We love them, they tolerate us. Cats. What do we know about them, what should we know. How far should we go in our devotion. What do cats really need? How keep them healthy. What is social acceptable in the number of cats one should have.
I would like to know more about cats, so why not on this blog.
As for starters, a pic not of my own cat but very cute anyway : ) Cats are the best models! Why do you think they call it a Catwalk? 
And a first question: how much money are we willing to pay for a cats health? What if our cat needs an expensive operation for lets say the eyes. Is it ethical to spend money on a cat when people are starving, or is that question not realistic?
Ahum, I got a suggestion to mention this here, in order to get more viewers so hey why not :http://www.blogsurfer.us/
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Ina // 23/10/2009 bij 11:46 |
Just a very funny video
Ina // 23/10/2009 bij 11:59 |
http://cats.about.com/ <— here is where the catpals are
and I read there a lot.
found on the web:
Did you hear about the cat who drank 5 bowls of water? He set a new lap record.
Did you hear about the cat who swallowed a ball of wool? She had mittens.
What is the difference between a cat and a comma? One has the paws before the claws and the other has the clause before the pause.
What do you get when you cross a chick with an alley cat? A peeping tom.
Why don't cats play poker in the jungle? Too many cheetahs.
What is a cat's favourite song? Three Blind Mice.
What did the freshman computer science major say when he was told that the work stations had mice? Don't you have a cat?
What is a cat's way of keeping law & order? Claw Enforcement.
How did a cat take first prize at the bird show? He just jumped up to the cage, reached in, and took it.
Why did a person with an unspayed female cat have to go to court? For kitty littering.
Why did the litter of communist kittens become capitalists? Because they finally opened their eyes.
Why are cats better than babies? Because you only have to change a litter box once a day.
What is the name of the unauthorized autobiography of the cat? Hiss and Tell.
What do you get when you cross an elephant with a cat? A big furry creature that purrs while it sits on your lap and squashes you.
What does a cat do when it gets mad? It has a hissy fit.
What do you call the cat that was caught by the police? The purrpatrator.
What happened when the cat went to the flea circus? He stole the whole show!
What is a cat's favourite colour? Purrrrrrrple!
Where does a cat go when it loses its tail? The retail store.
What does a cat like to eat on a hot day? A mice cream cone.
What do cats use to make coffee? A purrcolator.
What do you call a cat that has swallowed a duck? A duck filled fatty puss.
If lights run on electricity and cars run on gas, what do cats run on? Their paws.
Why is the cat so grouchy? Because he's in a bad mewd.
If there are ten cats on a boat and one jumps off, how many cats are left on the boat? None! They were copy cats.
Is it bad luck if a black cat follows you? That depends on whether you're a man or a mouse.
How does the cat get its own way? With friendly purrsuasion.
What do you call a cat that lives in an igloo? An eskimew.
What has more lives than a cat? A frog because it croaks every night.
What is a cat's favourite subject in school? HISStory.
What do cats like to eat for breakfast? Mice Krispies.
How do cats end a fight? They hiss and make up.
What's happening when you hear "woof… splat… meow… splat?" It's raining cats and dogs.
Why are cats such good singers? Because they're very mewsical.
What do you call newborn kittens who keep getting passed from owner to owner? Chain litter.
What is the cat's favourite magazine? Good Mousekeeping.
How many cats can you put into an empty box? Only one. After that, the box isn't empty.
Why do you always find the cat in the last place you look? Because you stop looking after you find it.
If a cat can jump five feet high, then why can't it jump through a three foot window? Because the window is closed.
What is a cat's favourite movie? "The Sound of Mewsic."
What does a cat that lives near the beach have in common with Christmas? Sandy Claws.
Where is one place that your cat can sit, but you can't? Your lap.
Why did the cat put oil on the mouse? Because it squeaked.
What side of the cat has the most fur? The OUT-side.
What is a cat's favourite car? The Catillac.
What kind of cat will keep your grass short? A Lawn Meower.
Why did the judge dismiss the entire jury made up of cats? Because each of them was guilty of purrjury.
What do you use to comb a cat? A catacomb.
Why did the cat run from the tree? Because it was afraid of the bark!
Why is it so hard for a leopard to hide? Because he's always spotted.
Thinker Belle // 24/11/2009 bij 06:25 |
I never cared that much for cats until a kitten crawled up on my shoulder and purred in my ear…needless to say, she lives with me now.
