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geardaddy

(24,931 posts) Thu Jun 16, 2016, 01:12 PM Jun 2016

Common Benefits Of Cat Ownership

http://www.theonion.com/graphic/common-benefits-cat-ownership-52444

•Cats are adept at defending your home from mouse-sized robbers.

•Now you’ll have something to do with your hands as you detail your diabolical schemes to a captured secret agent.

•Recent studies have shown that cat owners feel superior to others after being told of recent studies proving cat owners are superior to those around them.

•Adopting a cat means that those second-rate children’s names you’ve been sitting on might finally be put to use.

•Taking care of a pet can teach children responsibility and never to leave the screen door open.

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Common Benefits Of Cat Ownership (Original Post) geardaddy Jun 2016 OP

If you have trouble waking up in the morning a cat can help you with that. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #1

That's for damn sure! meow2u3 Jun 2016 #2

Even without that.... the liquids cats like to leave on the floor in the middle of the night KentuckyWoman Jun 2016 #7

Cat Rule #1,999: liquids you step in must match the color of the carpet meow2u3 Jun 2016 #8

Yep. 47of74 Jun 2016 #3

Yes, my former cat used to bite my feet geardaddy Jun 2016 #4

And the first time it did that and it worked you forever sealed your fate. n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2016 #5

Absolutley. geardaddy Jun 2016 #6

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

1. If you have trouble waking up in the morning a cat can help you with that. n/t

Reply to geardaddy (Original post)

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 01:14 PM

Jun 2016

meow2u3

(24,774 posts)

2. That's for damn sure!

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 01:58 PM

Jun 2016

My cats see to it that I get up in the morning--whether I want to or not--for me to give them their breakfast.

KentuckyWoman

(6,695 posts)

7. Even without that.... the liquids cats like to leave on the floor in the middle of the night

Reply to meow2u3 (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 09:22 PM

Jun 2016

will get you awake mighty fast if you step on it in your bare feet. Coffee not required.

meow2u3

(24,774 posts)

8. Cat Rule #1,999: liquids you step in must match the color of the carpet

Reply to KentuckyWoman (Reply #7)

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 09:28 PM

Jun 2016

47of74

(18,470 posts)

3. Yep.

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 02:25 PM

Jun 2016

When I was watching my sister's little girl Morgan back in 2008 while my sister was on pharmacy rotations Morgan would often wake up about 4:30 or so and expect immediate human attention. Usually she'd just paw me or make some noise and I'd wake up, but one time that wasn't working to Morgan's satisfaction so she then decided to nip the human.

Last winter I was watching my brother and sister in law's kiddo TK, who was up generally around 6am, though she did wake me one morning at 4:30.