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In reply to the discussion: Are cat threads a threat to DU? [View all]packman
(16,296 posts)21. Cats project a certain
aura that wards off the seriousness of the world. Their abilities include an indifference to you, yet a deference to you. A detachment from the world, yet an awareness of it. A clownishness of complete abandonment, yet a dignity of character that no human will ever achieve. A fierce independence, yet the need to be -at times- annoyingly on your laptop, on your freshly washed clothes, and in your heart. Dogs welcome and rejoice that you are part of their lives, cats just know you are part of theirs and close a circle - to them it's a given that you and yours belong to them.
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Cat thread addiction costs the economy 1.5 billion dollars in lost productivity.
Kurovski
Dec 2013
#34
Two. There is a bigger black cat (Sonia) in the back, and the kitten (Lucy) in front
madinmaryland
Dec 2013
#20