The cat has recently made it known to me that he is increasing my allotment of space on the bed from 6 square feet to 5 square feet. My thankfulness is required.
I've been living with one for ten years and I've often described our household as being "occupied territory." You see, my cat is a terrorist. Using guerilla tactics, cruel mind games and low animal cunning, my cat has taken possion of:
But, all is not lost.
Thanks to the History Channel ["All Nazis -- All the time"], I've become aware of counter-terrorism techniques. To that end, I've sealed off the bathroom (which was becoming a new litter box) and obtain several water guns. The beast only respects force!
Unfortunately, my counter-terrorism was met by even more insidious doings. After several of my successful campaigns, I began to find my guns broken. My cat was engaging in sabotage!
To this day, the struggle continues -- neither side willing to give up. Someday, I've got to bring my cat to the negiotating table. But how?
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hfb on 2002-01-27T20:07:50
Time to return fire. I suggest going to kinko's to make a load of leaflets and engaging in PsyOp tactics to wear down his resistance.
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vsergu on 2002-01-28T04:16:55
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pudge on 2002-01-28T00:10:27
Once again, your URL is broken for everyone of a certain class of people (those who don't have your hostnames hardcoded into their hosts file or default to your domain). You... bigot.
But I agree with you: the only thing they respect is force. My cats try to take over the bed, the chair, the counters. But I have taught them to fear me. Usually all it takes is me saying their name in a menacing voice. Sometimes I have to stand up (they know how I hate to do that, so they wait until I do before they move). Other times it requires water guns or zrbtts to the tummy (you gotta act fast, though, lest you become a casualty of war).Re:cats are bastard people
jjohn on 2002-01-28T01:09:39
Once again, your URL is broken for everyone of a certain class of people (those who don't have your hostnames hardcoded into their hosts file or default to your domain). You
... bigot. Oops! I thought I had taskboy.com open on my browser, but I had the local development mirror of taskboy.com open. This is correct URL.
Usually all it takes is me saying their name in a menacing voice.
I've seen that work for people too.
Other times it requires water guns or zrbtts to the tummy
Dude, your like the Rambo of cat owners! I would never put my face that close to his claws during disciplinary action.
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pudge on 2002-01-28T03:03:11
Yeah... and my cat is especially mean. The vet uses falcon gloves to handle her. It usually takes 2-3 people to hold her down. One time she was really pissed at the vet's office and the vet didn't want anyone to touch her for fear of much blood-letting, but I went over and picked her up. I 0wnz her. Re:cats are bastard people
Matts on 2002-01-28T07:20:27
I'm assuming zrbtts are blowing raspberries on the tummy.
Strange, one of our cats loves that. However one of the dogs absolutely hates it. Can't stand it.Re:cats are bastard people
pudge on 2002-01-28T12:39:19
She hates it when I do it, but does nothing to stop me. Well, she threatens me with her claws, but does not dare use them.
