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Friday, June 29, 2007
9:45:00 AM EDT
Hearing Street Fighting Man -- Rolling Stones
Look up that face and see the face of a scam artist. A grifter. A con pulling a con on, yes, me. What? Too cute for larceny? Not according to science!
Your hunch is correct. Your cat decided to live with you, not the other way around. The sad truth is, it may not be a final decision. But don't take this feline diffidence personally. It runs in the family. And it goes back a long way -- about 12,000 years, actually...
The findings, drawn from an analysis of nearly 1,000 cats around the world, suggest that the ancestors of today's tabbies, Persians and Siamese wandered into Near Eastern settlements at the dawn of agriculture. They were looking for food, not friendship.
Really, this should not come as a surprise to anyone. It certainly doesn't surprise me, since Lopsided Cat (the cat of ours not in the picture) totally works that way. He comes in in the morning, eats and sleeps, and then says "see ya," and is out the door until the next morning. He's totally using us, and we let him, since among other things, his agenda points for the day contain "kill all the little creatures that might otherwise get into the house." It's a good arrangement.
This would also explain why my late cat Rex once tried to smother me in my sleep with his body fat after I put him on a diet and started cutting back his food. Because I had transgressed the unwritten law, you see. Gotta be careful about stuff like that.
Anyway, now you know. But I'm sure your cat loves you. Just remember to keep the feedings regular, you hear?
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9:45:00 AM EDT
Hearing Street Fighting Man -- Rolling Stones
This is the Face of a Grifter
Look up that face and see the face of a scam artist. A grifter. A con pulling a con on, yes, me. What? Too cute for larceny? Not according to science!
Your hunch is correct. Your cat decided to live with you, not the other way around. The sad truth is, it may not be a final decision. But don't take this feline diffidence personally. It runs in the family. And it goes back a long way -- about 12,000 years, actually...
The findings, drawn from an analysis of nearly 1,000 cats around the world, suggest that the ancestors of today's tabbies, Persians and Siamese wandered into Near Eastern settlements at the dawn of agriculture. They were looking for food, not friendship.
Really, this should not come as a surprise to anyone. It certainly doesn't surprise me, since Lopsided Cat (the cat of ours not in the picture) totally works that way. He comes in in the morning, eats and sleeps, and then says "see ya," and is out the door until the next morning. He's totally using us, and we let him, since among other things, his agenda points for the day contain "kill all the little creatures that might otherwise get into the house." It's a good arrangement.
This would also explain why my late cat Rex once tried to smother me in my sleep with his body fat after I put him on a diet and started cutting back his food. Because I had transgressed the unwritten law, you see. Gotta be careful about stuff like that.
Anyway, now you know. But I'm sure your cat loves you. Just remember to keep the feedings regular, you hear?
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Hahaha.. I just had a visual of a cat smothering you while you sleep. To funny.
Take care, Chrissie -
6/30/07 9:19 AM
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