7/28/2006: Cat is glove thief - Page 2

Trilby · 07-28-2006, 01:20 PM

If that were my cat I'd name him Mittens.

Kitsune · 07-28-2006, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

One of my cats collects paper clips. When he hears the sound of paper clips jingling, he becomes obsessed with locating them, biting them up off the ground, "accidentally" dropping them a few times so they make more jingling sounds, and eventually taking them back to the food bowl, where I find them at the bottom of the bowl when their food runs out.

Weird! My old cat used to do the same thing with dropped rubber bands. They always ended up in the water bowl.

Flint · 07-28-2006, 02:05 PM

Rubber bands are a big hit, too. But I have to take those away, because I'm afraid they are eating them.

capnhowdy · 07-28-2006, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

I feel sad for people who don't like cats!

I love cats. They taste like chicken.

Pie · 07-28-2006, 02:29 PM

My cat plays fetch with my hair bands. She'll steal them off my nightstand, too. I buy a pack of 30, and they're gone in a month. She must drop them off in the same place missing socks go...

Kitsune · 07-28-2006, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Rubber bands are a big hit, too. But I have to take those away, because I'm afraid they are eating them.

I think there was an amusing/disgusting thread on the result of cats eating rubber bands, but I sure as hell aren't going to go looking for it...

bluecuracao · 07-28-2006, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

My cat plays fetch with my hair bands. She'll steal them off my nightstand, too. I buy a pack of 30, and they're gone in a month. She must drop them off in the same place missing socks go...

Have you checked under the couch? That's where I usually find Bosco's stash of bottle caps, contact lens case caps, pens, pencils, straws, mom's earring, etc. etc.

astrodex · 07-28-2006, 10:00 PM

Let's see that cat bring these home:

[url="http://www.harriesheder.com/glove.htm"]Porter Square T Station

This sculpture is in my "T" station here in Cambridge and I thought it did a nice job of connecting the last two IOD's (I'sOD?). The photos are horrible but the art is fun when it is not being used as a gum receptacle.

You know, I think this work actually generated controversy and is found offensive by some who consider it insensitive to holocaust victims. No, really.

MaggieL · 07-28-2006, 10:14 PM

Once your cat is bored with chasing a laser beam around the floor (with occasional trips up the wall just for laughs), and put a loop of tape on the back of one paw, or maybe a wee bit more there's always zero-G

daniwong · 07-28-2006, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

My cat plays fetch with my hair bands. She'll steal them off my nightstand, too. I buy a pack of 30, and they're gone in a month. She must drop them off in the same place missing socks go...

Seriously - I have the exact same problem. And they are normally under the couch and/or under the bed, nightstand or whatever little area that I'm not gonna crawl under. The other thing that one of my girls does (Peach) is that I have these little stuffed bears that my mom made for me when I was a little girl and she had knitted little sweaters for the dolls - the cat carry's them around the house like her babies (she was fixed before she had any) and I come home and I find either a pile of them in the cat bed or on my bed or just randomly scattered around the house. Also - something Peach does - she is my snooze button - I hit my snooze button after the alarm goes off and all of a sudden I have a cat in my face meowing until the snooze button goes off again. Makes missing my alarm rather difficult. My other girl Boo-Boo thinks she's a dog - she fetches and retreives and she's trained on a leash to go on walks.

Hoof Hearted · 07-28-2006, 11:38 PM

Most of our cat toys (plastic milk rings, pens et cetera...) wind up under either the fridge or stove where we cannot readily retrieve them.

Last year my husband brought home a kitty from work who was near death, he had a huge abcess on his neck, nearly as large as his head. Anyhow, the first time I tried to play-drag a leather string in front of him, he pounced on it with both front feet and then snatched his head down to bite it to 'kill' it.
Husband thinks LuckyDuck received his wound because he had been bitten by a snake. I agree, as if it were from another cat, I feel he would not have been so trusting and friendly with our established housefull.
When hubby brought him home:

His FrankenKitty stitches:

The whole clan: LD is at the bottom of the pic.

