, Tuesday, 29 April 2003 12:32 (twenty-two years ago)

You, cuz you don't have to clean it up.

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 12:46 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/zeus1.jpg

― gear (gear), Monday, 9 January 2006 23:26 (nineteen years ago)

Duane, even Peter Singer would euthanize your dog.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 00:14 (nineteen years ago)

I love them both, though the advantage goes to dogs this week anyway because I don't mess up my shoes stepping on the corpses they've dismembered.

-- Nicole (nicolew1...), April 28th, 2003. (Nicole)

Nicole is a David Cronenberg heroine and I claim my five blood-spattered pounds.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 00:17 (nineteen years ago)

What I love about cats it that they are actually incredibly fearsome killing machines, of whom hundred of species live in abject terror - and they do our bidding! Kind of.

― chap who would dare to work for the man (chap), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

gear wins.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

three months pass...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/4951212.stm
ihttp://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41608000/jpg/_41608806_catrescue203300.jpg

A cat managed to swim to safety despite being stuffed into a bag and thrown into an Aberdeen river.

The young cat managed to escape to the embankment after its ordeal in the River Don at the Grandholm Bridge and a witness caught the injured animal.

It is now being cared for by animal welfare experts following Thursday morning's incident.

The Scottish SPCA wants to trace a man who was seen with a dark blue car at the scene.

The friendly grey, tan and white cat is thought to be between six months and one year old.

She's a lovely wee cat and has had a very lucky escape
Alison Adam
Scottish SPCA

She was wearing a distinctive sparkly silver collar but had no identification.

Scottish SPCA senior inspector Alison Adam, appealing for information through the BBC Scotland news website, said: "She's a lovely wee cat and has had a very lucky escape.

"She has a broken front tooth and is exhausted.

"But amazingly she is otherwise uninjured.

"A witness saw a guy acting suspiciously and going to the back of a car, he took a green bag out and ran across the bridge.

Alison Adam and the cat
The Scottish SPCA said the cat had a lucky escape

"He then lobbed it over and took off."

Inspector Adam said the witness saw the cat "dragging itself up the bank" and got scratched in the attempt to take it into care.

The man was described as smartly dressed with dark trousers and a shirt, and the car was possibly a Vauxhall Astra.

The cat was having a well-earned sleep on Thursday afternoon as it recovered from its ordeal.

The Scottish SPCA urged anyone with information to contact staff in Aberdeen on 01224 581236.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:04 (nineteen years ago)

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41608000/jpg/_41608806_catrescue203300.jpg

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41608000/jpg/_41608814_catrescue2032.jpg

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:08 (nineteen years ago)

i want to go to scotland and hunt down that fucker.
x-post

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:21 (nineteen years ago)

Nah, katharine. Just put him in a bag and throw HIM in the Don.

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:24 (nineteen years ago)

he might claw his way out

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:26 (nineteen years ago)

Either idea works for me.
But at least you can see from the pics that the cat is safe.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

No cat lovers on today?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 27 April 2006 21:49 (nineteen years ago)

What kind of horrible person does that kind of thing to a kitty???!

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Thursday, 27 April 2006 22:02 (nineteen years ago)

i don't understand cat haters at all. i can see why people might like dogs better but whats with the hate for cats?

i love cats and dogs almost equally, but for me the edge goes to cats.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 27 April 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

these are my kitties
http://photo-origin.tickle.com/image/96/0/0/O/96008322O447245277.jpg

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Thursday, 27 April 2006 22:05 (nineteen years ago)

awwwwwwwwwwwwww how can anyone hate that?

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 27 April 2006 22:08 (nineteen years ago)

they look adorably sinister

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 27 April 2006 22:10 (nineteen years ago)

less sinster pix:
http://photo-origin.tickle.com/image/96/0/1/O/96011420O359503121.jpg
^^ Mr Kitty in a box

http://photo-origin.tickle.com/image/96/0/1/O/96011459O399252968.jpg
^^ Blurry Dr Ben

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Thursday, 27 April 2006 22:14 (nineteen years ago)

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 27 April 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

Man, I didn't know anybody actually bought the 'phonebook edition' of Box Office Poison.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Thursday, 27 April 2006 22:55 (nineteen years ago)

I don't actually know what yr talking about but I knew someone was gonna examine the bookshelf!!!

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Thursday, 27 April 2006 23:02 (nineteen years ago)

My poor Killick cat is in the vets, waiting to see what's wrong with him. Meantime Linus, the cat who gives cats a bad name (and that name is "pissy bastard cat who yeowls all the time and pisses on the sofa right in front of you") continues to prove indestructible.

So right now the dogs are winning, but ask me again in the winter when I'm dragging myself out of bed at 6am to walk them in the howling wind and rain.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Friday, 28 April 2006 06:18 (nineteen years ago)

I had 3 pets.

1 didn't make it.

http://static.flickr.com/50/109792597_39a636e201.jpg

― Whispy Fandango Triphop (unclejessjess), Friday, 28 April 2006 06:48 (nineteen years ago)

omg ally those kits are killing me. is the light one the kitten from not so long ago? and do you have a demin couch?

