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At present more Dopers have worn a baseball cap in the last month than the last year. Does this mean that between Feb 24 and Dec 24, -2% of dopers wore a baseball cap? (Actually more negative than that as I and possible others wore a baseball cap in the last year but not the last month.
Just goes to show how reliable surveys are.
I’m seeing 38% have worn a cap in the last month, 60% in the last year. I suspect you read the poll wrong.
This is me. I have, maybe, 6 or 7 baseball-type hatcaps and I almost never wear one.
Weirdly, I couldn’t tell you where I acquired a single one of them.
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Doh!! One has yes above no and the other has no above yes think I must have got one the wrong way round.
I have a bunch that just looked cool or were souvenirs of places I’ve been. Some I still like. Others I now can’t understand why I got them.
I should also note that I call a low-quality baseball-type caps (but with other logos) “gimme caps”.
I now belong to my husband, as my dad has been dead for 20 years.
Other: neither.
A “gimme cap”, strictly speaking, is a cap with the logo of the company which gave it to you, either as a reward for buying something or to encourage you to do so, and in either case in the hope of using you as an advertizing billboard.
(Whaddaya mean I can’t nitpick? It’s the Dope!)
If I’ve got to pick one of those choices, I’m picking my father, who’s been dead for – good grief, 40 years already?
I am a single, divorced elderly woman.
No immediate family male relatives survive.
I belong to no one and I would fight that to the death.
I have baseball Caps, flat caps- (wool), and Fedoras- which are Hats. Not to mention a panama hat- made in Ecuador, of course. Yes, caps are a subset of hats, so it isnt totally wrong to call a baseball cap a hat. Just like you can call a truck a motor vehicle.
For 10 seconds, with the current batch? Almost certainly. Even the one who sometimes bites me never does so full force; and almost always only on the hand or arm.
Indefinitely, with a cat I miss very much but who I used to tell that it was a good thing he was a 12 lb cat and not a 120 lb or larger human because there’s no way I would have lived with one of the latter who had his temperament? Probably not.
[ETA: He’d have been pretty upset when he realized I was dead, though. He didn’t hate me; he just got massively frustrated and would sometimes claw me up, or try to, in frustration. If he’d suddenly become a lion, he might well have killed me by accident.]
Cats vary. Almost as much as humans; though I’ve never run into a religious-or-political-fanatic cat, I don’t think they produce that variation.
I answered “Survive” but it would really depend on whether or not one of them wanted on my lap during that time. In that case…
Both of my cats are very sweet, although the orange one would just get more demanding in his quest for cat food. Not enough to eat me, though.
If the neighbour’s cat, who hates me with a passion, turned into a lion I’d be a goner.
I voted I would not survive. For a couple of reasons.
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One of my cats is very demanding of attention, and will occasionally swipe at me if I’m not paying attention. On a 5.5 kilo cat, it’s irritating. If it suddenly at that moment (bastard genie!) became a lion, I’m now missing several ribs and/or very important abdominal bits!
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Same cat wants to sleep ON (not next to) it’s mother, or me, sometimes, if mom isn’t available. And make biscuits. And put all of it’s weight on our chests. I would not survive if this transformation happens while in this mode.
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Petting induced aggression. Cat is prone to this - shrieking forlornly for attention and pets, and then if you finish and move away, grabs on with all four limbs with rabbit kicking to keep the petting arm from getting away.
The other cat isn’t a risk for any of these, but the whole jumping up into the lap for tummy rubs at the wrong time could kill me just as easily! It’s enough as a 6.5kilo kitty doing it, or using her claws to climb up/down the leg when she doesn’t feel like jumping. And since she’s very food driven, I shudder to think what would happen if the transformation were to happen when I’m trying to stop her from eating the other cat’s fud!
I have light-sensitive eyes, and I’ve found those “bright overcast” days are the worst for glare.
I never wear baseball caps. I’ve been told by a few people that I look good in a hat, but one style that’s definitely not flattering to me is the baseball cap.
The cat is old and lazy. She might kill the dog since she likes to snuggle the dog without consent. She generally ignores me but she dislikes me (the feeling is mutual) and might take the opportunity to kill me.
Not likely. Love leads to murder, mere dislike does not.
Yep. I mean we have one cat who doesnt like to be picked up or petted “wrong” and will get hissy, but if we just left the little fuzzballs alone for even minutes it would be okay.
One cat sometimes wants a little tummy rub, but then attacks my hand (lightly) if it goes on for more than those 10 seconds- I simply wouldnt try a tummy rub.