The Voting Booth is Closed
As you can tell, this poll is VERY scientific in nature. Margin of error is a mere +/- 0.05%
Final Tally:
Dog = 12 (Way to go, Quentin)
Cat = 400,026
Pig = 1
Pet Rock = 1
Firebelly Newt = 1
Wombat = 4 (Includes other marsupials)
Gerbil = 1
Snakes= 1
------------Honorable Mentions------------
Peacock = 0 (Though the peababies are damn cute).
Snow Leopards = 0 (Honorable mention)
Slow Lorises - Chunking Express loves em!
Fast Lorises - LUV2FLY will have nothing to do with those "Slow" Lorises.
Turtle = The turtle died
Stud Horse = 1 (just for having the word "stud" in his name)
So we're in Florida now?
Meanings of Meow
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/cats020514.html
While domestic cats may not know language, a study suggests the animals, which have lived alongside people for thousands of years, have adapted their "meows" to better communicate with humans.
gotta go with the cat myself.
I'm for cats as well.
That's two cats, zero dogs.
perhaps i should qualify what is considered an acceptable cat:
normal 7-pounder: unacceptable
300-pound siberian tiger: acceptable
What about an 11 pound English Tabby?
cat food. :)
Our neighbor across the street has a pit bull that they've been letting go outside without a leash. Tonight I was coming home with my daughter and there was a family of 4 walking down the street. The dog bolted across the street in front of me, going after the family. The Dad tried to get his family through our gate and ended up breaking two of our pickets in the process. I believe if I hadn't been pulling up and scared the dog off with my car, he would have attacked the family.
Needless to say, I'm going to be calling animal control tomorrow as will the family that was attacked. This is not the first time this has happened and I'm afraid to let my kids go out and play. I tried calling tonight but they of course weren't open.
cat food. :)
You bastard!
:-)
why i'm a cat person:
Lost edition of the Book of Genesis
It is reported that the following edition of the Book of Genesis was discovered in the Dead Sea Scrolls. And Adam said, "Lord, when I was in the garden, you walked with me everyday. Now I do not see you anymore. I am lonesome here and it is difficult for me to remember how much you love me."
And God said, "No problem! I will create a companion for you that will be with you forever and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so that you will know I love you, even when you cannot see me. Regardless of how selfish and childish and unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept you as you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourself."
And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam. And it was a good animal. And God was pleased. And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and he wagged his tail. And Adam said, "But Lord, I have already named all the animals in the Kingdom and all the good names are taken and I cannot think of a name for this new animal."
And God said, "No problem! Because I have created this new animal to be a reflection of my love for you, his name will be a reflection of my own name, and you will call him DOG."
And Dog lived with Adam and was a companion to him and loved him. And Adam was comforted. And God was pleased. And Dog was content and wagged his tail.
After a while, it came to pass that Adam's guardian angel came to the Lord and said, "Lord, Adam has become filled with pride. He struts and preens like a peacock and he believes he is worthy of adoration. Dog has indeed taught him that he is loved, but no one has taught him humility."
And the Lord said, "No problem! I will create for him a companion who will be with him forever and who will see him as he is. The companion will remind him of his limitations, so he will know that he is not worthy of adoration."
And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam. And Cat would not obey Adam. And when Adam gazed into Cat's eyes, he was reminded that he was not the supreme being. And Adam learned humility. And God was pleased. And Adam was greatly improved.
And Cat did not care one way or the other.
LOL! I'm gonna use that one.
You bastard!
am not!
Definitely dog. That's easy for me, since I'm allergic to cats.
Dog = 1
Cat = 2
Definitely dog. That's easy for me, since I'm allergic to cats.
Word.
Dog = 2
Cat = 2
thx, you should just put the running totals in the headline of the thread.
That's too easy!
well since theres a tie, i'm gonna follow the advice of voting often, and cast another vote for cats.
I choose my animal companions the same way I choose my human ones: I look for individuality, strength of personality, intelligence, and self respect. I like a challenge.
I like dogs, and dogs like me, but they are just a fling while cats are a constant.
Constant adoration does get a little boring after a while.
;)
Thanks for this forum, BTW.
Dogs,
Defiantely dogs, I've had both. Dogs = Loyalty, cats = could care less about you as long as their bowl is full. dogs = don't hold grudges, cats = have one from day one. cats = like a few people
dogs = like most people. dogs = a hunting companion, cats = hunt on their own and drag it into the house after it's sat in the sun for 3 days. dogs = play catch,cats = catch mice, dogs = love to be petted, cats = will pet YOU only when they damn well feel like it. Dogs= are always glad to see you. cats = will give you a nod if you're lucky. dogs= can pull a sled, cats = cannot. dogs = rescue humans. cats= do not. And the biggest pro dog argument I have ever heard is this.......You didn't see any cats working down at the world trade center or pentagon did you ?
And it's all tied up folks, cats 3 dogs 3 :)
In other words, dogs are needy & cats are independent?
:-)
I love dogs but they're too much work. I don't have the time for them and that wouldn't be fair to the dog.
