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Just fucking admit it, dudes - cats only have one face

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I know they can open and close their mouth and eyes, but I personally class those as biological functions, pure and simple. Other than that, they wear that face like a mask 24-7. Let's just all agree on this one and then we can move on to politics or something. I mean, I'M a cat person! But cats faces are like the wind, they don't change. Evolution is done with cats faces. Science and art have turned their attentions to worthier subjects, like stem cell research and sound installation. And when we're all so much wormfood, cats will still be there, with the same fucking faces.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Also - they can only make about 2 or 3 different noises at most. Pretty lame, really.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I mean...right?

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Tom calls my cat "piggy face".

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:15 (twenty-one years ago)

B b b But expressions is how cats communicate! :-o I once heard that even meowing only came about when we domesticated 'em so they could get food offa us humies.

My cat can most certainly raise an "eyebrow" (or whisker), curl her top cat lip thingy into a billy idol sneer, narrow her eyes when cross, widen them when curious, etc etc. So balls to you adam!

;)

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:15 (twenty-one years ago)

I need to buy Tom a drink.

xpost

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:15 (twenty-one years ago)

balls to you! And all of your kind!

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:15 (twenty-one years ago)

"eyebrow"!

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:16 (twenty-one years ago)

cats are two-faced.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Cats must have at least two faces, cause they can make that "disgusted" expression where they look at you like you're the one who takes big stinky shits in a box in the kitchen.

― nabiscothingy, Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:19 (twenty-one years ago)

ihttp://bitchcakes.topcities.com/IMG_0268.jpg

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:19 (twenty-one years ago)

the cat has two faces.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Ally, your cat looks like an old Polish guy!

― nabiscothingy, Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Tad to thread for confirmation.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Tad is quite youthful!

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Wait, do old Polish dudes sit around in bags? What are you talking about?

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:27 (twenty-one years ago)

(Well it mostly just looks like an old man, but it was reminding me of a particular old Polish guy I used to see in Chicago, so that slipped in.)

― nabiscothingy, Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Ally, old polish dudes sit around in the bag, so yes.

― Jimmy Mod, Man About Towne (ModJ), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:29 (twenty-one years ago)

(That post is going to become my own personal MooLatte, isn't it.)

― nabiscothingy, Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:29 (twenty-one years ago)

nabisco did you ever see the dude who played accordian beneath the el tracks with the "POLISH NAVY" t-shirt?

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:30 (twenty-one years ago)

hahahaha, no.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I meant that maybe Tad might recognize the face of his grandfather in Ally's cat.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:31 (twenty-one years ago)

or something

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:31 (twenty-one years ago)

OK if anyone's grandfather looks like "piggy face" I feel sorry for their gene pool :(

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:32 (twenty-one years ago)

sorry Tad

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:33 (twenty-one years ago)

that cat doesn't look like the old Polish guys I see in Greenpoint occasionally because he is not drunk, passed out on the ground, with 4 days worth of stubble.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:33 (twenty-one years ago)

OK what is up with you dudes hating on Poles?

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I like Poles.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I am part Pole, I think.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:35 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.diggerhistory.info/images/uniforms/uniform-fuhrer-hitler.gif

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Allyzay, don't try it!

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:36 (twenty-one years ago)

uh oh

― adam. (nordicskilla), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah that's what the middle Hitler is saying too, "GIRL don't you try it!"

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:37 (twenty-one years ago)

"Talk to the hand, mein BITCH."

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I like teh polish sausages!

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I like teh Polish people. Esp. the ladies.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, my cats have a lot of noises: fuck you guys.

― Ian c=====8 (orion), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:39 (twenty-one years ago)

I like polish food.

― Allyzay Science Explosion (allyzay), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:41 (twenty-one years ago)

"Fuck the Kerry"

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:44 (twenty-one years ago)

hahahaha oh shit.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:47 (twenty-one years ago)

My cat does everything BUT meow normally. She makes all these weird brrrt! noises, and when she sees birds, she does this fucked-up thing where she makes a "ehhh eh eh ehhh!" squeaky noise rapidly, as if imitating a bird in distress. Seen a few cats do it... wtf is with that?

