# Cats is weird, part 37 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 24, 2013, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-is-weird-part-37/656583 "2013-04-24T11:26:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-is-weird-part-37/656583/1 "2013-04-24T11:26:34Z")
Please to enjoy this video of a cat obsessed with a vacuum. It’s a bit different to the usual ‘cat enjoys being vacuumed’ videos. > **[This Guy Has a Strange New Habit](https://cheezburger.com/49548289)** > > This Guy Has a Strange New Habit - LOLcats is the best place to find and submit funny cat memes and other silly cat materials to share with the world. We find the funny cats that make you LOL so that you don't have to. So…what exactly is going through this cat’s head? Is it the sensation of the vacuum on its tongue? Or is there some sort of metallic taste it likes? Post your theories! ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-is-weird-part-37/656583/2 "2013-04-24T13:36:24Z")
I am not a kitty psychic, so my explanation is pretty much summed up by the topic. My favorite parts of the video, though? When he gets his face sucked into the vacuum. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-is-weird-part-37/656583/3 "2013-04-24T13:39:55Z")
I have no idea, but that is quite adorable. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-is-weird-part-37/656583/4 "2013-04-24T13:57:25Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > I am not a kitty psychic, so my explanation is pretty much summed up by the topic. My favorite parts of the video, though? When he gets his face sucked into the vacuum. 😃 And then he whacks it with his paw… “Bad vacuum!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-is-weird-part-37/656583/5 "2013-04-24T14:03:24Z")
I just figured somebody smeared liver paté on the inside of the vacuum hose in hopes of making a viral video. Seems to have worked. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-is-weird-part-37/656583/6 "2013-04-24T14:34:54Z")
Good thing they werent using a big Dyson or the video would have ended differently. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-is-weird-part-37/656583/7 "2013-04-26T03:27:41Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I just figured somebody smeared liver paté on the inside of the vacuum hose in hopes of making a viral video. > > Seems to have worked. No amount of any delectable meat paste would get either of my cats that close to a working vacuum cleaner hose. If I tried to train them to it with the vacuum off, the first time I turned it on would be the last time they’d go near it. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-is-weird-part-37/656583/8 "2013-04-26T11:34:13Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > No amount of any delectable meat paste would get either of my cats that close to a working vacuum cleaner hose. If I tried to train them to it with the vacuum off, the first time I turned it on would be the last time they’d go near it. This. And I’d also be worried that it could suck out things like the kitty’s eyes. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-is-weird-part-37/656583/9 "2013-04-26T18:54:17Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > No amount of any delectable meat paste would get either of my cats that close to a working vacuum cleaner hose. If I tried to train them to it with the vacuum off, the first time I turned it on would be the last time they’d go near it. Word. My cats run in terror when they see me touch the vacuum cleaner, much less turn it on. ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-is-weird-part-37/656583/10 "2013-04-26T20:26:25Z")
What’s going through his mind is pretty much the same as when Bubba says, “Hey, hold my beer! Watch this! It’s really cool!” ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-is-weird-part-37/656583/11 "2013-04-27T00:10:58Z")
I love the little farty sound his tongue makes as he does that. Thanks for the laugh! There is NO way my cats would do something like that - one runs and hides in the basement the minute I open the closet door where the vacuum is stored, two others get up on the windowseats and watch from a safe distance, the last will follow it and smack it with her paws but if I turn it towards her she runs. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2013, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-is-weird-part-37/656583/12 "2013-04-27T07:08:36Z")
> [@Learjeff](#): > > What’s going through his mind is pretty much the same as when Bubba says, “Hey, hold my beer! Watch this! It’s really cool!” So it’s “Hey, hold my nip!”? ---
**Author:** ![midnight-dreary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@midnight-dreary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/midnight-dreary)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cats-is-weird-part-37/656583/13 "2013-04-27T07:44:38Z")
My cat licks and bats objects, like that, indiscriminately. She’ll grab something with her paws, pull it in, start licking and biting, and if you try to remove the object, she’ll start batting it. Chairs, toys, hands. etc/