# A laugh for cat lovers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laugh-for-cat-lovers/283656>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 7, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laugh-for-cat-lovers/283656 "2005-01-07T23:03:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laugh-for-cat-lovers/283656/1 "2005-01-07T23:03:38Z")

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A friend sent me this, it’s most amusing…

[http://www.angrymonkey.net/putfileshere/stupidcats.wmv](http://www.angrymonkey.net/putfileshere/stupidcats.wmv)

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laugh-for-cat-lovers/283656/2 "2005-01-07T23:46:40Z")

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Heh. 😃

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**Author:** ![josejones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5fc32e/32.png) [@josejones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/josejones)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laugh-for-cat-lovers/283656/3 "2005-01-08T00:55:56Z")

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beautiful.

try the sock trick on your cat. take a big sweat sock, and pull it down over his head. turn on the video recorder. watch the cat scramble backwards on two legs trying to pull the thing off over it’s head.

oh, and make sure there are no stairs nearby. it took ernie a week to stop hissing at me.

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**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laugh-for-cat-lovers/283656/4 "2005-01-08T00:58:51Z")

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Clumsy cats are funny.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laugh-for-cat-lovers/283656/5 "2005-01-08T01:10:27Z")

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:d :d :d :d

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**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laugh-for-cat-lovers/283656/6 "2005-01-08T01:22:28Z")

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_wipes tears from eyes_

ah, thanks, I needed that. I’ve seen that video a ton of times before – have it saved on my computer and everything – and it _still_ makes me laugh more than anything else I’ve ever seen.

My stomach muscles don’t hurt enough; I think I’ll watch it again. 😃

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**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laugh-for-cat-lovers/283656/7 "2005-01-08T14:40:43Z")

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Hey, clicking on that link set off my antivirus detector and tried to install software on my computer! What’s going on?

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**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laugh-for-cat-lovers/283656/8 "2005-01-08T16:28:22Z")

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That was one of the best one minute and thirty-nine seconds of my entire life. 🆒

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**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laugh-for-cat-lovers/283656/9 "2005-01-08T16:41:53Z")

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> [@Napier](#):
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> Hey, clicking on that link set off my antivirus detector and tried to install software on my computer! What’s going on?

I dunno, just right-click, and save target as… It’s a .WMV file.

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**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laugh-for-cat-lovers/283656/10 "2005-01-08T20:17:30Z")

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> [@Napier](#):
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> Hey, clicking on that link set off my antivirus detector and tried to install software on my computer! What’s going on?

I dunno. I’ve got Norton AntiVirus and pop-up blocking set and I haven’t had so much as a blip.

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**Author:** ![SoozieQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@SoozieQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoozieQ)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2005, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laugh-for-cat-lovers/283656/11 "2005-01-08T20:20:57Z")

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I like cats

they taste like chicken 😉

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**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2005, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-laugh-for-cat-lovers/283656/12 "2005-01-09T07:39:32Z")

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We place Our imprimatur upon this video.

It is, indeed, most amusing!

WRS
