# Beckdawrek is unwell **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605 "2022-04-10T01:56:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/141 "2022-04-14T22:16:22Z")
I’m giddy with excitement and fear. Gotta not have another accident. Crossed fingers. I told Mid-daughter to call her Voodoo priestess. just oops, just jinxed me ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/142 "2022-04-15T01:11:45Z")
@carnivorousplant Not really. He was a very mellow cat! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/143 "2022-04-15T02:10:07Z")
How is it you get low-key/mellow cats? Is it the universe working against me? A–gain. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/144 "2022-04-15T20:34:27Z")
I dunno. My cats were.pretty mellow. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/145 "2022-04-15T21:57:59Z")
Simonize cats are notorious. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/146 "2022-04-15T23:08:48Z")
If you try to Simonize your cats, you’ll deserve what you get. (That is _not_ the right way to polish a cat.) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/147 "2022-04-16T01:19:40Z")
Pray tell, what is the correct way? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/148 "2022-04-16T01:36:03Z")
Application of the natural oils of the human hand via patting. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/149 "2022-04-16T01:40:02Z")
My Tabby subscribes to that theory, substituting petting. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/150 "2022-04-16T01:41:41Z")
**Beck** , glad you are getting out, and getting better food. The hospital you have been in must be behind the times. I’ve been in both of the local general admittance hospitals, and for mass produced food they have pretty good chow. Also you get to choose it off of a menu and set the time for it’s arrival during the general meal hours. Also, good luck in putting the “tampon” on the cat. Do you have protective gear? I was at Good Friday services this evening. The most solemn service of the church year, as I know I couldn’t have done what He did. When I was a kid I thought Christmas was the most important service, but as I grew I came to realize it’s the Easter cycle. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/151 "2022-04-16T01:45:10Z")
For catsakes, Beck is in Texarkana! If not Texas, it’s so close you can smell it. Of course the food is awful. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/152 "2022-04-16T01:53:35Z")
Speaking as a dog and proud representative of the canine genus (_Canis_) I believe the correct way is to hold the cat by the tail and dip it into a vat of hair oil. Then remove the excess oil using the method illustrated below. [![](https://i.imgur.com/EjmDO5Y.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/EjmDO5Y.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/153 "2022-04-16T02:03:47Z")
How to give a cat a pill. > **[THE FUNNY FILE](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC372253/)** ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/154 "2022-04-16T02:06:17Z")
If you ever become homeless, despite my being a sucker, I ain’t giving you any money. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/155 "2022-04-16T02:07:06Z")
I thought there was a “call your Husband in from the garden” in there somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/156 "2022-04-16T02:35:35Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > If you ever become homeless, despite my being a sucker, I ain’t giving you any money. Hey! I love all animals, kitties included. It’s just that if I were in a position where there’s a philosophical disagreement between a Dog and a Cat, I’m siding with the Dog, is all I’m sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/157 "2022-04-16T02:59:58Z")
OMG. I can just imagine twirlin’ My Siamese cats like that. Thank you. Son-of-a-wrek enjoyed it immensely. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/158 "2022-04-17T01:45:05Z")
Keep up the speedy recovery Beck! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/159 "2022-04-17T06:49:57Z")
Glad to hear your recovery is recovering, @Beckdawrek! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2022, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605/160 "2022-04-17T07:19:41Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Hey! I love all animals, kitties included. It’s just that if I were in a position where there’s a philosophical disagreement between a Dog and a Cat, I’m siding with the Dog, is all I’m sayin’. Cat for me. But I agree, all animals should be loved and protected. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beckdawrek-is-unwell/962605.md?page=9)