# A story of the enlightenment of a cat **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 9, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story-of-the-enlightenment-of-a-cat/75590 "2001-08-09T14:33:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2001, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story-of-the-enlightenment-of-a-cat/75590/21 "2001-08-12T19:07:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ladyfoxfyre \* > \*\*This is the same cat who will pick food off your plate. We have to apologize to company because this feline specimen has NO MODESTY whatsoever. She’ll climb up on your lap, look around innocently, and then stick her paw on your hand, following it from the plate to the mouth, then back to the plate. Sometimes she gets bold and pulls the food straight from the plate. Or your mouth. No modesty. > \*\* Amusing stories so far but I’m ummm… stunned at this one. You let the cat do this obnoxious and disgusting thing when you have _company_ eating at the dinner table? Why not just put the cat in another room and lock the door for awhile. ---
**Author:** ![RalfCoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@RalfCoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RalfCoder)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story-of-the-enlightenment-of-a-cat/75590/22 "2001-08-14T13:37:33Z")
We used to have one old warrior tomcat named Trouble. In his youth he caught a baby rabbit. He didn’t hurt it in any way, just brought it unnoticed into the house and dropped it in his food bowl. He was saving it for a snack later, we think. His sister, Nosy, had a habit of doing somersaults. She would stop what she was doing, lower her head, and roll forward and do a flip. We learned to recognize the warning signs of this, and would amaze guests by telling her to do a somersault. She almost always “obeyed”. Our friends thought we were such clever animal trainers… One of the current crew is Mitzi, a hyperactive, hyper-nervous grey tiger. Couple this with slick floors, and you get lots of action, no traction, and the occasional thump into the cabinetry. Oh, and **Lady Juliet**? May I suggest some decals or stickers, mounted about cat-high on that sliding glass door? ---
**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story-of-the-enlightenment-of-a-cat/75590/23 "2001-08-14T15:30:44Z")
LOL! Super OP! We have a George, all black with golden eyes; looks like a miniature jaguar. He likes the trash, when there is something nummy (to his way of thinking) in it. Once I heard him in it, and caught him, head down and butt in the air. So I ‘helped’ him in the rest of the way. He showed his lack of amusement like only a cat can! BTW, his name suits him very well; he shifts back and forth between “which way did he go, George” to “Curious George”. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story-of-the-enlightenment-of-a-cat/75590/24 "2001-08-14T16:23:17Z")
> [@](#): > > Roger (aka:the monkey dog) a Russian blue type of cat with no tail, very stocky, looks like a monkey dog. Not the brightest animal in the world. My roomates cat. Great story, very funny. I have a cat, Bo, who is also not the brightest bulb in the pack. He is so sweet though, and I love him dearly. But a question lingers…what on earth is a monkey dog? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story-of-the-enlightenment-of-a-cat/75590.md?page=1)