# The Rorschach Cat Test **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 15, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847 "2010-09-15T14:26:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/1 "2010-09-15T14:26:05Z")
I was looking at the diamond-esque shape on my son’s cat when it came to me that it kinda-sorta looks like the shape of [Texas](http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a362/quietman1920/Furball.jpg). But then I remember Texas being much bigger, less furry, and that it damn near never purrs. It could look like Australia (I’ve never been there). Or maybe it shifts shape in a slowly changing hypnotic pattern that says, “Hello! Have you any treats for me? For I surely would like some.” I guess my question is what does that white shape look like to you? [kirk]\*\* “… a fat Tribble…???” \*\*[/kirk] ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/2 "2010-09-15T14:28:23Z")
I see one of those stealth planes. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/3 "2010-09-15T14:41:36Z")
Africa. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/4 "2010-09-15T14:47:20Z")
A horses head, with the mouth facing down in the picture, breathing fire. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/5 "2010-09-15T15:16:36Z")
An angelfish. StG ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/6 "2010-09-15T15:51:13Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > An angelfish. > > StG seconded ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/7 "2010-09-15T16:02:23Z")
Kinda’ like an overloaded ice cream cone. Cone on the bottom and ice cream on top, overflowing to the right. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/8 "2010-09-15T16:06:33Z")
[Wallmaster](http://media.photobucket.com/image/wallmaster/Scarablord/Wallmaster.bmp) ---
**Author:** ![RedWood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f08c70/32.png) [@RedWood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedWood)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/9 "2010-09-15T16:09:59Z")
looks like an arrow! perhaps it means “Treats at This End”? :p:p:p ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/10 "2010-09-15T16:11:27Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > I see one of those stealth planes. Yup. ---
**Author:** ![llcoolbj77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/11 "2010-09-15T16:15:12Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > A horses head, with the mouth facing down in the picture, breathing fire. Agreed. Or a gothic gargoyle with a beak-shaped nose and a spray of feathers for hair. ---
**Author:** ![Deflagration](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ab097/32.png) [@Deflagration](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deflagration)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/12 "2010-09-15T16:39:21Z")
A laterally inverted (looking the other way) Indian head > **[Indian-head test pattern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Head_test_card)** > > The Indian-head test pattern is a test card that gained widespread adoption during the black-and-white television broadcasting era as an aid in the calibration of television equipment. It features a drawing of a Native American wearing a headdress surrounded by numerous graphic elements designed to test different aspects of broadcast display. The card was created by RCA to be the standard image for their TK-1 monoscope, a simple video camera capable of producing only the image embedded within it.... ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/13 "2010-09-15T16:41:56Z")
> [@ITR\_champion](#): > > Kinda’ like an overloaded ice cream cone. Cone on the bottom and ice cream on top, overflowing to the right. OH! “Co **n** e”! I thought that was an M. I was like "that’s a disgusting, bizarre ice cream cone. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/14 "2010-09-15T18:38:46Z")
Looks kinda like India to me. Definitely not Australia. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/15 "2010-09-15T20:30:14Z")
A scallop shell. Maybe kitty is demanding seafood? Or possibly the head of the Predator. Is Furball a Schwarzenegger fan? ---
**Author:** ![Caveat\_lector\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@Caveat\_lector\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caveat_lector_1)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/16 "2010-09-15T20:38:27Z")
Christmas tree or S. America. ---
**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/17 "2010-09-16T19:47:43Z")
Have to share this one: [Meta Kitteh is Meta](http://icanhascheezburger.com/2010/09/13/funny-pictures-meta-cat-is-meta/) Adopted kitten has markings that spell “cat” on her side. Cute! ---
**Author:** ![JerseyFrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@JerseyFrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyFrank)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/18 "2010-09-16T19:50:46Z")
A goose, wings up, passing the setting sun, during a snowstorm. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/19 "2010-09-16T23:06:57Z")
A tiger head with its tongue sticking out. ---
**Author:** ![Bloody\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bloody\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloody_L)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rorschach-cat-test/553847/20 "2010-09-17T20:59:45Z")
I see a [B2 Spirit](http://juliantheaviator.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/b-2.jpg)