No, they're quite open about it. We'll be kept around as slaves, and frankly, that's more than we deserve.

Cats were worshipped as gods in ancient Egypt and mine never tired of reminding me of that fact.

silverweb

(16,402 posts)

8. True, that!

Reply to Ron Obvious (Reply #5)

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 09:57 PM

Apr 2016

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I'm already owned by three.

Never forget: Dogs have masters; cats have staff.

At least my regal felines treat me very well once their needs are met - more than I can say for many humans.

MrMickeysMom

(20,453 posts)

6. Oh...

Reply to JonathanRackham (Original post)

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 09:52 PM

Apr 2016

I thought they HAD!

angstlessk

(11,862 posts)

7. Secretly planning? It has already happened!

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Sun Apr 24, 2016, 09:56 PM

Apr 2016

Cats are smart...my (almost Maine Coon) is smart..I would vote 1st for Bernie...then 2nd for my cat

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

9. He is proof reading the book he wrote, obviously.

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Sun Apr 24, 2016, 10:01 PM

Apr 2016

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

10. Why would they? They already control it.

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Sun Apr 24, 2016, 10:03 PM

Apr 2016

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

11. It's too late. They already control the internets.

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Sun Apr 24, 2016, 10:23 PM

Apr 2016

Triana

(22,666 posts)

12. Two of 'em already took over mine! n/t

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Sun Apr 24, 2016, 10:33 PM

Apr 2016

ret5hd

(20,501 posts)

13. God I hope so.

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Sun Apr 24, 2016, 10:42 PM

Apr 2016

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

15. At least then our sociopathic autocratic rulers would be fuzzy and adorable

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Sun Apr 24, 2016, 11:03 PM

Apr 2016

JonathanRackham

(1,604 posts)

14. Paw to paw combat?

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Sun Apr 24, 2016, 10:49 PM

Apr 2016

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PoliticalMalcontent

(449 posts)

22. That's amazing...

Reply to JonathanRackham (Reply #14)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 12:35 AM

Apr 2016

When did they teach cats how to use light-sabers?

JonathanRackham

(1,604 posts)

34. Genetic decedent's of sabre tooth tiger?

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Mon Apr 25, 2016, 06:02 AM

Apr 2016

kpete

(71,998 posts)

16. true

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Sun Apr 24, 2016, 11:04 PM

Apr 2016

3catwoman3

(24,013 posts)

17. I thought...

Reply to JonathanRackham (Original post)

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 11:52 PM

Apr 2016

...they already had. Our 4 have surely taken over my little piece of it.

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)

18. They already have !

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Sun Apr 24, 2016, 11:53 PM

Apr 2016

Old Crow

(2,212 posts)

19. This comes from a British dairy firm advert...

Reply to JonathanRackham (Original post)

Sun Apr 24, 2016, 11:59 PM

Apr 2016

... called "Cats with Thumbs." If you haven't already seen it, enjoy:

840high

(17,196 posts)

30. Bruhhahaha!!! Enjoyed that.

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Mon Apr 25, 2016, 02:42 AM

Apr 2016

Old Crow

(2,212 posts)

31. Glad you did! My favorite part is the "West Side Story"-style gang of cats...

Reply to 840high (Reply #30)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 03:03 AM

Apr 2016

... snapping their opposable thumbs.

meow2u3

(24,764 posts)

37. What would really be scary is this

Reply to Old Crow (Reply #19)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 08:01 AM

Apr 2016

Cats with guns!

This is a stickup. Give me your milk and no human gets hurt. -Max

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)

20. Don't worry: Mark Twain already saw it coming

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Mon Apr 25, 2016, 12:12 AM

Apr 2016

He was sure that a royal family of cats would answer every purpose. They would be as useful as any other royal family, they would know as much, they would have the same virtues and the same treacheries, the same disposition to get up shindies with other royal cats, they would be laughably vain and absurd and never know it, they would be wholly inexpensive; finally, they would have as sound a divine right as any other royal house, and “Tom VII, or Tom XI, or Tom XIV by the grace of God King,” would sound as well as it would when applied to the ordinary royal tomcat with tights on. “And as a rule,” said he, in his neat modern English, “the character of these cats would be considerably above the character of the average king, and this would be an immense moral advantage to the nation, for the reason that a nation always models its morals after its monarch’s. The worship of royalty being founded in unreason, these graceful and harmless cats would easily become as sacred as any other royalties, and indeed more so, because it would presently be noticed that they hanged nobody, beheaded nobody, imprisoned nobody, inflicted no cruelties or injustices of any sort, and so must be worthy of a deeper love and reverence than the customary human king, and would certainly get it. The eyes of the whole harried world would soon be fixed upon this humane and gentle system, and royal butchers would presently begin to disappear; their subjects would fill the vacancies with catlings from our own royal house; we should become a factory; we should supply the thrones of the world; within forty years all Europe would be governed by cats, and we should furnish the cats. The reign of universal peace would begin then, to end no more forever.... Me-e-e-yow-ow-ow-ow—fzt!—wow!”

Logical

(22,457 posts)

21. Lounge shit

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Mon Apr 25, 2016, 12:24 AM

Apr 2016

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,768 posts)

26. No, this is serious. Cats are taking over the world.

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Mon Apr 25, 2016, 12:57 AM

Apr 2016

MFM008

(19,818 posts)

29. lighten up Francis

Reply to Logical (Reply #21)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 02:00 AM

Apr 2016

This forum needs something other than civil war.

JonathanRackham

(1,604 posts)

35. No cat shit.

Reply to Logical (Reply #21)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 06:05 AM

Apr 2016

I'll only vote for a pro cat candidate.

FuzzyRabbit

(1,968 posts)

23. Are cats secretly planning to take over the world? It's not a secret!

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Mon Apr 25, 2016, 12:36 AM

Apr 2016

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

24. "Cats were once worshiped as gods ...

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Mon Apr 25, 2016, 12:41 AM

Apr 2016

They have not forgotten this." -Sir Terry Pratchett

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)

25. Swashbuckler is

Reply to JonathanRackham (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 12:55 AM

Apr 2016

He's been reading Mao Zedong's treatise on guerrilla warfare online.

AuntPatsy

(9,904 posts)

27. Mine are.

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Mon Apr 25, 2016, 12:58 AM

Apr 2016

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,768 posts)

28. Nothing secret about it. They are just letting us pretend we run things.

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Mon Apr 25, 2016, 12:58 AM

Apr 2016

eridani

(51,907 posts)

32. I, for one am a loyal subject of our new overlords. n/t

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Mon Apr 25, 2016, 03:14 AM

Apr 2016

mithnanthy

(1,725 posts)

33. Our cat "Bussie the Snowman"

Reply to JonathanRackham (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 04:57 AM

Apr 2016

is a polydactyl cat (with BIG thumbs). Ernest Hemingway had many of these in Key West and there are many offspring of them still there. (Bussie looks like the cat reading the book). He hasn't taken over the world yet but he has stolen our hearts! A real sweetie!

meow2u3

(24,764 posts)

36. No. The cat's already been out of the bag for decades

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Mon Apr 25, 2016, 07:59 AM

Apr 2016

Longer answer: it's no secret that cats are trying to take over the world. Mine won't let me sleep in--they have to eat, and NOW!!!

malaise

(269,093 posts)

38. Our ferals are so freaking smart

Reply to JonathanRackham (Original post)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 08:26 AM

Apr 2016

When some of them were kittens, we played with them with a noisy little plastic ball. Now if we're late with breakfast, they play with the ball to wake us up. It's seriously hilarious.

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