Damn, Lib, way to kill the thread. 
**Excalibre ** seems a nice enough chap, but sometimes he does resemble a cultural revolutionary demanding a perceived offender to don a pointed cap and write a self-criticism!
And I am blown away by your research capacity. Or do you file all your contributions here (or just the mea culpas) in Word cocuments and keep them organised and updated? (Okay, I only read the first one, but I think I can guess the rest.)
Phenomenal!
I liked this thread much better when it was about cats being children and stuff. This was one of the funniest threads ever until it turned into a pissing contest between Liberal and Excalibre. Bring back Pink Marabou!
Sorry, but Pink Maribou tried to cuddle my Eddy without lifting from the legs, not the back – muttered something about “If I can pick up a three-year-old child I can handle a cat” – and threw her back out too bad to sit at the computer. I mean, will you look at how badly she’s twisted it? :eek: I told her she should warm up by stretching, but did she listen to me? Noooooo.
:: sigh ::
Some people will do anything rather than listen to good advice.
I’m sorry. Mea culpa, I should have known better than to talk to him.
But PinkMaribou had already stalked off in a huff - the thread had come to its natural end by then.
I, for one, welcome our fleshy or hirsute overlords, whichever wins.
Yeah, OK, that was lame, but please don’t let me be the one who put the nail in the coffin of this thread. I did love the first couple pages so. 
You now owe me a favor, Loopydude. It is I who am the coffin nailer!
If that’s how you want to put it, that’s fine. I would argue with you, but it’s not worth arguing over. I should not be allowed to own pets, I am incompetent in the ways of animals, and I would argue the neglectful part but there’s not much point to it. I’m never unwilling to admit anything. I admitted that we did not have the time to take care of the pet properly, and so we responsibly gave it up. Lesson learned. You have demonstrated that you are a better person than I am with your story. I’m happy for you.
None of that changes what I said in the very beginning: no animal is worth $30,000-45,000.
I’m sure the owners of the horse that won last week’s Kentucky Derby would beg to differ.
Thanks. I already knew that I appreciate nothing more than a good argument that changes my mind, and that I had admitted error many many times, most often using the phrase, “I stand corrected”. So I searched on “correct*” with my username.
Kind of like watching a heated “debate” between Ann Coulter and Al Sharpton.
Uh, Neurotik, cats lack the strength and opposable thumbs to hold a sword.
What if you duct taped a sword to the top of the fur-baby’s head? Picture how a penguin wears a dildo on its head.
Oooo, I saw one of those on Wild Kingdom just last week!
My furbabies come equipped with swords. Except for the two that were declawed before I got them.
When I worked at our local Humane Society, I would always try to explain to potential adoptive parents that cats are well equipped for self-defense and will use the claws if scared. But it was always the cats fault if Junior or Sissy was carrying it around by the tail and got scratched. After all, the cat should have know he/she was just a child.
I was unaware of this other issue before. It does explain quite well why you personally cannot envision some one valuing a pet to any degree. Your claim here of “no animal is worth 30- 45K” is of course, your opinion. Obviously there are indeed animals valued to that degree and more (race horses for example). We get that you personally don’t value pets. what you seem to completely ignore is that your opinions are not universally held.
Nonsense. It is a documented fact that some animals are worth that and more.
Not even on a dare!