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:47 (twenty-one years ago)

One of my now dead cats as well as one of the ones I have know do that weird birdwatching noise thing, too, Trayce.

But yeah cats make lots of different noises.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:52 (twenty-one years ago)

my cats have dozens of faces and noises they make.

hitler was a dog lover.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:33 (twenty-one years ago)

had a dog named blondi. if i remember correctly, right before he killed himself in his bunker he gave the dog a cyanide capsule and shot it.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:37 (twenty-one years ago)

"A dog named blondi"????

COme on that has to be a joke.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:38 (twenty-one years ago)

nabisco did you ever see the dude who played accordian beneath the el tracks with the "POLISH NAVY" t-shirt?

-- hstencil (hstenc!...) (webmail), August 18th, 2004 10:30 PM. (hstencil) (later) (link)
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hahahaha, no.

-- hstencil (hstenc!...) (webmail), August 18th, 2004 10:30 PM. (hstencil) (later) (link)


hstencil did you just answer yourself?

anyway i'm in basic agreement with this thread premise. people do a bit too much "interpreting" of their pets' supposedly subtle expressions. "oh, does poofy prefer the pale green coverlet to the beige one? it's a little too 'southwestern'? oh, poofy, you're always right...."

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:39 (twenty-one years ago)

she does this fucked-up thing where she makes a "ehhh eh eh ehhh!" squeaky noise rapidly, as if imitating a bird in distress. Seen a few cats do it... wtf is with that?

i gather that it's the kitty version of a lion's roar.

― purple patch (electricsound), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:44 (twenty-one years ago)

"A dog named blondi"????
COme on that has to be a joke.

-- Trayce (spamspanke...), August 19th, 2004.

Seriously, look it up.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:46 (twenty-one years ago)

i am part polish you bitches

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:47 (twenty-one years ago)

My cat only wants to drink water out of the bathtub faucet. Ever heard of this?

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:47 (twenty-one years ago)

no amateur!st that was to nabisco.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Do you like to hang out in paper bags, slocki?

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

kittens love taps

― purple patch (electricsound), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

my cat loves drinking out of the faucet, she basically enjoys water from anywhere but her bowl. but hey, poofy's always right.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

and yeah i party in the paper

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:49 (twenty-one years ago)

i am part polish you bitches

-- s1ocki (slytus...) (webmail), August 18th, 2004 11:47 PM. (slutsky) (later) (link)


this should be an action movie hero one-liner.

*hero bursts into thieves' lair carrying two uzis* ... "i am part polish you bitches"

xpost

"i party in the paper" will be the curtain laugh line

― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:50 (twenty-one years ago)

niiiiiiiiice

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:50 (twenty-one years ago)

i am part polish you bitches
-- s1ocki (slytus...), August 19th, 2004.

i'm part pussy.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:03 (twenty-one years ago)

My cats do the hiccuping/stuttering bird-watching noise as well.

― Monetizing Eyeballs (diamond), Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:08 (twenty-one years ago)

My cat likes to kill baby birds and gophers but he won't eat them. He just leaves them somewhere where we're likely to find the corpse.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:10 (twenty-one years ago)

A friend gave me this WONDERFUL book called something like "French for practical cats" (or was it "Practical French for cats"? anyway). And it has a little section about how the cat prefers the muddy puddle, the toilet bowl, the faucet - anything but the bowl of water!

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:11 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.aviscafineart.com/Featured_Artists/Cedric_Smith/Works_by_Cedric_Smith/smith_black_cat_shoe_polish.jpg

― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Cats that have expressive changing faces = CGI monsters created for commercials and films. I'll take the one-expressioned cat, thanks!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 August 2004 05:06 (twenty-one years ago)

http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/mjvl/images/siamese_cat.gif

― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Thursday, 19 August 2004 07:02 (twenty-one years ago)

only one face? yeah I guess. but they have many other ways to convey their mood, such as body posture, gait, tail movement.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 19 August 2004 07:06 (twenty-one years ago)

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v360/morethanrats/corkytongue.jpg[/IMG]

― mei (mei), Thursday, 19 August 2004 11:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Goddamitt!!
This used to work!!!!
:-(

― mei (mei), Thursday, 19 August 2004 11:21 (twenty-one years ago)

ihttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v360/morethanrats/corkytongue.pg

― mei (mei), Thursday, 19 August 2004 11:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Now that worked on another thread,

posting of images


What IS going on?

