Cats Are Useless

[SoDesuKa]

Don't get me wrong, I like cats. But God knows, they don't do much. They sleep 18 hours a day. Every now and then they have to hide out from the grandchildren. It's not a bad gig at all, being a cat.


La Chatte Qui Dort

[FleshCartoon]

1. I've often thought I wouldn't mind...

...changing places with one of my pets, feline or canine.

They could at least go to the damned grocery store for me now and then. Do the dishes. Change their own litter boxes, take themselves out to poop...but no, I have to do it all. And they aren't even tax deductible.

[parasim]

3. Oh, I wouldn't want to be a dog...

Can you imagine having to ask permission every time you wanted to do something?

Now, a cat's life I would dig.

[FleshCartoon]

6. It depends on the dog.

My current dog is like that, but my dog that died wouldn't have dreamed of asking permission to do anything. My entire life revolved around her because she saw to it that it did--social, financial, personal, everything.

[parasim]

14. I know, I was being facetious...

I used to have the most wonderful dog that thought it was a cat.

otoh, my current cat thinks it's a dog at dinnertime, which she seems to think should be a 24/7 activity.

[FleshCartoon]

20. Oh, sorry.

Got lost in translation for me.

[FleshCartoon]

8. Sorry.

Double post.

[Rainbowreflect]

11. My hubby & I keep saying we just need to get

social security numbers for the dogs, we could claim them as deductions and save a bundle on taxes.

[tandot]

2. Your cat looks like my Tommy

Every now and then he'll catch a cricket or fly. But that is as far as it goes. Pretty lazy cat.

[LynneSin]

4. Hey, my cat Evita protected me from a dangerous bat

She's earned her keep in my home!!!

[mmm]

5. You gotta put it out there to get something back(if this is what you want)

Cats love enrichment activities.
Cats love being hand fed.
Cats love kitty game in all shapes and sizes.
Cats love a good rub down.

There is much more to a cat than meets the eye.

[NashVegas]

7. Cats are Very Useful

cats are useful as organic alarm clocks
especially when they are accustomed to being fed
at 4:30 am sharp, and you forget to
set the alarm clock

cats are useful as mousers
I never saw my cat catch or kill a mouse
in my Albany apartment but after I moved
out and went back to visit, I saw what crawled the kitchen floor
with no cat.

cats are useful memory joggers
"oh yes, I need to stop at the store
and pick up kitty litter. and bring all the used-plastic bags
to the recycle bin."

and cats are good for giving Skinner something to do
to make Democratic Underground an ever better and better
stop on the internet.



thanks, Skinner.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

18. That cat has beautiful eyes.

Such a lovely animal.
Duckie

[NashVegas]

23. Set Off, of Course

by that nose!

:)

I'll pass your compliment on to the cutie in question.

[demigoddess]

9. My cats have made very good pillows

i.e. they let me put my head on them to sleep. One even insisted upon it. And another cat of mine liked to protect me from big (doberman, irish wolfhound) dogs. If those dogs had ever gotten over that fence they would have been ripped to shreds. I saw him do it to an irish setter, sent the dog into retreat and the cat was declawed too.

[sangh0]

10. "My cats have made very good pillows"

I'm sure you didn't mean it that way, but it reminded me of Montgomery J Burns (from The Simpsons) song "See My Vest"

[CatWoman]

13. snarf

[Catshrink]

15. My Sammy loves to be my pillow. He's such a lovebug.

[CatWoman]

17. whoa

Sammy's a big one.

Cute, too. :D

[KT2000]

12. No Way!

One of my cats has alerted me to the presence of bees in the house and I am allergic to their stings!
She alerted me to a hive that was built in an exterior wall and assorted interlopers inside the house.
She also keeps my bedroom free of flying insects. She seems to "hypnotize" them until they fall from the ceiling or down a wall and then she eats them.
Also I had mice getting in my car unitl I let my other cat nap in there occassionally.


But I have to admit - they do need a lot of sleep between these efforts.

[Liberal Veteran]

16. They aren't sleeping.....

...they are meditating on how best to focus their limitted energies to help make your house a better home.

[Taverner]

19. Efficient Animals

Designed much like hybrid cars....to rest when not hunting but then when hunting their HR soars and they go into overdrive.

Unlike humans, which have to work up to that heart rate from resting, a cat can shoot from sleepy to attack mode in seconds.

[Skittles]

21. food, love, and attention only when they want it

would I trade places with my cat? Oh yeah.

[Lindacooks]

22. Cat's sleeping chemistry is going to help humans

Scientists are trying to develop a safe sleeping pill based on the chemistry in a cat's brain, because they can fall asleep so quickly and easily.

So don't knock cats.