Speaking of cats, they are having another cat fight over at Daves’-they pick a fight and then get all mushy. It seems as though they like to accuse people over nothing! I don’t know what is wrong with those old “hussys”.Personally, I like “jump up my azz” when I don’t like someone. After that there will be no apology. Lol!
Ina // 24/11/2009 bij 10:28 |
Hi Thinker Belle
Cats are great, we have one now that is 18 years old. Well, she has us, I suppose. She is very clean as in litterbox but she forgets to wash herself like cats are supposed to do. A bit of a mess, she is really.
Ahh Dave’s. A year ago, I was about the only commenter he got. We really had fun. Shall I take a peek over at that blog? It used to be a hen house, now it’s a cat’s litterbox with old husky’s? I mean hussy’s.
Nice word! Not sure what a hussy is really.
I went for my peek, I just saw a part of it, I don’t have the patience to read all of those comments. It is amazing though. The old hussy’s as you call them (B. is not one of them, of course, I like B, she is a real sweatheart!) have this need to be there and lick and fight at times like cats. Or something like that
I don’t understand all the stuff that goes on there anymore, it must be a part of American culture. I only wanted to say hi last time and wham I had to leave. Wrong thread! Ridiculous. There are countries run like that, where women wear bhurka’s. 
I will never wear a bhurka, not even when it is in fashion to do so. I am so tempted to spit my gut about some commenters and what they did, on the blog there and in mail. And I won’t. 
now that is my ‘revenge’ lol. I refuse to do any intrigueing on my blog.
As for David, it is difficult to judge why he lets this all happen. I hope one day he will just write good blogs and stop this war he says he wants to be in. And if he needs to kick people out, why not start with the bashers? But they are still there? It makes his policy a bit … shady. Hypocrite. And I think I have said it all now! Where are my guts!
Thin, I am going to work on my novel today. I lost a chapter as I missfiled it, then figured out a way to recover it by clickling right with the mouse on an old copy of it. I want to write a blog about it to make people aware of that possibilty, but my English is letting me down.
Have a nice day and you are welcome anytime.
Thinker Belle // 24/11/2009 bij 13:35 |
I have never heard of a cat that wouldn’t wash it self! Wow! Do you have to bathe her?
You are right, B has always been kind and considerate. Apparently, she has been attacked lately over there. I think the damaging comments have been erased, however.
But, having been involved with them before, I can imagine what happened and really do not need to see it in black and white. They never hurt my feelings and I never had any feeling towards them in the first place. I had noticed most were from the red/white/blue blog (recognized their avatars) and already knew they were belligerent and mean spirited from having read only a little when they were there. And, like you, I can’t see myself in a bhurka either. Lol! He seems to think he can rehabilitate them-boy, is he barking up the wrong tree? I don’t understand why he would want to read all the email of their fighting and making up; it’s like some type of paternal instinct. I’d tell them to get an arbitrator and leave me out of it. But, that’s just me.
And, like you, I am no psychoanalyst either-nor do I want to be. Maybe the popularity has gone to his head, or just the thrill of thinking he can get these people to help him ’solve’ a crime. I did some back reading and could tell they have been working him over “royally.”
I also have a large dog that thinks he is a poodle or something. He is one big baby!Everyone else is scared to death of him…Why?… I don’t know!
Ina // 24/11/2009 bij 13:42 |
The cat goes out in the rain and takes a shower this way. She is nuts.
Thinker Belle // 24/11/2009 bij 13:44 |
BTW- a hussy is defined as a 1)brazen or immoral woman. 2) a mischievous, imprudent, or ill-behaved girl–synonym: trollop or slut (Ouch!)Lol!
You are writing a novel? Wow! What is it about?
And, thank you the warm welcome to your blog.
Ina // 24/11/2009 bij 13:47 |
Wow: brazen!
Now I know 2 new words!
I am always writing novels, this is my 249 th. It is for a publishing company. Romantic & about a childrens doc, this serie. I do several series. Not on my own
It is fun and it is a living.
Thinker Belle // 24/11/2009 bij 13:48 |
The one on wordpress that constantly nags on the Anthony case (Humble O’s)
Most cats do not like the water. I used to have a dog that like to be in the snow whenever we would get some. He was a Keeshond (sp).
Thinker Belle // 24/11/2009 bij 13:50 |
In which country are they published? And, what do you mean by “not on your own?’ I am a very inquisitive person! Lol!
