# A truer webcomic there has never been (cat related) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 9, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truer-webcomic-there-has-never-been-cat-related/395188 "2007-03-09T00:16:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truer-webcomic-there-has-never-been-cat-related/395188/21 "2007-03-09T16:49:26Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] But you don’t explain it to them, do you? No, you say, “You’re a kitty! Oh, yes you are!” [/QUOTE] Every day, the fuzzy black land shark who lives in my house greets me on the front page when I get home from work. The conversation usually goes something like this: Me: “Howdy.” FBLS: _mrraow_ Me: “So did you have an eventful day?” FBLS: _prrmaow_ Me: “Really. How interesting.” FBLS: _miaow_ Me: “Well, I’ll expect a full report, at your convenience of course.” Then we go inside. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truer-webcomic-there-has-never-been-cat-related/395188/22 "2007-03-09T16:53:35Z")
[QUOTE=Kat] _I_ don’t talk like that to my cat. I tend to just meow at him. [/QUOTE] Do you lick his fur like that cat in the OP pic? The only cat I see regularly is one of those DID ones that is sweet-sweet-sweet-sweet-RROWRR-bity-scratchy. So I do use the baby talk tone, but usually to say things like “You are a shithead, aren’t you? aren’t you? Stay away from me you psycho…” But all in a cutesy voice so I don’t think her feelings are hurt. ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truer-webcomic-there-has-never-been-cat-related/395188/23 "2007-03-09T19:00:51Z")
I don’t think my cats would stand for that. You’d get [this look](http://img406.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kittiesas1.jpg) - the _WTF are you talking about and can’t you go away until you are needed_ look. Our conversations more center around _why_ they don’t ever help around the house anymore and _when_ do they think they’ll start looking for jobs to pay for all this cat food they’ve been snarfing down. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truer-webcomic-there-has-never-been-cat-related/395188/24 "2007-03-09T19:24:08Z")
When I see a cat, I usually say, “Hello, _cat._” The key is getting just the right intonation of disgust and condescension on the word “cat.” I figure, that’s how they seem to greet me, so I should return the favor. Of course, after the greeting, I still give them plenty of belly rubbins and ear scratches. I’m only human, you know. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truer-webcomic-there-has-never-been-cat-related/395188/25 "2007-03-09T21:52:18Z")
[QUOTE=Dinaroozie] Ahhh I love xkcd. I agree that it’s a good idea to read through the archives - a good way to waste the afternoon. Don’t forget to read the mouse-over text for the comics, either - it has a hidden joke! My love of xkcd aside, I’m not like that with cats. When a cat enters the room the most I’ll ever say is a monotone “Oh, hello cat.” Even if I know the cat’s name. And I might wave. Does that make me weird? (I’m a cat person, too) [/QUOTE] Mouse over text?!?!? Damn! Now I have to go through the entire archive - again. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/edb3f5/32.png) [@Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Push_Up_Bra)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truer-webcomic-there-has-never-been-cat-related/395188/26 "2007-03-10T00:28:18Z")
[QUOTE=brewha] Mouse over text?!?!? Damn! Now I have to go through the entire archive - again. [/QUOTE] Yep, you and me both…it’s so worth it though! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truer-webcomic-there-has-never-been-cat-related/395188/27 "2007-03-10T01:35:37Z")
I always greet the babies with “You’re a cat! Don’t deny it. I can tell by the ears and whiskers! I did not authorize a cat!” Then they beg for food and I feed them. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2007, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truer-webcomic-there-has-never-been-cat-related/395188/28 "2007-03-10T03:28:13Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Do you lick his fur like that cat in the OP pic? [/QUOTE] No. I will admit to one thing. When we’re eating people food, I have been known to say to the cat, in an Oliver-Platt-as-Porthos voice, “You can’t have any; you’re a cat.” (It’s only fair, after all. We don’t eat any cat food and he doesn’t eat any people food.) I think I’ve done it twice. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truer-webcomic-there-has-never-been-cat-related/395188/29 "2007-03-10T15:18:58Z")
I’m catless in my current household, but I do pet-sit for folks with cats. There’s a really charming pair of jellicle cats I’m taking care of right now. I tell them they’re terrible-horrible-wicked-bad CATS while I pet them. They purr and seem to appreciate the sentiment. 😃 However, I also tell my dogs and other dogs the exact same thing (substituting “dogs” for “cats” of course.) I’m sure I’ll be singing the “Cat – you’re a kitty cat” dance song to them next time. Damn you all. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truer-webcomic-there-has-never-been-cat-related/395188.md?page=1)