Cats are self-cleaning, dogs have to be washed.
Cats do their business and cover it up neatly, dogs do their business and (sometimes) eat it.
Which one do YOU want kissing you on the mouth?
"There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast."
-Anonymous
"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods.
Cats have never forgotten this."
- Anonymous
"Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow."
- Jeff Valdez
"In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats."
- English proverb
"As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat."
- Ellen Perry Berkeley
"Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God."
- Anonymous
"One cat just leads to another."
- Ernest Hemingway
"Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later."
- Mary Bly
"I got rid of my husband. The cat was allergic."
- Anonymous
"Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia."
- Joseph Wood Krutch
"People who hate cats, will come back as mice in their next life."
- Faith Resnick
"There are many intelligent species in the universe.
They are all owned by cats."
- Anonymous
"I have studied many philosophers and many cats.
The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior."
- Hippolyte Taine
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."
- Albert Schweitzer
"The cat has too much spirit to have no heart."
- Ernest Menaul
"Time spent with cats is never wasted."
- Colette
"Some people say that cats are sneaky, evil, and cruel.
True, and they have many other fine qualities as well."
- Missy Dizick
"You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats."
- Colonial American proverb
"Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want."
- Joseph Wood Krutch
"Cats aren't clean, they're just covered with cat spit."
- John S. Nichols
"My husband said it was him or the cat ... sometimes I still miss my husband."
- Anonymous
"This house is owned and operated solely for the comfort and convienience of our cats"
- Anonymous
Well, I love all animals, but my prefferred pets are cats. I do however spoil the neighborhood dogs like they were mine, and most of them want to live with me, but my cat would eat them......
The difference between dogs and cats is
A cat will watch you go to the bathroom and ask
"Why are you peeing in my water dish?"
A dog will see you going to the bathroom and say
"WOW! You can drink with your BUTT?!?"
LOL!
I think I've found a new tagline.
CATS!
Because no one ever uses the terms:
dirty cat
horny cat
yellow cat
running cat
Porky Pig once said to Sylvester: "You yellow dog of a cat, you."
Pigs are off-topic! ;)
Anyway, cartoons don't count...
...or something, yeah, that's the ticket!
I actually think it may have been "You yellow dog of a cowardly cat, you." But I digress.
No pigs? What about those little Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs that were the rage sometime in the 90's?
Mmmmm, pork.
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. --Winston Churchill
So if dead PMs get a vote, I guess Winnie casts another vote for pigs.
But just don't mention gerbils or I am OUT of here!
smelly cat smelly cat, what are they feeding you?
Was that a vote for cats, dogs, or pigs, BTW?
cats
Update, please, THX!!!!
Ha HA, take THAT, you...you...dogs, you!
Woof...
Woof....
My kitty, Her Majesty, has politely reminded me that while I have four dogs in the house she is the Queen. Therefore, with great pleasure...I must say...
Cats!
:)
Kurt Rehmert 5/16/02 4:44pm
Oops, THX, looks like Kurt accidentally posted in the wrong forum. We were having a discussion about dogs elsewhere and apparently he just got mixed up.
Soooooo.......we needn't bother to count that vote, need we????
Unless Kurt informs me otherwise, I will assume that Kurt did in fact vote Dog.
:-)
Gotta go with CATS!!!! Cats rule. Dogs drool..
I can still recall old Mister Barnslow getting out every morning and nailing a fresh load of cats to the old board of his. Then he'd spin it round and round, like a wheel of fortune, and no matter where it stopped he'd yell out, "Cats! Cats is a winner!"
We all thought he was crazy. But then we had some growing up to do.
We've had both - cats and dogs.
My vote is for dogs! They greet you like they care. They're great in the car and can be trained to have manners.
My cats are very well behaved, we trained them well. I also have two Firebelly Newts, two Tree Frogs and eight Fish of various types.
And Orchids, which require more care than my cats do.
I also used to have a Boa Constrictor, an Iguana, a Chameleon and a bunch of Anoles, but my food bill was a little out there......
Hi THX! Loved that movie! I'm glad you liked the joke enough to make it your tag line! It cracks me up every time I see it!
So what's the total now?
And is it ok if I vote for a Pet Rock too? We have LOTS of those!
Easy maintainence, low food costs, they don't require clothing, you don't have to brush them (though they do like a good dusting now and then...) and if they get wet, you know it's raining! And they're good for bashing burgulars upside the head.
Incorrect.
Dogs will protect your property, cats won't.
But there are numerous accounts of cats protecting their humans just like dogs usually do ( I have known dogs that would hide from anyone they didn't know).
So on the safety score, cats and dogs are about even, unless of course you are asking a cat to care wether or not someone takes your stereo...
Hi THX! Loved that movie! I'm glad you liked the joke enough to make it your tag line! It cracks me up every time I see it!
Hey T3, I loved that movie too. My wife hates it. She calls it "The White Movie".
Anyway, every time I read that I crack up too.
Cats will protect their human pals. It's pretty interesting that a 7 lb cat is willing to take on a 100+ lb human.