i just wanted to see a wholesome topic. i prefer cats.

Prefer cats or dogs for what? Eating? Those lonely nights with jars of peanut butter? Drug testing? Dissection? I think this is much less wholesome than you imagined.

i'll go with dogs. i have two cats and a beagle, but my beagle has never tried to pounce on my foot. this puts the dog in better favor with me.

Cats rule! I had one named Molly, but she ran away a few months ago. I hope she's not dead now. Okay, maybe that wasn't entirely wholesome.

i hate dogs. i hate cats, too. but if i had to choose it'd be a cat. as long as it was huge and lazy.
i had a pet goat once. that was the coolest pet i've ever had.

i love cats. they have so much personality.

my friend also had a pet goat when he was much younger. he named it goatron. that is hands down the coolest name I've ever heard for a pet. don't you agree?

i like cats as well. some say cats are bitchy and show no affection towards their owner, but i say, my friends, this simply is not true. i have two cats (they're siamese and they're sisters...how cute is that?) and they are both very affectionate and loving. another plus to having cats is that the extermination bill goes down every month. there are crickets corpses lying around my house every morning.

the goat i had was actually my 5 year old's. it was a valentine's day present when she was 3. (yeah, we're weird parents.) she named it gretel.

Cats rule. Dogs suck. Simple as that. What the hell is that odd dog smell? It's kind of coppery and gets on my hands easily.

kitties are king. litter boxes really suck though.
i heard a little survey on npr that said statistically, republicans own more cats and democrats own more dogs. so by that logic, we're all a bunch of cat-loving republicans.

I picked cats, they're just so cute. personally i'd rather have a baby panda bear or polar bear than anything...and that was not a joke, i'm serious.

i mean how can you argue with this face? http://shamus.250x.com/bear2.jpg

thank you, exliontamer. this topic has made me feel all warm and fuzzy.

I voted dogs. I only like my ex boyfriend's cat. She was very cool and such a jealous bitch. Dogs are just oblivious, and I like that.

i'm feeling generous so here's another picture to perhaps make everyone go "awwwwww".

http://shamus.250x.com/xmas1.gif

the domestication of animals is cruel and wrong. animal should only be eaten.

funny story-the parents of my dear friend libby (t. not d.) own this pig that weighs like four hundred pounds. they live in suburban franklin. i think they were conned into buying it by being told that it was a pot-bellied pig. it wasn't. i'm trying to convince her to give it to me when it dies. when that day comes, i shall throw a party where we will eat ham, drink and be merry.

Ray, where you the guy in elementary school that bought the pictures of puppies and kitties at the book fair?? If so, I hate your kind.

ok...i'm trying to hold my toungue right now, but what are the reasons behind your claim that animals should only be eaten.....?

actually i always bought erasers and coloring books during elementary school. one time i bought a WWF coloring book that has Koko B. Ware in it...cool stuff....and please, iwantelvis, dont hate me because of my love for animals...i dont want to do anything to break up the friendship.....

not the ex-boyfriend that i went to high school with, is it?

Two things:

1. Ceeze, your new avatar gets the Digsy Seal of Approval for Utter-Awesomeness. Anything with the Catmonkey is hilarious.

2. Dogs rule, cats drool. The only cats that I enjoy are HaveSomeSoma's ghetto kitties...other than that I am won over by the canine loyalty.

I volunteer to bring the pig from Franklin to Johnson City. I'll even put an apple in its mouth for you.

I agree. Has anyone ever used one of those automatic litter boxes?



God I hope not.

ugggh i hate cats! dogs have so much more personality and you always know where they are. i would always be so paranoid if i had a cat because they are so shady and id never know where it was. anyhoo i dont know, they are better.. so there. oh wait..

Dogs have more energy and therefore are more fun. (thank you, tf))

Cats are smart. Dogs are dumb.

This is a very hard decision for me. I love both so much. But, I guess I would have to pick cats. I have three dogs and two cats, and I love them all equally. But, my family has always said that when I get to be an old woman, people will call me the "crazy cat lady" because I'll probably have about twenty or so running around my house. I honestly cannot count how many cats I have had over the years.

I have a funny story that I'm sure nobody cares to hear...
One of my cats who never goes outside ran out the other day. My grandmother told my other cat to go outside and find him, and later she hears meowing at the door... It was my other cat with the escapee underneath him. He had literally dragged the escapee cat back to the house and would not let go of his grip until he went inside. This is a true story. This goes to show that animals do know what you're saying and that cats are smart.

