# Sing along with our pets! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248 "2007-07-10T19:23:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/61 "2007-07-14T18:58:20Z")
Woohoo! I am the winner! I accept his trade: you for air. May we consummate future acquisitions. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/62 "2007-07-15T03:21:11Z")
I’m remembering more of my song! Why can’t I Take a crap Without a cat In my lap? When I pee They want to be Close to me… There’s a cat Sitting on the sink She doesn’t mind If I stink… When I pee, They long to be Close to me… Every time I’m on throne The kitties come to visit 'Cause they just don’t want me in here all alone… When I pee, They long to be, Close to me… ---
**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:** [July 15, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/63 "2007-07-15T17:43:10Z")
I had a cat who used to sit on the toilet tank and lie on my head while I was on the toilet - do you think you could work that into the song? (He was doing this once, and my other cat came in and looked up and saw him there. The look on her face was priceless - “Hey! What’s HE doing up there?”) Then there’s the whole nesting in your underwear and pants on the floor thing. I’ve actually considered putting a cat door in the bathroom door; it seems like they’re always on the wrong side of that door. ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/64 "2007-07-15T19:01:15Z")
[QUOTE=Kairos] I don’t really sing to my cats, but when one of them starts acting particularly strange (like right now, Isadora is [licking the futon frame](http://www.siliconashes.net/%7Eimbrium/wp-images/Isadora%20and%20the%20Futon.jpg)) I’ll call him or her “psycho kitten,” which is inevitably followed up by “qu’est-ce que c’est?” I never get much further than finishing out the chorus, though. [/QUOTE] That’s weird. Shammu, my girlfriend’s cat, loves to lick _soap_. I keep hoping he’ll fart bubbles, 'cause that would be cool. ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/65 "2007-07-15T19:04:54Z")
Shammu the _CAT_ ?? (dissolves into fits of giggles) ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/66 "2007-07-15T19:29:16Z")
I made up this song about my cat Joey. This is to the tune of Bon Jovi’s Livin on a Prayer. Joey likes to sleep on the bed Under the blankie Pillow ‘neath his head…its tough, so tough Mom sells insurance all day Working for the man, she brings home her pay For love - for love She says we’ve got to wake up for belly pettings and it means that when she gets home there’ll be food in the bowl Weve slept all day, and that’s a lot For sleep - well give it a shot Chorus: Whooah, the day’s half gone Sleeping on the bed She’ll pet my paws and kiss my head Sleeping on the bed Joey’s got his cat toys stuck Under the couch, now how to keep busy? Shred the curtians-so tough, its tough Mom dreams of sleeping all day Just like her kitten wasting the day She turns off the alarm clock saying, “someday” She says we’ve got to wake up for belly pettings and it means that when she gets home there’ll be food in the bowl Weve slept all day, and that’s a lot For sleep - well give it a shot ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/67 "2007-07-15T22:49:29Z")
[QUOTE=romansperson] [We used to get our dog to sing to us.](http://www.unc.edu/~nbeach/Idol_roo.mpg) [/QUOTE] Drat you, **romansperson.** I do this with my dog too, and before I knew it I was howling along with you and your dog. 🆒 I’m dad-sitting and away from my husband and dogs, and I miss 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/68 "2007-07-15T23:13:08Z")
Cute song,\*\* pbbth\*\*. Does the cat respond? ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/69 "2007-07-16T04:03:59Z")
Usually just by tilting his ears back and squinting, as if to say, “Shut up! I am trying to take up as much space in your queen sized bed as possible and your singing is distracting me.” ---
**Author:** ![Beaucarnea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Beaucarnea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beaucarnea)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/70 "2007-07-16T04:56:29Z")
**pbbth** , the Bon Jovi song is a big hit here, as is \*\*Dung Beetle’s \*\* Christmas Carol. My 64 year old Mom loved that one- apparently I come by my warped sense of humor honestly, so rest assured that your kids will be just as quirky and funny as you, **DB**. Being raised in a house where humor and wit are valued is a bonus, to be sure. Unless one of the young ones lands a boyfriend who finds absurdity tiring. And if that happens, remind them to amuse themselves anyway, and carry on with mirth aplomb regardless of the boyfriend’s ahem…subdued reaction. 'Cause that’s how I roll. 😉 **TroubleAgain,** my kinda mean older sister grew up adoring the Carpenters, so I rather enjoyed singing your little toilet ditty into her voicemail this morning. . Extra bonus points for nailing a most peculiar aspect of housecat behavior. Always did wonder why tinkling warrants a social call. But **lisacurl** , if I’m judging, your husband wins. I’ve sung End of the Cat World no less than seven times, and find it to be mucho poetic as well as some funny shit. Tell him I’m working on One Week by Bare Naked ladies during down time at work, maybe he can best me. So… I’ve sung all of these submissions to the cat, and so far I get a consistent reaction. Anybody know how to translate “eyes half closed and one ear back” cause I’m guessing it means “Look at you, amusing yourself at my expense. Pathetic. No sonnet, song, or poem could capture the feline essence. Silly monkey. Your time would better be spent opening can after can of tuna, or possibly arranging the bedclothes in a more pleasing manner. My Gods how ridiculous you look mincing about on two legs. Tsk." ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/71 "2007-07-16T11:46:28Z")
[QUOTE=Beaucarnea] Sung to the tune of Queen’s Bohemian Rapsody: Tom has the good life He has the easy job Naps in the bathtub Nada responsibility In your sandwich And in your milk whiskers be- I’m just a shorthair, don’t you try brushing me Because I’m spreading hair high and low In your eyes, up your nose [/quote] I peed myself a little bit, ri-i-ight… [QUOTE=Beaucarnea] Everywhere the fur blows, you aren’t the boss of me of me of me [/QUOTE] …here. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/72 "2007-07-16T16:44:47Z")
