# Cat takes a couple of laps from your beverage before you shoo it away. Still drink it?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 22, 2016, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-takes-a-couple-of-laps-from-your-beverage-before-you-shoo-it-away-still-drink-it/743875 "2016-01-22T11:51:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-takes-a-couple-of-laps-from-your-beverage-before-you-shoo-it-away-still-drink-it/743875/41 "2016-01-26T20:54:00Z")

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I keep reading this thread title and even though I know what it really says, the image it conjures up is of a kitty cat in gym shorts running laps around my coffee cup.

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**Author:** ![davey77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@davey77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davey77)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-takes-a-couple-of-laps-from-your-beverage-before-you-shoo-it-away-still-drink-it/743875/42 "2016-01-27T01:00:31Z")

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I love our three cats. However, I would not knowingly eat or drink after them. Here’s my reasoning. Cats are clean animals, to be sure. They’re SO clean because they lick themselves clean. They also cover their wastes in a litter box. They do this with their feet, then lick those feet clean. You see where this is going. Poop»cover with paws»lick paws clean»help herself to your beverage.

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-takes-a-couple-of-laps-from-your-beverage-before-you-shoo-it-away-still-drink-it/743875/43 "2016-01-27T01:36:00Z")

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I said yes. However, the limit is like three laps before she sticks her paw in and makes it gross and then knocks it over. Then the dogs get it.

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