I'm reluctant to shell out $100 for one of those things. I heard they actually work alright. I think one of my cats would be terribly afraid of it.

hahaha... that story is great. i, too, am a believer in the fact that animals understand what you are saying. and i also wanted too add that i love all animals, i just have a special fondness for cats. digsy's dogs are great, and so was iwantelvis's bird (RIP Bozo). and i agree that a goat is a great childhood pet. i had rabbits when i was little, and let me tell you, there are not many things on this earth cuter than a giant bunny in a doll's dress.

My family had a pet rabbit aptly named Bun E. Rabbit--this thing was huge (probably 14 pounds). At my birthday party one year, he started to hump balloons and when he "did his business," the balloon popped. It was pretty disturbing.

Oh man, exliontamer wanted to keep this topic wholesome and look what I've done.

I voted for cats, though I also love dogs. I have a cat named Neo. She's in front of the computer right now, actually. Say hi, Neo. Meow.

oh man, that is the most hilarious/terrifying thing i've heard in a while. you win for the most shocking pet story.

awww neo...hi neo! hello psycho kittie that i like to play with at jc's house. i really do like your cat, even though it likes to attack people.

stupid thing posted twice. i didn't ask it to do that. well i guess i did. but i didnt mean to.

(Edited by mindylieu at 12:22 am on Nov. 19, 2002)

I can't believe the huge bias towards cats here, I thought it was 50/50 in all social rings. Oh well, dogs are so much cooler, accept for the fact that it's bad for them to poop in the laundry room.

That would be the one... Thanks for the rabbit story. Very funny.

the main reason i don't like most animals is because of the smell. horses are the worst. i think i was the only girl in 6th grade that hated horses.
i don't like the way pets make people's house smell either.

you should get a great pyreneese. my sister has one and it looks like a polar bear. and it's probably the only dog i've even been ok with.

ooo that is what i have always wanted. they are so cute and fluffy, but their hair might bother me when they shed. now to stand up for my horse, she actually smells really good. i know some horses that stink, but she smells like skin so soft because i use it to keep the flies off. and my house has never smelled like a horse. don't goats stink?

I love dogs and cats, but cats got my vote. Of course, I am biased considering my mother has 6 cats at her house.

oh man im scared to death of horses!

and yes, dogs are stupid but it makes them funner to watch

iwantelvis, digsy, and myself were discussing today the description for the topic of this thread. it reads as follows: "bok bok....flurr flurr." none of us were sure if there was a reference to some hidden joke or source, but we all agreed on one thing: it's both hilarious and fun to say. if you haven't said it out loud today, go ahead, give it a try. see? wasn't that fun to say? made you smile, didn't it? "bok bok....flurr flurr".......

it's from the south park terrance and phillip episode. they come home after looking for treasure on the subway and their cat and dog are waiting for them. one of them says, "hello barky, hello purry" and the animals respond, "bok bok....flurr flurr". it's one of the few south park episodes that has withstood the test of time. i guess it's not technically a south park episode though....

(Edited by exliontamer at 12:28 am on Nov. 20, 2002)

haha! terrance and phillip would stand the test of time, were they a real cartoon, rather than a cartoon inside of a cartoon. fart humor will never die.

it's all so clear now. i've never seen this episode of which you speak, yet i still find "bok bok....flurr flurr" to be of equal hilarity then before i knew its source. but thanks for clearing that up.

They've released the first season of South Park on DVD. I'm tempted by it. Were T&P around in the first season?

Jamie, I thought we decided that we were going to change your cat's name from Neo to Eno in honor of our fallen brethren. What happened?

All women fear becoming the "crazy old cat woman," and with good reason. Most women are crazy already, and many have cats. All that leaves is the old thing.

wow...you're right. good call.

I beg to differ, I think that there are and equal amount of crazy men and women, but why do only the crazy men find me???

Yeah, cats are winning! Suck on that dog-lovers!

Actually, I'm down with dogs, too-- especially big stupid ones. Cats just kick more ass.

I in fact, beg to differ. girls are insane and boys are stupid. I know; ive had them both. ya just can't win in this crazy world, you just can't win.


disclaimer: no offense meant to be taken by either sex for this comment. thank you
signed, batman.