# Stop staring at me! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928 "2013-03-14T16:06:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/1 "2013-03-14T16:06:52Z")
Tonka (the cat) has been sitting and staring at me for at least 10 minutes. It’s freakin’ me out, man. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/2 "2013-03-14T16:12:30Z")
Cats is weird. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/3 "2013-03-14T16:14:13Z")
He just made a ‘prrrrt’ noise. I said it mack to him and he took off. I think he wants to play. (I may have to put aside my data for a few minutes.) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/4 "2013-03-14T16:14:58Z")
You might have catnip stuck in your teeth. Go check in a mirror. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/5 "2013-03-14T16:15:59Z")
He’s waiting for you to discover the half a mouse. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/6 "2013-03-14T16:18:39Z")
My cat is staring at me because he wants the comfy chair. Sorry cat, I have school work, I need the comfy chair. Go to bed. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/7 "2013-03-14T16:33:50Z")
He never sits where I’m sitting. He usually stays close to ‘mom’. He’ll usurp her chair on occasion when she gets up, but normally he hangs out on the ottoman. Or on the back of the couch, over my left shoulder, where he is now. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/8 "2013-03-14T16:37:24Z")
You know in all of the horror movies, where the deep voice says, “Get out. Now.” Maybe you should listen to that voice. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/9 "2013-03-14T16:47:37Z")
[Something](http://theoatmeal.com/comics/cat_kill) I’m reminded of (TheOatmeal cat comic). ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/10 "2013-03-14T16:52:15Z")
He’s trying to decide if you’d be better with teriyaki sauce or BBQ sauce. StG ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/11 "2013-03-14T16:57:36Z")
Might be time for some punitive cuddling. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/12 "2013-03-14T17:02:16Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > Might be time for some punitive cuddling. 😉 It worked. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/13 "2013-03-14T17:36:10Z")
=^O.O^= And you thought you could get away from it by going to the interwebs. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/14 "2013-03-14T20:52:31Z")
If he does it again, you might resort to [cat yodeling](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxLG2wtE7TM) ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/15 "2013-03-14T20:54:59Z")
Isn’t there some rule about pictures and starting a thread mentioning cats? Or is that only if ‘cat’ appears in the subject line? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/16 "2013-03-14T21:12:08Z")
[Pics here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16059997&postcount=4), and at least one more in that thread. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/17 "2013-03-15T02:26:18Z")
He’s plotting your demise. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Clothilde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Clothilde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothilde)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/18 "2013-03-15T04:02:41Z")
> [@phouka](#): > > If he does it again, you might resort to [cat yodeling](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxLG2wtE7TM) That had me laughing so hard! Thank you for posting this! ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/19 "2013-03-15T09:43:15Z")
So your weakness is eye-to-eye contact. There must be a medical term for that. I know it has implications in combat (this book about Miyamoto Musashi.) The best cure: state him/her/it down. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928/20 "2013-03-15T09:56:17Z")
Maybe he was actually telepathically communicating with the mothership and you just happened to be in his eye line? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-staring-at-me/652928.md?page=2)