GD's got a new cat.

[rug]

[arcane1]

1. Kitty face-paw!

[Brigid]

2. That is great!

[Liberal Veteran]

3. Yes, kitty. I couldn't have said it better. - nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Oh, perfect!

[Curmudgeoness]

5. Must have just seen yet another Duck Dynasty thread.

He will fit right in.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

6. Pardon my ignorance

but who is GD? Verrrrry cute kitty. She's saying, "Oh NO, not again." Or else her prayers.

K&R

[libodem]

8. Hi, my guess is you are new

GD is short for General Discussion, around here. That's this forum. Nice to meet you.


Oops we are in the lounge, my bad. Yikes....

[PoliticAverse]

9. GD would be the 'General Discussion' forum here on DU.

And the post is facepalm in cheek...

[oldandhappy]

7. Happy new life, new love to both kitty and human

Nice way to celebrate the holidays!

[MrScorpio]

10. I like that cat nt

[irisblue]

11. You know it's bad when a cat facepaws humans

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. That cat belongs in Meta

if only we still had Meta

[WorseBeforeBetter]

17. GD *is* Meta.

Today was insane, and not because of Duck Dynasty...

[Sissyk]

13. Purrfect!

GD needs that put in every new gaze/stare/lust after thread.

[TxDemChem]

14. OMG Cat? Shrewd Cat?

You've gotta be shitting me Cat?

[Marie Marie]

15. I know just how he feels.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

16. awwwwww!!! epic face palm + "oh when will it ever end" kittoooon!!!

Awwwwwwwww!!!!!

[Sanity Claws]

18. Oh, the Stupidity!! It hurts!

And that cat does not use LOLZ speak.

[Solly Mack]

19. I love it!

[loudsue]

20. Me, too, GD kitty. Me, too.

[SorellaLaBefana]

21. More proof that the internet tubes are full of cats

As though any were needed.

I just read an article claiming that, though cats recognize their "owners" use of the cat's name 80% of the time, they only respond 10% of the time. No can't find the link at the moment.

I kept thinking of this factoid last night as I wandered about at midnight on this cold winter's night trying to find one of our cats who was out. After the usual fruitless calling for 2o minutes, he showed up at door ten minutes after I came back inside. I think he was simply playing his cards for the extra bonding, grooming, and tuna this netted him for being the prodigal.

Congratulations on being accepted by a nice cat!

[rug]

23. Welcome to DU!

[SorellaLaBefana]

24. Thank you!

Good to find some place of apparent sanity and refuge from Faux OutRage.

[annabanana]

28. beware the DU

Sanity Clause

[SorellaLaBefana]

30. Am thinking of DU like ...

Just in case no one has seen this.

[IrishAyes]

32. I virtually swore off GD a long time ago. Sometimes a headline grabs me unawares,

but it's too much like a mosh pit to get involved very often.

Sometimes you'll see a bit of snark in here, but not often and nowhere near to that degree.

[tblue37]

27. When I call my youngest (Lucy, who is 3 1/2), she looks at me and usually goes back to

what she was doing. But the minute she hears me call one of my other two, she comes racing over to shove herself between them and me.

She knows whose name is whose.

[SorellaLaBefana]

29. She knows whose name is whose

Absolutely!

They did not study this, but you are so correct.

[dipsydoodle]

22. That's a classic.

[SorellaLaBefana]

25. They really, truly, do not care that much what you want.

However, cats do, eventually, come when you call. At least, they do most of the time. But certainly never immediately!

I did finally find the link to the article
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10071-013-0620-4
I read it at work where I had access - bad employee! - but the whole article is behind a paywall

Historically it is probably true that humans domesticated dogs (recent article in Science puts the date of current dog line between 18-32,000 years ago & in Europe), but that cats chose to cohabit with people and only around 10,000 years ago.

Dogs may well have helped us become truly human, but cats helped us to become civilized.

[dipsydoodle]

26. I find

they come when when their hungry or they know food to imminent anyway. My four are all house cats to be joined by a fifth Saturday week - a Selkirk Rex kitten you should grow to be something this :

[IrishAyes]

31. My dog Brigid has about the same look on her face right now.

I didn't get to the door fast enough to let her out in time. Not sure who she blames. I'm afraid to ask.

[magical thyme]

33. perfect fit! face-palm kitty! nt

[nolabear]

34. I know how it feels.