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Why is there such a pathological hatred of cats in Irish society?

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    #212
    Rubberlegs
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    They are horrible, disloyal ,bony creatures whose butt holes are permanently on display. Nasty:(


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    #213
    Cheap Thrills!
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    Dudess wrote: »
    The clique/in-crowd stuff is all in your head, and I stand by what I said: there are plain mistruths being spouted here about cats - there's no viewing anyone as a philistine by me.

    Blah-de-blah-de blahdy-blah stock denial, denial is not just a river in Ejypt!!!

    Cats dont lick their holes and then groom their whole bodies with the same mouth!!! It's all LIES !!!

    I like cats but even I admit they're durty little buggers!!!! :p:p


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    #214
    Rockery Woman
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    73Cat wrote: »
    They are horrible, disloyal ,bony creatures whose butt holes are permanently on display. Nasty:(

    why is your username 73Cat?????


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    #215
    Lab_Mouse
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    Rockery Woman wrote: »
    why is your username 73Cat?????

    Thats his scalp count


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    #216
    Rubberlegs
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    Was waiting for that:rolleyes::D:D


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    #217
    Rubberlegs
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    Lab_Mouse wrote: »
    Thats his scalp count

    Ha ha:D Her, by the way:p


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    #218
    Dudess
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    Cheap Thrills! wrote: »
    Blah-de-blah-de blahdy-blah stock denial, denial is not just a river in Ejypt!!!

    Cats dont lick their holes and then groom their whole bodies with the same mouth!!! It's all LIES !!!
    That wasn't the post I was referring to - although their saliva contains a natural antiseptic.


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    #219
    Cheap Thrills!
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    Dudess wrote: »
    That wasn't the post I was referring to - although their saliva contains a natural antiseptic.

    Hello! :D

    Surely not in enough quantity to counteract their cat bum juice? :confused:

    My point is; i like cats but they're durty!


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    #220
    Lab_Mouse
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    Lab_Mouse wrote: »
    Thats a scalp count

    Fixed my post:P


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    #221
    baltimore sun
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    they're boring, they're cool when they're kitten and all playful but then they start thinkin their ****e doesn't stink and they turn into arrogant dickheads.

    but if someone gave me one I'd still feed it and all, only animals I don't like are rodents, hate them all and at least a cat will kill them


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    #222
    ScumLord
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    Cheap Thrills! wrote: »
    Hello! :D

    Surely not in enough quantity to counteract their cat bum juice? :confused:
    That's how many animals clean themselves so yes they do have enough to counteract their bum juice.


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    #223
    VinnyTGM
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    Cats will only come back to you for either food, or shelter.

    Dogs are truly loyal, I sometimes leave the back gate open by mistake, once for up to an hour and my two dogs were still in there usual spot. They like to belong in packs, which is the same reason they'll defend you if you are being attacked by an intruder.

    Dogs also guard, guide blind people, assist deaf people, and assist physically disabled people eg opening doors, pulling wheelschairs, retreiving items.

    Dogs help people work ie sheep dogs, police dogs, search for drugs.

    And help drowning people http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=baf_1190077744

    There called mans best friend for a reason.


    But of course their only doing all that because their needy and crave affection, cats are obviously much cooler, they could even solve our national debt problem if they could be arsed.


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    #224
    Cheap Thrills!
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    ScumLord wrote: »
    That's how many animals clean themselves so yes they do have enough to counteract their bum juice.

    Well, call me fussy but I prefer not to fondle the fur of animals who bathe in 10 ml of arse juice and attempt to counteract this with .0000000000001 ml of 'natural anticeptic'

    A dog will lick its balls, roll in a slurry pit, eat a dead maggotty crow and bathe in liquid sh!te but at least they dont pretend to be 'clean' like cats! At least they cant walk on your counters and plates.

    AND when you bath them they are clean. Mainly. Unless they eat their own Sh!te. Which they mainly dont. thankfully.


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    #225
    Kimono-Girl
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    cats are no better then dogs and dogs are no better then cats, people prefer one to the other, but i have to agree with the op, it is very obvious quite a few Irish people have 'issues' with animals in general, and tar them all with the same brush, these same people who get all high and mighty if you make the exact same comment about people! it's sad really, animals can be everything from companions to friends, to pets, or just wild animals, to hate a group of animals is wrong whatever way you disguise/excuse it, to have a preference however is normal.


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    #226
    fryup
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    why is there a pathological hatred of cats in Irish society?

    because the cats ate all the potatoes during the famine:mad:


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    #227
    Misanthrope
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    Cats would eat their owners (and neighbours) if they were big enough.Don't believe me?Then go to Dublin Zoo or Fota and jump in with the big fellas and see how that goes.

    That little tabby lounging in the corner staring at you is actually wondering what part of you he'd eat first if he was Cheetah size or bigger.It's all planned out in his head, all he needs now are the growth hormones.

    Hitler was a cat


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    #228
    Dudess
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    "Don't kid yourself Jimmy - if a cat ever got the chance, he'd eat you and everyone you care about!"


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    #229
    ScumLord
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    Cheap Thrills! wrote: »
    Well, call me fussy but I prefer not to fondle the fur of animals who bathe in 10 ml of arse juice and attempt to counteract this with .0000000000001 ml of 'natural anticeptic'
    Cats aren't pretending to be clean it's just much more important that they are clean due to their hunting style. The domestic cat is a highly sophisticated hunter with loads of specialised traits that make it highly sensitive to changes in it's surrounding (the pads in it's feet are sensitive to vibrations in the ground) even it's hair is highly sensitive so that it can detect it's position, which is probably why they go into spasm when you rub them. By all accounts they have one of the top kill ratios in the animal kingdom.

