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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 01:16 AM
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Poll question: As pets, which are more disgusting?
Edited on Fri Aug-29-08 01:17 AM by Orrex
Please--no "other" answers here. If you want to go on about how much more disgusting humans are than either of these choices, post your own poll.

:evilgrin:

On edit: Not flamebait! I own two cats, and one of them just did something in the litter box so vile that I'm afraid my house will be condemned. Hell, they might condemn the whole damned neighborhood, it's that bad.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 01:18 AM
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1. OK, now I have to know...
What did the kitty do?
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 01:19 AM
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3. If you're down-wind, you'll find out eventually
I don't care if you're a thousand miles away from me. It's that bad.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 01:20 AM
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6. ...
:rofl:
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 01:22 AM
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7. Based on this...
I voted "cats".
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Connonym Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 01:19 AM
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2. I've never seen a cat eat it's own poop so I have to vote dog
Edited on Fri Aug-29-08 01:28 AM by Connonym
hell, a dog will even eat the CAT's poop. Dogs are clearly much more disgusting (but I still love 'em)
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 01:20 AM
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5. A compelling argument IBTL
But one cat will think nothing of feasting on something on which another cat has already feasted and, uh, changed its mind.
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 02:11 AM
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10. With relish
They seem to positively enjoy going after cat waste, like its some sort of treat.
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Blue Diadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 08:25 AM
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18. and then when they're done eating that they'll come lick your face!
EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

but..I still love doggies.
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 08:26 AM
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19. seconded. never had a cat eat the dogs poop either. nt
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 01:20 AM
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4. Definitely cats.
I own three. They are all disgusting.
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 02:09 AM
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8. Cats at least make an attempt at being self-cleaning.
Dogs are just interested in their balls.
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 02:10 AM
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9. Other/ Rodents.
KMA. Pound for pound mice are f'n scary smelly. Dogs rolling in poo and cats stashing food around the house hain't got nuthin on them.

Believe me. One tiny white mouse can jack the odor(and livability level) of a dorm room in record time.

Plus the beady little eyes. Cant even tell where they are looking, like with a decent predatory pet.
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oedura Donating Member (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 03:46 AM
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15. I've kept mice (plural)...
...and the smell was non-existant or barely noticeable unless you leaned right over their cage.

You have to clean it occasionally.
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 11:52 AM
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36. It took less than an hour
starting from a brand new cage.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 09:41 AM
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26. Somebody apparently didn't read the OP. There is no "Other" category in this poll!
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
Way to do half a job, quakerboy!

:evilgrin:
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 11:56 AM
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37. I refuse to live in your box
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boilerbabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 02:15 AM
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11. what are you asking?
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Zookeeper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 02:17 AM
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12. That sounds disgusting, but I know that given the chance....
one of my dogs would eat it.

I have both cats and dogs and dogs win the "most disgusting" award hands down.

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boilerbabe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 02:42 AM
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13. OK, Just Try Having a Racoon in your attic
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 03:41 AM
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14. Other, Ferrets
Let them run uncaged and they will turn the deepest darkest corner of your house into their private toilet. You will find nests of socks with one hole chewed the toe.

I also remember the time my cat pulled a thawing roast from the counter. The ferret appropriated it and was trying to carry a piece of meat bigger than it was underneath a counter. He damn near did it.

Gotta love cuz they are cute and playful, but ferrets will mess with your world.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 09:42 AM
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27. I have this fantasy that someday everyone will read the OP before responding to the poll
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
Way to do half a job, JCMach1!

:evilgrin:
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 12:05 PM
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39. Guess that makes me a MAVERICK
in the same stylee as McLame :evilgrin:
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oedura Donating Member (347 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 03:55 AM
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16. Dogs, hands down...
Edited on Fri Aug-29-08 03:55 AM by oedura
One time events don't count. Once when I was a kid, we had a cat that apparently wasn't feeling too well that decided to come into my bedroom one night right after I'd went to bed and lay down a 1' wide, inch-deep (I kid you not) pool of diarrhea.

The second after that cat emptied its bowls, every other person in every other room in the house simultaneously yelled, "What the F*CK is that?!" I would have said it, too, but I was too busy supressing a sudden urge to barf. The stench was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad.

But dogs are still more disgusting in their regular, day-to-day behavior.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 04:28 AM
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17. Dogs.
Maybe if a cat came over and dropped a SEVERED bunny head in my hand I would feel differently (thanks ALOT Punkin!)--or decided to have a one on one with a skunk as well, or pretty much rip a fox to pieces and come back covered in the mess....My sister has terriers. Nice dogs, but get into the grossest shit!:puke:
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 08:31 AM
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20. dogs. the more vile a pile of something, the more they wanna lay down and roll aound in it.
ugh!
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 08:44 AM
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21. Would you like me to be specific?
Edited on Fri Aug-29-08 08:46 AM by undeterred
Dogs, who lick every place they can reach.

Edit: I guess cats do that too. But when a large male dog does it right in front of you, its disgusting.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 08:58 AM
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22. My cat doesn't hump my leg.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 09:45 AM
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30. He does while you're sleeping
And your leg is the least of it.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 08:58 AM
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23. There are pets other than this y'know.
:P
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 09:43 AM
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28. Nope. Just those two.
Start your own poll, trouble-maker!
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 03:33 PM
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41. Well it's a moot point, because leopard geckos are very clean.
They make sure to pick one spot to use as their bathroom, and their poo almost never smells. :P
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daggahead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 09:03 AM
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24. I've had both ...
Dogs eat poop, cats hork up hairballs.

They both do disgusting things, but both have great qualities as pets, companions, and fascinating animals.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 09:44 AM
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29. This is no time for fence-straddling. Call it!
A question of this gravity demands decisiveness!
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daggahead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 11:31 AM
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32. Dogs! OK? Dogs, dammit!
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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 09:23 AM
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25. Cats
Not only do they crap on the house, we MAKE them crap in the house. And then we clean up the in-house crap. Giant turd nuggets on the lawn are much easier for me to deal with than litterbox smell. Cat urine and feces just really bug me.:shrug:
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cwydro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 09:51 AM
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31. I have dogs and cats.
One of my dogs will eat poop of ANY kind.

Gak!
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daggahead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 11:32 AM
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33. My pug ate some poop ...
that we could not identify. Not dog poop, not rabbit ... it was big. Maybe Bigfoot?

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cwydro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 11:39 AM
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35. Mine are especially fond of duck poop.
erg.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 11:33 AM
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34. Dogs are generally larger...
...and therefore generate a much greater volume of disgusting things.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 11:58 AM
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38. Ferrets.
You don't even have to wait for them to poop for them to smell like something dead left out in the sun.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 12:18 PM
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40. They do have a unique smell!
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 07:15 PM
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46. All of you respondents who didn't read the OP are what's wrong with America
A pox on all your house!
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
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southpaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 03:33 PM
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42. Dogs... no contest.
Not. A. Dog. Person.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 03:36 PM
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43. None of my cats has ever eaten
the shit out of the litterbox.

Our dogs, on the other hand, would not only eat their own, but the cats' as well.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 03:43 PM
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44. Dogs slobber more, smell more, crap in random places.
No contest.
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libodem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-29-08 04:03 PM
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45. Dogs
I remember retching while cleaning up my room mate's daughter's dog vomit after it had eaten kitty nuggets from the cat box (out of my son's race car bed). We gave the dog away when she wasn't paying attention and she didn't even notice for about 3 days. They don't say 'Grinnin' like a shit eatin' dog ' for nothing.
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