littlek wrote:<just like a bunny, changing the subject>
C'mon - this isn't the bigotry thread - I am on a whole other thread for that - I think it is somewhere in Politics....
Because they could change the channels at will!
Animal Planet, woman!!!
Mr Stillwater wrote:
Quote:Opposable thumbs! That's for the servants! Play with some wool and a daft tail-less ape will bring you a bowl of milk!
Milk upsets their tummies!
sozobe wrote:Because they could change the channels at will!
Animal Planet, woman!!!
Hmmm - there is something in that - AND they can see TV - unlike dumb dogs (sorry 'k - but this IS a cat thread....)
So - the opposeable thumb might cause them to de, rather than e volve, you think?
Yes, I think their new powers would be used for the elevation of their cardinal virtues: sloth, gluttony, and human-manipulating. This would result in weight gain and shorter lifespans, mostly. Though our lives would undoubtedly be made more miserable (see cardinal virtue #3.)
(I do SO like cats!)
I, for one, as I said at the bottom of page 2 (nemmind the bad typo), think cats would evolve at least enough to feed them selves and clean their boxes.
dlowan wrote:sozobe wrote:Because they could change the channels at will!
Animal Planet, woman!!!
Hmmm - there is something in that - AND they can see TV - unlike dumb dogs (sorry 'k - but this IS a cat thread....)
So - the opposeable thumb might cause them to de, rather than e volve, you think?
Any creature that has gone from living a tenuous existence in the Egyptian marshes to being pampered in the houses of it's former victims* is well and truely on the evolution road!!
*
former! Who are we kidding! It never ends!
Feed themselves, agree. Clean their litter boxes, no no no... far beneath them. See, again, #3.
Get Monkey-Boy to do it!!
I dunno, we could lock up their food if they don't clean their box.
But then they'd get the key -- or if they didn't, would human-manipulate until we dropped that tragically inefficient method. (Pee in your bed for a while, perhaps, or in your brand-new shoes...)
Oh - but 'k - boxes? - would they not just open the door and wee and **** outside, as their wee botties seem to crave to do?
I mean - they go for dirt every time - as my pot plants testify - grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.........
Soz - those are NOT the cardinal virtues of cats!
Curiosity
Playfulness
Beauty
Devotion (I canNOT sit anywhere without mine following and cuddling up)
My Miranda eats one kibble nut a day, as far as I can see - so they ain't all gluttons (Oscar is, i will give you that.)
Ah, excellent point about just going outside already. Opposable thumbs would mean the end of litter boxes, likely. And the end of cat flaps! Just open the door and saunter out!
So then -- here's the thing -- where would they choose to live if they could live anywhere?
I adored my cats and they adored me, but I think they would have preferred to each have a spacious, sunny little villa that I visited often.
..unless I was on the telephone, and then they'd move into control mode...
I think they would like forests, sunny lawns, nice dirt to scritch in, things to chase, no de-sexing, and a nice home to return to as and when they wish.
In the past, our cats have had this (but have been de-sexed!) and have chosen to be home much of the time - but they love the wilds to explore.
Quote:I mean - they go for dirt every time - as my pot plants testify - grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.........
Come again? I thought you were in one of the less tolerant Aussie states...
Actually, pot is decriminalised in my state - the first in Oz to make it so.
Two plants or less = a traffic type fine - and no record - dealt with by a fine notice.
