# Who holds the TV remote at your house? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 4, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-holds-the-tv-remote-at-your-house/382846 "2006-12-04T19:25:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-holds-the-tv-remote-at-your-house/382846/41 "2006-12-07T05:02:07Z")
The remote isn’t an issue in my house, but the can opener is. I operate the can opener, since my cat doesn’t have opposable thumbs. ---
**Author:** ![NJ\_Kef\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@NJ\_Kef\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NJ_Kef_1)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-holds-the-tv-remote-at-your-house/382846/42 "2006-12-07T19:02:16Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] Our cats have learned to work the remotes (after a fashion) by sitting on them. We know who to blame when our channel is suddenly changed, or when the programming screen comes on. The cats haven’t evolved prehensile butts yet, but I’m sure they’re working on it. [/QUOTE] Our feline overlords must have attended the same training camp. Whenever I can’t locate the remote, it’s always under NJ\_Cat’s ponderous belly. Without fail. And why is there a porno flick on the screen when I was just watching _Saved by the Bell_? Because NJ\_Cat pressed _Play_, of course. He was also the one who inserted the tape into the VCR when I wasn’t looking. That’s right. And he must have purchased it too. It’s a possibility!!! Cats have uncanny powers. I suspect they exist pan-dimensionally like mice. Trust me, I know full well why NJ\_Cat played porn in the middle of _Saved by the Bell_. It was his passive-aggressive way of making a snide comment on my purely platonic and aesthetic appreciation for young Mario Lopez. Sarcasm, thy name is housecat!!! Well, I don’t have to take this abuse! I should be able to watch whatever I want without being subjected to constant criticism. If a house is a man’s castle, then surely the remote is his scepter. This thread has aroused my ire!!! Oh, wait. I hear distant mewing. Is NJ\_Cat hungry or is that his “My litter box stinks, you lazy motherfucker!” meow? I gotta go. Talk to you later. Damn! Where did I put the remote!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-holds-the-tv-remote-at-your-house/382846.md?page=2)