Why are cats obsessed with pens? Do they have thoughts they want to write down, if only they had fucking thumbs?
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k
June 19, 2010 at 7:19 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
tell me about it. i’m trying to write my damn thesis and they go after my pen, sit on whatever i’m trying to read, and generally act like assholes about 30% of the time. lucky for them they’re really cute the rest of the time and like to watch the pointer move around the computer screen.
skeptifem
June 20, 2010 at 12:29 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Why write when they can PAINT??
http://www.monpa.com/wcp/
Comrade PhysioProf
June 20, 2010 at 5:33 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Tell me that cat art shit is some kind of elaborate joke. Please.
JaneB
June 20, 2010 at 10:58 am (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Cats + pens… well, they get to have fun AND annoy a human, I mean, why WOULDN’T they?
Furball likes to push them one by one off the edge of the table. And if I’m actually using one, clearly I’m just waving a cat toy about…
Fidget
June 20, 2010 at 1:01 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Not sure how I found this, but the cat-painting is a joke. There’s also Why Paint Cats? in the same series, and cat dancing.
/complit and critical animal studies
unbalanced reaction
June 20, 2010 at 2:04 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Just to piss you off.
Is it working?
ambivalent academic
June 21, 2010 at 8:22 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Cats meow out of angst
“Thumbs! If only we had thumbs!
We could break so much!”
(I’m not the author, but it seemed relevant.)
ajollypyruvate
June 24, 2010 at 7:23 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
They can’t help their ancient instincts. Millions of years ago, the primitive ancestors of pens used to sneak into the nests of primitive cats and suck their eggs. These proto-pens were aided in their vile deeds by proto-phone cords, which why you also see modern cats attacking said cords seemingly without provocation.
Brenda
October 3, 2010 at 4:58 pm (UTC -7) Link to this comment
OUghhhhhhhhh, my cat is obsessed with nails…….. A pedicure is URGENT !!
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