Posted on 12/23/2020 8:15:17 PM PST by nickcarraway
If you're a cat owner, you'll know the critters can be picky eaters. Unfortunately for one man, his cat chose something very expensive to snack on — his degree.
Taking to Twitter on Monday (Dec 21) to share the aftermath, Malaysian Afif Adlan Mohd Hanafiah raged: "My cat f****** ate my degree!!!!!!!"
Sharing a photo of the Bachelor of Science degree, completely shredded in one corner, Afif marvelled that his cat Mika had chosen to munch on it out of all the other "useless papers" in his room.
"It's like he f******* knew."
But as Afif's tweet blew up to the tune of over 481,000 likes and 74,000 retweets, it became apparent that Mika could do no wrong in the eyes of amused netizens, who offered various excuses in its defence.
Afif's plight also prompted other fur parents to chime in — turns out their pets also shared a similar penchant for destroying important documents.
One wrote: "My dog ate mine the week before I had to leave to go to another country and submit it as proof to complete my registration for a graduate program."
Another shared a photo of an academic transcript which had been chewed up by their kitten.
Also on the menu? Actual dollar bills.
Fortunately, all's well that ends well, at least where Afif's degree is concerned.
His viral tweet caught the attention of his alma mater, the University of Nottingham, which assured him in a tongue-in-cheek reply that it was "purrfectly sure" it could "sort something out".
To his credit, Afif appears to be learning from his mistake and is planning to laminate his new degree.
Ah, can’t you make one of those in Photoshop in like an hour?
My college diploma is stained with food and drinks from the many years since.
it’s a piece of paper... get another one
I have two cats, one broke several sets of ear buds, fancier full blown headphones, and a monitor (chewed on the corner).
She also zapped herself chewing on a floor lamp wire, and she STILL chews on it!
Cat #2 doesn’t damage expensive things. More subtle. He swallowed a Lego tire and needed $3,000 in surgery. He is LUCKY he is a charmer and my children gave up Christmas presents etc. rather than turn him over to the Humane Society.
It was a liberal arts degree, so no wonder...Good Kitty!
Arizona State. Too funny. Too bad it wasn’t an Art History degree.
It is a Bachelor of Science in Geography. That’s a real degree and deals with things like GIS.
Arizona Stste’s Geography program is a solid one.
I thought that they were sheepskin? Pigskin?
What’s liberal arts, finger paint?
Hee, hee...
Most degrees at ASU, including “real degrees” in physics, chemistry, math, etc. fall under the unfortunately named “College of Liberal Arts and Sciences”. In this case, the man has one of those “real degrees” in Geography.
high end diplomas are others no
WTH does “in the Second Class, Division Two” mean?
Good thing it wasn’t a Viking Kitty. That degree would have received several lightning bolts.
The same is true at Indiana University.
Food and drinks? What do you use it for a placemat?
I am reminded of Commander Data trying unsuccessfully to train his cat named Spot. Down is good, up is no.
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