Is this the reason we have cats?

Krizdarkfall · 27-08-2011 12:40AM

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 · 27-08-2011 02:22AM

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 · 27-08-2011 02:59AM

hahahahaha

Diageio_Man · 27-08-2011 03:03AM

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

TheZohanS · 27-08-2011 03:42AM

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 · 27-08-2011 03:48AM

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

DEFTLEFTHAND · 27-08-2011 03:55AM

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

LighterGuy · 27-08-2011 03:59AM

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 · 27-08-2011 04:03AM

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.

27-08-2011 04:16AM

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

LighterGuy · 27-08-2011 04:22AM

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 · 27-08-2011 04:23AM

No and I'd know.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 27-08-2011 04:31AM

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 · 27-08-2011 06:19AM

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 · 27-08-2011 06:36AM

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

MrStuffins · 27-08-2011 06:42AM

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 · 27-08-2011 08:48AM

Cats provide neither meat nor milk, zero function.

mattjack · 27-08-2011 09:00AM

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....

27-08-2011 09:07AM

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 · 27-08-2011 10:05AM

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!

emeraldstar · 27-08-2011 10:12AM

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.

Oh dear, OP.

27-08-2011 02:59PM

Typh wrote: »

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.

You monster!

Irish Guitarist · 27-08-2011 03:42PM

Domestic cats were originally from the Shetland Islands. Just like the Shetland pony is a smaller breed of horse, domestic cats are a smaller breed of lion and were originally called Shetland lions.

In 1671 the Scottish explorer Jock McCat went to the Shetland islands and discovered the Shetland lion. When he died in 1723 people started to call these animals 'cats' to honour him.

senorwipesalot · 27-08-2011 03:44PM

Rhyme wrote: »

Cats provide neither meat nor milk, zero function.

http://youtu.be/4-OwMoAsP38
Wrong

Aishae · 27-08-2011 03:54PM

Temptamperu wrote: »

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

Yeah - the pharaoh of the time decreed cats as demigods because of the problem with rats in the grain stores. People loves their cats but as they were pets, the pharaoh couldn't order the cats be given up to hunt the rats.
The only person that can order around a demigod is another demigod or deity.
Thus with the help of the priests he decreed the cats were demigods.

So each night, cats were dropped off at the granaries and collected each morning.

Over time - with the help of priests again! - people forgot the cat/deity thing was a recent development and began to worship them. Shaving their eye brows in mourning when a cat in the household died etc.

The story goes that cats were tied to the shields because they believed no one would fire upon a god or even a deity. Didnt exactly work though.

I know that doesn't explain why we have cats, but it's an io teetering story.
Why do we have cats? Eco-freaking-lution baby

charlemont · 27-08-2011 03:58PM

Thats like something my neighbour would say, That really is funny.

EGAR · 27-08-2011 09:39PM

Terry Pratchett has it spot on re cats:

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”

and...

"If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are."

Crimbouser · 27-08-2011 09:47PM

Don't think so, op!will confer with my cat though...

ToddyDoody · 27-08-2011 10:07PM

I like to play with (that's PLAY with, not interfere with- for all the smart asses out there) for example, take a piece of string, move it about abit and they just cant help themselves.

Fulton Crown · 27-08-2011 10:15PM

TheZohan wrote: »

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.

No!

You are all wrong..

We need cats in case there is a sudden spike in demand for crispy shredded duck in Chinese Resteurants.

It's a supply an demand class o thing......

Is this the reason we have cats?

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