# Fresh Kittens!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 12, 2008, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317 "2008-11-12T07:50:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/1 "2008-11-12T07:50:57Z")
Say hello to [Widget](http://picasaweb.google.com.au/snrobson/Kittens#5267670118597438834).
Widget is not our cat, but we’re looking after her. She’s a stray, of sorts (our neighbours keep having cats that they don’t spay or neuter and keep having litters, which they then let roam the streets), and once the kittens are old enough we’ll be taking her and any who aren’t adopted by us or my family to a shelter to be spayed and neutered and hopefully be adopted out by new families.
[Here](http://picasaweb.google.com.au/snrobson/Kittens#5267669941228612578) is the one we want to keep. We may call her Sprocket (after momma Widget and two other cats I’ve owned in my past, Gadget and Gizmo). We may call her Treacle (Because we already have [Honey](http://picasaweb.google.com.au/snrobson/Honey#5228717641670312562), and she’s darker than Honey).
[These](http://picasaweb.google.com.au/snrobson/Kittens#5267669935625249042) are the [Twins](http://picasaweb.google.com.au/snrobson/Kittens#5267669928126382146). So called because they’re both grey. Original neh?
[He](http://picasaweb.google.com.au/snrobson/Kittens#5267669923004191954) is the Ginger Ninja. He’s a bit… Um… Special. He has to be reminded that teats aren’t found under momma’s tail.
And this little [darling](http://picasaweb.google.com.au/snrobson/Kittens#5267669913325195042) is the one my mum wants. You can’t really see it but she’s got a real tiger stripe pattern, with some orangey-brown and black stripes.
If I had my druthers we’d keep them all. But hubby has expressly forbidden me from becoming a crazy cat lady, at least while he’s alive. So we’ll raise them up to be friendly and nice so they’ll stand a better chance of being adopted out when we take them to the shelter.
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### Author:  [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/2 "2008-11-12T07:57:40Z")
Sorry…
[It’s](http://picasaweb.google.com.au/snrobson/Kittens#5267676820514685010) [dinnertime](http://picasaweb.google.com.au/snrobson/Kittens#5267676823110726770).
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### Author:  [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/3 "2008-11-12T08:01:58Z")
WHEEEEEEE!
Kitties!
So CAUUUUUUUUUUTE!
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### Author:  [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/4 "2008-11-12T13:12:04Z")
_melts_
KITTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!
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### Author:  [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/5 "2008-11-12T13:16:55Z")
Stop teasing me with things I can’t have!
(Kawaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!)
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### Author:  [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/6 "2008-11-12T13:35:44Z")
Sweet babies!
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### Author:  [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/7 "2008-11-12T14:36:46Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#):
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> But hubby has expressly forbidden me from becoming a crazy cat lady, at least while he’s alive.
Heh.
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#):
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> So we’ll raise them up to be friendly and nice so they’ll stand a better chance of being adopted out when we take them to the shelter.
And kittens get scooped up fast! They are gorgeous kittens.
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### Author:  [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/8 "2008-11-12T15:08:15Z")
Oh, my, I was in a really shitty mood, and those kittens made me smile. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/9 "2008-11-12T17:17:31Z")
Mmmmmm…I suggest a lovely port reduction sauce…
😃
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/10 "2008-11-12T19:25:24Z")
[sub]skweek![/sub]
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/11 "2008-11-12T19:53:48Z")
Kittens! Kittens kittens kittens!
:: falls over ::
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### Author:  [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/12 "2008-11-12T19:59:04Z")
I’m overcome with angels.
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### Author:  [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/13 "2008-11-12T20:05:42Z")
Squeee! Baby kitties!
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### Author:  [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/14 "2008-11-12T21:26:25Z")
Awww, squeeekittens! And another Widget! [Dis my Widget…](http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/smartaleq/38cdf9fb.jpg) Him is not kitteh, but him knows [how to herd them!](http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/smartaleq/d0173930.jpg)
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### Author:  [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/15 "2008-11-12T22:50:23Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#):
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> Sorry…
>
> [It’s](http://picasaweb.google.com.au/snrobson/Kittens#5267676820514685010) [dinnertime](http://picasaweb.google.com.au/snrobson/Kittens#5267676823110726770).
Mmmm, indeed. Fresh, juicy KITTENS.
Melt the butter! Start the grill!
Yum, yum.
Just kidding. They are very cute. I only wish I could have seen my Buddy Cat at that age. He is so beautiful now, I bet he was quite a cute kitten!!
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### Author:  [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/16 "2008-11-12T22:56:29Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#):
>
> Sorry…
>
> [It’s](http://picasaweb.google.com.au/snrobson/Kittens#5267676820514685010) [dinnertime](http://picasaweb.google.com.au/snrobson/Kittens#5267676823110726770).
Looking at your profile I discovered your desktop background…
[http://picasaweb.google.com.au/snrobson/Random#5206338929332189490](http://picasaweb.google.com.au/snrobson/Random#5206338929332189490)
What is the steam-based quake game???
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### Author:  [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/17 "2008-11-13T02:47:22Z")
> [@Sierra\_Indigo](#):
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> But hubby has expressly forbidden me from becoming a crazy cat lady
You people say it like it’s a bad thing. One of these days, I’m going to develop a complex, you just wait and see.
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### Author:  [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/18 "2008-11-13T03:04:19Z")
kitties.
mmmmmmmmmmmmm.
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### Author:  [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/19 "2008-11-13T03:10:55Z")
This looks like the perfect thread to introduce my new feral rescue kitten, [Tony](http://img359.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pa290031vh1.jpg). Here he is [again](http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pb020046pi4.jpg) taking a well-deserved nap with my other cat, Pepper.
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### Author:  [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2008, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-kittens/472317/20 "2008-11-13T07:26:16Z")
I seem to be the kitten whisperer at work. A previous shift decided to keep a healthy stray kitten until we can find a no kill shelter for it so I took it out of the cage yesterday to play with it and socialize it because it seemed to be shy. Whenever anyone else walked in the room it ran back to me for protection. I was sitting on the floor with it and it would sit in my lap and look up at me and meow like I was supposed to understand what it was saying. When that didn’t work it would climb up my shirt and try to bury itself in my neck. I had it out again to play today and it was braver but kept running back to me, so a co-worker says “Aww, he loves you.”, another co-worker says “he thinks your his mommy”. I am not the mamma! He’s adorable with his cute chubby face and fuzzy body but there is no more room for kitties in my home and kittens always grow into cats.
So anyone in the Tampa Bay area need a cute black and white kitten? He’s mostly black with white chin, whiskers, paws, belly and a thin streak of white down the middle of his face. His eyes are still blue but he’s old enough to eat on his own. I will try to remember to take my camera to work tomorrow and get some pictures.
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