― mei (mei), Thursday, 19 August 2004 11:26 (twenty-one years ago)

If cats only have one face, then how do you explain the 'evil eye'. If you have a cat, then you know exactly what I'm talking about.

― Kerry (dymaxia), Thursday, 19 August 2004 12:53 (twenty-one years ago)

are all cats neurotic?

― AaronK (AaronK), Thursday, 19 August 2004 13:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Enzo the kitten has lots of faces, makes lots of noises, and has lots of different smells. He also drinks from the faucet and currently his favorite toys are Q-tips and Buf-Pufs. (Ally, I heart piggy face.)

― Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Thursday, 19 August 2004 13:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, cats have different expressions, but I concede that body posture does have a lot to do with it. Pleased, distressed, about to kill, etc.

One of my cats also loves drinking out of the tub faucet. Another plays in there like its his own personal half-pipe.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 19 August 2004 13:07 (twenty-one years ago)

My kitty, Pepper, has a way of puffing up her face like a blowfish or something. It makes her look like a squirrel. (Ok, so maybe it's just that her fur gets pushed up around her face, but it's cute).

Lucy makes this really funny face when we offer her something to sniff and she doesn't like it. She really looks like she's wincing and she pulls her head back so much, she has no neck.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 19 August 2004 13:11 (twenty-one years ago)

If you give up trying to interpret your cat's "feelings" and interpret all of their actions as hardwired quests for food, water, and a comfortable temperature, there is no mystery to them at all.

That doesn't mean they're not fuzzy -- don't get me wrong.

― Harold Media (kenan), Thursday, 19 August 2004 13:13 (twenty-one years ago)

What about all the crazy interactions between idle cats? Playing, fighting, trying to eat my hair, etc.

― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 19 August 2004 13:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I had an ex-girlfriend once whose cat drank out of her water dish, but by scooping the water up to her mouth with her paw.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 13:15 (twenty-one years ago)

You try telling Pixar and Disney that cats only have one face.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 19 August 2004 13:17 (twenty-one years ago)

http://valueservices.org/reelimage/reviews/aristocats/aristocats2.JPG

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 19 August 2004 13:18 (twenty-one years ago)

My one very oddball cat, Gypsy, has a nasty jealous look if we are paying any attention to the other cats. She also will wrestle with a rug until it's all rolled up and kick it violently with her back feet while making a rhur rhur noise like an engine starting. Strange.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Thursday, 19 August 2004 13:32 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah my cat does the kick too, whenever playing with anything, i call it the "neck-breaker"

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 14:06 (twenty-one years ago)

louis wain, ts eliot and edward gorey to thread

― kephm, Thursday, 19 August 2004 14:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh come come Mr. Media, there's more to cat's feelings than that. Granted many people tend to humanize them and attribute them with a more sophisticated emotional range then they actually posess, but going 180 the opposite way isn't accurate either. My cat can be happy, nervous, excited, cranky...

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 19 August 2004 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)

cats are weird. watching them is a good substitute for pondering the fundamental meaninglessness of the universe.

― amateur!!!st, Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

only cuter

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:15 (twenty-one years ago)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v360/morethanrats/corkytongue.jpg

― mei (mei), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

*contemplates unicvers*

― mei (mei), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)

This may the best thread title in the history of ILx. Also, that is a cute cat mei (even if it is showing off that it can touch its nose with its tongue.)

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 19 August 2004 15:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I know they can open and close their mouth and eyes, but I personally class those as biological functions, pure and simple.

are you David Foster Wallace? Are you winning big on Jeopardy?

― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 19 August 2004 16:08 (twenty-one years ago)


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