# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/41 "2008-11-03T20:21:26Z")
> [@Pyper](#): > > I almost forgot about the time I (stupidly) turned on the vacuum in the bathroom while my cat was sitting in the space between the toilet and the tub. He used my whole body as an escape route, climbing up my legs, over my torso and across one arm to leap to freedom. I had multiple puncture wounds surrounded by quarter-sized bruises. > > So use this power wisely! That reminds me of something that happened to an old roommate. He was in the bathroom and one of his cats had followed him in. So there he was, innocently sitting on the john while the cat looked for anything of interest in the sink. Nothing happening, so the cat decides to go somewhere else, and for reasons that escape simple humans, decided that my roommate’s head looked like a good place. Can you imagine how you’d react if you suddenly had a cat jump onto your head? In short, it did not end well, and my roommate ended up with a scratch disturbingly near his left eye. ---
**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 3, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/42 "2008-11-03T22:06:18Z")
I don’t dare mess my cat. His crew are a couple of neighbours’ german shepards. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/43 "2008-11-03T22:37:58Z")
> [@Carl\_Corey](#): > > Isn’t Boo the one that got the bag stuck on his head? I seem to remember you posting about that. Good memory…not a bag, but a [tissue box](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5983049&postcount=5). ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/44 "2008-11-03T23:22:16Z")
the glass coffee table had me laughing. i can just picture that. stretch the super duper and lager the loveydovey love to wrestle. some times they will bump into the roomba and set it off. all is good until the roomba rolls off of the charger and starts to move toward them. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/45 "2008-11-03T23:39:39Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Good memory…not a bag, but a [tissue box](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5983049&postcount=5). Funniest thing I’ve read in awhile. I really needed a laugh- thank you for providing one! My cat spooky, well, spooks easily. He will walk past my husband, who will just move one toe and the cat will do the arched back, side wise hop move. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/46 "2008-11-03T23:48:31Z")
I had a cat that was terrified of the vacuum cleaner but when the thing wasn’t in use and was standing on the floor, the cat would stalk it and finally hit it one lick with her paw, turn and run. It was a lot of fun to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/47 "2008-11-04T00:20:20Z")
Is there anything more disappointing than finding your cat _likes_ being vacuum cleaned? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/48 "2008-11-04T01:44:55Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > Is there anything more disappointing than finding your cat _likes_ being vacuum cleaned? ☹ I wish _mine_ liked it. Can you imagine how easy that would make keeping shedding under control? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/49 "2008-11-04T03:25:52Z")
> [@Pushkin](#): > > Is there anything more disappointing than finding your cat _likes_ being vacuum cleaned? ☹ My mother had a cat that simply couldn’t get enough of being vacuumed. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430/50 "2008-11-04T14:41:56Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > My mother had a cat that simply couldn’t get enough of being vacuumed. Okay, my dirty mind played some synonym games with that sentence, and now I’m all squicked out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-what-choice-did-i-have/470430.md?page=2)