# Bill Clinton as catnip toy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-as-catnip-toy/33498 "2000-09-17T15:20:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-as-catnip-toy/33498/1 "2000-09-17T15:20:58Z")
After nearly two years, my cat has finally realized that her Bill Clinton doll is actually a catnip toy. A couple of years ago, we bought her a Clinton doll \made by Kitty Hoots\. Nothing elaborate; about the size of my hand, printed with a caricature of Clinton, and sewn so that it can flop around (any comparison between the doll and the actual person will go ostentatiously unmade). It didn’t smell like catnip to her, however; it’s spent 99% of its time lying, neglected, on her towel on the bed (she _has_ sat on it a couple of times). Last week, however, it inadvertantly got washed, being hidden in the folds of the towel when that got bundled up and tossed in the washing machine. My wife found, hung it up to dry, and, last night, decided that it was dry enough to put back on the bed. About 2200, I was ready to retire for the night, when Patches stopped and sniffed at the doll for several seconds. She then went into a typical catnip frenzy: biting, clawing and kicking the doll, with timeouts for licking it vigorously and rubbing her face on it, all the while purring loudly. I found this highly gratifying on a couple of levels. ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-as-catnip-toy/33498/2 "2000-09-17T15:32:18Z")
your cats name would be “Monica” would it ::shameless:: oh, and your qoute is from Jack Handy, btw ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-as-catnip-toy/33498/3 "2000-09-17T15:34:13Z")
you proof read something and you see what you were thinking rather than wha tis there? I’ll try this again, though it was weak to begin with, I feel commited now: You’re cats name woul_n’t_ be “Monica” would it. sheesh ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-as-catnip-toy/33498/4 "2000-09-17T15:35:44Z")
see what I mean? \ ::check:: Clear, sir. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Kalahari\_Khala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@Kalahari\_Khala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalahari_Khala)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-as-catnip-toy/33498/5 "2000-09-17T15:36:38Z")
We once had a Nixon mask that the dog tore up. Seemed funny mainly because Nixon was not a topic for decades and someone had someone had plulled it out of a trunk for a retro-gag. He had to end up going as a hobo. ---
**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-as-catnip-toy/33498/6 "2000-09-17T15:40:13Z")
**thinksnow** asks: > [@](#): > > You’re cats name wouln’t be “Monica” would it. No, it’s Patches (yes, I know; we were trying to save on creative thought :rolleyes: ). When we first found her, my wife _did_ suggest naming her “Hilary”. “A predatory, inhuman female?”, I replied. “Works for me”. The suggestion was not adopted. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![needspeed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c2a13f/32.png) [@needspeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needspeed)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-as-catnip-toy/33498/7 "2000-09-17T16:15:15Z")
From the original post: “…however; it’s spent 99% of its time lying…” A Freudian slip, perhaps? Doesn’t Kenneth Starr have a cat named Patches? Hmm… * * * is Gore a tree? is Bush a dyslexic Elmer Fudd? and why is Kid Rock faxing photocopied pics of his bare ass to banks in Portugal? [http://www.angelfire.com/indie/brainingdamage](http://www.angelfire.com/indie/brainingdamage) ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-as-catnip-toy/33498/8 "2000-09-17T17:01:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by needspeed \* > \*\*From the original post: “…however; it’s spent 99% of its time lying…” > > A Freudian slip, perhaps? > \*\* I was wondering the same thing. Also, what exactly was it doing the other 1% of the time? Hmmmm? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-as-catnip-toy/33498/9 "2000-09-17T17:53:38Z")
It’s Jack Hand **e** y. Let’s get it right here, people. ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-clinton-as-catnip-toy/33498/10 "2000-09-17T22:27:22Z")
One of my parents’ cats managed to turn off Pat Buchanan with the TV remote. We can’t say we blamed her.