Is this the reason we have cats?

Krizdarkfall

A friend of mine told me that the reason we have cats is because years ago in egypt during the time of the pyramids, people used to wash there clothes in the Nile river using an ancient type of soap.

The soap would flow down the river further into africa where the tigers and lions would swim in it, the soap would then cause the tigers and lions to shrink just like clothes shrink in a wash.

And thats why we have cats?

I think it might be bull**** but maybe here is some truth to it.

Patricide

O lawd...

The Express

Not too sure about the whole egyptian story meself, but to answer your question:

I think we have cats 'cos cats have kittens.

fonecrusher1

Robocop

twirlagig

Erm.... I have cats because I like cats...

Chuck Stone

Sounds pawsible

darrcow

i love pussy

RinkyDinkSlink

Absolutely! And if we send loads of soap to Egypt and make people wash in the rivers again then in a few years time we'll have little pet elephants too.

AnonoBoy

It's time for bed I think.

OneArt

That sounds like one of the stories I made up, like convincing my little brother cats were a type of worm.

They're descended from a type of African wildcat that was domesticated.

FesterBeatty

Did your friend wash his hair in the nile too?

alwaysadub

Bahahahaha.

bleg

I don't want to live on this planet any more.

hardCopy

twirlagig wrote: »

Erm.... I have cats because I like cats...

Eeeeeewwwwww!

Chuck Stone

Cats are the nuts. Cute furry and vicious. Love it.

OneArt

That sounds like one of those stories I made up, like the one I did to convince my little brother cats are a type of worm.

They're descended from a type of African wildcat that was domesticated.

fonecrusher1

AnonoBoy wrote: »

It's time for bed I think.

But.....its friday night/saturday morning???

Super-Rush

Best thread ever.

Evade

The Nile flows Northward. The soap would end up in the Mediterranean not the middle of Africa.

EGAR

Krizdarkfall wrote: »

A friend of mine told me that the reason we have cats is because years ago in egypt during the time of the pyramids, people used to wash there clothes in the Nile river using an ancient type of soap.

The soap would flow down the river further into africa where the tigers and lions would swim in it, the soap would then cause the tigers and lions to shrink just like clothes shrink in a wash.

And thats why we have cats?

I think it might be bull**** but maybe here is some truth to it.

YES! Especially since there are so many Tigers in Africa...

housetypeb

All rivers flow toward the sea-not thousands of miles inland.

.E_C_K_S.

How many disco biscuits are you and your friend after OP?

Pherekydes

Krizdarkfall wrote: »

The soap would flow down the river further into africa where the tigers and lions would swim in it, the soap would then cause the tigers and lions to shrink just like clothes shrink in a wash.

And thats why we have cats?

I think it might be bull**** but maybe here is some truth to it.

Yes, but the Tigers were too clever. Instead of swimming in the sloppy scum they migrated to Siberia, Bengal and Sumatra.

On second thoughts, I'd like you to explain how the soap would flow further into Africa. Thanks in advance.

Blisterman

Reminds me of the time I convinced my younger brother that cats were female dogs.

Pherekydes

Evade wrote: »

The Nile flows Northward. The soap would end up in the Mediterranean not the middle of Africa.

Damn you to hell. :mad:

Pherekydes

EGAR wrote: »

YES! Especially since there are so many Tigers in Africa...

Damn you to hell, too.:mad:

Davidius

I imagine this is also where dwarfism came from.

EGAR

Pherekydes wrote: »

Damn you to hell, too.:mad:

Already there, hell is this thread

whatdoicare

LOL this thread that's all I can say here....

EGAR

Everyone knows that cats grow in window boxes amongst onions preferably and here is the proof:

Capt'n Midnight

you think we have cats, interesting



Q. why didn't cats invent the can opener ?

A. they domesticated one instead.


cats carry toxicplasmosis , this affects human brains, it may well be part of the taming process

Krizdarkfall

Well its kind of makes sense.

