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Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts) Mon Mar 24, 2014, 05:52 PM Mar 2014

Another Fine Edition of Cat Shaming ...

The 27 Naughtiest Cats In The World... And I Can't Stop Laughing

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Another Fine Edition of Cat Shaming ... (Original Post) Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2014 OP

Your first photo! arcane1 Mar 2014 #1

Funny Kelvin Mace Mar 2014 #2

Indeed, I'm pretty sure these cats are all proud of their accomplishments arcane1 Mar 2014 #5

In fact if anything they appear Proud of their deeds. Bandit Mar 2014 #7

those cats should be left outside NightWatcher Mar 2014 #3

Sure, because we all hate birds, song and otherwise. Perhaps while they're "outside" genwah Mar 2014 #9

The yarn! the yarn! Hekate Mar 2014 #4

Dogs don't feel shame, either Scootaloo Mar 2014 #6

Have you ever seen a hairy dog with his first summer shave-down? Ooo, the embarrassed looks. Hekate Mar 2014 #10

IKR Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2014 #8

Lololol, thanks for the laugh... giftedgirl77 Mar 2014 #11

No opposable thumbs to call 911: freshwest Mar 2014 #12

K&R! nt Mnemosyne Mar 2014 #13

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

1. Your first photo!

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Original post)

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 05:57 PM

Mar 2014

It will be difficult to purge that mental image

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)

2. Funny

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Original post)

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 05:59 PM

Mar 2014

but never understood the concept of cat "shaming". Cat's are incapable of shame.

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

5. Indeed, I'm pretty sure these cats are all proud of their accomplishments

Reply to Kelvin Mace (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 06:06 PM

Mar 2014

Bandit

(21,475 posts)

7. In fact if anything they appear Proud of their deeds.

Reply to Kelvin Mace (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 06:08 PM

Mar 2014

Now dogs on the other hand do feel shame or at least guilt.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

3. those cats should be left outside

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Original post)

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 05:59 PM

Mar 2014

genwah

(574 posts)

9. Sure, because we all hate birds, song and otherwise. Perhaps while they're "outside"

Reply to NightWatcher (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 06:11 PM

Mar 2014

they can decrease the local squirrel population as well.

Hekate

(90,616 posts)

4. The yarn! the yarn!

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Original post)

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 06:03 PM

Mar 2014

By the way -- cats have no sense of shame, otherwise they'd be dogs.

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

6. Dogs don't feel shame, either

Reply to Hekate (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 06:06 PM

Mar 2014

They just know that you stop scolding them if htey look guilty.

Hekate

(90,616 posts)

10. Have you ever seen a hairy dog with his first summer shave-down? Ooo, the embarrassed looks.

Reply to Scootaloo (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 24, 2014, 06:18 PM

Mar 2014

We've been breeding dogs for so many thousands of years that they learn to read our body language, including facial expressions, and in many cases mimic our emotions. I think they do feel very similar emotions to ours.

Cats, not so much.

I like them both, but their natures are very different. I currently only have a dog because I've become allergic to cats.

For an excellent insight into the relationship of cats to humans (and of dogs to humans) read Rudyard Kipling's "The Cat Who Walked By Himself" in Just So Stories. Hadn't read it in a couple of decades, but did so for my grandson last year and laughed and laughed at First Dog putting his head in First Woman's lap to beg while the Cat just twitched his tail and walked off...