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Post by Rasselas on Nov 13, 2009 0:41:06 GMT
Why did you share that, that is among the things to never be shared! Awww man. Ugly. Good squishy description, though.
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Post by the bandit on Nov 13, 2009 14:39:38 GMT
It's called a hairball. Cats yerlch them everywhere.
EDIT: Their one "clean pet" fatal flaw.
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Post by basser on Nov 13, 2009 16:49:28 GMT
Ah, I wish. He deserves it. And dear Mrs. Fluffums was a pretty fat cat. Actually, we're not entirelly sure what we found. A combination of hair and half digested canned cat food, probably, though it did kind of look like feces. Or at least, partly made feces. It was disturbing, though, all hairy and mushy and black and covered in stomach juice, and it all spilled out at once and kind of splattered all over the tray. Never open a cat's stomach. You think that's bad? I'm a biology major. I've cut up god knows how many animals and seen their little goopy bits all over. The best one was either the pigeon, which we found stuffed full of corn and little seeds (undigested, poor guy didn't even have a chance to eat his last meal properly) or the squid, which had a bunch of little fish in it, which we also dissected just because we could. Oh, there was also the baby piglet, full of grain and half-dissolved leafy vegetables. That one was kind of sad.
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Post by cat on Nov 27, 2009 16:52:31 GMT
Hairballs happen to all good kitties It's nature! ;D
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Post by heartisengine on Nov 30, 2009 12:59:33 GMT
The average human prefers dogs because they are so much alike: stupid, noisy, attention-seeking, positively bursting with inappropriate behaviour, and with appalling personal hygiene. The superior human prefers the superior animal, the cat, because they also are very much alike: intelligent, quiet, unobtrusive, well-behaved and clean. To disagree is to prove my point. Thank you.
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Post by Yin on Nov 30, 2009 13:02:34 GMT
The average human prefers dogs because they are so much alike: stupid, noisy, attention-seeking, positively bursting with inappropriate behaviour, and with appalling personal hygiene. The superior human prefers the superior animal, the cat, because they also are very much alike: intelligent, quiet, unobtrusive, well-behaved and clean. To disagree is to prove my point. Thank you. Funny how I mostly resemble your 'average human' and yet greatly prefer cats I have a phobia of dogs.
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Post by Casey on Nov 30, 2009 16:11:21 GMT
The average human prefers dogs because they are so much alike: stupid, noisy, attention-seeking, positively bursting with inappropriate behaviour, and with appalling personal hygiene. The superior human prefers the superior animal, the cat, because they also are very much alike: intelligent, quiet, unobtrusive, well-behaved and clean. To disagree is to prove my point. Thank you. Funny how you never hear about a cat pulling people out of burning buildings. Just sayin'.
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Post by Mr Pitchfork on Dec 1, 2009 5:43:59 GMT
I have a dog on my chest right now. He's fidgety and whining and keeps getting in the way of the screen because he gets up and won't stand still. He's a chihuahua, BTW.
I'd prefer he were a cat. He'd be quiet, purring, and soft. Still like him though, the horrid mutt.
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Post by basser on Dec 1, 2009 6:45:03 GMT
I have a dog on my chest right now. He's fidgety and whining and keeps getting in the way of the screen because he gets up and won't stand still. He's a chihuahua, BTW. I'd prefer he were a cat. He'd be quiet, purring, and soft. Still like him though, the horrid mutt. I have a cat on my chest right now, and he's fat and heavy and keeps meowing loudly in my ear, then biting my ear, then purring loudly and licking himself with his big fish-breathy mouth. If he were a dog I could tell him to sit on his little bed and stay and maybe he would listen to me. D: Trade??
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Post by Mr Pitchfork on Dec 1, 2009 6:54:45 GMT
Sure XD
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Post by elthenstorm on Dec 1, 2009 22:33:33 GMT
My stance on the subject is well summed up by Charles Baudelaire's poem, "les Chats".
Les amoureux fervents et les savants austères Aiment également, dans leur mûre saison, Les chats puissants et doux, orgueil de la maison, Qui comme eux sont frileux et comme eux sédentaires.
Amis de la science et de la volupté Ils cherchent le silence et l'horreur des ténèbres; L'Erèbe les eût pris pour ses coursiers funèbres, S'ils pouvaient au servage incliner leur fierté.
Ils prennent en songeant les nobles attitudes Des grands sphinx allongés au fond des solitudes, Qui semblent s'endormir dans un rêve sans fin;
Leurs reins féconds sont pleins d'étincelles magiques, Et des parcelles d'or, ainsi qu'un sable fin, Etoilent vaguement leurs prunelles mystiques.
— Charles Baudelaire
For those of you that feel frustrated not to know Baudelaire's glorious language, here's Roy Campbell's translation (definitely the best one available out there, though it still doesn't ring quite right on some verses)
Sages austere and fervent lovers both, In their ripe season, cherish cats, the pride Of hearths, strong, mild, and to themselves allied In chilly stealth and sedentary sloth.
Friends both to lust and learning, they frequent Silence, and love the horror darkness breeds. Erebus would have chosen them for steeds To hearses, could their pride to it have bent.
Dreaming, the noble postures they assume Of sphinxes stretching out into the gloom That seems to swoon into an endless trance.
Their fertile flanks are full of sparks that tingle, And particles of gold, like grains of shingle, Vaguely be-star their pupils as they glance.
To put it slightly less poetically : dogs are ugly, noisy, they stink, and they shit all over the place. But cats are kinda cool.
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Post by Casey on Dec 1, 2009 22:53:04 GMT
To put it slightly less poetically : dogs are ugly, noisy, they stink, and they shit all over the place. But cats are kinda cool. This conversation has devolved into a series of nonsensical and inaccurate platitudes, and was never really topical for a discussion board about Gunnerkrigg Court to begin with. That is my opinion.
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Post by todd on Dec 1, 2009 23:19:55 GMT
It started out that way when I commented on the irony of Tom disliking cats when one of his most popular characters is named Kat and uses some feline imagery in her inventions, in the opening post - but then quickly drifted away from that element. (That's the Internet for you. I shudder to think how many threads in message boards and forums have drifted away from their original topics.)
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broommaster2000
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Post by broommaster2000 on Dec 2, 2009 19:56:17 GMT
Hi everyone! I miss my dog... This brought back memories. I thought I'd make a first post here... :3 So if anyone's' interested in the beautiful (in my opinion) and sad (definitely) story of Boy, the eunuch wonder-dog, please don't hesitate to ask. Until your reply, I bid you farewell and swish you the cleanest and tidiest of floors, Yours brewmly, Broommaster2000 Ps: I included a self drawn picture of Boy... It doesn't look very good... Attachments:
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Post by Casey on Dec 2, 2009 20:03:42 GMT
there's that word "thine" again. It must be an automatic replacement word for something else...
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broommaster2000
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Post by broommaster2000 on Dec 2, 2009 20:20:52 GMT
Edit: You? Yours? You're?
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