the Great Cat Predictor

[zimv20]

nearly 15 years ago, i got two cats. they were littermates. after a long illness, i put the first one down on september 4, 2001 -- 7 days before 9/11.

the second one, after a long illness, stopped eating two days ago. i put him down tonight -- 7 days before july 4.

now, i'm not saying i'm superstitious, but if cat-downing history is a reliable predictor, the US will be seeing a domestic terrorist strike in 7 days.

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bom bom BOM
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[Sun Baked]

That sucks. :(

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But if the FBI knocks on your door tonight and drags your ass out of bed while investigating the great twin cat terrorist detection squad, we'll know what is going on when your not around for a few years.

After the FBI spent all that money investigating a teddy bear recently, I wouldn't put it past them to investigate a couple of cats.

[IJ Reilly]

Well I hope your cats aren't prescient but either way you need to get another cat or two. We've also got a pair of littermates here and they rather own the place.

[blackfox]

man. You know it's rough when you are seriously considering the merits of dead-cat divination for terrorist attacks...

if this proves true, it is kinda too bad you didn't have five cats instead...

seriously, I do hope not. Even if true, at least both your cats went out to a peaceful world of Domestic tranquility, we should all be so lucky...

Damn you Zim...Damn you...

[3rdpath]

if this proves true, it is kinda too bad you didn't have five cats instead...


spewed my dr. pepper with that one...

btw zim, sorry to hear about your cats...i've got two ginger cats and the thought of losing them is just crushing.

[mactastic]

That sucks man, I'm sorry to hear that.... our cat is only 11 and losing her would really be tough.

[zimv20]

thanks, everyone. it's a hard, hard decision, but i feel it was the right one.

and now we shall see what we shall see.

[Neserk]

poor kitties... I lost my first cat (as an adult) about a year ago. He died on his own, didn't have to do it for him. Thankfully, I don't look forward to having to make that decision.

[Sayhey]

zim,

sorry about your cats, but what is the significance of the seven day delay on terrorist attacks? Surely, bin Laden has good enough intelligence that it doesn't take him a week to know your cat died? "Those infidels, they have let another kitty die -- strike now!" :eek: ;)

[zimv20]

i do not know the mechanism and am relying on a single data point :-)

[Sayhey]

i do not know the mechanism and am relying on a single data point :-)

Sound approach. I take it you are using Fox news as your inspiration. :D

[skunk]

Sound approach. I take it you are using Fox news as your inspiration. :D
Or Colin Powell.

[IJ Reilly]

i do not know the mechanism and am relying on a single data point :-)

I no longer doubt the special powers of cats. We've got one that consistently anticipates when we're going to open a can of tuna. He can be sound asleep in another room, but even before the opener touches the lid, there he'll be, standing right at your feet, looking up expectantly. This is not an especially bright cat -- in fact he's as thick as two planks. But he certainly is a tuna savant.

[skunk]

This is not an especially bright cat -- in fact he's as thick as two planks
Is he covered in fir?

[zimv20]

We've got one that consistently anticipates when we're going to open a can of tuna. He can be sound asleep in another room, but even before the opener touches the lid, there he'll be, standing right at your feet, looking up expectantly.
ha! mine was the same way. if i opened the silverware drawer w/ the intention of getting a fork or spoon, he wouldn't budge. but if my intent was to go for the can opener, he's start meowing. and i've _never_ fed him from the kind of can that needs a can opener.

[IJ Reilly]

Is he covered in fir?

I did mean that metaphorically of course, but he does weigh in at 20 pounds, fir included.

He also craves rubber bands and used dental floss, so we can't leave either one where he can get to them.

[zimv20]

Is he covered in fir?
ow

[takao]

I no longer doubt the special powers of cats. We've got one that consistently anticipates when we're going to open a can of tuna. He can be sound asleep in another room, but even before the opener touches the lid, there he'll be, standing right at your feet, looking up expectantly. This is not an especially bright cat -- in fact he's as thick as two planks. But he certainly is a tuna savant.

haha yeah i know that...the opening of the citchen cabinet where the cat food is stored (and a lot of other things) is heard across 2 rooms, up to the next etage, around 2 corners ,on the couch..and that even when being half asleep....
same with the sound of the fridge opening followed by silverware drawer sound...and of course the sound of the can opener ... i guess cats recognize that sound over hundreds of meters ...

[IJ Reilly]

haha yeah i know that...the opening of the citchen cabinet where the cat food is stored (and a lot of other things) is heard across 2 rooms, up to the next etage, around 2 corners ,on the couch..and that even when being half asleep....
same with the sound of the fridge opening followed by silverware drawer sound...and of course the sound of the can opener ... i guess cats recognize that sound over hundreds of meters ...

The wacky part is we don't have to make any "tuna noises." I've tested this. The cat is sound asleep in another room (he is a very sound sleeper). I take out the can opener and a can of soup. He snoozes on. I put a tin of tuna on the counter. Boom, at my feet. This is before I even start opening it. It's, well, uncanny.

[zimv20]

It's, well, uncanny.
ow! ow ow ow!

[diamond geezer]

Relating your cats death to for-tell terror attacks is just plain superstitious!

Perhaps you should have tried reading the entrails.

[zimv20]

Perhaps you should have tried reading the entrails.
hey, this _was_ my cat of 15 years you're talking about

[Stelliform]

Sorry to hear about your cat Zim. Lets hope that lightning doesn't strike twice, but July 4th is a perfect day for an attack.

[zimv20]

Sorry to hear about your cat Zim.
thank you

[blackfox]

Well, as of nearly 4pm WST, it appears that kitty #2 did not share the divination of it's departed sibling. Thank God...of course, dusk, in the midst of celebratory explosions might be an advantageous time, so we are not out of the woods meow...

[zimv20]

so we are not out of the woods
but i am, quite literally. i spent the weekend hiding in the hills of alabama.

okay, "hiding" is a joke; i was visiting friends. and i bought the ticket a month before my cat got sick.

i am pleased to see that the Great Cat Predictor was but a myth. carry on.

[IJ Reilly]

It is now officially safe for you to get another cat.

[Neserk]

I have 3 kitties! 2 of them were on the table when I was getting dinner ready and drinking water from the glasses. :rolleyes: I love my kitties! But I prefer them to drink water from their own bowl!

So, will you be getting new kitty/ies or no?