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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 08:22 PM
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I'm convinced cats are made out of mercury.
I swear to the Goddess that just the presence of the "dreaded cat carrier of doom" activates the feline ability to be incredibly strong and turn to liquid as necessary to avoid going to the vet.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 08:51 PM
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1. You mean that they cause autism?
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 09:27 PM
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4. No. You can be holding a cat tightly to your chest and magically, they slither away...
....as if they could turn to liquid (sorta like the T-1000 in the Terminator 2).
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david13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 08:52 PM
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2. No no. It's just an ordinary ability to become invisible. They can
do that when they want to. Poof!, and they cannot be seen with the human eye.
Oh, and as far as going to the vet, do remember that the cats have razor sharp claws.
dc
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 08:53 PM
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3. I have my cat carrier out in the hall now because I have a sick cat and one never knows
when I'll have to take him in. My smaller cat sleeps on top of it.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 09:35 PM
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5. Yes, cats are really a form of liquid.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 09:47 PM
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6. aw f***, do I ever hear you
Edited on Tue Mar-15-11 09:48 PM by Skittles
yes INDEED :o

last time, my vet recommended the use of a FISHING NET upon seeing my shredded arms :(
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 10:02 PM
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8. It truly is an accomplishment to simultaneously melt to get away while ripping you to shreds.
It's like some unknown state of matter, an extremely sharp liquid.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 11:10 PM
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13. he ended up under the bed, up inside the bed framework
I was underneath the bed with a flashlight - he grimaced at me and I asked him, "Is that your war face? Wanna see my war face?" Then I pointed the flashlight at my face and yelled AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THAT'S MY WAR FACE (a la Gunnery Sergeant Hartman).....it got that ridiculous :(
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 09:59 PM
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7. Like an unpuncturable water balloon
:P

Here's the trick I have for getting my cat into his carrier: he uses it as his bed :rofl:
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 10:04 PM
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9. And a frictionless water ballon at that.
Oh, well. On the bright side, his check up went well and he's not giving me the cold shoulder routine one of my other cats gives when he visits the vet.
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kentauros Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 10:17 PM
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10. Cats are definitely characters!
Mine will whine to and from the vet, but the moment I let him out of his carrier, he's rubbing all over me, as if to thank me for bringing him home again. All trauma incurred is promptly forgiven ;)
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 10:31 PM
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11. Cats actually are another state of matter.
Edited on Tue Mar-15-11 11:24 PM by The Velveteen Ocelot
One of the principles of cat physics is that they can assume the properties of a liquid whenever they want to. And they can even assume the shape of their container (one of the characteristics of a liquid).
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 11:00 PM
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12. We have a feral we feed that we named "Schrodinger".
The manner in which he gets into the garage in bad weather was predicted by Feynman.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 11:23 PM
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14. There is only one cat in the universe
Edited on Tue Mar-15-11 11:24 PM by The Velveteen Ocelot
and it constantly moves back and forth through time.
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-11 11:28 PM
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15. Actually, the physical universe moves around the cat.
He remains stationary as time and distance revolve around his very existence.


That is why we perceive him to be at all points at all times; it is we who are moving randomly about through space/time.
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Mopar151 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-11 01:16 AM
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16. Our man Tigger
Can vary his mass and density at will.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-11 03:25 AM
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17. you want I should kick some shape-shifting Tigger ass, Mopar151?
LEMME AT HIM
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Mopar151 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-11 11:22 AM
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20. He'll be OK....
It's those shape-shifting, humanoid, one-being losing streaks from the Planet FOOL.:crazy: Must be a contest on for all of these brain surgery clients - Ignorant, clueless,:crazy: nasty, degerate, just plain mean.

In the indoubtable words of "Classy" Freddie Blassie: "Geeks like 'dese is a dime a dozen - I'm lookin for da guy what's handin' out da dimes..."
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JeffersonChick Donating Member (338 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-11 03:28 AM
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18. Lol - I have to take mine in tomorrow!
And yes, he turns into liquid too. A massive muscular squirming liquid.
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-11 08:34 AM
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19. did you know cats can shed hair to make themselves slick
when they want to get away from a grip?
I didn't until I was taking our chocolate brown up to the vet one day. I was just putting her in the carrier when suddenly all I had was two hands full of hair and no cat.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-11 11:31 AM
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22. I always forget I shouldn't wear a black shirt to take my cats to the vet
I inevitably come home covered in their quickly shed fur.
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-11 11:30 AM
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21. This one definitely is.
soup.com/view/320806/kitty-melts-down-stairs.html
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