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Dan Fogelberg's (llama_treats) wrote in otf_wank,
@ 2008-11-26 09:23:00

Entry tags:

community: customers_suck, jiggawha?, otf_wank's thoughts on cats, peta gone wild, taking shit too seriously

I love my dead, gay cat?
Not liking cats: now on par with oppressing gays.

...yeah, I got nothin'.

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	platedlizard 2008-11-26 05:14 pm UTC (link)
	I don't like cats. Which totally explains why a six month old kitten decided to follow me home one night and take over my life. OP: You may hate cats, but they don't hate you. Please, won't someone think of the kittens? I took my revenge, though. The kitten is now named Ruffles. BWAHAHAHAHAHA! (Reply to this)(Thread)

sheep
2008-11-26 05:22 pm UTC (link)

My dad hates cats with a passion, yet any time I used to bring mine over to visit, the cat absolutely adored him. She would try and sit on him and ignore the rest of us. When he wouldn't let her, she would sit under his legs, then follow him when ever he left the room.

I used to tease dad a lot about that, and occasionally I'd threaten him by saying I'd bring my cat over. Lol.

It doesn't seem to matter what we name our cats, they always just end up being called puss.

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	vzg 2008-11-26 05:45 pm UTC (link)
	Same with my cats and my grandma, who now won't stay over in part because of that. They like the folks that hate 'em. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

platedlizard
2008-11-26 06:05 pm UTC (link)

My grandmother used to hate cats, pretty much for most of her life. Until a few years ago when her live-in son (who never really moved out, lol) decided to start feeding the strays. And then one of the strays had kittens in the basement, so they were allowed in the basement until the kittens and momma cat were adopted out.

And then another stray got into a fight with a raccoon... so he was allowed into the basement (where the son lives) until he got better, and now he's allowed inside 'for just a few minutes' a day... AND THEN the neighbors kicked out their elderly cat instead of getting her bad teeth treated OR putting her down. And her teeth were really bad so of course they had to be cleaned and some extracted, and after spending that much on a cat she might as well stay inside. So now they've got one and a half cats who are allowed inside the house. And one room is completely given over to 'Snowflake', who gets expensive treats and a special diet.

My mom, who had spent her childhood begging for a cat, laughed and laughed when this drama unfolded.

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	vzg 2008-11-26 06:08 pm UTC (link)
	My dad used to hate cats, but when I asked for a cat he agreed. We wound up with two, which he wound up loving (one spends all her time in his office now, and he has a can of treats there just for her), and then we got another, and when one died we got another... which he helped us pick out. Cats worm their way into your hearts, man. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

platedlizard, 2008-11-26 06:17 pm UTC

chibikaijuu, 2008-11-26 08:17 pm UTC

frau_eva, 2008-11-26 06:30 pm UTC

frequentmouse, 2008-11-27 06:14 pm UTC

	alya1989262 2008-11-26 07:41 pm UTC (link)
	In Egypt we have a saying that goes, "A cat only loves the one who strangles it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	napalmnacey 2008-11-27 11:19 am UTC (link)
	... That is fucking brilliant. (Reply to this)(Parent)

napalmnacey
2008-11-27 11:18 am UTC (link)

That's because they exhibit all the right body language to be friendly with cats. Looking excessively at a cat's face, touching it, paying attention to it, it's all very rude in cat terms. It's basically getting all up in their face and being aggressive or dominant. But if you just sort of sit there and don't look at them, you're saying you're not going to hurt them, you're not stressed to have them there, you're open to being approached.

*takes off cat nerd hat*

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ashes
2008-11-30 02:30 am UTC (link)

This explains so much about my fiance's mother's cats! =D<3 I love our cat to death, but I am not nearly the animal person that my fiance's family is, to the point that they're actually convinced that I don't like cats, which I feel bad about, because our cat was my fiance's cat when he was 13 until he moved out, and I hate to think that they think I don't give him enough love.

Run-on sentence is awful.