[QUOTE=Archergal] Drat you, **romansperson.** I do this with my dog too, and before I knew it I was howling along with you and your dog. 🆒 I’m dad-sitting and away from my husband and dogs, and I miss 'em. [/QUOTE] May you find your way back to them soon. I miss Idol (the dog in the video). We lost him to bone cancer at the end of March. ☹ We still have our other hound, Pumpkin, but when we try this with her, she looks at us as if we’re insane. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/73 "2007-07-16T18:51:09Z")
[QUOTE=romansperson] May you find your way back to them soon. [/QUOTE] I’ll be back with them later this week. 🙂 > [@](#): > > I miss Idol (the dog in the video). We lost him to bone cancer at the end of March. ☹ > > We still have our other hound, Pumpkin, but when we try this with her, she looks at us as if we’re insane. 😛 My [Bouncer dog](http://flickr.com/photos/archergal5129/582904850/) is the one who will howl with me. [Jasper](http://flickr.com/photos/archergal5129/582904834/) just barks. 😛 It’s really hard to lose them, isn’t it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/74 "2007-07-16T20:43:19Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] I had a cat who used to sit on the toilet tank and lie on my head while I was on the toilet - do you think you could work that into the song? (He was doing this once, and my other cat came in and looked up and saw him there. The look on her face was priceless - “Hey! What’s HE doing up there?”) Then there’s the whole nesting in your underwear and pants on the floor thing. I’ve actually considered putting a cat door in the bathroom door; it seems like they’re always on the wrong side of that door. [/QUOTE] I’ll have to see what I can do. 😉 _There’s a cat Nestled in my pants, On the tank, Kitty dance!_ Thanks, **Beaucarnea**! ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/75 "2007-07-16T20:53:35Z")
\*Across bare butt The tail goes swish— “You’re sitting on My water dish— If you leave A floater there I will come and Try to play Go fish… When you leave, Door closed is best, ‘Cause if I get in I’ll make a TP neeeessssst!"\* ---
**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:** [July 16, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/76 "2007-07-16T22:19:27Z")
I’ll take a stab at “Bohemian Rhapsody” "I stayed up all night… and now I have to pee it’s six a.m… yeah there is no escaping me… open your eyes… look up to the skies and see… A baby seal face… Won’t you please take me… Because you know, I gotta go Hurry up, I might blow! Anywhere that I’ve gone The lawn isn’t greeeeeeeen…not green. Momma,…give me some ham with my head upon your leg i’ll drool as I beeeeg. Momma…now let’s have some fun! Please don’t take my bone away! Momma…ooooooooo… I don’t want to cry, sometimes I wish I hadn’t chewed that ball Nenna-bug, Nenna bug Each day a little fatter… (bum bum bum bum) I see a little sharpei-shepard hybrid dog too much skin! too much skin! It can stretch for miles… My face is full of wrinkles, now I gotta tinkle…PEE! momma-oh no, Momma uh-oh, momma please I gotta go! I gotta GOOOOOOOOOOO… Go Go Go GO GO GO GO! I just made it don’t you hate it when I pee upon your toe? Daddy says that when I get inside I’ll have a treat… A treat… A TREAT!!! (Headbanging ensues) Oh I stink and I bark and I fart and I cryyyyyyy Dog farts make daddy want to dieeeeeeeee-ee-eye! Oh nenna! Little stinky nenna, let’s just go out… If just to get some fresh air… It’s late…everyone’s asleep… hop up on the bed sit on daddy’s head wake up! dad, it’s my bum! Let me go outside before I toot! Momma…oooooooooooo… Cause I gotta go) Gotta go outside at night and make a poop! momma…ooooooooo I don’t mean to cry, it’s just that i"m really gonna blow! (gotta pee, cuddle me) Once i’ve relieved my bladder. Just so long you hug me, nothing really matters to me…to me… ---
**Author:** ![Lisa\_Ann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lisa\_Ann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa_Ann)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/77 "2007-07-17T22:41:24Z")
My own little ditty, to my own tone deaf tuneless tune, scritching his butt whilst I am peeing in the bathroom (what a relief to know that others rely on pet companions for this personal chore - how do we go at work alone?): _**He’s my Dingo Devil Demon Dog And I LOVE HIM!**_ Repeat until done peeing. It’s basic, but he loves it and me. I used to sing How Much is That Doggy in The Window to my dear departed Patch. I’ll never ever stop missing him. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa\_Ann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lisa\_Ann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa_Ann)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248/78 "2007-07-18T18:29:34Z")
I can’t believe I forgot to mention that I sing to the tune of Kim Carnes’ _Bette Davis Eyes_: Dingo’s got Phil Ivy eyes You’ll have to tell him twice He’s our flip-top-head guy Dingo’s got Phil Ivy eyes! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sing-along-with-our-pets/411248.md?page=3)