# Why does Cecil not like cats? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 27, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773 "2003-06-27T15:46:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/1 "2003-06-27T15:46:50Z")
In reading a number of Straight Dope answers, I get the impression that Cecil really, really doesn’t like cats. Why might this be so? WRS ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/2 "2003-06-27T15:57:33Z")
Why would anyone like cats? ---
**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/3 "2003-06-27T15:57:53Z")
Probably because cats suck. ---
**Author:** ![Nangleator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19adc/32.png) [@Nangleator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nangleator)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/4 "2003-06-27T16:04:13Z")
Yeah, some of these people have a problem with independent, nearly self-sufficient animals whose love must be earned. They prefer dogs, who will love anyone that feeds them. Understandable. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/5 "2003-06-27T16:10:52Z")
You have to earn love? What is it, some kind of reward that only the greatest creatures can bestow upon we simpering fools? Hogwash. ---
**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/6 "2003-06-27T16:12:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*You have to earn love? What is it, some kind of reward that only the greatest creatures can bestow upon we simpering fools? \*\* Yup ---
**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/7 "2003-06-27T16:16:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nangleator \* > \*\*Yeah, some of these people have a problem with independent, nearly self-sufficient animals whose love must be earned. > > They prefer dogs, who will love anyone that feeds them. Understandable. \*\* If I want an independent, self sufficient animal who’s love must be earned, I’ll get myself a girlfriend. No hairballs, and I wouldn’t have to keep a box for her to shit in… Of course, I’m not much of a dog person either. -FK ---
**Author:** ![Nangleator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19adc/32.png) [@Nangleator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nangleator)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/8 "2003-06-27T16:28:38Z")
If you had to be a dog or a cat, which would you be? Assuming you wanted to keep a little dignity, that is. My point is, I respect cats more than dogs. > [@](#): > > …love must be earned… For it to be worth anything, yes. > [@](#): > > I’ll get myself a girlfriend. Good luck. Oh, just kidding. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/9 "2003-06-27T16:35:04Z")
The secret’s in the sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/10 "2003-06-27T16:44:32Z")
I like cats. Mmmmm…yummy char-grilled cats. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/11 "2003-06-27T16:50:11Z")
Worth anything? Good lord, I’m glad I’m not you or your SO. “Yes, you’re very attractive and all that, but I’m afraid you have to earn my love. See this lovely chart I’ve created just for you. See, there you are, near the bottom. Now, if you earn the right amount of points, you’ll move up. But if you displease me, you’ll move down. First up, the physical challenges …” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/12 "2003-06-27T18:54:08Z")
Cats are dirty, disgusting, filthy kick-toys that lick their own anus ON PURPOSE! And you wonder why The Great One may find them offensive? * * * Someones gotta go back and git a shitload of dimes! ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/13 "2003-06-27T18:57:15Z")
so when dogs lick their asses, they’re doing iy accidentally??? ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/14 "2003-06-27T19:01:05Z")
so when dogs lick their asses, they’re doing it accidentally??? ---
**Author:** ![lachesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@lachesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lachesis)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/15 "2003-06-27T19:05:43Z")
well, guess that proves you can’t stop the hamsters in mid-submit in order to correct a typo. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/16 "2003-06-27T19:34:09Z")
When a dog licks his ass, he makes it look _fun_! ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/17 "2003-06-27T19:59:51Z")
> [@](#): > > If I want an independent, self sufficient animal who’s love must be earned, I’ll get myself a girlfriend. No hairballs, and I wouldn’t have to keep a box for her to shit in… HA! Obviously you’ve never had a girlfriend before! just kidding. I love you all ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/18 "2003-06-27T20:12:56Z")
Of course Cecil hates cats, he’s the smartest man in the world! Personally, I have no use for a pet that won’t even wait until it’s starving to start eating me if I were to die alone in my apartment. also, I don’t understand all this about earning a cat’s love, these disgusting feline hellbeasts obviously do not have the capacity to love. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/19 "2003-06-27T20:23:55Z")
He’s just never had one that was cooked properly. As **NoClueBoy** pointed out, the secret is in the sauce. Also, presentation is an important part of the meal. Maybe you could serve it with some seasonal vegetables, on a bed of lettuce or something. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773/20 "2003-06-27T21:16:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lachesis \* > \*\*so when dogs lick their asses, they’re doing it accidentally??? \*\* Who said dogs \*\* are not\*\* dirty and disgusting as well? They are, just to clear that up. They lick their assholes too, but it usually isn’t such a deliberate act, like a cat. Dogs will sniff around and take a stab at it once or twice, but for GOD’S SAKE they don’t sit there in the middle of the floor and do it over and over for a half hour while looking at you like some kind of crazed homeless person! Two axioms of life: Never kiss an animal that can lick its own ass. Never let an animal that can’t wipe its own ass on the furniture (or even inside!). * * * Email: Obfuscating communication for over a decade! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cecil-not-like-cats/184773.md?page=2)