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After having dealt with cats on a day-to-day basis for several years I completely agree with all that has been said. This topic has truly made me laugh and smile. With that being said, I have more to add.

#1 The best toys are the ones unintended to be so.
You can buy the most expensive toy, it can light up, play a tune, shake, make a squeak, etc. and the cat will want the box it came it. :? Right now, my new kitten adores a box that she has claimed as her personal spot.

#2 Cats let you know if there is anything wrong.... if it pertains to them.
For example, the other day my kitten came up to me, started meowing away, and when I asked her what was it, she went over to the water dish, which had a piece of dry food in it, and stared at it. She wasn't happy until she got a new bowl of water. O_o

#3 The imaginary object....
I have a cat who liked to stare at the wall, then suddenly presses both paws to it as if she caught something. Obviously, after checking many times, she didn't, but she found it fun to see the reaction... "Ah! Did you catch something..... *hopeful* no, of course not." :roll

#4 Cats are ever so mischievous...
Here we have the classic example of a cat that loves catching falling leaves outside. Well one day, said cat is holding something in it's paws and I went to see what it was. {He tends to catch Butterflies, Grasshoppers, etc.} He saw me coming and edged around so I couldn't see his paws. I went around him as asked, "What do you have?" As I should have expected he peeked into his paws and back at me. Then suddenly, he got up and ran off. He didn't have anything, yet purposely made a big issue of it. I think what was worse, was that I swore that cat was laughing at me, he sure gave me a big smile whenever he saw me for the rest of the day. :D

#5 Mole
The unintended game late at night when you are trying to sleep. Even my kitten picked up on that one. In her case, it all started when I moved my foot, which was under the covers, from one area to another, and she thought it was a game. When I moved my foot away from her claws, which was a BIG mistake, she saw it as attempting to illude her and proceeded to chase it all around. It has been dubbed Mole. Lol.

#6 If the cat doesn't want to be found, it won't be.
My mom had a cat that went missing one day. After a few hours of being gone, we went looking all over the house, in his favorite spots, calling him, nothing. Then my mom went to do the laundry and sorted out the kitty. He had hopped in the clothes basket and fallen asleep, and unknowingly she had set some clothes right on top of him. Now she checks the basket more often. :)

#7 If you let a cat outside, it's going to bring a friend back....
My previous cat, who was a boy, loved to go roaming about the yard for a few minutes every so often, and cried until you let him out. Well one day he clawed on the door, the usual sign I should let him in, now. So I went to let him in and he bounds down the steps on me. I went after him to where he showed me a female 'dirt colored', [if you have ever dug a hole deep, and seen the light brown, dark brown and blacks all together, you'll know what I mean], who was quite meek, she only said 'mew', kitty. So I calmly asked him if this was a new friend and he meowed at me. I just smiled and asked her if she wanted some food. She had the cutest expression of 'really?' When I brought her the food she gobbled it down and left. Strangely enough, he never brought another friend by....

Ah cats, :cat you can't help but love them, even when they annoy you.
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Yuri-chan, those are all so cute and TRUE!!!

#2 happens to me with our cat all the time! :P Some times it's just because the food dish is empty. But he's trained me to give him a fresh bowl of water every morning.... or know the nuisance that is full bore mew. :wink:

And our own game is me getting into the shower in the mornings.
The cat looks disinterested, usually facing the other way, licking a paw or something.
He waits for me to be in mid-stride getting into the shower (which is also a tub, so I have to step high and over), and the game is to get into the shower as fast as I can without getting patted by the little paws.
He's darned quick!
If he's mad at me, he'll hang on a bit, so of course he gets some water thrown back at him, but it's all fun.

Lately he's taken to attacking me while I'm shaving my legs. I keep part of the shower curtain open in the back to keep it from blowing in and plastering itself to my person.
I put my lathered leg up on the edge of the tub there, and the next thing I know this black and white paw streaks out of nowhere and pats me a couple times on the foot.
I peek my head out, and see his little green/gold eyes telling me "It's on, lady!"
I haven't cut myself badly....... yet. :wink:
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As the old saying goes about what killed the cat.

This morning I heard a loud crash from the master bedroom's bathroom.

I walk into a large white cloud still hanging in the air.

It seems that Josie our long haired tortie desided to investigate one of the shelves and proceeded to knock down off a large bottle of baby powder which burst when it hit the ground.

So now Josie has a very nice sheen to her fur and smells quite nice but is sneezing quite abit :hitting:
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The cat I used to cat sit for (that we now own... or own us...), loved to play chase through the house.
We'd run up and down the stairs, through the house and he'd end up jumping in the tub like he was home safe. :P
The first time he did this, I grabbed up the bathmat and flipped it upside down over him.
.......powder EVERYWHERE!!!
Poor cat. I was apologizing and trying to pet some of it off of him, but he wasn't having anything to do with me then. :wink:

So, yeah, I've seen that, and have to admit... it's pretty darned funny. :P
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Hi :cat My Name is Josie , JWR's youngest cat and I'm an alcoholic!

When I see and empty bottle of wine I can't help myself and find myself licking the opening to taste that nectar of the God's.

Yes , I know JWR & his Wife Maria laugh at my antics and think I fit right in with the Irish side of our family but today I found myself getting swatted after they put out some glasses of wine and while they went to get the rest of the dinner , I hopped up on the table and started taking a sip out of Maria's glass. I'm upset they through it down the drain instead of pouring it into my water dish!!

I'm a good pretty cat , it's not my fault I have this addiction.....
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^ :D ^

My cat has taken it upson itself to scare the heebiejeebies out of me by doing the "Alien"-thing.

Not bursting out of my chest obviously but the part where they whizz by behind you. When you turn there is nothing and then they whizz past you on the other side.
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Time to give this thread a bump.

I'm sitting here in work nursing a tender nose after getting woken up by Moose our newest addition's full on headbutt to said nose at 5:00am this morning.

Cats (especially him) do not understand that we just had a time change and by our clocks we are not late in feeding him.

Hard Headed is a purrrfect description as I feel like I had a door shut in my face. :hurt:
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