# Is a catskin rug more "wrong" than a bearskin rug? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 24, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-catskin-rug-more-wrong-than-a-bearskin-rug/653826 "2013-03-24T17:52:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-catskin-rug-more-wrong-than-a-bearskin-rug/653826/21 "2013-03-25T02:51:27Z")
Hilarious. I would put it in front of a tiny hearth, light a tiny fire, and make tiny, tiny, love on it. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2013, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-catskin-rug-more-wrong-than-a-bearskin-rug/653826/22 "2013-03-25T03:01:35Z")
FWIW, Australian crusading naturalist [John Wamley](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wamsley)with his [cat skin hat](http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=oiFItvcv7DPwiM&tbnid=EHIqRfeFBYrJOM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Flandline%2Fcontent%2F2005%2Fs1330004.htm&ei=8LxPUe6vLcbUkQXQxICQCw&bvm=bv.44158598,d.aGc&psig=AFQjCNFF9g9VDyYjMS5FzJroYqjtvAAKcQ&ust=1364266579151887) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-catskin-rug-more-wrong-than-a-bearskin-rug/653826/23 "2013-03-26T19:23:40Z")
I would say it’s not immoral, but it’s definitely wrong in a sense. The same way modern western society frowns on eating dog or horse. You may not go to hell for doing it, but in general people are not going to be too pleased with you. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-catskin-rug-more-wrong-than-a-bearskin-rug/653826/24 "2013-03-26T19:40:48Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > How about rugs made of big cats?.. Years ago, when the British upper classes went on ‘Big Game’ tours in Africa and India, Tiger skin rugs were sometimes a feature in their homes. I think this is a rather playful take on that. The cat in this case was already dead. I’d have a very different attitude if it was killed for this purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-catskin-rug-more-wrong-than-a-bearskin-rug/653826/25 "2013-03-26T20:10:35Z")
Depends. Is the cat dead? ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-catskin-rug-more-wrong-than-a-bearskin-rug/653826/26 "2013-03-26T20:56:15Z")
I heard that it was purchased by Burt Reynolds. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-catskin-rug-more-wrong-than-a-bearskin-rug/653826/27 "2013-03-26T22:30:10Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Depends. Is the cat dead? It may or may not have been until you looked at it. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-catskin-rug-more-wrong-than-a-bearskin-rug/653826/28 "2013-03-27T16:19:13Z")
You know what’s the most wrong? A foreskin rug. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-catskin-rug-more-wrong-than-a-bearskin-rug/653826/29 "2013-03-27T17:24:21Z")
It’s certainly not for a man cave. No guy likes a pussy that just lies there… ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-catskin-rug-more-wrong-than-a-bearskin-rug/653826/30 "2013-03-27T17:45:27Z")
> [@Sal\_Ammoniac](#): > > You know what’s the most wrong? A foreskin rug. It’s impractical. It shrinks in winter. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-catskin-rug-more-wrong-than-a-bearskin-rug/653826/31 "2013-03-27T18:04:04Z")
I think an [electric pencil sharpener](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XZcRXP8i0RI/TjKanrrZqzI/AAAAAAAAUyA/7jcc7PLvCCI/s1600/simonbond.jpg)is a better use for a dead cat. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-catskin-rug-more-wrong-than-a-bearskin-rug/653826/32 "2013-03-27T19:33:52Z")
> [@Sal\_Ammoniac](#): > > You know what’s the most wrong? A foreskin rug. Actually they are quite practical. Stroke it gently, and you got wall to wall carpeting. Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-catskin-rug-more-wrong-than-a-bearskin-rug/653826.md?page=1)