# Getting kitten spit off a bear **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 20, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-kitten-spit-off-a-bear/416258 "2007-08-20T15:22:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-kitten-spit-off-a-bear/416258/21 "2007-08-22T05:12:04Z")
OK, **gigi** , refresh my memory on the grammar. What I did there was a dangling participle, correct? In any event, as I’m sure you managed to deduce, what I meant to say that my then-adult mother made such modifications while I was yet a child. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-kitten-spit-off-a-bear/416258/22 "2007-08-22T13:34:20Z")
I’m not going to go to all the trouble of dismantling the bear and rebuilding it, but I will try and sponge it off a little so it’s less crunchy. My only worry is that I still want my cat to suck on the bear (instead of on me), so I hesitate to remove too much of his scent. I don’t mind the sucking at all, it’s just that I’m pretty grossed out when I pick up the bear to move it, and its fur is all stiff. For hygienic reasons, I would like to de-crunch the bear from time to time. It’s too big a bear to stuff in a pillowcase, so I guess a surface wash is the best I’ll be able to do. what to use? Dish soap? Baby shampoo? Something unscented? I’m glad to see others have strange pets too. Makes me feel a little better about my sucky kitty. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-kitten-spit-off-a-bear/416258/23 "2007-08-22T14:07:41Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] it’s just that I’m pretty grossed out when I pick up the bear to move it [/QUOTE] Maybe you could attach an easily-sponged-off plastic handle instead. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-kitten-spit-off-a-bear/416258/24 "2007-08-22T15:46:31Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] I don’t mind the sucking at all, it’s just that I’m pretty grossed out when I pick up the bear to move it, and its fur is all stiff. [/QUOTE] My recommendation is to buy a pair of bear-moving tongs, and do nothing else with the bear. You should be able to solve this problem for about two bucks. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-kitten-spit-off-a-bear/416258/25 "2007-08-22T16:20:22Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] OK, **gigi** , refresh my memory on the grammar. What I did there was a dangling participle, correct? In any event, as I’m sure you managed to deduce, what I meant to say that my then-adult mother made such modifications while I was yet a child. [/QUOTE] Seriously, thank you for humoring my compulsion. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2007, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-kitten-spit-off-a-bear/416258/26 "2007-08-22T16:25:37Z")
Just wipe it with a wet rag and make sure to fluff it afterward. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-kitten-spit-off-a-bear/416258/27 "2007-08-27T19:46:48Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Moto] My recommendation is to buy a pair of bear-moving tongs, and do nothing else with the bear. You should be able to solve this problem for about two bucks. [/QUOTE] Things To Do: Buy buck-moving tongs. Go deer-hunting. Trade two bucks for bear-moving tongs. Do nothing else. It sounds like a busy day. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MelCthefirst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@MelCthefirst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MelCthefirst)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-kitten-spit-off-a-bear/416258/28 "2007-08-27T20:57:23Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] Perhaps I’m the only one that had the image of a very ashamed-looking bear slumping against a tree while a cat with a cigarette, an eye-patch and a bad French accent paces back and forth in front of the bear, pausing occasionally to spit at him and snarl, “You _disgust_ me!” [/QUOTE] That had me laughing loudly - I have to admit that I had similar initial thoughts upon glancing at the title, only my cat was more an army sergeant with an american accent. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-kitten-spit-off-a-bear/416258/29 "2007-08-29T12:30:27Z")
[QUOTE=MelCthefirst] That had me laughing loudly - I have to admit that I had similar initial thoughts upon glancing at the title, only my cat was more an army sergeant with an american accent. [/QUOTE] Oh yes. Jack Nicholson as the cat. Tom Cruise as the Bear. > [@](#): > > You want the honey? Do you? You want the honey? You can’t **handle** the honey. Bears like you make me sick. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-kitten-spit-off-a-bear/416258.md?page=1)