    It's an unusual bound that they have with humans, not being a pack animals should mean they would have no interest with bounding with anything other than themselves, but they're obviously intelligent enough to overcome their own design to reap the rewards of domestication or at the very least close contact with humans.


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    #230
    Overheal
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    mikom wrote: »
    Cats are bitches, just using you for food, heat and lodging.

    How many cats do you see sat with a homeless person?
    Now ask yourself how many dogs do you see sat with a homeless person?

    Case closed.
    It all makes sense now:

    Dogs make people homeless.


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    #231
    Misanthrope
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    ScumLord wrote: »
    Cats aren't pretending to be clean it's just much more important that they are clean due to their hunting style. The domestic cat is a highly sophisticated hunter with loads of specialised traits that make it highly sensitive to changes in it's surrounding (the pads in it's feet are sensitive to vibrations in the ground) even it's hair is highly sensitive so that it can detect it's position, which is probably why they go into spasm when you rub them.

    It's an unusual bound that they have with humans, not being a pack animals should mean they would have no interest with bounding with anything other than themselves, but they're obviously intelligent enough to overcome their own design to reap the rewards of domestication or at the very least close contact with humans.


    Yeah, but all that said, we're still onto them;)


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    #232
    Misanthrope
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    Dudess wrote: »
    "Don't kid yourself Jimmy - if a cat ever got the chance, he'd eat you and everyone you care about!"

    Gotta love the Simpsons


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    #233
    ScumLord
    Registered Users Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    Misanthrope wrote: »
    Gotta love the Simpsons
    It's true though, they may well eat you if you died and they were left with your corpse.


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    #234
    gbee
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    ScumLord wrote: »
    It's an unusual bound that they have with humans, .

    Do you mean humping? Like bounding on? Your post is unintelligible.


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    #235
    ScumLord
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    gbee wrote: »
    Do you mean humping? Like bounding on? Your post is unintelligible.
    Congratulations you found a spelling mistake, I shall make you the official spell checker of the king.


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    #236
    FreudianSlippers
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    ScumLord wrote: »
    Congratulations you found a spelling mistake, I shall make you the official spell checker of the king.
    I wanted that job :(

    Can I be the grammar nazi of the king?


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    #237
    gurramok
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    Misanthrope wrote: »
    Cats would eat their owners (and neighbours) if they were big enough.Don't believe me?Then go to Dublin Zoo or Fota and jump in with the big fellas and see how that goes.

    That little tabby lounging in the corner staring at you is actually wondering what part of you he'd eat first if he was Cheetah size or bigger.It's all planned out in his head, all he needs now are the growth hormones.

    Hitler was a cat

    Wtf?

    Is this a broadcast by the Doggie Propaganda Society?!

    Jayzus, comparing a cat to Hitler and a cannibal, have you lost your mind?!


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    #238
    gbee
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    baltimore sun wrote: »
    but if someone gave me one I'd still feed it and all, only animals I don't like are rodents, hate them all and at least a cat will kill them

    Sadly an urban myth. Feed your cat and he/she lets the rodents run free. At worst, he'll bring a weakling to your feet and let it go ............. go psychoanalyse a cat for Christ's sack.


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    #239
    Cheap Thrills!
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    ScumLord wrote: »
    Cats aren't pretending to be clean it's just much more important that they are clean due to their hunting style. The domestic cat is a highly sophisticated hunter with loads of specialised traits that make it highly sensitive to changes in it's surrounding (the pads in it's feet are sensitive to vibrations in the ground) even it's hair is highly sensitive so that it can detect it's position, which is probably why they go into spasm when you rub them. By all accounts they have one of the top kill ratios in the animal kingdom.

    It's an unusual bound that they have with humans, not being a pack animals should mean they would have no interest with bounding with anything other than themselves, but they're obviously intelligent enough to overcome their own design to reap the rewards of domestication or at the very least close contact with humans.

    No cats aren't pretending to be clean but some of their human champions would try to make it seem they are so!

    Cats barbed tongues mean their fur nd padded paws are 'clean' of any 3D items and dirt. However although this is a thorough process it doesn't ensure the kind of hygienic cleanliness a human family would require.

    So the fallacy of cats being clean refers more to the fact their short fur is brushed by a barbed tongue rather than the hygeinic cleanliness humans understand!

    Cats are much more riddled with bacterial, viral and fungal infections than dogs. Also cats are far less co-operative and easily manipulated than dogs which is fantastic for the egos of cat owners. Who rarely if ever understand that they are the staff of a lower evolved mammal. Dogs on the other hand find themselves delighted and priveleged to live under the kitchen table! :D


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    #240
    gbee
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    Kimono-Girl wrote: »
    cats are no better then dogs and dogs are no better then cats, .

    Rubbish. I'd go on to quantify this, but [you're] your post is not worth it.


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    #241
    gbee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,388 ✭✭✭gbee


    ScumLord wrote: »
    Congratulations you found a spelling mistake, .

    There are a few pertinent phrases that change the whole concept of an inception, this was one, it was not obviously a spelling mistake.


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