― sunny successor (katharine), Friday, 28 April 2006 17:04 (nineteen years ago)

yeah we just got him a couple months ago, he's little! We actually have just a plain blue couch but it gets so covered in white kitty cat hair that it looks denimy regularly. I have no idea what to do about that issue.

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Friday, 28 April 2006 17:10 (nineteen years ago)

packing tape

my kitter:

http://files.dogster.com/pix/cats/68/110168/110168_1116477304.jpg

http://files.dogster.com/pix/cats/68/110168/110168_1116479394.jpg

and she and i voguing or doing some beatles thing:

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/6126/11016811164782309ae.jpg

― sunny successor (katharine), Friday, 28 April 2006 18:56 (nineteen years ago)

cuet! Esp under the blanket, my kitties do that too where they get all spazzed under a blanket, thrashing and meowing and attacking invisible monsters and then they stick out their heads and are like "What, I totally know what I am doing."

― Allyzay Rofflesbot (allyzay), Friday, 28 April 2006 18:57 (nineteen years ago)

http://static.flickr.com/25/40586189_44308688a8.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/33/40586187_315e4831d3.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/23/40586188_bcd515c448.jpg

― milo z (mlp), Friday, 28 April 2006 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

http://static.flickr.com/23/40586188_bcd515c448.jpg

― milo z (mlp), Friday, 28 April 2006 19:10 (nineteen years ago)

CATS WIN!!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y285/keckles/05_23_15.jpg

― i've dreamt of rubies! (Mandee), Friday, 28 April 2006 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

Calicos of the world unite

― milo z (mlp), Friday, 28 April 2006 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

"CATS WIN!"

Oh HELL nah.

Dog-monkeys win!

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 28 April 2006 19:57 (nineteen years ago)

then they stick out their heads and are like "What, I totally know what I am doing."

ha. such pride.

― sunny successor (katharine), Friday, 28 April 2006 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

This one is sleepy: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/lunacee/dogslovepillows2.jpg

and this one loves cuddles: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v240/lunacee/puppycuddles.jpg

FEAR THE VICIOUS PITBULL!

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 28 April 2006 20:21 (nineteen years ago)

(I miss my kitty)

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 28 April 2006 20:21 (nineteen years ago)

That is one/those are some adorable pitties, luna.

(sorry, it's a little difficult to tell if that's two different dogs based on the camera angles.)

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 28 April 2006 20:24 (nineteen years ago)

parrots!

― patita (patita), Friday, 28 April 2006 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, there are two.

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 28 April 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

Can I have one?

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Friday, 28 April 2006 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

Nope, but you can play with them!

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 28 April 2006 21:13 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.sayagain.co.uk/b3tapix/images/biffbonk.gif

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 28 April 2006 21:44 (nineteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

Shocking surprise ending!

― Keywords: revenge, knife, granddaughter, demonic-possession, rock-star, eel (Aus, Wednesday, 17 May 2006 21:25 (nineteen years ago)

two years pass...

Excerpts from a Dog's Diary......

8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00 pm - Lunch! My favorite thing!
1:00 pm - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 pm - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 pm - Milk bones! My favorite thing!
7:00 pm - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 pm - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!
11:00 pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!

Excerpts from a Cat's Daily Diary. ..

Day 983 of my captivity...
My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects.

They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength.

The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape. In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet.

Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a 'good little hunter' I am. Bastards.

There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of 'allergies.' I must learn what this means and how to use it to my advantage.

Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow -- but at the top of the stairs.

I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released - and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded.

The bird has got to be an informant. I observe him communicating with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe. For now................

― felicity, Friday, 13 June 2008 01:40 (seventeen years ago)

Dog wants SWEET POTATO.

― Abbott, Friday, 13 June 2008 02:13 (seventeen years ago)

I loved that post, Abbott.

― Michael White, Friday, 13 June 2008 15:41 (seventeen years ago)

Yes, that was awesome.

― Scik Mouthy, Friday, 13 June 2008 15:58 (seventeen years ago)

dogs ffs

― czn, Thursday, 26 June 2008 22:27 (seventeen years ago)

cats, unless yr allergic.

― dell, Thursday, 26 June 2008 22:31 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

Our dog has a new best friend -- an orange tomcat that has started hanging around our back yard. They don't even wrestle -- they just roll around all over each other in a pile of lewdness. The cat doesn't have a collar, but doesn't look underfed. I'm trying to decide whether to put any food out for it -- all it'll take is one meal and I'll own the thing, whether I want it or not.

― WmC, Sunday, 25 October 2009 01:39 (sixteen years ago)

Do it!
I find it interesting that, cats are still in the process of being domesticated and bonded to humans. I think that's why you find that most of them fit the stereotypical aloof, would eat you if you died mold, but you'll also find ones that are more dog-like. Will follow you around the house, play fetch, etc. In 1000 years or so, the majority of cats will be like that and the cats vs dogs debate will be a thing of the past.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 25 October 2009 17:25 (sixteen years ago)

four years pass...

What the hell, cat circles?

http://www.reddit.com/r/CatCircles

― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 17:29 (eleven years ago)

Intellectual superiors, obv.

― benbbag, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 22:48 (eleven years ago)

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