Poll for Cat People

[Kali]

(strange topic for my very first poll but inspired by a photo I just saw)


Where are the cats allowed to hang?

Edited to fix #4 for the folks who didn't get it.

[Solon]

1. Sorry, this is funny!!!!!

Where's this option:

What do you mean "Allowed" this is THEIR house! :)

[BrklynLiberal]

2. I was just going to ask for the option.."They can go wherever they want."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Kali]

5. changed it see 4 again

[DELUSIONAL]

3. Creator of this poll is NOT owned by a cat

[Kali]

6. see # 4 again

[CelticWinter]

4. where ever they want

Im lucky they let me sleep in my bed.

[ET Awful]

7. I'm not picky. They can go wherever they want.

I always wash the counter I'm working at if I'm preparing food anyway, and they don't get up there while I'm working.

It works out fine. I just keep a bottle of cleaner under the sink and when I'm ready to prepare food or some such, I spray down the counter, wipe it up with a clean sponge and dry it off . . . and off I go.

Why fight with the cat if it only takes 30 seconds to make the counter sanitary?

[Allenberg]

22. This is what I do as well.

Little bit of bleach in water with a soap agent, wipe down, let dry. It's pretty much moot, since whenever I make anything, I do it on a butcher block, which they can't get to.

[Arugula Latte]

8. One of mine practically lives on the counter.

I figure, hey, it'll strengthen our immune systems.

The only thing I hate is putting on the show when non-cat people come over: -- feigning surprise -- "Oh! Otis got up on the counter!"

[lildreamer316]

10. Tell me about it!

and then they get that shocked and suspicious look when it happens again and you DON'T go ballistic. Whatever. Obviously never had a cat......

[Arugula Latte]

12. Yeah, exactly. It's hard to keep up the fake outrage!

:hi:

[Kali]

14. Plenty of regular dirt around here for immunities, its hacking up those

dang hairballs - try explaning that to company. And how does it get INSIDE the fridge?

[Rhiannon12866]

9. My challenge is keeping the cat off of the stove!!! Yikes!

He gets this quizzical look on his face, sniffing in the direction of his tail, wondering what's with the burning smell...:eyes:

[Kali]

13. stayed in a house once that had a cat that slept on the stove

No whiskers or eyebrows. Pilot lights.

[Rhiannon12866]

15. OMG!!! Poor kitty!!! And I have an electric stove.

I know cooks prefer gas, and I like to cook, but actual fire and gas scares me to death!!! As for the cat, he's totally incorrigible. I mean, he's 14! If he hasn't figured out that getting on the stove when it's turned on produces that scorched-tail smell, what hope is there?! But, to be fair to him, he's very spoiled and is watched like a hawk...:-)

[uppityperson]

11. Not on the table while people are eating there

not on the counter unless you don't get caught. Or go really fast so the 10 second rule applies.

[Rhiannon12866]

17. I agree with this, as well. Not on the kitchen counter, ever, since I am

not a big fan of cat hair in food. As for the table, a lot more goes on there than eating, so I'm not so fussy. But hair and food is a huge negative for me, human or pet. But when it comes to my guys, cats or dogs, I have few rules. I'm a liberal and I hate rules, so sure don't inflict them on my pets, except when it comes to food, theirs or mine, LOL!:D

[uppityperson]

18. Took a bowl off the frig last wk to find a hacked up furball in it

I asked my cat why she felt compelled to go on top of the frig to hack up a furball and she replied " ".

[Rhiannon12866]

30. Eeeww!!! I hate those...

Obviously I'm familiar with hairballs. Do you use Laxatone? A must with long-haired cats...:-)

[enigmatic]

16. No counters or tables

No matter how much she screams. But I've given up trying to keep her fron the bathroom sink; that's her spot!

[davsand]

19. Not on counters or table (WHEN I'm looking.)

The reality of cats is that the second you are out of the room or gone to work they ARE driven to walk on the table and counter. It is what cats DO.

One time we were on a trip and my husband ordered coffee. It came and he looked in the cup with a REALLY puzzled expression. I asked what was up--thinking the coffee was bad somehow. Hubby, with a totally deadpan expression looks at me and says, "I didn't recognize it as coffee--there was no cat hair floating in it."

At that time we lived with three cats and there was NO refuge from the cat hair. Now we are down to just one, and he can barely recognize his coffee.



Laura

[underpants]

20. NO counters* but the table is fine-we rarely use it

* the window behind the sink is fine just don't let us catch you ON the counter...on the way to the window :eyes: (us)

We usually eat downstairs in the rec room. Of all the things I have been able to accomplish in my life one of the my most proudest achievements is breaking my wife from "Dinner time " ( I eat when I am hungry) and the dreaded "What do you want to do for dinner?" I HATE that.

[LisaL]

21. They hang wherever they darn well please.

Especially when nobody is home but them.

[spinbaby]

23. We're pretty strict about the counters

Not for sanitary reasons but because I'm afraid one will wander onto the smooth-top range while it's still hot. But the dining-room table is fair game--one of ours thinks she's a centerpiece.

[ET Awful]

24. To prevent that problem with the smooth top range,

I put an upside down baking sheet over the burners until it cools down.

That way, if they do get on the stove accidentally, at worst they'll get hot toes, not 3rd degree burns. :).

After it cools, I just slip the baking sheet back between the cupboards and refrigerator where it stays until I need it again.

It's purely a safety precaution :)

[MissMillie]

25. Clorox Wipes

A cat person's best friend

[Patiod]

26. The table is nice, cat-cooling glass!

So no way we can keep her off of it.

A campaign of screaming "GET DOWN GET DOWN GET DOWN GET DOWN" over the years has made her realize that getting on the counter isn't worth it.

[giant_robot]

27. No counters, no kitchen table, no dining room table.

That's a serious peeve of mine. My little buddy has plenty of other places to explore.

[dajoki]

28. our cat does whatever he wants...

no sense trying to stop him.:banghead:

[grace0418]

Technically he's not allowed on the counters or the table.

But judging by the paw prints on both when I come home from work he doesn't strictly adhere to that rule when we're not home.

That's okay, he's the cutest thing I've ever seen and I love him more than almost anything so I forgive him just about anything.

[ScreamingMeemie]

29. Merlin is too fat to get up on any of those places...but he does

scream until we pick him up to put him in bed with us...or he attempts a rather clumsy, fat boy, leap. :hi:

[Callalily]

31. Anywhere she wants.

My cat is old and asks for so little, but gives so much. She can go where ever she wants, whenever she wants. Now tell me, who is training whom?

[davidinalameda]

32. my cats pretty much have the run of my apartment