Cat where worshiped in ancient egypt,ever wondered why?

I think the cats realised that the humans where causing them to shrink so they started to moved closer to egypt to see the source of the problem.Then once there numbers where strong they attacked egypt and almost won the battle.

The egyptians looked at the cats as a worthy enemy and began to worship them for there warrior-like skills.

Look it up on the internet ,it kind of all adds up

The King of Moo

This reminds me of the way we have lizards because all the dinosaurs shrank when they went into the water that one day when it was really hot.

joshrogan

hahahahaha

Diageio_Man

C.A.T = cat. T.A.C= tac.

TheZohanS

We have cats because at one stage in ancient Egypt there lived a baron Princess that longed for a child but she couldn't conceive. She became so bitter and crazy because of this that she befriended a hairy rat and took it in and treated it as her own. Since then several crazed women have adopted these hairy rats because they're foreveralone.jpg. True story.

Diageio_Man

im pretty sure thats not how it panned out now mr zohan run along.

DEFTLEFTHAND

They're cute little triangular eared bundles of joy, who possess both intelligence and independence. The perfect pet IMO.

LighterGuy

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

They're cute little triangular eared bundles of joy, who possess both intelligence and independence. The perfect pet IMO.

Dog for me
always. Mans best friend. You could hit it and it would still come back to you. faithful and loyal. (not that you should ever hit said loyal friend in the first place)

DEFTLEFTHAND

LighterGuy wrote: »

Dog for me
always. Mans best friend. You could hit it and it would still come back to you. faithful and loyal. (not that you should ever hit said loyal friend in the first place)

I find that behaviour a little pathetic though. I prefer a strong willed animal who won't put up with any sh1ite.

Valentina

If we start washing cats and then stretch them when they come out if the water will we end up with lions? :eek:

LighterGuy

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

I find that behaviour a little pathetic though. I prefer a strong willed animal who won't put up with any sh1ite.

I can understand what you are saying
But which animal would gladly attack any intruder in your house. Who would bring to your attention someone is jumping over the backwall or trying to break into said house ... a dog will

wild_cat

No and I'd know.

DEFTLEFTHAND

LighterGuy wrote: »

I can understand what you are saying
But which animal would gladly attack any intruder in your house. Who would bring to your attention someone is jumping over the backwall or trying to break into said house ... a dog will

Yes your quite right in the point you make and thats why I also keep dogs. Its just that on a one to one basis I'll always relate more to my cats.

Typh

I think some people just like to anthropomorphise cats to stave off debilitating loneliness, which I have difficulty getting as I can't help imagining a cat as anything other than an indifferent teenager who sits still for hours, smokes cigarettes without filters and occasionally sighs wistfully. They just seem so jaded... Give me an idiot guinea pig any day.

To be fair, I think I would only ever have a cat to put empty smarties tubes on it's legs and make it walk like an AT-AT.

Temptamperu

The egyptions worshiped cats because they where funny. an army attacked egypt and apparently tied cats to themselves so they wouldnt be attacked.

MrStuffins

Evade wrote: »

The Nile flows Northward. The soap would end up in the Mediterranean not the middle of Africa.

Congratulations for poking a hole in his otherwise water-tight theory!

Rhyme

Cats provide neither meat nor milk, zero function.

mattjack

Blisterman wrote: »

Reminds me of the time I convinced my younger brother that cats were female dogs.

also reminds me of the time I convinced my younger sister that bats grew into nuns....

ThurstonWhore

ThurstonWhore wrote: »

If we start washing cats and then stretch them when they come out if the water will we end up with lions? :eek:

No, just wrinkles. :P

pushki

Rhyme wrote: »

Cats provide neither meat nor milk, zero function.

cats do provide kitty milk from their 8 little kitty nipples
my kittens tell me it tastes like morning dew spiked with arse biscuits

and cats also provide company

and bring me dead mice through the window... dead mice = meat
duh!