# What IF our cats took over the SDMB?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 7, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992 "2003-04-07T03:57:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/21 "2003-04-07T13:37:46Z")

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[IMHO]: Flea collars or drops?

[Cafe Society]: Does anyone else have a thing for Chester Cheetah?

[MPSIMS]: So I was minding my own business, asleep on a pile of sweaters…

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**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/22 "2003-04-07T13:48:10Z")

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Inside or out? Inside or out? Help me decide

New, exciting places to barf: I need ideas!

Morris: Corporate shill or folk hero?

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**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/23 "2003-04-07T13:56:00Z")

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Best Napping cites?  
Help make my voice louder.  
It’s 2 am. I’m bored.  
How are you doing in the couch shredding competition?  
I refuse to eat _that crap_ (A Rant)

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**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/24 "2003-04-07T14:05:20Z")

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My new friend Pepe, or the love that dare not speak its name  
Inter-species romance - against the natural order, or fine between two consenting adult mammals?

(Consecutive thread title candidate too)

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**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/25 "2003-04-07T14:05:59Z")

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How to break window screens.

Death to birds!

My monkeys keep bringing dogs into the apartment. How do I enact revenge?

As I was napping…

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**Author:** ![truthbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@truthbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthbot)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/26 "2003-04-07T14:07:34Z")

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Laser pointers. Tools of the Devil?

My vet is a jack-booted thug with a cold thermometer (TMI)

Sleeping 20 hours a day, or 21? (Poll)

Anyone else have a phobia about their Littermaid?

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/27 "2003-04-07T14:10:14Z")

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My dog would eat them.

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**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/28 "2003-04-07T15:26:22Z")

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GQ: How many cats are declawed each year?  
CS: I wish Sylvester could just kill that damn Tweety Bird!  
IMHO: POLL: Which cat litter does your human have you use?  
MPSIMS: Scratching post, schmratching post, I’m still using the furniture!  
Pit: Asshat dog who chased me up a tree today

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**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 7, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/29 "2003-04-07T15:37:21Z")

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… mustn’t sleep… dogs will eat me… … mustn’t sleep… dogs will eat me…

So where do _you_ hide your cat toys?

Death is not an option: Live with dogs, or rocking chairs?

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/30 "2003-04-07T15:38:48Z")

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I already have to ask [permission](http://www3.murmurs.com/talk/attachment.php?postid=648522&fullimage=1) to use my pc so I wouldn’t be surprised. 😛

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**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/31 "2003-04-07T16:01:45Z")

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Meow.

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**Author:** ![Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/32 "2003-04-07T20:08:42Z")

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I WON MIDNIGHT CUP HOCKEY!!!

They gave me a bath, but I showed them!!!

Fucking transparent sliding glass doors!!!

Now I’m a freakin’ Uncle.

My Haikus: [http://fff.fathom.org/pages/manwithnoname/page8.html](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/manwithnoname/page8.html)

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**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/33 "2003-04-07T20:24:07Z")

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If? **IF???**

Puh-lease! We’ve been holding Crayons hostage for months.

All your post are belong to us!

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**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/34 "2003-04-07T20:46:03Z")

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Warm Laundry!!! (MPSIMS)

Do Satanists really murder us on Halloween? (GQ… soon debunked as an Urban Legend)

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**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/35 "2003-04-07T20:50:13Z")

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What’s the best way to catch bed mice? (or the GD do bed mice exist?)

I got thrown into the snow today!!

How far can I fall and not be hurt?

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**Author:** ![WillSantini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@WillSantini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillSantini)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/36 "2003-04-07T21:00:26Z")

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All my friends are pussies.

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**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/37 "2003-04-07T21:02:17Z")

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So, I had the buttered toast on my back…

When does grooming become OCD?

I’m not finicky, you try eating this crap!

That goddamned Meow Mix theme is in my head again!

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**Author:** ![Payne\_N.Diaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Payne\_N.Diaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payne_N.Diaz)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/38 "2003-04-07T21:06:29Z")

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When come back, bring mice.

All your mice are belong to us.

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**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/39 "2003-04-07T21:13:15Z")

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I hate you all.

I’m going to scratch you for being here.

Aw, look at the carpet, you just vacuumed it and it’s nice and clean…spotless almost… ::HURL, BARF, UPCHUCK:: That’s better…

Just cleaned the litterbox, eh? EEERRRGGGGGHHHH…ERRRGGHHH… Ahh… I like a clean box.

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**Author:** ![Siegfried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Siegfried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siegfried)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-our-cats-took-over-the-sdmb/166992/40 "2003-04-07T21:46:13Z")

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In Announcements:  
– Testing my new mouse.  
– Why do the tasty hamsters keep logging me out?

In Comments on Cecil’s Columns:  
– An error in Cecil’s “Do Cats Really Have Nine Lives” column.

In Comments on Staff Reports:  
– Rebuttal to “Egyptian History” report.

In General Questions:  
– What’s in catnip that makes me happy?  
– Who started the nine lives rumor?

In Great Debates:  
– Should we allow our kittens to be circumsized?  
– Another claw control debate.

In Cafe Society:  
– Who’s better: Heathcliff or Riff Raff?  
– Spot’s gender in Star Trek: TNG.

In In My Honest Opinion:  
– Tell me about your litter box.  
– What’s wrong with my hairballs!!! (TMI, obviously)

In MPSIMS:  
– So I barely managed to avoid getting a bath.  
– An apology to Hello, Kitty.

In The BBQ Pit:  
– Revolution! F\*\*\* the Vacuum Cleaner!  
– Dogs superior to Cats? Get your racist ass in here, DogIsGod.

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