Don’t get me wrong. I love my kitty. I’ve loved the stuffing out of every cat I’ve ever owned.
But tonight I saw a product called “Appetizers for Cats” in the store. It was, in fact, marketed as an “appetizer” and not as a “treat”.
:eek::smack::dubious::eek:!!! Are you shitting me? Why does a freaking cat need an appetizer? To get geared up before he goes outside and rips the throat out of a baby bird?
Reminds me of the old joke about a guy who goes into a restaurant. The waiter asks him if he wants an appetizer. The guy says “Appetizer? If I wasn’t hungry I wouldn’t be in here!!”
Appetizers for cats! Meanwhile there is still decaffeinated coffee, non-alcoholic beer, and lemonade that’s made without lemons (as opposed to some furniture polish that has real lemon juice in it!).
My cats would probably ignore the appetizers and go straight for the main course. Since they don’t hold kitty cocktail parties, they don’t really need to hold tiny plates of tasty bites to cover up any social awkwardness when they can’t think of anything to say. If they have something to say, they say it. And if they don’t, they say it anyway. They’re pretty talkative, and are never at a loss for something to say. Especially the Siamese.
I think that’s just what they call them–I feed them as treats, though it’s more like a fairly regularly scheduled meal. Mayhem, my kitty, loves them; no other wet food will do.
I happen to prefer decaffeinated coffee when I want a hot beverage and it’s a bit later than is good for me to be consuming caffeine. Likewise, sometimes I want the flavor of beer with lunch or dinner, but for whatever reason do not want the intoxicating effects of alcohol.
I will admit “appetizers for cats” makes almost as little sense as “appetizers for dogs”.
LawMonkey Your cat has an awesome name! (Of course now I’m picturing the Allstate guy, maybe they can do a commercial together.)
Cicero and Little Nemo Your ideas for what cat appetizers are intrigue me and I would like to subscirbe to your newsletter. Also, my giant puppy probably agrees with you, then again I think he’d like to be fed on a hobbit schedule. (Giant in size for his breed according to the AKC, perfectly proportioned in size v. weight).
My contribution is that they now make doggie ice cream which Bogie (giant puppy) eats with relish on special occasions. Also let us not forget the wisdom of Cartman explaining appetizers to Starvin Marvin (although I could have sworn Cartman called them appeteasers).
I think that it’s more like a dinner bell. Also, my cats think that when I open the fridge, turkey or ham is going to magically appear. And they don’t want to take any chances of missing out on turkey or ham.
Just to keep things straight, the cat treats are still as useful as cat treats always were. It’s the advertising people that are absurd. Well, the same as they always were, too.
I suppose you could look at this as a sign of increasing consumer confidence - no one would spend money on appetizers for cats who was worried that it would be hard to get money in the near future. Maybe economists should invent a “useless crap index” - the proportion of the GDP that’s spent on useless crap.
:smack::dubious::eek:!!! Are you shitting me? Why does a freaking cat need an appetizer? To get geared up before he goes outside and rips the throat out of a baby bird?