Does your cat suffer from kitty depression?

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 10:49:45 GMT, O J yodeled:

Hi All,

I found this service while I was web browsing. The URL for their
home page is: http://home.earthlink.net/~cacltd/

This is from their home page:

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Experts have always been baffled by the causes of feline depression.
Sadly, even today, they are no closer to an answer. As a result,
millions of cats suffer needlessly. But here at Confuse A Cat, Ltd. we
can cure feline depression. Our extensive research into the feline
psyche has revealed the secret.


That's an old Monty Python sketch.

Theresa
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Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal
claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.
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Kreisleriana wrote:

Experts have always been baffled by the causes of feline depression.
Sadly, even today, they are no closer to an answer. As a result,
millions of cats suffer needlessly. But here at Confuse A Cat, Ltd. we
can cure feline depression. Our extensive research into the feline
psyche has revealed the secret.

That's an old Monty Python sketch.

Yes, and I've always wondered - what exactly do they *do* to confuse the
cats?

Joyce - my cats are usually confused anyway

On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:24:43 GMT, yodeled:

Kreisleriana wrote:

Experts have always been baffled by the causes of feline depression.
Sadly, even today, they are no closer to an answer. As a result,
millions of cats suffer needlessly. But here at Confuse A Cat, Ltd. we
can cure feline depression. Our extensive research into the feline
psyche has revealed the secret.

That's an old Monty Python sketch.

Yes, and I've always wondered - what exactly do they *do* to confuse the
cats?

Joyce - my cats are usually confused anyway

Funny costumes, mostly. Napoleon, Long John Silver. Penguins.
Pretty much like what I always do.

Here's a transcription of the sketch:
http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/confuse.htm


Theresa
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Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal
claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.
(Aldous Huxley)

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Kreisleriana wrote:

Experts have always been baffled by the causes of feline depression.
Sadly, even today, they are no closer to an answer. As a result,
millions of cats suffer needlessly. But here at Confuse A Cat, Ltd. we
can cure feline depression. Our extensive research into the feline
psyche has revealed the secret.

That's an old Monty Python sketch.

Yes, and I've always wondered - what exactly do they *do* to confuse the
cats?

A) Take a shower.Why would anyone expose themselves to al those mean nast
evil wadder-monsters *voluntarily*?.
B) Like the dog. 'nuff said
C) Eat vegetables. Why on earth would any self resepcting cat eat
vegetables?
D) Do that strange bouncy-bouncy thing in bed with the other hoomin. What on
earth are they doing, and why don't they like me joining in?
E) Make the red bug go under the door - why doens't it come out the other
side?

There are plenty of ways to confuse a cat....

Yowie

Kreisleriana wrote:

Funny costumes, mostly. Napoleon, Long John Silver. Penguins.
Pretty much like what I always do.
Here's a transcription of the sketch:
http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/confuse.htm

Wow, after reading that, *I* am confused!

Joyce

Yowie wrote:

D) Do that strange bouncy-bouncy thing in bed with the other hoomin.
What on earth are they doing, and why don't they like me joining in?

A friend of mine likes to say that they're not interested in "primate
games".

There are plenty of ways to confuse a cat....

Blow soap bubbles at them. Pounce! Hey, where did it go???

Joyce

On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 06:47:13 GMT, yodeled:

Yowie wrote:

D) Do that strange bouncy-bouncy thing in bed with the other hoomin.
What on earth are they doing, and why don't they like me joining in?

A friend of mine likes to say that they're not interested in "primate
games".

There are plenty of ways to confuse a cat....

Blow soap bubbles at them. Pounce! Hey, where did it go???

Joyce

Stinky, who is ordinarily the soul of nonchalance, is terrified of
bubbles. Big sissy. :P


Theresa
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Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal
claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.
(Aldous Huxley)

On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:12:24 GMT, O J yodeled:

On Wed, 24 Mar, Theresa wrote:


When it was raining or snowing, my uncle's cat Cicero used to look out
the front door, then go around to the back door, and cry to be let out
there, as if the weather was going to be better there. And when it
snows here, Stinky always has to look at it from both upstairs and
downstairs to make sure it's snowing there, too.

Theresa

One of Robert Heinlein's (the science fiction author) best stories
was about a man with a cat. It was called, "The Door Into Summer."

Regards,
O J

Yes, that's a lovely story-- the same idea.


Theresa
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Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal
claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful.
(Aldous Huxley)

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Kreisleriana wrote:

Funny costumes, mostly. Napoleon, Long John Silver. Penguins.
Pretty much like what I always do.
Here's a transcription of the sketch:
http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/confuse.htm

Wow, after reading that, *I* am confused!

Joyce

It's people like you what cause unrest. :-)


Not *everything* Monty Python did was uproariously funny. I always
thought that sketch was only mildly amusing. I did think the "Burying
the Cat" sketch was very funny. A lot of the humor comes from the
over the top personas created in the sketches which really only comes
through by seeing or hearing it.

Kreisleriana wrote:



Blow soap bubbles at them. Pounce! Hey, where did it go???

Joyce


Stinky, who is ordinarily the soul of nonchalance, is terrified of
bubbles. Big sissy. :P



Don't you know that greeblings can hide in soap bubbles? They're very
sneaky and don't always hide in them, but even one greebling is one
greebling too many, the problem is figuring out which bubbles the
greeblings are hiding in. It's a very complex issue and my cats tell me
that the only way to be sure is to look confused and then pounce on all
of them. Stinky, apparently, is not into hunting bubble greeblings,
which is not for every cat.

Pam S.