# Ask The Cat **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339 "2006-03-14T17:31:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/21 "2006-03-14T19:48:58Z")
Merlin, you’re posting under Inigo Montoya’s screen name. I’m pretty sure the mods don’t like that. You’ll need to get your own account. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/22 "2006-03-14T20:36:08Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > Merlyn: > > Is that 14 in cat years, or people years? > > What does cat food REALLY taste like? And in a related vein, what do small rodents and birds taste like? ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/23 "2006-03-14T20:44:21Z")
Merlyn, You’ve got a sploch of milk on your nose and you’re still wearing your white bib. You might want to sort yourself out before you go to that disco party tonight. Here’s my question: What’s the _deal_ with airline food? Thanks, Mbossa ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/24 "2006-03-14T22:17:19Z")
_YAaaaaaaawn_ = = = S t r e t c h = = = GIMME SOME FOOD INIGO! GIMME SOME FOOD INIGO! GIMME SOME FOOD INIGO! GIMME SOME FOOD INIGO! GIMME SOME FOOD INIGO! GIMME SOME FOOD INIGO! GIMME SOME FOOD INIGO! GIMME SOME FOOD INIGO! GIMME SOME FOOD INIGO! GIMME SOME FOOD INIGO! GIMME SOME FOOD INIGO! GIMME SOME FOOD INIGO! - Watches Inigo fill the dish with irresistable kibbles\* Yeah, that looks good. I’ll get to that after a quick nap…Any Questions? ---
**Author:** ![cabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@cabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cabdude)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/25 "2006-03-14T23:06:03Z")
Could it be that you invite questions, yet offer no answers? How feline… ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/26 "2006-03-14T23:15:33Z")
Merlyn, what’s the meaning of life, the universe, and everything? Deep Thought wasn’t very good with his answer… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/27 "2006-03-15T02:47:45Z")
So what exactly is in the other room that requires you to suddenly accelerate to 83 mph to get there? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/28 "2006-03-15T03:13:19Z")
Merlyn, what is the third word ending in “gry?” ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/29 "2006-03-15T03:57:42Z")
Merlyn, the people in my house have developed a theory that when [our cat](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/Korval/animals/shan1.jpg) gallumphs noisily up and down the hall at full speed that he’s chasing off invisible demons, is that what’s happening, or is there some other cause? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/30 "2006-03-15T03:59:07Z")
> [@Kat](#): > > Merlyn, the people in my house have developed a theory that when [our cat](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/Korval/animals/shan1.jpg) gallumphs noisily up and down the hall at full speed that he’s chasing off invisible demons, is that what’s happening, or is there some other cause? What a spooky picture! That cat looks like it sees invisible demons, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Mariemarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Mariemarie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mariemarie)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/31 "2006-03-15T04:59:36Z")
Dear Merlyn, Do you eat peas? ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/32 "2006-03-15T06:18:54Z")
Are your balls intact? If so, _Yort?_ /Eleusis’ former siamese female, who before getting spayed, would yell “YORT YORT YORT YORT!”, and then look look over her shoulder at the nearest human with bedroom eyes and ask, “Yort?” ---
**Author:** ![LadyMack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@LadyMack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LadyMack)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/33 "2006-03-15T06:59:56Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > Good day. I am [Merlyn](http://photobucket.com/albums/a216/InigoFMontoya/?action=view¤t=Merlyn.jpg). I have been a cat for over 14 years. Any questions? What were you _before_ you were a cat…? ---
**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 15, 2006, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/34 "2006-03-15T09:02:21Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Merlyn, what’s the meaning of life, the universe, and everything? Deep Thought wasn’t very good with his answer… Look [in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/) for your answers. Or send in your own answers. ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/35 "2006-03-15T09:17:05Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > Look [in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/) for your answers. Or send in your own answers. 36? ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/36 "2006-03-15T09:49:19Z")
What does “THE” stand for? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/37 "2006-03-15T13:18:57Z")
> [@Bertie Wooster](#): > > Miaow-miaow very miaow in miaow-miaow Bradley M3A3 Fighting Vehicle System miaow? Or is it _vice versa_, Merlyn? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/38 "2006-03-15T13:30:32Z")
Why do you cats always have to lick your butts when everyone’s watching you? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339/39 "2006-03-15T13:44:56Z")
> [@Lynn Bodoni](#): > > Look [in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/) for your answers. Or send in your own answers. Er… _points to second half of question_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-cat/348339.md?page=1)