# And it's good news for cat-lovers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 19, 2008, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921 "2008-03-19T11:00:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921/1 "2008-03-19T11:00:28Z")
Apparently, per the BBC, 'Cat owners appear to have a much lower risk of dying from a heart attack than their feline-spurning counterparts, a study suggests. ’ [Link with cat pic](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7304393.stm) ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921/2 "2008-03-19T11:33:50Z")
Weird. My cat just RAISED my blood pressure by going through my purse, once again, to find the blush brush in my makeup bag and run off with it like it’s live prey. Once I yelled at him for it, though, I came back to the computer giggling. Out of his hearing, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921/3 "2008-03-19T13:30:49Z")
heh. got that beat… try driving through pouring rain in the dark (two hours ago) in heavy rush hour traffic while your cat is having a major meltdown in the seat beside you. my blood pressure still hasn’t backed down. :eek: miss speck went to the vet this morning for her big operation. she was NOT a happy kitty. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921/4 "2008-03-19T13:53:11Z")
My cat found a new game last night. He’s figured out that he can get under my bed and climb up the space between the wall and the headboard by clawing his way up. This enables him to wake me up with either the noise, or by jumping on my head once he makes it to the top. The thought of duct taping him to the wall and throwing darts at him once I make it home is the only thing keeping me awake at work. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921/5 "2008-03-19T15:13:38Z")
Yeah, but what they don’t tell you in that article is that cats are trying to make you have a [stroke](http://abcnews.go.com/Health/HeartDiseaseCenter/wireStory?id=4325918) instead. They climb up on your lap, purr, and you’re so comfortable you drift off. Then, once you’ve had a stroke, they plan to eat you. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921/6 "2008-03-19T21:17:21Z")
[QUOTE=hotflungwok] My cat found a new game last night. He’s figured out that he can get under my bed and climb up the space between the wall and the headboard by clawing his way up. This enables him to wake me up with either the noise, or by jumping on my head once he makes it to the top. The thought of duct taping him to the wall and throwing darts at him once I make it home is the only thing keeping me awake at work. [/QUOTE] i’ve posted this elsewhere, but miss speck the wunderkitten has discovered the joys of scaring mom out of her skin while she’s in the bathtub reading. she thinks it’s great fun to pounce at the shower curtain, because she’s learned that one of several things happen at once: mom shrieks/squeals/screams water splashes everywhere sometimes there are possible toes available above the water surface to chase mom’s glass (plastic. i learned my lesson the hard way with real glass and tubs of water) of blue moon with orange wedge / merlot ends up IN the tub which result in much more unusual noise coming from mom (who has since learned to put the drink on the INSIDE ledge of the tub away from pouncing wunderkittens. ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921/7 "2008-03-20T00:53:28Z")
[QUOTE=Audrey Levins] Weird. My cat just RAISED my blood pressure by going through my purse, once again, to find the blush brush in my makeup bag and run off with it like it’s live prey. Once I yelled at him for it, though, I came back to the computer giggling. Out of his hearing, of course. [/QUOTE] What’s up with cats and makeup brushes?! My little Mina will go through my whole makeup case or the drawer and pull out the blush and eyeshadow brushes and run off with them! She’s crazy, we think she just wants to look pretty. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921/8 "2008-03-20T03:03:34Z")
My Siamese girl used to steal makeup and hair and paint brushes, until we wised up and bought her several furry toys. She especially appreciates the ones on an elastic string that can be hung in a doorway. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921/9 "2008-03-20T06:07:20Z")
Okay, I’m not sure which, but either **hotflungwok** or **elfkin477** owes me a new keyboard. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921/10 "2008-03-20T06:18:46Z")
[QUOTE=Elysium] What’s up with cats and makeup brushes?! My little Mina will go through my whole makeup case or the drawer and pull out the blush and eyeshadow brushes and run off with them! She’s crazy, we think she just wants to look pretty. [/QUOTE] I have one that constantly steals my makeup sponges. I have to keep all my sponges locked up. I used to keep them in a plastic bin but the cat figured out how to get them out. If I forget to put the makeup sponge back in the medicine cabinet after use the cat will immediately find it and shred it. Then I have another one with a thing for q-tips. ---
