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How to tick off your cat
Cats hate two things - being laughed at, and being dressed in
ridiculous costumes. Dogs don't care, as long as they receive attention. If you have a cat, I warn you. Don't try this at home! http://twitpic.com/11omr5 |
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How to tick off your cat
Bobcat wrote:
Cats hate two things - being laughed at, and being dressed in ridiculous costumes. Dogs don't care, as long as they receive attention. If you have a cat, I warn you. Don't try this at home! http://twitpic.com/11omr5 That's so terrible, it's almost good. It's quite reminiscent of "soft puppets" that some people make and dress themselves in. I've occasionally thought that I'd like to dress up the kitties just a smidgen on special occasions. Nothing major, like maybe just a tiara, pendant, some rouge and perfume, but I don't think they'd understand. |
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"Takayuki" wrote in message
... Bobcat wrote: Cats hate two things - being laughed at, and being dressed in ridiculous costumes. Dogs don't care, as long as they receive attention. If you have a cat, I warn you. Don't try this at home! http://twitpic.com/11omr5 That's so terrible, it's almost good. It's quite reminiscent of "soft puppets" that some people make and dress themselves in. I've occasionally thought that I'd like to dress up the kitties just a smidgen on special occasions. Nothing major, like maybe just a tiara, pendant, some rouge and perfume, but I don't think they'd understand. Mine have to dress up once a year - at Christmas for my traditional Christmas card. I figure it's the only price they have to pay for living in the lap of luxury for all the rest of the days of the year. ; Hugs, CatNipped |
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Takayuki wrote: Bobcat wrote: Cats hate two things - being laughed at, and being dressed in ridiculous costumes. Dogs don't care, as long as they receive attention. If you have a cat, I warn you. Don't try this at home! http://twitpic.com/11omr5 That's so terrible, it's almost good. It's quite reminiscent of "soft puppets" that some people make and dress themselves in. I've occasionally thought that I'd like to dress up the kitties just a smidgen on special occasions. Nothing major, like maybe just a tiara, pendant, some rouge and perfume, but I don't think they'd understand. First cat I had (I was about age thirteen) was decidedly neurotic, but in later years I realized why. He was a little "woods kitty" who wandered into summer camp one day, subsisted for the week on kitchen leftovers like potato salad and Spanish rice, and traveled home with me (despite my Mom's letter warning me "Don't you DARE bring that cat home!"). He was so tiny, I used to carry him in my jeans pocket, because I thought he was so cute with his little eyes peering up at me from halfway down my hip. I also took him for rides in the basket of my bicycle (tied in so he couldn't fall out). That wasn't so bad on the residential streets, but the streetcars passing us on the main street really freaked him out! Although I had outgrown dolls, I still had them and their appurtenances. Poor Peter suffered being stuffed into doll clothes, posed in a doll's highchair, and wheeled through the neighborhood in a doll-buggy. (I even gave him a weekly bath with the garden hose, until the weather got too cold.) After living with many later generations of cats, I realize just how badly I treated that poor cat, yet he evidently forgave me. It's a wonder he wasn't more neurotic than he was! (And the fact he was an unaltered male may have added to the problem.) |
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EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:
Takayuki wrote: Bobcat wrote: Cats hate two things - being laughed at, and being dressed in ridiculous costumes. Dogs don't care, as long as they receive attention. If you have a cat, I warn you. Don't try this at home! http://twitpic.com/11omr5 That's so terrible, it's almost good. It's quite reminiscent of "soft puppets" that some people make and dress themselves in. I've occasionally thought that I'd like to dress up the kitties just a smidgen on special occasions. Nothing major, like maybe just a tiara, pendant, some rouge and perfume, but I don't think they'd understand. First cat I had (I was about age thirteen) was decidedly neurotic, but in later years I realized why. He was a little "woods kitty" who wandered into summer camp one day, subsisted for the week on kitchen leftovers like potato salad and Spanish rice, and traveled home with me (despite my Mom's letter warning me "Don't you DARE bring that cat home!"). He was so tiny, I used to carry him in my jeans pocket, because I thought he was so cute with his little eyes peering up at me from halfway down my hip. I also took him for rides in the basket of my bicycle (tied in so he couldn't fall out). That wasn't so bad on the residential streets, but the streetcars passing us on the main street really freaked him out! Although I had outgrown dolls, I still had them and their appurtenances. Poor Peter suffered being stuffed into doll clothes, posed in a doll's highchair, and wheeled through the neighborhood in a doll-buggy. (I even gave him a weekly bath with the garden hose, until the weather got too cold.) After living with many later generations of cats, I realize just how badly I treated that poor cat, yet he evidently forgave me. It's a wonder he wasn't more neurotic than he was! (And the fact he was an unaltered male may have added to the problem.) Cats are patient souls. MLB |
