# Cats: do you keep drinking your drink if your power did his tail into the cup?

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**Created:** [June 13, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-do-you-keep-drinking-your-drink-if-your-power-did-his-tail-into-the-cup/788826 "2017-06-13T01:03:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![dude\_robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e7dd6/32.png) [@dude\_robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dude_robert)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-do-you-keep-drinking-your-drink-if-your-power-did-his-tail-into-the-cup/788826/1 "2017-06-13T01:03:07Z")

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So, when you have a cup of tea or something on the table and your part puts a tail into it, do you keep drinking or throw it away?

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-do-you-keep-drinking-your-drink-if-your-power-did-his-tail-into-the-cup/788826/2 "2017-06-13T01:05:31Z")

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wut

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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-do-you-keep-drinking-your-drink-if-your-power-did-his-tail-into-the-cup/788826/3 "2017-06-13T01:13:37Z")

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Autocorrect is not your friend. I suggest that you keep a closer eye on him.

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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:** [June 13, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-do-you-keep-drinking-your-drink-if-your-power-did-his-tail-into-the-cup/788826/4 "2017-06-13T01:21:19Z")

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If you’re asking if my cat accidentally dips his tail into my drink; do I keep drinking it.

Sure, as long as I don’t see any visible clumps of hair.

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-do-you-keep-drinking-your-drink-if-your-power-did-his-tail-into-the-cup/788826/5 "2017-06-13T01:25:30Z")

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Come back and bring coherence.

Closed.