Ina // 24/11/2009 bij 13:54 |
Keeshond! That is Dutch! We had a sort of Cocker Spaniel, became 17. She was very naughty. I liked her. She was scared of bunnies, she jumped into my husbands arms when she saw one.
Ina // 24/11/2009 bij 13:55 |
They are published in Dutch and Hungarian, French, Polish and Bulgarian. I wish they were in English
but that is not possible as the publisher has a sort of agreement with another publisher that I don’t quite understand. Oh well 
Ina // 24/11/2009 bij 13:56 |
Not on my own means there are more writers to a serie. But we all write our own novel.
Thinker Belle // 24/11/2009 bij 14:13 |
That is funny about your dog being afraid of bunnies! Lol!
Yes, Keeshonds are Dutch. They were bred to guard Dutch barges. They are very loyal, and mine, now deceased, was very, very jealous! I got my other dog, which I thought may be a Keeshond at the animal shelter when he was a puppy-they had classified him as a Keeshond. He wasn’t. I don’t know what he is and neither does anyone else. A neighbor behind me has one almost identical though he/she is larger. My mother described his looks when we were viewing southwestern artwork in a local museum.She saw a wolf and said,” that looks like your dog.” I guess that explains why everyone is afraid of him. Lol! I had never thought of that before.
The reason I was even at the animal shelter was because I had lost my Keeshond and looked for a week. He had been found hanging by his tail over a creek less than a 1/4 mile from my home. He was old at the time (about 14) and died within a few months of that bizarre event.
So, do you write one chapter and then another person expands on your idea?
Ina // 24/11/2009 bij 14:17 |
No I write the whole novel. They are seperate novels, but some series have set personages.
Some series don’t.
Pitty your dog died so soon. They had found him hanging by its tail?? An accident? Or was it the work of a sadist?
Ina // 24/11/2009 bij 14:33 |
So what are you doing for a living?
Thinker Belle // 24/11/2009 bij 14:33 |
Yes and no. He had a curl in his tail, which is unusual for that type of dog, so I assume that curl kept him out on a limb. The sadist part is when I was hunting for him I located a home in the woods nearby and looked up the phone number. Her son, who is a schoolteacher, heard my dog crying for three nights. He never went to check on the animal, and it was only after he got tired of loosing sleep that he called the animal shelter. A female officer went into the creek and got him down and hauled him back. He had been at the shelter on the two or three different occasions I had been in there looking for him; he must have been in isolation or something. I adopted the other dog, out of grief I suppose, and went back a week later and found my dog that I had almost given up for dead. He had his tags on and everything…I couldn’t understand why the vet wasn’t called; if that had happened, I wouldn’t have the dog I have now.
Thinker Belle // 24/11/2009 bij 14:37 |
I usually do not give that information out online. I hope you understand after reading the crap on the forums. Those people are viscous, and after personal experiences, I know why. Often they go online to find that information so they can have someone to hide behind. The missing organizations are the worst. Most are only thieves, or have other motives for “getting involved.”
Ina // 24/11/2009 bij 14:38 |
What a horrible thing to happen! And then you fianally found him again, that must have been a real nice meeting.
Somehow the dog you have now, was meant to be with you I suppose? Kismet?
Ina // 24/11/2009 bij 14:40 |
Oh ok, I understand
Nasty people out there.
Thinker Belle // 24/11/2009 bij 14:42 |
Yes, he needed a home. He is a sweetheart. He likes to use his paws a lot. I taught him to shake hands when he was very young- about two month old. He is funny. He isn’t a long-haired dog like the Keeshond, but he sure packs on the fur in the winter. Each summer when he sheds it looks as though I’ve skinned a cat in the backyard.
Ina // 24/11/2009 bij 14:45 |
Perhaps it is a sort of Husky?
Thinker Belle // 24/11/2009 bij 14:49 |
That’s what I’ve often thought…a Husky mix, maybe.
Did your Cocker Spaniel die? 17 years old is getting up there for a dog. The average life span of a Keeshond is about 15 years old.
Ina // 24/11/2009 bij 14:53 |
She died at the vets, we euthanized her as she was having spells, she was getting blind and she wasn’t housebroken anymore. Her life was not nice anymore. She deserved to die softly.
Thinker Belle // 24/11/2009 bij 14:59 |
Yes, that is the kindest thing to do, however difficult. Well, I’d better go take a shower. I feel like I have a 1/2 inch of crud(dirt) on me. Just having my coffee and thought I’d pop in and say Hi!
Ina // 24/11/2009 bij 15:04 |