# Like I needed a new kitten. Or: NEW KITTEN!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 5, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383 "2014-07-05T01:32:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/1 "2014-07-05T01:32:15Z")
I must have sucker written all over my face. The Fella sent me a pic of three little kittens that were abandoned at his house. He doesn’t have a good animal shelter nearby so I offered to take them to the one near me, since they have a good placement rate. So he brought over two orange and one gray little teeny bundles of squeakiness. My friend (also a crazy cat lady) popped in and immediately claimed two. Well, hell. I cannot be the person to take the ONE leftover little one in and hand it over and say, well, here’s the One that No One Wanted. In other words…new kitty at my house!!! She is a tiny little orange striped baby, friendly and fierce by turns, not at all intimidated by the dogs and other cats. Cute as a button. Her name is Betsy. And it should be noted that my friend is also planning to move in with me in a few weeks, so we will have…well, several cats between us. We are planning to build a cat kennel add-on with a cat door so they can go outside safely and without freaking out the neighbors too much. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/2 "2014-07-05T01:35:36Z")
You know The Rule. Pics or it didn’t happen. _taps foot_ ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/3 "2014-07-05T01:36:51Z")
Aren’t pictures mandatory for kitten threads? Adorableness must be shared! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/4 "2014-07-05T01:50:57Z")
We want pics!\*\*We want pics!\*\*_ **We want pics!** _ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/5 "2014-07-05T02:09:54Z")
She’s lying about the kitten. If she wasn’t lying about a new kitten, she’d have posted a photo of it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/6 "2014-07-05T04:51:14Z")
Virtual kitten! (Until we get pics, the little purrball is only a rumour. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2014, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/7 "2014-07-05T11:17:01Z")
My IT guy is on vacation with his dad, but I’ll see what I can do. So far most of her pics are of an orange blur, with the exception of one I plan to use if I ever demand a ransom for her. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/8 "2014-07-06T13:18:45Z")
> [@papergirl](#): > > She is a tiny little orange striped baby, friendly and fierce by turns, not at all intimidated by the dogs and other cats. [CatToEnglishTranslation] "Betsy!? I am Lady High-Mistress Grrrr, and I challenge you to mortal combat for your transgressions, Human! My claws shall make you tremble, my teeth shall rend you to strips! I’ll roll on my back and give you all of them at once, fool. FEAR ME! …wait, where are you going? I’m going to stand on this bed and beat your ass as you pass, you coward! _Now, Get Back Here And Fight Like A Kitten!!!_" PS- …and bring Treats as Tribute. I command it… [/CatToEnglishTranslation] …ok, it works better if you imagine the voice you hear is Tilda Swinton’s and that she is Very Cross… ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/9 "2014-07-06T13:45:09Z")
I’m still waiting for pics of this tiny little orange striped baby. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/10 "2014-07-06T15:38:35Z")
I don’t know what it is about some people who feel they have to LIE about having a new kitten… There ARE rules to such things around here. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/11 "2014-07-06T17:03:34Z")
WTF Dude? Kitten threads require a link to pictures of the kittens. [http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/too-cute/photos/absolutely-adorable-kitten-photos.htm](http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/too-cute/photos/absolutely-adorable-kitten-photos.htm) ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/12 "2014-07-06T18:20:57Z")
My daughter and two other teenage girls are taking pics right now. Can I link to instagram or tumbler here? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/13 "2014-07-06T18:24:04Z")
> [@papergirl](#): > > My daughter and two other teenage girls are taking pics right now. Can I link to instagram or tumbler here? Yep. Just make sure the pictures are enabled for public viewing (or whatever the settings call it) or you’re in for more grief. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/14 "2014-07-06T18:45:12Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/clsub5W.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/clsub5W.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/15 "2014-07-06T18:47:21Z")
It’s really hard to get a picture of the little bugger! ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/16 "2014-07-06T18:48:25Z")
Holy shit, that is adorable. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/17 "2014-07-06T18:56:56Z")
Her eyes remind me of a cartoon kitten. And she seems very healthy…her nose looks dirty because she sticks her whole face in the wet food. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/18 "2014-07-06T19:04:54Z")
> [@papergirl](#): > > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/clsub5W.jpg) You should include a warning that the level of cuteness displayed could level a major city and leave the viewer a gibbering idiot. Gibber, gibber, gibber. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/19 "2014-07-06T19:05:53Z")
There, that wasn’t so hard, was it? The rabble are now satisfied. The cute! It burns! ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383/20 "2014-07-06T19:11:14Z")
Posting it wasn’t nearly as hard as getting a clear pic! Usually all we get is a blur of orange. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/like-i-needed-a-new-kitten-or-new-kitten/692383.md?page=2)