Whattaya gonna do? Gotta love 'em!

hh

xoxoxoBruce · 07-29-2006, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by astrodex

Let's see that cat bring these home:

Porter Square T Station

This sculpture is in my "T" station here in Cambridge and I thought it did a nice job of connecting the last two IOD's (I's OD?). The photos are horrible but the art is fun when it is not being used as a gum receptacle.

You know, I think this work actually generated controversy and is found offensive by some who consider it insensitive to holocaust victims. No, really.

That's a pretty cool installation, astrodex.....especially for $30k. It seems public art starts at a half million bucks these days..... and much of it sucks, in the eyes of this beholder.

There are people who will think the Sun is insensitive to the holocaust for rising in the morning. I feel sorry for them.

Oh, it's IOtD.

ajaccio · 07-29-2006, 10:08 AM

I think we all know that cats are born with a heathy does of the "play gene" as nature's way of helping them practice hunting. It sharpens all their skills and instincts. Another interesting fact that I learned from some biologist friends is that when cats bring home dead animals (or remnants thereof) and leave them for you to find, they are teaching YOU to hunt. Sort of the "do as I do" approach. Apparently felines find that we don't go out there and kill enough of our own food...

Hoof Hearted · 07-29-2006, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by ajaccio

Apparently felines find that we don't go out there and kill enough of our own food...

Hey! I bring home LOTS of saran wrapped packages of meat!

xoxoxoBruce · 07-29-2006, 11:00 AM

Stupid cats.
Dogs however, know, we are the greatest hunters that ever existed. Good doggie.

07-28-2006, 01:20 PM	#16
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	If that were my cat I'd name him Mittens. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

07-28-2006, 02:05 PM	#18
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Rubber bands are a big hit, too. But I have to take those away, because I'm afraid they are eating them. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

07-28-2006, 02:29 PM	#20
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	My cat plays fetch with my hair bands. She'll steal them off my nightstand, too. I buy a pack of 30, and they're gone in a month. She must drop them off in the same place missing socks go... __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

07-28-2006, 10:00 PM	#23
astrodex May Ter Dee Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Cambridge, MA Posts: 26	Segue Let's see that cat bring these home: [url="http://www.harriesheder.com/glove.htm"]Porter Square T Station This sculpture is in my "T" station here in Cambridge and I thought it did a nice job of connecting the last two IOD's (I'sOD?). The photos are horrible but the art is fun when it is not being used as a gum receptacle. You know, I think this work actually generated controversy and is found offensive by some who consider it insensitive to holocaust victims. No, really.

07-28-2006, 10:14 PM	#24
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Once your cat is bored with chasing a laser beam around the floor (with occasional trips up the wall just for laughs), and put a loop of tape on the back of one paw, or maybe a wee bit more there's always zero-G __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

07-28-2006, 11:38 PM	#26
Hoof Hearted ...you smell something? Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Monroe, GA Posts: 420	Most of our cat toys (plastic milk rings, pens et cetera...) wind up under either the fridge or stove where we cannot readily retrieve them. Last year my husband brought home a kitty from work who was near death, he had a huge abcess on his neck, nearly as large as his head. Anyhow, the first time I tried to play-drag a leather string in front of him, he pounced on it with both front feet and then snatched his head down to bite it to 'kill' it. Husband thinks LuckyDuck received his wound because he had been bitten by a snake. I agree, as if it were from another cat, I feel he would not have been so trusting and friendly with our established housefull. When hubby brought him home: His FrankenKitty stitches: The whole clan: LD is at the bottom of the pic. Whattaya gonna do? Gotta love 'em! hh __________________ I have the ability of single-minded determination and focu...Hey, look! A horse!

07-29-2006, 10:08 AM	#28
ajaccio Colloquialist Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 76	I think we all know that cats are born with a heathy does of the "play gene" as nature's way of helping them practice hunting. It sharpens all their skills and instincts. Another interesting fact that I learned from some biologist friends is that when cats bring home dead animals (or remnants thereof) and leave them for you to find, they are teaching YOU to hunt. Sort of the "do as I do" approach. Apparently felines find that we don't go out there and kill enough of our own food...

07-29-2006, 11:00 AM	#30
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Stupid cats. Dogs however, know, we are the greatest hunters that ever existed. Good doggie. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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