# Cat in trash can.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-trash-can/141889>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 11, 2002, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-trash-can/141889 "2002-12-11T00:34:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 16\
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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-trash-can/141889/1 "2002-12-11T00:34:01Z")

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My cat is in my trash can. She seems to enjoy it there. Question:  
She looks comfromtable. Can I join her? Should I feed her with all the cruddy kleeex that’s in there? …Never mind. She’s on her back purring like hell. HA! Feed her later.

I’m Just a tad toasted,

Jack 😃

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**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-trash-can/141889/2 "2002-12-11T00:40:31Z")

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Oooh! Kitten in a can! Is that copyrighted?

Wonder what that [reminds me of …](http://www.bonsaikitten.com/)  
\> ^. . ^\<

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**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-trash-can/141889/3 "2002-12-11T00:46:28Z")

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> My cat is in my trash can.

Excellent place for it.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-trash-can/141889/4 "2002-12-11T01:59:42Z")

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> \*Originally posted by XJETGIRLX \*  
> \*\*Oooh! Kitten in a can! Is that copyrighted?
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> Wonder what that [reminds me of …](http://www.bonsaikitten.com/)  
> \> ^. . ^\< \*\*

Do you know what’s sad? I’m actually a member of another message board :eek: where that site was taken _seriously_! :eek: :eek: Members there were even talking about tracking the guy responsible for that and reporting him to the authorities/beating the tar out of him! Crazy world, guys. Crazy world.

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**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-trash-can/141889/5 "2002-12-11T02:50:11Z")

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For second when I read that site I thought “What a bastard! I cant believe he would do that to a kitty”, But then I picked up the joke.

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**Author:** ![AntaresJB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@AntaresJB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntaresJB)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-trash-can/141889/6 "2002-12-11T03:42:02Z")

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yeah… a rather naive ex-roommate of mine seriously believed the bonsai kitten site – and forwarded an email petition to me to “Stop this horrific animal cruelty!” I explained to her that it was a joke, completely not real. Her response was “How was I supposed to know that? It doesn’t say so anywhere! It should still be stopped, there are people stupid enough to actually do it and take it seriously!”

I’m too nice, I could only grumble under my breath “well there are _obviously_ people stupid enough to think that someone would actually super-glue a kitten’s bunghole shut and shoehorn it into a glass jar…” I couldn’t believe she actually thought it was real. She completely believed it.

back to point… Awww, kitty in trash can. Soo kyoote. Hey, if she’s happy… just don’t dump coffee grounds on her or something.

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**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-trash-can/141889/7 "2002-12-11T04:00:24Z")

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For those of you who actually _get_ bonsai kitten, I present to you the {url=http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/] Museum of Hoaxes for your browsing pleasure.

Enjoy!

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**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-trash-can/141889/8 "2002-12-11T04:01:57Z")

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Aw geez. Can’t even post a stupid [link](http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/) correctly.

What am I coming to?!?!

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**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-trash-can/141889/9 "2002-12-11T06:56:35Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Jake \*  
> **My cat is in my trash can.**

Is she dead?

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**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-trash-can/141889/10 "2002-12-11T10:22:16Z")

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No, no, she’s just pinin’ for the litter box.

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**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-trash-can/141889/11 "2002-12-11T14:08:01Z")

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For such meticulously clean animals, they sure take pride in getting themselves as dirty as possible.

I don’t really like letting our cats out much, because everytime I do let them out, they roll in the dirt/mud them come back and track the mess in the house, also spending hours licking gunk off their fur I seriously don’t get it.

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**Author:** ![Siemsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Siemsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siemsi)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-trash-can/141889/12 "2002-12-11T14:20:31Z")

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Very cute…  
BTW…love the Bonsai Kitty site 🙂

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**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-trash-can/141889/13 "2002-12-11T14:25:49Z")

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I’ve got a cat that likes the garbage can. She likes to sit on the top of it when people come in the door. One day I was changing the bag and left the top off, and she dived right in! Little cuties! I loooove them!

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**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-trash-can/141889/14 "2002-12-11T14:30:58Z")

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Wouldn’t that be called…  
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kitty litter  
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pa-rum-pum…

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**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:** [December 12, 2002, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-trash-can/141889/15 "2002-12-12T04:48:08Z")

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Did you take a picture?

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**Author:** ![airdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@airdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/airdisc)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-in-trash-can/141889/16 "2002-12-12T12:02:06Z")

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Didn’t Bonsai Kitten get investigated by the FBI? So the people who are supposed to protect us from al Qaeda can be whooshed by a website. Wonderful.

And I’ve yet to see my cat in the trash can, but I do see him in the sink sometimes. Now if I can just resist the urge to turn the water on…