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Is this the reason we have cats?

  • 27-08-2011 12:14AM
    #1
    Krizdarkfall
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    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.


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  • #2
    Patricide
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,658 ✭✭✭Patricide


    O lawd...


  • #3
    The Express
    Closed Accounts Posts: 373 ✭✭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.


  • #4
    fonecrusher1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,984 ✭✭✭fonecrusher1


    Robocop


  • #5
    twirlagig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭twirlagig


    Erm.... I have cats because I like cats...:confused:


  • #6
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    Sounds pawsible


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  • #7
    darrcow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 272 ✭✭darrcow


    i love pussy


  • #8
    RinkyDinkSlink
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 ✭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. :D


  • #9
    AnonoBoy
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    It's time for bed I think.


  • #10
    OneArt
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    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.


  • #11
    FesterBeatty
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 406 ✭✭FesterBeatty


    Did your friend wash his hair in the nile too?


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  • #12
    alwaysadub
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    Bahahahaha.


  • #13
    bleg
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    I don't want to live on this planet any more.


  • #14
    hardCopy
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    twirlagig wrote: »
    Erm.... I have cats because I like cats...:confused:

    Eeeeeewwwwww!


  • #15
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


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


  • #16
    OneArt
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    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.


  • #17
    fonecrusher1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,984 ✭✭✭fonecrusher1


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    It's time for bed I think.

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


  • #18
    Super-Rush
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    Best thread ever.


  • #19
    Evade
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    The Nile flows Northward. The soap would end up in the Mediterranean not the middle of Africa.


  • #20
    EGAR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭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...


  • #21
    housetypeb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭housetypeb


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


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  • #22
    .E_C_K_S.
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    How many disco biscuits are you and your friend after OP?


  • #23
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #24
    Blisterman
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    Reminds me of the time I convinced my younger brother that cats were female dogs.


  • #25
    Pherekydes
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    Evade wrote: »
    The Nile flows Northward. The soap would end up in the Mediterranean not the middle of Africa.

    Damn you to hell. :mad:


  • #26
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    EGAR wrote: »
    YES! Especially since there are so many Tigers in Africa...

    Damn you to hell, too.:mad:


  • #27
    Davidius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,893 ✭✭✭Davidius


    I imagine this is also where dwarfism came from.


  • #28
    EGAR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭EGAR


    Pherekydes wrote: »
    Damn you to hell, too.:mad:

    Already there, hell is this thread :D


  • #29
    whatdoicare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,398 ✭✭✭whatdoicare


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


  • #30
    EGAR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,874 ✭✭✭EGAR


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

    270863_234882719869197_100000424117521_894902_7829176_n.jpg


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  • #31
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 99,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭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


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