**Author:** ![SomeUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@SomeUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeUserName)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921/11 "2008-03-20T09:57:29Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] Then I have another one with a thing for q-tips. [/QUOTE] I have one of those too. He is also the same one who was busted tearing apart the [TP](http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g62/AsecretK/100_0327.jpg) even though it was still in the plastic. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921/12 "2008-03-20T11:05:09Z")
My stupid cat likes playing with my little MAC eyeshadow pots. He knocked one of them off the table they live on so hard that the pot opened, the makeup lost its “firmness” and spilled like a powder all over the floor. THANKS, MAX. I really liked that color, too. But at least I won’t have a heart attack. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921/13 "2008-03-20T11:22:21Z")
You won’t die from a heart-attack but you WILL die from asphyxiation. You **do** know that cats suck your breath out while you’re sleeping don’t you? I’m not joking either. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921/14 "2008-03-20T13:04:37Z")
[QUOTE=Quartz] Cat owners appear to have a much lower risk of dying from a heart attack than their feline-spurning counterparts, a study suggests. [/QUOTE] That’s because cats know how to make it look like an accident! I like cats just fine, but between your [Angel of Death cats](http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/25/death.cat.ap/index.html) and your [Hitler cats](http://www.sandmonkey.org/2006/06/19/the-winning-hitler-cat/), I don’t trust them. It ain’t just the fog that moves with little cat feet. Lolcatz indeed. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921/15 "2008-03-20T17:18:46Z")
I always feel less stressed with my kitties about, even though they do irritating things, that are usually more funny than stress inducing. [QUOTE=Elysium] What’s up with cats and makeup brushes?! [/QUOTE] My four cats don’t seem to be interested in my makeup brushes, which are in a cup on the bathroom counter. Our youngest cat, however, seems to have some sort of ongoing love affair with the Mr’s shaving brush. The oldest cat is addicted to elastic ponytail holders. I have to make sure they are secured in the bathroom drawer otherwise she finds one, at what always seems like 3 A.M., and sits next to the bed meowing _look what I found_. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921/16 "2008-03-20T19:34:28Z")
[QUOTE=LVgeogeek] I always feel less stressed with my kitties about, even though they do irritating things, that are usually more funny than stress inducing. My four cats don’t seem to be interested in my makeup brushes, which are in a cup on the bathroom counter. Our youngest cat, however, seems to have some sort of ongoing love affair with the Mr’s shaving brush. The oldest cat is addicted to elastic ponytail holders. I have to make sure they are secured in the bathroom drawer otherwise she finds one, at what always seems like 3 A.M., and sits next to the bed meowing _look what I found_. [/QUOTE] i feel your pain. 😛 miss speck lurves her them little sponge rubber toe separators used for pedicures. i have about eleventy- jillion of them, and she knows precisely which drawer they’re stashed in. given my bad habit of not closing the vanity drawers as i should, she has a cat party in there and i have to go around and retrieve all eleventy-jillion of them stuffed into places in the house you wouldn’t believe. pony tail holders are also high on the cat party list too. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921/17 "2008-03-20T20:15:37Z")
You know those foam hair curlers? The ones that have a hard plastic device that hooks together, with a foam tube on it? Take the foam tube off. Give it to Kitty. Watch Kitty play soccer. Kitty also likes to play soccer with practice golf balls, which are superior to the little plastic balls marketed as cat toys because 1) they don’t tend to shatter into razor sharp pieces when you step on them in the middle of the night and 2) they don’t have jingle bells in them, which is again important in the middle of the night. Oh, and by the way, no matter HOW cute your cat looks, and no matter HOW much you want grandbabies, do NOT pick up a cat under its “arms”, tell it how cute it is, and then give it a raspberry kiss on the tummy region. I don’t know what possessed my husband to do that, but he’ll never do it again. Even after the scratches heal up. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-its-good-news-for-cat-lovers/441921/18 "2008-03-20T21:34:56Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] \>snip!\< Oh, and by the way, no matter HOW cute your cat looks, and no matter HOW much you want grandbabies, do NOT pick up a cat under its “arms”, tell it how cute it is, and then give it a raspberry kiss on the tummy region. I don’t know what possessed my husband to do that, but he’ll never do it again. Even after the scratches heal up. [/QUOTE] bwaaahaaa!!! you owe me a new keyboard. the hell will i learn not to take a sip of anything before reading the next post. especially in a cat-themed thread!! 😃