# This cat is ugly -- no, make that OHMIGAWD UGLY!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799 "2009-02-28T16:18:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/21 "2009-02-28T21:41:06Z")
I don’t know, that cat looks rather dignified, to me. With his fur the way it is, it looks almost like a lion’s mane. I heard a story once of a family whose dog had a litter of puppies on them, and they were trying to get rid of them. They ran an ad in the paper for two weeks “Eight beautiful puppies, free to a good home”, but had no takers. Then they changed the ad to “Seven beautiful and one very ugly puppy, free to a good home”. Within two days, they had adopted out the ugly one eight times. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/22 "2009-02-28T21:53:43Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t know, that cat looks rather dignified, to me. With his fur the way it is, it looks almost like a lion’s mane. > > I heard a story once of a family whose dog had a litter of puppies on them, and they were trying to get rid of them. They ran an ad in the paper for two weeks “Eight beautiful puppies, free to a good home”, but had no takers. Then they changed the ad to “Seven beautiful and one very ugly puppy, free to a good home”. Within two days, they had adopted out the ugly one eight times. We had a similiar thing happen with a moma manx cat that showed up at our place bursting with kittens. Very shortly we had 8 or so baby manx cats. Several weeks of free! manx cats, narry a call. Changed the ad to “rare manx kittens, 100 dollars (or more in todays money) each”. damn phone rang off the hook. Once we were fairly sure the people taking the cats would be responsible owners, we just gave em to them. Never give away crap when you can sell gold 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/23 "2009-02-28T22:52:29Z")
Aw, he’s a cutie. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/24 "2009-02-28T23:47:26Z")
He kinda looks like the cat in the _Bloom County_ comic strip. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/25 "2009-03-01T00:05:12Z")
I want him! I think he’s alien cute. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2009, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/26 "2009-03-01T00:56:14Z")
Does he know [Ellwood](http://officespam.chattablogs.com/archives/Ellwood-Worlds-Ugliest-Dog.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/27 "2009-03-01T01:01:38Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Bat Boy, allow me to introduce you to Sam, the [ugliest dog in the world](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee56/chikapappi/SamUgliestDogLulu.jpg). > > [Here’s another one of Sam.](http://www.funnyreign.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/worlds-ugliest-dog.jpg) > > Bat Boy isn’t even in the same league. _“A widespread investigation of funeral homes, morgues, and hospitals has concluded that the unburied dead have been returning to life and seeking human victims. It’s hard for us here to be reporting this to you, but it does seem to be a fact.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/28 "2009-03-01T01:19:34Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t know, that cat looks rather dignified, to me. With his fur the way it is, it looks almost like a lion’s mane. “If I were king of the forrrest…” ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/29 "2009-03-01T01:58:48Z")
Even an ugly kitteh is cuddly. Cuz hey – kitteh! ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/30 "2009-03-01T02:19:51Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > … **Creaky** , here – let me tuck you in, and here’s a lovely stuffed (un)plush kitty to snuggle with. Heh. They actually should make stuffed cats that look like that. I would so buy one! ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/31 "2009-03-01T08:22:34Z")
That is an odd looking cat. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/32 "2009-03-01T22:50:57Z")
With animals, it’s so hard to classify one as truly ugly. Even that cat is ‘so ugly it’s cute’. 🙂 The only thing I’ve ever found that’ll make me think an animal is ugly is its personality - it could be the most gorgeous looking critter in the world, but if it’s vicious I’ll remain firmly convinced that it’s dreadful. Case in point, my grandmother’s cat - glorious long, smoke-coloured fur, but the temperament of a demon. Every time I looked at it, I saw an ugly cat - but on a purely superficial level, she was quite lovely. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/33 "2009-03-01T23:18:13Z")
Ack , thats a zombie dog Declan ---
**Author:** ![Ragiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ragiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ragiel)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/34 "2009-03-02T23:43:45Z")
I’m of the _aaawwwwww kyoot!_ persuasion. Never saw an ugly kitteh. I don’t believe in them. I wasn’t sure there were ugly doggies either. But Sam has shown me the light. He looks like the Crypt Keeper’s favorite lapdog. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/35 "2009-03-03T15:36:30Z")
He looks like an old grand dame fallen on hard times, still wearing the moth-eaten fur coat from her glory days. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/36 "2009-03-03T15:51:52Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > A Googling of “applehead Siamese” brings up flocks of sites and pictures of those utterly gorgeous cats. Of course, the show ring spits on them, just as it spits on Persian cats with traditional heads. > > If you want to see just how horribly misshapen the modern Persian is, go [here](http://www.breeds.traditionalcats.com/BreedInfo/FAQTPersian/FAQTPersian.html) and scroll down to the comparison of a traditional and modern Persian cat skull. > > My little old lady [Sophie](http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2933911950000735275Wfuwyi), a stray I took in, is what Persians used to look like before they were distorted into monstrosities. So it’s not just me, eh? This is going to sound dumb, but I’d convinced myself that what I grew up knowing as “Persians” were just long haired cats, and that I’d been wrong about what a Persian looked like, since Persians have pug faces! But no, they WERE Persians, but “Persian” has changed. Huh. Interestink… ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799/37 "2009-03-04T04:21:40Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > He looks like an old grand dame fallen on hard times, still wearing the moth-eaten fur coat from her glory days. That is the perfect description! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-cat-is-ugly-no-make-that-ohmigawd-ugly/487799.md?page=1)