# I'm not superstitious, but I'm starting to think Cats DO have Nine Lives

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 14, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-superstitious-but-im-starting-to-think-cats-do-have-nine-lives/826101 "2018-12-14T04:20:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-superstitious-but-im-starting-to-think-cats-do-have-nine-lives/826101/21 "2018-12-18T08:26:26Z")

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Today I saw a cat using a tire on a truck as a scratching post. I thought of this thread as I was driving past and it took a awhile before it noticed me driving past before running off.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-superstitious-but-im-starting-to-think-cats-do-have-nine-lives/826101/22 "2018-12-18T08:28:37Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> Ever since that filthy cat was allowed in the house (well, the back dog-room), the wife and kid have been projectile vomiting and shitting themselves several times a day.
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> I always get what they get last, and worst. :mad:
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> Thanks, cat. :rolleyes:

The feline flu?🙂

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-superstitious-but-im-starting-to-think-cats-do-have-nine-lives/826101/23 "2018-12-18T19:46:39Z")

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Certainly not ‘Cat Scratch Fever’.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-superstitious-but-im-starting-to-think-cats-do-have-nine-lives/826101/24 "2018-12-18T20:02:24Z")

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That bad “kitty next door”.☹  
Are you sick yet?

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