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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:08 PM
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They say that if a person has a pet cat and dies
if the person's body is not found fairly soon after death, the cat, having not been fed, will become ravenously hungry and eat the dead person's face off — JUST the face!

Is this true? My cat often looks me in the face. I used to think he was just being friendly. Now I know he's just sizing me up, like a chef at a butcher shop, waiting for "the big day". Since hearing this rumor, every time my cat licks his chops it gives me the willies!
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:09 PM
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1. Oh, somebody has been to the Snopes unanswerable page.
Me-Fi much?
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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:11 PM
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5. You got it
http://www.snopes.com/humor/question/urgent.asp

But I still worry about cats
Is that story true?
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:12 PM
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6. Yeah. I know because it happened to me.
I am a dead guy with no face.

But everybody here knows that already.
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friesianrider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:09 PM
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2. Um, probably not.
Just a guess. Lots of cat-haters out there make up a lot of pretty sick shit.
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:23 PM
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18. Ha! They hate us for our cats!
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:09 PM
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3. WHERE did you hear such ridiculous nonsense?
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PittPoliSci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:35 PM
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25. probably from Trainspotting.
loved the movie. love cats.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:09 PM
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4. save the suspense-- always cover your face in catnip
that way you don't have to worry IF you cat will eat your face off-- you already know! :dunce:
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:12 PM
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7. Minniecom says no, and
she asks for an apology.

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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:14 PM
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8. Looks like she's hungry and she is real close to my face.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:20 PM
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17. Yes, and she says
She doesn't have to wait until your dead, so you'd better apologize!
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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:25 PM
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21. I will, after the pigeon manure dries from my eyes
We're trying to experiments right now

Better go get the hair dryer, so I can apologize.
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:15 PM
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9. Oh, oh, oh!!!
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:18 PM
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13. what a GORGEOUS baby!!!
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ofrfxsk Donating Member (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:15 PM
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10. I've heard something similar.
If a cat's owner dies and he has no access to food, the cat will start eating on the owner's body.
If the same happens with a dog, the dog will starve to death.

I think it's the cat hating people who start these rumors.
Even if it's true...Who is smarter? The cat or the dog?
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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:19 PM
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15. Only if they get pigeon manure in their eye
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ofrfxsk Donating Member (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:24 PM
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20. I've been told that if you snort powdered glass as you would cocaine,
you will die. Is this just a rumor, or would it actually happen?

LMAO
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Rufus T. Firefly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:16 PM
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11. Haven't heard that, but
I have heard that if a person dies and the animals have no food, a dog will wait until he is almost dead before he stoops to that level, and he'll fell bad about it.

A cat will do it pretty much when it gets hungry.

As a cat owner, I can believe it.
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:17 PM
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12. My cat ate my face when I died
I guess it's true.
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:18 PM
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14. Don't knock it till you've tried it!
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:20 PM
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16. I Suspect That Cats Started This Rumor Just So That There's Always Food...
lying around, even if the owners die. Those cats are some clever devils.
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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:31 PM
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23. I agree, did you see the look minniecom just gave me?
devil I say, a devil and a clever devil at that.
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caty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:23 PM
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19. Maybe you should buy
a huge drop feeder.....just in case.:evilgrin:
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:28 PM
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22. They also say to keep cats out of the baby room as it will suck
the breath out of the baby. My cats just prefer to sleep on my face and smother me.
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caty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:57 PM
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26. "Breath out of baby"
what really happens is the cat lays on the baby's chest and the baby can't take in enough air and smothers. Some cats are fascinated with a sleeping baby.
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barb162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-05 11:38 AM
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27. I think they just like anything warm in winter. They will always
snuggle up to me in winter but they don't know my name in the summer. So when they realize a baby or anyone else is warm, they'll be there when it's cold.
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sleipnir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:31 PM
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24. It's true. Cats are the devil's footmen.
Beware, the evils of the horned beast as it comes in many shapes. And don't let your cat out in the moonlight, it will come back bewitched and eat you alive!
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-05 11:48 AM
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29. My cat hates you.
Really. He does.

www.mycatehatesyou.com
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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-05 11:46 AM
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28. This thread is full of shit
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LissaM Donating Member (144 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-05 11:48 AM
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30. LoL
You must've seen the Sex and the City episode where Miranda moves into a new apartment. The previous owner had died there, and the neighbor decided to tell her that exact rumor upon seeing her cat. I've never heard of it until I watched that episode.
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