# Really, What Choice Did I Have? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430 "2008-10-31T14:45:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/1 "2008-10-31T14:45:33Z")
I mean, the cat was just laying there, sound asleep. All stretched out, taking in the nice, warm spot on the floor right where the sun was coming through. He looked _so_ comfortable, so content…with his head resting on the vacuum cleaner. Really, I can’t see how I could’ve _not_ turned it on. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/2 "2008-10-31T14:46:42Z")
I’m sayin’. It’s not like you WANTED to scare the bejeezus out of the little thing. It was just meant to be. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Beginning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@New\_Beginning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Beginning)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/3 "2008-10-31T14:53:41Z")
You’re evil. I do things like that with my cat too. He makes me evil through his cuteness. ---
**Author:** ![WillSantini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/4 "2008-10-31T14:55:45Z")
[kitty voice]Sure, that’s MY person, sound asleep, all comfy in bed, how can i not jump on his face with outstretched claws? Just has to happen.[/kitty voice] ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/5 "2008-10-31T14:57:22Z")
Nature abhors a vacuum. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/6 "2008-10-31T14:57:49Z")
They’re just like cars. Every now and then you gotta test their springs. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/7 "2008-10-31T15:10:23Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > I mean, the cat was just laying there, sound asleep. All stretched out, taking in the nice, warm spot on the floor right where the sun was coming through. He looked _so_ comfortable, so content…with his head resting on the vacuum cleaner. > > Really, I can’t see how I could’ve _not_ turned it on. Well played, Sir. Og put cats on this earth to give humans something to hassle. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/8 "2008-10-31T15:11:42Z")
He’s a cat. He’d have done the same to you if he could. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/9 "2008-10-31T15:15:18Z")
What, no video? You disappoint us. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/10 "2008-10-31T15:16:36Z")
Yeah, where’s the video? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/11 "2008-10-31T15:23:06Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > I mean, the cat was just laying there, sound asleep. Was I the only one expecting something else from ewe, **Hal**? Making fun of him for that is still funny, right? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/12 "2008-10-31T15:41:54Z")
Wilco: Dude, last Halloween you dressed as a vacuum cleaner. Bucky: It was the scariest thing I could think of. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/13 "2008-10-31T15:52:18Z")
[The cat waits.](http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/128295283927345000iminurshadow.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/14 "2008-10-31T22:29:51Z")
I laughed out loud. Loudly. What a mind picture! Scared cats are hysterically funny. Cats are for bugging - they bug us, we bug them. It’s symbiotic. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/15 "2008-10-31T22:35:53Z")
I’ve been tempted to do the same thing to my kittens. But I’ve never actually gone through with it. You’re evil. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Caveat\_lector\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@Caveat\_lector\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caveat_lector_1)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/16 "2008-11-01T01:04:26Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Wilco: Dude, last Halloween you dressed as a vacuum cleaner. > Bucky: It was the scariest thing I could think of. Ahem. In fact it was Satchel that was the vacuum. 😃 I mean these things are important. If you start misquoting comics soon we’ll be misquoting each other. Then the mods will get angry and ban us all and the Stormfront people will come take over the board. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/17 "2008-11-01T01:41:08Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Really, I can’t see how I could’ve _not_ turned it on. Why do you keep turning on animals? ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/18 "2008-11-01T01:50:40Z")
When my roommate’s cat Mila was a kitten, we used to chase her around with the mop just to see her arch her back and do that cute little sideways hop cats do when they are terrified. ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/19 "2008-11-01T01:56:30Z")
You had no choice, kind sir, that’s what cats are for. However, you probably passed up some style points by not prepositioning the hose end near the tip of her tail.🙂 ---
**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:** [November 1, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/20 "2008-11-01T02:02:57Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Nature abhors a vacuum. …as do fluffy tails. _ffffuuhhhhwwwEEEEEEEEEEE…! Thh-uunk…!_ “Hello, Mr Dyson? With some minor modifications, you could create the worlds easiest-to-fill cat-carrier. And one that would never lose suction…” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430.md?page=2)