# Cat tries to kill servant. Mistaken for rescue attempt.

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**Created:** [December 29, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-tries-to-kill-servant-mistaken-for-rescue-attempt/385959 "2006-12-29T06:18:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Greebo\_Ogg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19adc/32.png) [@Greebo\_Ogg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greebo_Ogg)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-tries-to-kill-servant-mistaken-for-rescue-attempt/385959/1 "2006-12-29T06:18:19Z")

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[Story here](http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200612/1819071.htm?queensland)

Either that, or he tried to see if his roast meat was done.

I, for one, welcome our kitten overlords.

::eyes own cats with suspicion::

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-tries-to-kill-servant-mistaken-for-rescue-attempt/385959/2 "2006-12-29T08:00:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Greebo Ogg]  
I, for one, welcome our kitten overlords.  
[/QUOTE]  
\< peers at username \> Well, _you_ would.

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-tries-to-kill-servant-mistaken-for-rescue-attempt/385959/3 "2006-12-29T10:00:53Z")

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I thought he _was_ the feline overlord. Calling Greebo a kitten feels somewhat inadequate.

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**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-tries-to-kill-servant-mistaken-for-rescue-attempt/385959/4 "2006-12-29T10:10:27Z")

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> The cat clawed its sleeping owner’s face after his mattress caught fire at 2:00am.

Clearly that cat had been watching Food TV. Whenever You’re roasting something as fatty as Skin-On-Human you have to score the skin. I bet they find that it wasn’t a cigarette and will find suspicious paw prints on a bottle of lighter fluid.