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MoseyWalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 03:30 PM
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Poll question: Some People Don't Like Cats Because
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 03:34 PM
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1. Most complaints I've heard about cats
fall into the "too aloof, too independent" variety. Some (dog) people think cats are emotionally cold creatures.

Nothing could be further from the truth. :loveya:
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 03:35 PM
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2. I'm allergic and don't like having my arm sliced open while playing.
Since de-clawing is inhumane, I'm going to have to stay away from the little bastards, even though they are pretty cute.
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 04:18 PM
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20. I understand the allergies, but
you can do things short of declawing to make sure they don't rip your arm apart.

My cats wear "soft paws"...which is a little plastic cap over their claws, applied much like a fake fingernail.

No more ripping up furniture...and I haven't had a cat scratch from either one of them EVER.
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 03:36 PM
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3. other
I just don't like the look of cats, they look...well, just not for me. Plus, I have had numerous bad experiences with cats, and will never get one, even if the fate of the world rests on me, owning a cat...sorry folks.
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MoseyWalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 03:39 PM
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5. That's alright!
Experiences cause us all to have almost instinctual responses.

:hi:
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 03:40 PM
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7. my last bad experience
was my friend Waldo's cat, was on the table, and I picked the cat up to place it on the floor, and its back foot smacked me in my right cheek, and its claw dug into my face...I had to rip the claw out of my face, and in doing so, a part of my face came off too...
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 03:38 PM
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4. People tell me they don't like cats because they are mean...
but, I've truly never met a mean cat! They may be out there...but it hasn't been my experience.
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MoseyWalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 03:40 PM
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6. Well, a hungry and homeless cat
is a mean cat sometimes, but the same could be said for humans!
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 03:45 PM
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12. Midnight used to be a really mean cat towards humans (except me).
Then she got lost in a blizzard for two weeks and came back friendly. Some people have a near death experience and find Jesus. She had a near-death experience and found people. She still really hates other animals though. The other pets just know to stay away.
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kryckis Donating Member (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 04:53 PM
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21. Hehe!
That's too funny. I actually have a similar experience with my cat. He's 16 and has always been a bit anti-social (except he's very talkative and answers whenever he's spoken to) being very independant, but then he got terminal cancer three years ago and started to love me. I can't shake him now, he follows me everywhere like a dog.
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SmokingJacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 03:41 PM
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8. Because they shit inside the house.
That's why my husband says I can get a cat "after the divorce." ;)
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MoseyWalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 03:44 PM
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9. and your husband doesn't
shit inside the house?????????

What kind of animal is he????????????

:rofl:
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SmokingJacket Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 03:45 PM
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13. that's funny!
:rofl:
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 03:44 PM
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10. ...they're fascist warmongers?
Hitler, check.
Napoleon, check.
Asscroft, supposedly believed calicos were a sign of the devil. :eyes:
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MoseyWalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 03:45 PM
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11. It's possible
but I don't know. They are pretty damn manipulative, though.
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 04:15 PM
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19. That's because cats
can sense evil.

So with these 3, I'm sure the feeling was mutual.
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 03:51 PM
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14. they're homophobic
don't know why but there is a correlation there.
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cobalt1999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 03:57 PM
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15. too independent...
Any pet that I'm feeding, taking to the vet, sheltering, paying attention to, BETTER be prepared to fetch, go on a run with me, go camping, and guard the family while I'm away. That's a fair deal.

Alas, my daughter has one but at least it is smart enought to stay out of my way. Maybe it hears me joking with my daughter that we should take the cat "shark fishing" sometimes. :)
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MoseyWalker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 03:59 PM
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16. yeah, but
do other critters keep the mice away in winter as efficiently as cats?

HHHMMMM????????

:)
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 04:13 PM
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17. Have you ever noticed that men who don't like cats
are also most likely to be real shitheads to women?
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 06:09 PM
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27. Yeah, I know I fucking hate women.
:eyes:
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 04:15 PM
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18. I just don't find them that interesting.
:shrug:
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youthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 04:54 PM
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22. wait a minute...
there are people who don't like cats????:wow:
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 04:56 PM
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23. Allergic - but I've got meds for when I visit my parents.
I can usually withstand their kitties for a good 3 or 4 days.

Their black'n'white kitty is the best. Very shy and scared of everybody because her previous owners were very abusive, but very adorable to mum and dad. She'll even come upstairs when I'm there, though she is still often afraid if I get too close (30 feet).

I should dig up one of my favorite pics where she's peeking from behind an end table...
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 05:05 PM
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24. They're Vegetarians.......
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VeggieTart Donating Member (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 10:11 PM
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30. I'm a vegan and I have a cat
Granted, I'd had her for several years before I went veg, but I love my kitty, and I wasn't going to get rid of her for that. She's a sweetie, a tad skittish around strangers, very cuddly, very vocal, and very clever. She also insists on being an only cat.

One of her tricks is when my boyfriend stays over. She'll hop on the bed, walk on to my boyfriend, stand on his chest and give one sharp meow in his face. He says that she's especially vocal early in the morning.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 05:06 PM
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25. Cat piss is vile
Having said that, I love cats.

Just can't stand the smell of a house with a cat in residence.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 05:09 PM
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26. Because of their indomitable cattitude.
Edited on Wed Oct-04-06 05:10 PM by ocelot
Cats don't take crap from anybody. And there are people who are offended at the idea that a 10-lb. animal can be so uppity as to refuse to obey them or fawn over them.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 06:10 PM
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28. Because they're cold, uncaring and pretty much evil.
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 06:11 PM
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29. Allergy for me
some cats set me off, some do not.
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-04-06 10:34 PM
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31. I know someone who says. . .
"Cats have too much personality."
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momophile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-05-06 12:01 AM
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32. they can't decide if they want in or out...
I type just seconds after letting my darling outside... but I love her so much.
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-05-06 02:01 AM
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33. demanding - meow meow meow meow
and then when you get up and give them their food, toy or let them in out of wherever - they don't even look back with a thank you or nothin.
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-05-06 02:36 AM
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34. Claws
Edited on Thu Oct-05-06 02:37 AM by MrScorpio
Not a big fan of claws


Other than that, they're cool
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benny05 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-05-06 02:45 AM
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35. 4 and 5 are correlated
My spouse is a dog person, I am a kitty person. I understand dogs as much as my spouse does, but my spouse doesn't understand that kitties adopt us.

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