Top Ten “Kitty Quips” of the Month
Italicized comments by Allie Katz
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Cats are the most popular pet in the United States: There are an estimated 88 million pet cats and 74 million dogs.
I’d like to know who came up with this statistic and how they researched it.
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Cats sleep 12 – 16 hours daily – about 70% of their lives.
I used to have a neighbor like that. The remaining 30% of his life was spent feeding his face, fighting with the neighbors, and (you guessed it) hanging around cat houses.
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There are cats who have survived falls from over 32 stories and landed onto concrete.
This had to have been a very young, extremely physically fit cat. I can see the commercial now for Life Alert collars for elderly kitties: “Help. I’ve fallen off the 32nd floor balcony and can’t peel myself off the driveway!”
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A group of cats is called a clowder. Look this one up in your Funk & Wagnal.
Should there be any mush-for-brains psychos out there reading this and licking their chops, let me clarify: The word is clowder, not chowder!
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When cats grimace, they are usually “taste-scenting.” They have an extra organ that, with some breathing control, allows cats to taste-sense the air.
I think humans have a similar sense. I noticed a lot of folks grimacing when leaving the voting booths during this past election. It didn’t occur to me that it could be something in the air; I figured it was mass chemical contamination of the water supply.
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Owning a cat can reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack by a third.
Personally, I think this occurs with ownership of any beloved pet. Every pet parent knows that it’s because, unlike kids, pets can’t talk back to you. Oh, what a blessing!
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A cat’s purr is a form of self-healing, as it can be a sign of nervousness as well as contentment.
Well, gee whiz folks, give the kitties a break. They don’t have ready access to coffee, cigarettes or Prozac!
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Adult cats only meow to communicate with humans.
Boy, am I glad! I’d feel terrible if my cats used the same expletives on me as they do on the lizards on the window sill!
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The world’s richest cat is worth $13 million after his human passed away and left her fortune to him.
I want to know if this kitty was required to pay inheritance tax, and at what percent!
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A cat has been mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska for 15 years. Meet Mayor Stubbs.
