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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 10:47 PM Oct 2015

(Quiz): Do You Own A Cat Or Does Your Cat Own You?

Source: Buzzfeed

Have you accepted your place in the universe as a lowly, can-opening human?

You need to brush your teeth and you see this. What do you do?


Aw. Shoo her away and brush your teeth.


Don’t bother her. Coo, take a photo and never brush your teeth again.




You get out of bed and find one of these. What do you do?


Sigh and chuck it into the garbage. At least you didn’t step on it this time.


Shower your cat with praise. You victorious little hunter, you!




How often do you wash your cat?


Not too regularly, just when he’s extra stinky.


What?! Never! My cat hates water and I could never bear to torture him!


Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/maritsapatrinos/be-real-your-cat-owns-you#.krJGzz7xQ
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(Quiz): Do You Own A Cat Or Does Your Cat Own You? (Original Post) Little Tich Oct 2015 OP
use the kitchen sink, and NEVER wash your cat! niyad Oct 2015 #1
I'd Ichigo Kurosaki Oct 2015 #2
...^ that 840high Oct 2015 #6
My cats own me. TexasTowelie Oct 2015 #3
Hate cats, love dogs. Nt Logical Oct 2015 #4
I only washed HRH a few times Warpy Oct 2015 #5
I for one, worship my feline overlords, Throckmorton Oct 2015 #7
That's a perfect way to put it. Vinca Oct 2015 #8
would only modify /\ by typing puuurfect dembotoz Oct 2015 #9

Ichigo Kurosaki

(167 posts)
2. I'd
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 11:12 PM
Oct 2015

use another sink.
I always pet my cat after finding a dead mouse, mole etc.
I'm not brave or dumb enough to wash my cat.

TexasTowelie

(112,165 posts)
3. My cats own me.
Tue Oct 6, 2015, 11:13 PM
Oct 2015

Although they don't like the baths they usually do settle down as I pick off the fleas and lather them up for a shampoo. After they are finished they also get a nice towel massage to dry them off and their fur brush. It's like going to a kitteh salon!

Warpy

(111,255 posts)
5. I only washed HRH a few times
Wed Oct 7, 2015, 12:16 AM
Oct 2015

Once, when I'd had to decamp to Florida for a few months and she hid among chemicals I didn't want her to lick off her fur and maybe three times after she stopped grooming at the age of 21 and her fur started to spike up, making her look like Sid Vicious. She was a peach and as along as I kept her front paws and face dry, didn't object.

Other than that, I've always considered claims of ownership to be dubious. It's more like a mutually agreed upon living arrangement, symbiosis at its best.

As for the gift of a dead varmint, of course you say "good kitty!" THEN you bin it.

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