Well me, too, Hank.
Betty, it was a joke. Do cat's really "insult" people? I've never been insulted on FR either. It was just a silly pretend dialogue with my cat. Good grief. Is there anything you don't take seriously? If you take everything seriously, the really serious things get watered down.
Take a break and read a book or something. You know, outside of dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
(---Groucho Marx)
Hank
Well, my cat insults me all the time!!! But then my little kitty shadow (my "familiar!") started out as a feral cat. Brought her home from the wild about five years ago, for winter was coming. She hid the first six months.
Now, most of the time, she loves me to death -- can't get her out of my lap, she follows me everywhere. She waits for me in the driveway each evening, anticipating my return from work -- my personal welcoming committee.
Jazzy IS my little loving shadow -- except for those times when she's lurking about somewhere, waiting to spring in "attack" -- suddenly starting out of the darkness, grabbing me 'round the thigh as I innocently walk by, and sticking her nastily sharp little kitty claws into my tender flesh.... Ouch!!!!
Personally, I just consider the latter an "insult."
But she is never punished for it.