# Throwing tennis balls at a stray cat **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 14, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-tennis-balls-at-a-stray-cat/717643 "2015-04-14T14:40:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [April 14, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-tennis-balls-at-a-stray-cat/717643/21 "2015-04-14T18:12:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > They could tie up a beaver. Hugh, I think you’re being too tough on the Beaver. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-tennis-balls-at-a-stray-cat/717643/22 "2015-04-14T18:46:12Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Tie a goat up in the yard within eyesight of him. He will come out that night. P-22 doesn’t want to be fed. He wants to hunt. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-tennis-balls-at-a-stray-cat/717643/23 "2015-04-14T18:51:52Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > P-22 doesn’t want to be fed. He wants to hunt. So he will bite the rope in two and count to fifty. :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-tennis-balls-at-a-stray-cat/717643.md?page=1)