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Re: Lugnet Loves Cats!
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Date: 
Fri, 26 Nov 1999 17:35:48 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:

> Huw Millington wrote:
> > 
> > > Cats are smarter (by far) than dogs.  Only makes sense that the
> > > majority of a fairly intelligent group of people would prefer cats
> > > to dogs.
> > 
> > OK, I'll be first to respond to this troll...
> > 
> > I can't recall the last time I saw a mountain rescue cat, a sniffer cat, or
> > a guide cat for the blind, for that matter :-)
> > 
> > Huw
> > (a cat lover and owner of one)
> 
> I'm a cat hater (1), but I'll be the first to point it out.  Who's the
> smarter animal, the animal that devotes intelligence to slaving away for
> mankind on tasks like mountain rescue, guiding, sniffing, etc, or the
> animal that devotes intelligence to getting mankind to slave away for it
> and avoids actually being perceived as able to carry out any actual
> tasks?
> 
> Cats are smarter. Evil, lazy, cruel, smelly, yes, all those things, but
> smarter.

Agreed.  Love for dogs is narcissistic; love for cats is clearly unconditional.
To get a cat to love you is an accomplishment.

-John

> 
> 
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> 
> 1 - we have 4, I have cause. Worthless vermin.
> 
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  Re: Lugnet Loves Cats!
 
(...) I've got a great relationship with most cats I know. I just treat them like they treat me: Depending on my mood, I either ignore them or pester them until I get what I want. ;-) James (URL) (27 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: Lugnet Loves Cats!
 
(...) or (...) unconditional. (...) I had a cat once, Tasha was her name, I loved that cat. When I was crying in my early years, she would lay down beside me in my crib, and I would stop crying and start to suck my thumb.... When I got older she (...) (27 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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