# Should I buy a lion? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 10, 2013, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727 "2013-01-10T07:28:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/21 "2013-01-11T13:26:05Z")
The trick is to get a real lion and shave him down to look like a Labradoodle. Get him certified as a service animal (“He eats door-to-door salesmen and religious proselytizers for me.”) ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/22 "2013-01-11T13:33:18Z")
Yes, you should definitely get a lion. But don’t make the mistake of keeping in a wardrobe with a witch, it leads to all kinds of friction. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/23 "2013-01-11T14:07:48Z")
I recommend Stephen Lynch’s latest album ‘Lion’. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/24 "2013-01-11T14:49:30Z")
[CHow-Chow’s](http://www.flickr.com/photos/idalingi/20180729/) make the best lions! ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/25 "2013-01-11T15:45:13Z")
I bless the lions down in Africa. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/26 "2013-01-11T15:49:14Z")
My friend had one. Of course the neighbors all complained what with all the noise and antelope carcasses. So he tried to disguise the creature …with a pair of sunglasses. Unfortunately, Animal Control came and took his big cat away anyway. Sunglasses? Good grief. Didn’t he know you can’t hide your lion eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/27 "2013-01-11T15:51:09Z")
Eagles will always pick that. Take it easy. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/28 "2013-01-11T15:57:02Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > I have a Golden-Doodle which has the same basic muppet hair as a Labra-Doodle. > > I may try to get the groomer to give the lion-do a shot next time she gets sheared. [Like this?](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57563295/lion-dog-gives-virginia-residents-a-scare/) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/29 "2013-01-11T16:55:49Z")
Get two, they’re small. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/30 "2013-01-11T17:06:45Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > [Like this?](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57563295/lion-dog-gives-virginia-residents-a-scare/) That looks surprisingly similar to the link in the OP. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/31 "2013-01-11T17:36:01Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > That looks surprisingly similar to the link in the OP. > > 🙂 When you’ve seen one lion, you’ve seen 'em all. I ain’t lion. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/32 "2013-01-12T22:05:53Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > Yes, you should definitely get a lion. But don’t make the mistake of keeping in a wardrobe with a witch, it leads to all kinds of friction. Friction? I thought it was fiction! ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/33 "2013-01-12T22:07:54Z")
A man walks into a bar with a giraffe and they proceed to get blitzed. The giraffe drinks so much it passes out on the floor. The man gets up and heads for the door to leave when the bartender yells, “Hey! You can’t leave that lyin’ there!” The drunk replies… “That’s not a lion! It’s a giraffe.” ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/34 "2013-01-13T00:48:30Z")
Buy a Bengal Tiger and call it Lollipop. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/35 "2013-01-13T02:21:46Z")
These puns make me roar with laughter! ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/36 "2013-01-13T05:35:22Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > When you’ve seen one lion, you’ve seen 'em all. I ain’t lion. Wow. The lynx some people will go to to make a bad pun! ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/37 "2013-01-13T13:04:34Z")
Sometimes you wish they would paws and think before they write. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/38 "2013-01-13T18:05:15Z")
People who make bad puns about big cats should be required to pay pumative damages. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/39 "2013-01-13T20:39:39Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > People who make bad puns about big cats should be required to pay pumative damages. And if they do it serval times, they’ll be in an oce-lot of trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-buy-a-lion/646727/40 "2013-01-13T20:55:05Z")
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