# Cat friends vs. dog friends

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-friends-vs-dog-friends/647712>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 19, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-friends-vs-dog-friends/647712 "2013-01-19T14:45:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-friends-vs-dog-friends/647712/1 "2013-01-19T14:45:26Z")

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As a cat owner, this [video](http://bit.ly/WObmSy)made me laugh and laugh.

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-friends-vs-dog-friends/647712/2 "2013-01-19T14:54:07Z")

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That was brilliant! Thanks for sharing.

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**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-friends-vs-dog-friends/647712/3 "2013-01-19T16:12:50Z")

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That’s funny. But the cat friend seems more like a dick than my cat friends are.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-friends-vs-dog-friends/647712/4 "2013-01-19T16:32:26Z")

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Really? The walking-across-the-sofa thing seemed right on-target.

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**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-friends-vs-dog-friends/647712/5 "2013-01-19T16:34:09Z")

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> [@twickster](#):
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> Really? The walking-across-the-sofa thing seemed right on-target.

Yes, but my cat does that so she can sit in my lap and then shower me in purr kisses.

Cat Friend in the video was not affectionate at all.

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**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:** [January 19, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-friends-vs-dog-friends/647712/6 "2013-01-19T16:43:25Z")

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I thought that it was all completely in character, except for when the dog friend took the paper towel and tucked it into his shirt as a napkin. REAL dogs don’t NEED no steenking napkins!