Posted on 11/06/2014 11:00:29 AM PST by Slings and Arrows
With all that cats do for us studies show they lower blood pressure, and anecdotal evidence reveals they make great alarm clocks we decided to show our appreciation by putting together a list of our favorite things about cats. (And if you missed it, Oct. 29 was National Cat Day, a full 24-hour celebration of kitties that encourages the adoption of shelter cats.)
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They make great crab bait. I’ll take one.
... But, are they dishwasher safe?
How many kitties do you have?
I have three, BTW.
Haters gonna hate.
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Three here too.
“Is a cat going to jump into cold water an retrieve a duck for me?”
See, to the cat, you’re asking the wrong question. It wants to know if YOU will jump into cold water to get IT a duck.
*chuckle* That’s pretty much the shape of it.
Word of advice...that button in the back is not for the alarm...
This may be considered cheating, as Jack Russell Terrier are not dogs, but rather are tiny people in fur coats.
You should adopt a cat because cats are angels in fur
I live in a wood framed, wall to wall carpeted apt, with a $500 fee for owning a pet.
The first time a cat demonstrates, “Mine!” (and you KNOW what I mean), would be the last time, since the ‘aroma’ will never get out of the wood.
I like cats - owned a couple, including a seal point Siamese, along with my three Dobermans.
Now, can’t do it.
'No Heaven will not ever Heaven be; Unless my cats arlor="blue">God made the cat to give man the pleasure of stroking a tiger. François-Joseph Mery
The smallest feline is a masterpiece. - Leonardo Da Vinci
A loving cat can mend a wounded heart. - Anonymous
< One small cat changes coming home to an empty house to coming home.- Pam Brown
What greater gift than the love of a cat? - Charles Dickens
Time spent with cats is never wasted. ~ Colette
There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats. - Albert Schweitzer
It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I cant see. ~ Eleanor Farjeon
Of all Gods creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the leash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat. - Mark Twain Notebook, 1894
The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must. Carl Van Vechten
To respect the cat is the beginning of the Aesthetic sense. Erasmus Darwin
For a man to truly understand rejection, he must first be ignored by a cat. - Anon
I love cats because I love my home and after a while they become its visible soul. - Jean Cocteau
There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be welcomed by a cat. - Tay Hohoff
With the qualities of cleanliness, affection, patience, dignity, and courage that cats have, how many of us, I ask you, would be capable of becoming cats? - Fernand Mery
Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons. ~ Robertson Davies
There are many intelligent species in the universe. They are all owned by cats- unknown
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. - Winston Churchill
There is the little matter of disposal of droppings in which the cat is far ahead of its rivals. The dog is somehow thrilled by what he or any of his friends have produced, hates to leave it, adores smelling it, and sometimes eats it...The cat covers it up if he can... - Paul Gallico
Beware of people who dislike cats. - Irish Proverb
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Our sweet Katy
'Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!' - Theophile Gautier (on cats)
See bio for pics of our other masters
'To our guests: our cats live here. You don't.'
My sentiments exactly.
They don’t do that if you have them neutered before they reach sexual maturity.
How 'bout maybe a snooze button?
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