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:
First cat I had (I was about age thirteen) was decidedly neurotic, but in later years I realized why. He was a little "woods kitty" who wandered into summer camp one day, subsisted for the week on kitchen leftovers like potato salad and Spanish rice, and traveled home with me (despite my Mom's letter warning me "Don't you DARE bring that cat home!"). He was so tiny, I used to carry him in my jeans pocket, because I thought he was so cute with his little eyes peering up at me from halfway down my hip. I also took him for rides in the basket of my bicycle (tied in so he couldn't fall out). That wasn't so bad on the residential streets, but the streetcars passing us on the main street really freaked him out! Although I had outgrown dolls, I still had them and their appurtenances. Poor Peter suffered being stuffed into doll clothes, posed in a doll's highchair, and wheeled through the neighborhood in a doll-buggy. (I even gave him a weekly bath with the garden hose, until the weather got too cold.) After living with many later generations of cats, I realize just how badly I treated that poor cat, yet he evidently forgave me. It's a wonder he wasn't more neurotic than he was! (And the fact he was an unaltered male may have added to the problem.) He must have been very taken with that silly girl. It sounds like the bond formed of love was able to overcome all the little misunderstandings you had. |
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On Feb 6, 10:49*am, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote: Although I had outgrown dolls, I still had them and their appurtenances. * *Poor Peter suffered being stuffed into doll clothes, posed in a doll's highchair, and wheeled through the neighborhood in a doll-buggy. * (I even gave him a weekly bath with the garden hose, until the weather got too cold.) *After living with many later generations of cats, I realize just how badly I treated that poor cat, yet he evidently forgave me. *It's a wonder he wasn't more neurotic than he was! (And the fact he was an unaltered male may have added to the problem.) In Terry Pratchett;s "The Unadulterated Cat" he says this sort of thing is common when cats and children get together- and that even massive unneutered toms tolerate it or as he says "It must be something like unicorns and virgins- the rest of us would need stitches" Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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How to tick off your cat
Lesley wrote:
On Feb 6, 10:49?am, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" Poor Peter suffered being stuffed into doll clothes, posed in a doll's highchair, and wheeled through the neighborhood in a doll-buggy. (I even gave him a weekly bath with the garden hose In Terry Pratchett;s "The Unadulterated Cat" he says this sort of thing is common when cats and children get together- and that even massive unneutered toms tolerate it or as he says "It must be something like unicorns and virgins- the rest of us would need stitches" I think there must be two kinds of cats - the kind like poor Peter above, who suffer the abuses from well-meant children that an adult would be shredded to bits for doing, and the kind who see a child approaching and hide immediately. A cat I used to have was the latter type. Company came over one evening, and their toddler took one look at kitty and let out a squeal of delight. In the next instant, the kitty was gone and wasn't seen again until the company had left. Another example of the former type would have to be TJ's Dusty. The things he let TJ's daughter do were amazing, like covering him in crumpled up gift wrapping paper. Then again, TJ herself got away with a fair amount of "cat decoration", too, so maybe he was just the long-suffering type. Also maybe that's why he always looked so crabby. Joyce -- If we discovered we only had five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them. -- Christopher Morley |
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How to tick off your cat
On Feb 7, 5:01*pm, wrote:
Lesley wrote: Another example of the former type would have to be TJ's Dusty. The things he let TJ's daughter do were amazing, like covering him in crumpled up gift wrapping paper. Then again, TJ herself got away with a fair amount of "cat decoration", too, so maybe he was just the long-suffering type. Also maybe that's why he always looked so crabby. Joyce There are a lot of complacent, compliant cats like Dusty, as this familiar website reminds us... http://www.stuffonmycat.com/ |
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