Bossy Monkey
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Fri Oct-06-06 10:48 AM
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If cats are so standoffish, why does this one always want to stand on me? |
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Fri Oct-06-06 10:51 AM
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1. change your name to ish |
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Fri Oct-06-06 10:52 AM
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2. He's "the man" and he's trying to keep you down. "He" in the generic |
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"He's the man" sense, of course.
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Bossy Monkey
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Fri Oct-06-06 12:09 PM
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3. I think Amelia is only trying to keep me down 'cause that way |
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she gets more scritches, but the other thing is always possible.:)
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Fri Oct-06-06 12:25 PM
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4. Ar you lying on your back |
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Cats will stand on your chest and push down rhythmically on your chest with alternate paws. It is the way kitties stimulate their mothers to lactate and the kitty thinks you are it's mommy.
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Bossy Monkey
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Fri Oct-06-06 12:29 PM
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6. Sometimes she'll knead; mostly she just stands there |
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or eventually lays down. (Yes I'm lying on my back.)
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Fri Oct-06-06 12:30 PM
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7. he he, you are a girl cat! |
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Fri Oct-06-06 12:28 PM
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5. And while doing so, it can manipulate the laws of physics. |
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Ever notice how a 12-pound cat can put about 20,000 pounds of pressure under one paw when they're standing on you?
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Fri Oct-06-06 12:56 PM
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10. Yes, and usually either on a full bladder or your breasts |
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It's an amazing suspending of the laws of nature.
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Fri Oct-06-06 01:21 PM
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13. YES!!! Especially the boobs. |
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:rofl: I've said "OW GET OFF MY BOOB!" to one of my cats way, way too many times. :rofl:
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Fri Oct-06-06 04:47 PM
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14. It's like spikes are being driven into them |
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It's a feline orgy of mammary gland crucifixion...!
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Fri Oct-06-06 05:31 PM
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16. She likes to step on my boyfriend's bladder |
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With me, she walks up the bed and straight onto my chest, practically in my face. She likes to paw at the blanket near my mouth. And even a six-pound cat can put incredible pressure on my chest with each of her front paws.
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Fri Oct-06-06 12:59 PM
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I'd answer in greater detail, but there's a cat on my chest.:)
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Fri Oct-06-06 12:40 PM
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8. You got the standonish one? |
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Mine likes to march on my leg. Why?
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Fri Oct-06-06 12:54 PM
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9. The SO and I think it's hysterical people think cats are aloof or/and |
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independent. Neither of us have ever owned a cat that was. The three we have now are the most sociable, needing-to-be-near-you kitties in the world (they aren't weird or clingy, though). One even lays in front of the door during the week when you try to go to work -- he wants you to stay home.
And, all but one hangs out with company, too. The one that doesn't WILL hang out if it's only women (which is often the case except when parental units visit).
I'm sure some kitties are like that, but I've never been owned by one!
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Fri Oct-06-06 01:04 PM
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12. You exist merely to serve. Deal with it. n/t |
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Fri Oct-06-06 04:57 PM
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15. Cats are standonnish. |
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And sometimes when they sit on you, they dig their little pointy elbows into you.
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