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.

x0x0

― 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)

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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
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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)

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

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― 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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