# Reading the newspaper in the presence of cats

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 27, 1999, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-the-newspaper-in-the-presence-of-cats/8637 "1999-09-27T05:49:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Akatsukami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Akatsukami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akatsukami)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 1999, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-the-newspaper-in-the-presence-of-cats/8637/21 "1999-09-30T12:07:00Z")

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My cat never interrupts whilst I read the newspaper – probably because I don’t _take_ a newspaper. She makes up for it, however, by interrupting me at other times.  
I just ended a five-minute session of petting her whilst she lay on the study floor. What she really wants, I think, is for me to follow her to the back door and let her out. However, it’s raining cats and dogs here (so to speak) as I write, and I don’t think that the situation will benefit by my adding another cat.  
Oh, darn, she’s rubbing against my legs and meowing again. Time for some more petting, I guess.

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