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napalmnacey, 2008-11-30 03:05 am UTC

	youngcurmudgeon 2008-11-26 06:53 pm UTC (link)
	Cats do that to my mom, too. So do dogs, actually. I think animals seize on those who are Definitely Not Animal People -- maybe they think they can convert them? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tree 2008-11-26 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	So do dogs, actually. This. I love and treat my dog awesomely but whereas I am to him as important as any odd person who might share their sandwich with him, my mother is The Goddess because she either ignores or disciplines him most of the time. Bah, the canine ingrate. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	chibikaijuu 2008-11-26 08:07 pm UTC (link)
	Dogs also know when you are a total sucker, though - my friend's yellow lab latched onto me as her new best friend OMG the first time we met, attempted to sit in my lap (which was cute but very uncomfortable), and then sat by me all of dinner because she just knew I would eventually cave and give her my hamburger. (I didn't, go me. It was hard.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

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cazrolime, 2008-11-26 09:25 pm UTC

singe, 2008-11-26 10:09 pm UTC

chibikaijuu, 2008-11-26 11:38 pm UTC

sparkysrevenge, 2008-11-27 12:25 am UTC

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serai, 2008-11-28 12:30 am UTC

	sheep 2008-11-26 07:12 pm UTC (link)
	I think in the case of cats, it's more like playing with their prey >:) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	waitwut 2008-11-26 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	Oh yes. I frequently announce That I am NOT a Dog Person... yet within minutes of my brother's dogs being in my presence, I am invariably carrying one around (likd a cat, mind). My family just smiles and nods. :) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

youngcurmudgeon, 2008-11-26 08:31 pm UTC

distractogirl
2008-11-27 12:47 am UTC (link)

My dad's an anti-cat person too, but ten years ago I convinced him that I'd be responsible and look after a cat. The nice lady at the Cats Protection league convinced us that since we'd be out most of the time (I was at school and he was teaching) that we needed to get two cats.

My Dad now has conversations with Sooty, and when Sweep was still alive he'd spend ages trying to convince her to sit next to him!

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	delineated 2008-11-27 04:59 am UTC (link)
	I love that your cats were Sooty and Sweep. Proof that I was not imagining that show, which NOBODY I KNOW remembers! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

napalmnacey, 2008-11-27 11:20 am UTC

distractogirl, 2008-11-27 03:41 pm UTC

	ghostmaster 2008-11-28 06:01 am UTC (link)
	It doesn't seem to matter what we name our cats, they always just end up being called puss. Not my cat. His name is Mog. I call him Dumbcat. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	meagenimage 2008-11-26 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	I seem to remember reading somewhere that animals treat eye contact as a potential danger. So those humans that don't like animals and hence don't look at them get pegged as "friendly". (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	singe 2008-11-26 10:11 pm UTC (link)
	Cesar Milan (the Dog Whisperer) says that dogs are attracted to Boss types. They feel more secure when someone orders them around or doesn't deign to notice them right away. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kookaburra 2008-11-27 12:18 am UTC (link)
	Amazingly enough, I have found that this is the same for children as well. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

singe, 2008-11-27 11:06 pm UTC

	sparkysrevenge 2008-11-27 12:26 am UTC (link)
	You know, that sounds a suspicious lot like one of my male friends! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

singe, 2008-11-27 11:05 pm UTC

	varethane 2008-11-27 04:03 am UTC (link)
	.....That may explain why my roommate's dog is positively obsessed with me whenever I visit her parents' house. _{_{I am not a dog person. ):}} (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

napalmnacey, 2008-11-27 11:21 am UTC

varethane, 2008-11-27 07:18 pm UTC

napalmnacey, 2008-11-27 10:22 pm UTC

varethane, 2008-11-28 05:07 am UTC

napalmnacey, 2008-11-28 05:30 am UTC

varethane, 2008-11-28 07:54 am UTC

napalmnacey, 2008-11-29 12:54 am UTC

singe, 2008-11-27 11:04 pm UTC

varethane, 2008-11-28 05:08 am UTC

off topic as hell

platedlizard
2008-11-27 06:18 am UTC (link)

ZOMG, THE KITTEN IS NOW IN HEAT!!! HOLY FUCK WHAT DO I DO!! BESIDES MAKE SURE SHE STAYS THE HELL INSIDE I MEAN! I mean, my mom always got her cats fixed before this was a problem (although I'm told her first cat had a kitty abortion) so I have no real context here.

aaand I'm going away for the weekend. My pet sitter is a vet tech, thank god. So horny kitty gets to be by herself.

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	Re: off topic as hell napalmnacey 2008-11-27 11:22 am UTC (link)
	Get her snipped as soon as possible. You do not want a multitude of fluffy, squealing, albeit adorable, responsibilities. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	serai 2008-11-28 12:22 am UTC (link)
	Yes, but does he have ridges? (Reply to this)(Parent)

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