# So whats my cat thinking? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2001, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-my-cat-thinking/93763 "2001-11-16T17:25:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cyndar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cyndar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyndar)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-my-cat-thinking/93763/21 "2001-11-17T05:47:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by carnivorousplant \* > \*_They sit bolt upright and stare into the distance \* not \* from seeing ghosts. > It’s interior decorating. > "You painted the kitchen \* beige_? Good gad, man, the refrigerator is arctic white!" > > or “French Provencal and Danish Modern? Have you lost your mind?” \*\* Your cats can decorate? Great. I just got a new house and I’m having a terrible time picking colors and accessories. How much do your cats charge? I have six cats, and I am veterinary technician. So I have interacted with tons of cats. But can I tell you what they are thinking? No way. I like to think that they love me, because they actively seek my attentions even when they aren’t hungry. And they pretty much all seem to like one another. ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-my-cat-thinking/93763/22 "2001-11-17T07:24:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BottledBlondJeanie \* > \*\*Y’all ever wonder what goes through their little brains when their ears go diagonal, they get that evil-wide-eyed look–their tails poof out–back hair slightly up–and suddenly–for NO KNOWN REASON–race madly about the house pausing only to stare at you and then continue to go racing madly about the house. What is UP with that? \*\* d’oh! we’re protecting our cuddly can opener pets from other invisible beasties you can openers can’t see! good human… good human… _pat, pat_ now run along and fetch your mommy a nice bowl of tuna… ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-my-cat-thinking/93763/23 "2001-11-17T07:32:29Z")
cats think? ---
**Author:** ![eirroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@eirroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eirroc)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-my-cat-thinking/93763/24 "2001-11-17T09:00:33Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by carnivorousplant_ > They sit bolt upright and stare into the distance not from seeing ghosts. > It’s interior decorating. > “You painted the kitchen beige? Good gad, man, the refrigerator is arctic white!” > > or “French Provencal and Danish Modern? Have you lost your mind?” BAAAAAWWWWWHHHHAAAAWWWWW!! That was funny as hell. Seriously though, I love reading about cats or any animals as to how they might think (although I know they don’t) or just why they do the things they do. My cat pretty much fits in with the “human can opener” phrase. She’s not a very playful cat, but has those mad turns occasionally where she takes off at break neck spead around the house doing, well what **cougarfang** said. I love this saying because it’s so true: You feed a dog, give it shelter, pet it, take it for walks and it thinks your a god. You feed a cat, give it shelter, pet it, and it thinks **I’TS** a god. Never a truer word said. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-my-cat-thinking/93763/25 "2001-11-17T14:31:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Billy Rubin \* > \*\*cats think? \*\* Yes, but on a level so much higher than we that it is difficult for us to understand. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-my-cat-thinking/93763/26 "2001-11-17T15:14:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BottledBlondJeanie \* > **However, I have 2 cats–one is definitely a cat–cat. She’s got the proper “drop dead” attitude. But my other cat, is a dog wearing a cat suit… You call she comes, you want to hold her and pet her–she’ll sit… She even fetches.** I have two just like this. Salem is a true “cat,” meaning she ignores everyone, has that aloof attitude. I swear sometimes she sneers at me. I’m almost certian I’ve seen her roll her eyes at the other cats. Jack, the other one, thinks he’s a dog. He has a little toy (technically a dog toy), a rag bone, with little knots in the ends that he carries around in his mouth. Every so often he will fling it with his mouth and go bounding after it. He drinks from the potty, he likes belly rubs, he comes running if I whistle. Cats are just goofy. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-my-cat-thinking/93763/27 "2001-11-17T19:51:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by seawitch \* > > Feed me feed me feed me feed me eat eat eat eat pet me pet me pet me BITE YOU pet me pet me sandbox sandbox feed me feed me feed me leave me the hell alone **Seawitch** , that’s a marvelous compilation of a cat’s train of “thought.” However, I believe I can add a couple from my own experience: Claw curtains IF HumanIsSitting AND HumanIsBusy [ul] Jump on lap DO [list] Purr Drool Knead with claws extended (the further the better) [/ul] UNTIL ThrownOffLap Look highly offended [/list] ENDIF (Sorry for the computerese, but it flows better that way . . .) ---
**Author:** ![FL\_Blues\_Baby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e36b37/32.png) [@FL\_Blues\_Baby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FL_Blues_Baby)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-my-cat-thinking/93763/28 "2001-11-17T20:08:17Z")
We’re in charge of weather and rations. The cats are in charge of everything else. Have you ever noticed the resentful look you get if it’s raining outside and you try to let the cat out on the porch? Yeeesh. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-my-cat-thinking/93763/29 "2001-11-17T23:59:56Z")
I get that too, there is always food in the dish, but they cats want whatever is on mom’s plate more.Even if it is something they do not like, such as oatmeal. VanDamm and Tigger have to drink water from the taps, as much as they can stand. Julia gives me dirty looks, she wants to lie on the windowsill, and it is cold to have the windows open. And Little Bastard just hangs out in the kitchen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-my-cat-thinking/93763.md?page=1)